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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Title: 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.
Author: Lémery, Nicolas, 1645-1715.
Publication: London :: Printed for Walter Kettilby,; 1700.
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The Grey Imperial Powder against the Plague.

℞. Roots of Burnet, Gentian, Tormentil, Serpentwort, Juniper Berries, Leaves of Rue and Wormwood, of each one Ounce; Castoreum half an Ounce; reduce them into Powder according to art.

This Powder is given in Malignant Fe∣vers, and as well to cure as preserve from Infection in time of Pestilence from ten Grains to two Scruples. It may be made into Pills with equal parts of Treacle and Vinegar of Roses, and a Paste of beaten Nuts; or with Treacle, Mithridate, and a little quantity of Spirits of Wine. There is a red powder design'd for the same end with this, it contains besides these Ingredients, Bole-Armoniack, Brimstone, Zedoary, Ginger, Cretan Dittany, Harts-Horn, Myrrh, Camphire, and Saffron; it may be made into Pills as the other; both so made are called Plague Pills.