A Purge for Choller, when there is Pain in the Head, or Rheume in the Eyes.
Take of Cene and of Ginger sliced
The skilful physician containing directions for the preservation of a healthful condition, and approved remedies for all diseases and infirmities (outward or inward) incident to the body of man ... whereunto is added experimented instructions for the compounding of perfumes, also for the chusing and ordering of all kinds of wines, both in preserving the sound, and rectifying those that are prick'd : never before imparted to publick view.
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- The skilful physician containing directions for the preservation of a healthful condition, and approved remedies for all diseases and infirmities (outward or inward) incident to the body of man ... whereunto is added experimented instructions for the compounding of perfumes, also for the chusing and ordering of all kinds of wines, both in preserving the sound, and rectifying those that are prick'd : never before imparted to publick view.
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- Bahia (Brazil : State). Secretaria das Minas e Energia. Diretoria de Distribuição.
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- London :: Printed by Tho. Maxey for Nath. Ekins ...,
- 1656.
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"The skilful physician containing directions for the preservation of a healthful condition, and approved remedies for all diseases and infirmities (outward or inward) incident to the body of man ... whereunto is added experimented instructions for the compounding of perfumes, also for the chusing and ordering of all kinds of wines, both in preserving the sound, and rectifying those that are prick'd : never before imparted to publick view." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A35865.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.
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one ounce, two ounces of Cassia, and six ounces of Sugar, stamp them all to∣gether, and boil them in a pint of Rose water till half be consumed, then put in two ounces more of Sugar, beat it well, and keep it close: Take of this Confecti∣on a quarter of an ounce in the morning and fast three hours after, putting it into a draught of White Wine warmed, strain it, and so drink it, and use it in the Spring and Fall once in ten days for two months or six weeks. If you make but for one, you need make but half this quantity. It purgeth very gently.