An excellent Poultice for the Ague in a Womans brest or Legs.
Take Houseleek, Smallage and Mal∣lowes,
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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of each two handfuls, shred them small, then take a handful of Linseed, and bruise it finely in a Mortar, take al∣so a handful of Oatmeal or wheaten bran, some Roses of a Rose cake, every leaf pulled from another, Sheeps Tallow one pound, shred it well, then put all these into a gallon of running water, and boil them together till they become thick, then put thereto a quart of Cowes milk, and let it boil stall till it be as thick as a Plaister, ••tirring it often, then when the leng or brest is washed with the water a∣lso •• said, spread the Poultice on a cloth all abroad, and lay it to the leg or brest a•• hot as may be suffered, and let it lye so till it be dry and hard, and then renew it, but if the leg or brest be not very hot and red it shall not need.