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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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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