Nine books of physick and chirurgery written by that great and learned physitian, Dr Sennertus. The first five being his Institutions of the whole body of physick: the other four of fevers and agues: with their differences, signs, and cures.

CHAP. XII. Of Eclegmaes, and Lohochs.

EClegmaes, or Eclectaes, from the Greek word Eclei••o, * 1.1 that is to take up with ones tongue, or lick of, the Ara∣bicks called Lohoch, or Linctns, * 1.2 and things that are to be licked, as they are commonly called, are like unto Electua∣ries, nor do they differ from Electuaries, only in that they are of a moister consistence, and as it were the middle betwixt Syrups and Electuaries, and are appointed peculiarly for di∣vers diseases of the Breast and Lungs.

Species and Powders, Conserves, thickned juices, Honey, * 1.3 Sugar, Extracts, Muscellages, Syrups, Juleps, Oxymell, di∣stilled Oyles, the manner of preparing is the same also with that of Electuaries. The Powders are taken, which are most convenient, Gums of Arabick, Tragacanth, Juice of Liquo∣rish, Rice, and all things are incorporated in a sufficient quantity of honey, or Syrups, or Juleps, or Muscellages, or Juices, or Insusions, or of some decoction for this purpose, prepared of roots, herbes, seeds, fruits, But principally of Muscellages, and visoid things being strained and expressed and boiled with honey, or sugar, to the consistence of a sy∣rup, or any one, or more of these, and all of them are to be wrought so long in a Morter with a woodden Pestle, untill they are exactly mingled, and come to be of the consistence of honey, or rather the middle betwixt Honey and Electuaries.

Eclegmaes may be prepared without the addition of Pow∣ders, and Species, if a juice, or Muscellage be boiled with honey, or sugar, to the consistence of an Eclegma.

3. Eclegmaes also may be made according to that manner which is explained last of all amongst the Electuaries, so that if it ought to be licked, the consistence ought to be the moister.

4. And such things are often administred alone to be supt up by the sick, or else they are prepared of them other things being mixt, a new Eclegma is made for the present occasion; for you may take as much as you please of the usuall Eclegma; Conserves also are added, and conve∣nient Powders, Sugar, and an Eclegma may be reduced into the forme of a Syrup, with a sufficient quantity of Syrup, or Juleps or clarified Honey, or Sugar dissolved; To which sometimes some drops of distilled Oyles are ad∣ded.

5. Sometimes an Eclegma is prepared of Syrups alone, Sugar-canded, or Penedies being added.

Hereunto belong medicines which by some are called Saponea, * 1.4 from the similitude of white Soape not yet made hard, by others tis called Linctus, from a Liniment made of Almonds. Sweete Almonds are taken being blanched, and are pounded; to those that are pounded, clarified Su∣gar, or Penedies, or Sugar-Candy is added; being first dissolved in a convenient Liquor, they are boyled to the consistence of Honey; a little before they have done boy∣ling a pound of Rice is added, to wit, unto two ounces of Sugar, an ounce of Rice, and another of Almonds, and a sufficient quantity of Rose water, and a little before it be ended some Ginger also, or Aromatick may be added. Others draw a milke out of Almonds with Rose water, or some other convenient Liquor, with some portion of milke; Sugar is dissolved, the Rice is rast in afterwards, and the other part also of the mulsion being poured in they are stir∣red with a gentle fire.

The composition which is called Leucophagum, * 1.5 is so named from its colour, and therefore may be referred to this, or the precedent head; tis prepared of swee•• Almonds macerated in Rose water, and the flesh of a Capon, or Pa∣tridge boyled with it, being very much wrought in a Mar∣ble Morter, and strained through a haire seive, with a lit∣tle of the beaten blanched Almonds, and Sugar, boyled to a due consistence, to which according to the severall aimes of the Physitians, Aromaticks, Corralls, and other things may be added.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Eclegma.
• * 1.2

  Lohoch.
• * 1.3

  Manner of preparing.
• * 1.4

  Saponea.
• * 1.5

  Leucopha∣gum.