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.

Gum of Cedar, its Vir∣tues: An Oil extracted from this Gum is hot in the fourth degree; wherefore it doth, without pain, rot soft and de∣licate Flesh; but in hard Bo∣dies it operateth with more time and difficulty. It dryeth dead Bodies, and preserveth them from Putrefaction, by consuming the superfluous Humour, without touching the sound Parts: but in living Bodies the Heat in them aug∣ment the force of the Oil, which causes it to burn the tender Flesh. It is excellent to kill Nits, Lice, or any In∣sect crept into the Ear, and good in cold Distempers to anoint the Joints and Limbs, withal being much available in the Pains of the Gout, if mollified with Oil of Camomil, or such-like supling Oils.