Pharmacopoeia Lemeriana contracta Lemery's Universal pharmacopoeia abridg'd, in a collection of recepe's and observations compar'd with the London and with Bates's dispensatories, and also with Charas's Royal pharmacy : to which are added some remedies recommended by the members of the French Royal Academy of Science, most collected out of the history of that society lately published by John Baptista du Hamel.

Hoffman's Orvietan.

℞. Roots of Swallow-wort, Zedoary, Car∣lina, Angelica, Butter-bur, Valerian, white Dittander, Enula Campana, Celandine, of each three ounces; leaves of Cretan Dittany, Scordium, Rue, of each three hands full; powder of Vipers two ounces, Oriental Saf∣fron one ounce or six drachms, Galbanum an ounce and a half, choice Myrrh, Sulphur and seal'd Earth, of each one ounce, volatile Salt of Vipers six drachms, Cinnamon, Cloves, of each half an ounce; Opium cor∣rected or laudanum Opiatum three drachms, Oyl of Amber and of Citrons of each one drachm and a half, Honey of Juniper ten

pound, mix them well and leave them to ferment for some Months in a close Vessel.

This is the best Preparation of the kind, and has been prefer'd as such to all others by the Apothecaries of Paris in 94; it is us'd in Malignant Fevers, and all Epide∣mick Diseases, as Plague, &c. where it proves a cure and preservative, as also against the stings and bitings of veno∣mous Creatures, Fluxes, Indigestion, &c. It is given to a drachm and a half.