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.

Syrup of Mucilages.

℞. Seeds of Althea, Mallows, Quinces, of each one ounce, Gumm Tragacanth, 3 drams, infuse them over hot Embers for 6 hours in a quart of Decoction of Mallow-seeds; of white Poppies, and Alkekengi∣berries; then press out the Mucilage, and add to it a pound and a half of the best Sugar and boil it to the consistence of a Syrup.

This Syrup is deservedly commended in diseases of the Breast, chiefly where sharp acrimonious and thin humours are to be stay'd and allay'd. It defends by its slimy Mucilage the Throat from the sharpness of Rheums, the Stomach from corrosive Humours and Medicines, and the Ureters and Urethra from sometimes scarce the insupportable Acrimony of the Urine.

Syrupus Kermesinus without fire, may be made thus: beat grains of Kermes full ripe in a Marble Mortar, and mix with

them a triple quantity of refin'd Sugar finely powder'd; stir them often toge∣ther, and leave them to digest in the cold ten or twelve Hours, then strain them with expression through a clean Linen Cloth; the filter'd Liquor is the Syrup, and retains some Volatile parts that would be lost the ordinary way: Syrup of Li∣mons may be thus made, and a Syrup of Peach Flowers by beating and mixing in a Marble Mortar some Pounds of the Flowers with an equal weight of Sugar; as 4 Pound of each, putting half a Pint of Water to them, and stirring them toge∣ther to the consistence of a Liquid Con∣serve, then cover an Earthen Pot glaz'd, with Linen or Taffety, tie the Cloth round the Brim, that it may bear down in the middle, where put the Conserve; cover it with another Cloth, and place the Pot in a cold Cellar; the Liquor that will drop into the Pot is the Syrup, what remains being boil'd in Water, and clari∣fy'd, will make the common Syrup of Peach-Flowers.