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 / composed and experimented by the Sieur Lemery, apothecary to the French king ; made English from the original French.

A Collection of divers Secrets, taken out of the Cabinet of a Person of Quality. CHAP. V.

A Water for inflam'd Eyes.

TAke the Water of an Infant purified, three pints; Roman, Vitriol, and Tutty prepar'd, of each four ounces; mingle them for eight daies space, then distill, and put a drop Morning and Evening into the Eye, and it will quickly be cur'd.

For the Colick.

Take of green Anise, Cummin, Agarick, Wormwood, Centaury, Gentian, equal parts, and make thereof a Powder, the Dose is two drams in Broth.

An admirable Water against the Colick.

Take the distill'd Water of Nuts and Ca∣momil, of each four pints, infuse therein the Flowers of Camomil and Elder, of each six Landfuls, for four daies in Balneo Maria, or

other hot place; then strain it, and add the Flowers above-said, and Fennel seed, Aniseed, Juniper Berries, of each two ounces, Bay-ber∣rys five ounces and an half, Cinamon half an ounce, dryed Mint a Pugil; let them infuse two days in B. M. then distil them; the Dose is two or three ounces.

Against the heat of the Sun.

Take Rose-water two ounces, Milk one ounce, Verjuice half an ounce, Incense bea∣ten two drams, the white of an Egg well bea∣ten; rub the Face before you go to bed.

For them that Spit or Vomit Blood from a Fall.

Take the Powder of the Vine-leaves in three ounces of Broth, one Pugil; then be∣ing setled, you must take half a Glass of the Vulnerary decoction for eight days.

For Pain o'th' Teeth.

Take equal parts of Honey of Roses and Aqua-Vitae; boil them together, and wash the Mouth therewith.

Contusions, Falls, Blows without Wounds.

Take a Cake of Honey; let it boil in the best red Vinegar, till it come to a Pap; make an Emplaister thereof and apply it.

For Wounds and Pricks.

Take Night-shade Leaves bruised and ap∣ply them.

For the Head-ach.

Take the shavings of Harts-horn, drink it in Wine, and powder the head therewith.

For Warts.

Take the Juice of Celandine, let it drop upon the Wart first cut, and then apply the Herb; do this two or three times.

Oyl of Juniper.

Take Juniper-berries, gathered from the month of August to the end of September; bruise them and infuse them in Fountain-wa∣ter three or four days; and the Water of the first infusion will serve for the rest, for the first is the best; take two earthen Alembics, the one full of Berries, and the other half full of the Infusion; this put into the Earth, and

the one fastned upon the other; after having strained it through a Cloth, put it into a Fur∣nace: being cold, open it and gather the Oyl, letting the water run out: take care that it take not wind.

The Ʋse.

A Secret for Wounds, Cancers, Reins, Spleen, Leprosie: the Dose is two or three drops in Broth.

For the Tooth-ach.

Take good Honey two ounces, a glass of the strongest Vinegar, Cloves half an ounce, let them boil in a new Pot till a quarter be wasted; rub your Teeth therewith, morn∣ing, after dinner, and at night.

To turn a Defluxion from the Breast.

Take Cephalic Powder; put in your Broth a little Anula; abstain from all sharp things.

The Cephalic Powder.

Take Grape-flowers half an ounce, Violet-flowers, white Nutmegs, half an ounce, Be∣tony-flowers two ounces, all dry'd and pow∣dred, besprinkle them with Rose-water, dry them again; beat them together with a grain of Amber-grease.

An Oyl as good as Balm.

Take flowers of St. John's-wort, half an ounce, put to two ounces of Sallet-Oyl, one spoonful of the Juice of Coronata; put them all in a glass, and set it in the Sun for three or four hours.

Hyppocras, Extempore.

Take a quart of Aq. Vitae, in which infuse four ounces of Cinamon, an ounce of Cloves, and Nutmeg or else Ginger; infuse them all together, and to make Hyppocras, put two or three spoonfuls in a quart of Wine.

Rosa Solis.

Take two quarts of Aq. Vitae, of Sugar, or powdred Sugar a pound and half, common Water a pint and half, wherein you shall boil them to the consistence of Syrup, not quite boil'd enough; then put in half an ounce of Cinamon powdred; and put it to the Syrup when 'tis boil'd enough; to scent it, pour it through a Cloth with two grains of Musk, and half an ounce of Sugar Candy.