Modern curiosities of art & nature extracted out of the cabinets of the most eminent personages of the French court : together with the choicest secrets in mechanicks, communicated by the most approved artists of France
Lémery, Nicolas, 1645-1715.
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Take a dram of white Hellebore, and as much black, with an handful of Salt, which you shall put in a brass Pot that will hold six Quarts of Water, which you shall boyl the space of a quarter of an Hour; then take it off the Fire, and let it infuse forty hours in a Window; then boyl it till it be reduc'd to three Quarts; which you shall put into a Bot∣tle close stop'd, for your use, drawing it up your Nose. Probatum.
