The marrow of physicke, or, A learned discourse of the severall parts of mans body being a medicamentary, teaching the manner and way of making and compounding all such oyles, unguents ... &c. as shall be usefull and necessary in any private house ... : and also an addition of divers experimented medicines which may serve against any disease that shall happen to the body : together with some rare receipts for beauties ... / collected and experimented by the industry of T.B.

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Title: The marrow of physicke, or, A learned discourse of the severall parts of mans body being a medicamentary, teaching the manner and way of making and compounding all such oyles, unguents ... &c. as shall be usefull and necessary in any private house ... : and also an addition of divers experimented medicines which may serve against any disease that shall happen to the body : together with some rare receipts for beauties ... / collected and experimented by the industry of T.B.
Author: Brugis, Thomas, fl. 1640?
Publication: London :: Printed by T.H. and M.H., and are to be sold by Thomas Whittaker,; 1648.
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Subject terms: Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
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To make a blacke Salve that cureth all old Sores, and Vlcers, be they never so foule, and stinking.

18 R. Of good strong Ale, one gallon, of Wood∣bine leaves, m. ii. red seeded Nettles, m. i. Colewort see∣ded, with the jagged leafe m. i. red Onions lib. ss. Gar∣licke pill, lib. ss. unset Leekes, lib. 1. Barke dust a lit∣tle dishfull, stampe all these to Powder, very small, seve∣rally by themselves, and put them into the Ale, with Roch Allome lib. ss. then boyle them on a soft fire, untill more then halfe be wasted, then let them stand three or foure dayes, and straine them into a faire Vessell, then adde to them of Waxe, Rosin, Nerve Oyle, ana. lib. ss. English Honey the best one quart, then boyle it againe on a soft fire, untill halfe be consumed, then keepe it in an earthen Vessell, close stopped for your use.