The family dictionary, or, Houshold [sic] companion wherein are alphabetically laid down exact rules and choice physical receipts for the preservation of health ... directions for making oils, ointments, salves, ... chymical preparations, physical-wines, ales and other liquors and descriptions of the virtues of herbs, fruits, flowers ... and parts of living creatures used in medicinal potions, ... likewise directions for cookery, ... also the way of making all sorts of perfumes ... together with the art of making all sorts of English wines, ... the mystery of pickling and keeping all sorts of pickles ... : to which is added as an appendix the explanation of physical terms, bills of fare ... : with the art of carving and many other useful matters / by J.H.

Vnicorn Stone: This is of very great Virtue. It is mostly found in Germany, Moravia, Saxony, and Silesia, in subterraneous Caverns, where Nature has lay'd it up for the use and benefit of Man. It is drying and binding, and stops all manner of Fluxes of the Belly, Gonorrhoea's, Bleed∣ing at the Nose, Hepatick Flux, and all other Fluxes of the Blood, by strengthning the Stomach, Heart, and vital Spirits. It is also profitable against the Apoplexy, Verti∣go, Falling-sickness, and di∣vers other Diseases incident to the Head and Brain, the levigated Powder being given to a dram, or four scruples, in any convenient Liquid. It is also good against the Pesti∣lence and Plague, and all manner of malignant Fevers; likewise the Measles, Small∣pox, Purple, or Spotted-fe∣ver, &c. It is also held pow∣erfully to resist Poison, whe∣ther inwardly or outwardly injurious, the Biting of Ser∣pents, or any other venomous Creature, by causing a gentle Sweat, and driving the Poi∣son from the Heart. It is good against Faintings and Swoonings, and Passions of the Heart, Heart-burning, and Palpitation, the Disease of the Viscera, by absorbing the acid Humours, when dai∣ly taken from half a dram to a dram, for a certain time, in some proper Cordial-wa∣ter, or Wine.