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.
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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.
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Lémery, Nicolas, 1645-1715.
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London :: Printed for Walter Kettilby,
1700.
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Pharmacopoeias.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A47661.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 3, 2024.
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Le Mort's Polychrest Balsam.
℞. Roots of Sarsaparilla five ounces, Spirit of Wine
four pints and a half, let them infuse in a Glass Vessel until the
Spirit of Wine appears of a golden colour, then filter it and add eight ounces
of Gum Guajacum, leave them to digest together, stirring them sometimes,
until the Gum is throughly dis∣solv'd, which when it is add a spoonful of
Balsam of Peru.
This Balsam is Sudorifick, and is of excellent use in the
Pox, Leprosie, Scur∣vy; and tho' it was design'd for internal
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use it may be us'd outwardly in Palsies, and
Sciatica's: It may be taken in Wine to two drachms. Some add an ounce of
Virginian Snake-weed in powder to the Infusion, and two ounces of
Balsam of Peru to this quantity.
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