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℞ MIrrh, Aloes, Spicknard, San∣guis Drachonis, Francum∣cense, Mummia Opopanac, Bdelium, the Juice of the Balsamum Tree, the Juice or Gum of the Tree Agasillis, of Sarcocolla, of Saffron, Ma∣stick, Gum Arabick, Liquid Stirax, ana ʒij, Lambd. Elect, Juice of a Beaver, or Succi Castorei, ana ʒij, Musk ʒss, The∣rebinthin the weight of altogether, Pul∣verize
them, and mix them well with the Therebinthin; put the whole Composi∣tion into an Alimbeck, and Distil Philo∣sophically: Then take out the Distill'd Liquor, and lay it up carefully for use.
If Dead Bodies be anointed therewith, they will not Putrisie. If with this Balsom you would strengthen weak Bodies, mix it with Rose Water, and anoint the Belly and Reins therewith. If you put a little of this Balsam upon a Linen Cloth, and being a little warm before the Fire, ap∣ply it to the Back-bone of the Afflicted with an Ague, there letting it remain for some Hours; it takes away the rigor thereof: Yea, it wonderfully relieves the Quartan Ague. It helps Swoundings, if the Spine of the Back be anointed there∣with. A little of this being put under the Tongue of a Person Speechless, it Re∣stores it; and count it no mean Remedy, if Necessity compel thee to use it in Suffo∣cations of the Womb, Falling Sicknesses, and many other Diseases, Drinking Three Drops of this in a Glass of Odoriferous Wine. It wonderfully comforts the Heart and Animal Spirits. Mixt with Oyl of
Roses, and Bathing the Members and Backbone, is very good to expel Melan∣choly, and trouble of Mind, helping de∣cayed Strength, and good in Hectick Fe∣vers. It has many other wonderful Proper∣ties with it; for the Spine of the Back-bone being anointed therewith, it has strange Operations, comforting [by the per∣mission of Almighty God,] the Reins and parts thereabouts. It procures long Life, so powerful is this Balsom, pre∣serving the Causes thereof. The † Nuca is the Principium of the Nerves and Bones, and is generated from the Brain, therefore by Bathing that part, you will comfort the Spiritual Substance, and all the Bones; be∣ing a Remedy against the Palsie: Com∣forting and being good against the Trem∣bling of the Heart and Looseness. [Et est omnium Medicamentorum in celeri cordis comfortatione.]
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