Ars chirurgica a compendium of the theory and practice of chirurgery in seven books ... shewing the names, causes, signs, differences, prognosticks, and various intentions of curing all kinds of chirurgick diseases ... : to which is added Pharmacopoeia chirurgica, or, The medical store, Latin and English ... / by William Salmon ...

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Ars chirurgica a compendium of the theory and practice of chirurgery in seven books ... shewing the names, causes, signs, differences, prognosticks, and various intentions of curing all kinds of chirurgick diseases ... : to which is added Pharmacopoeia chirurgica, or, The medical store, Latin and English ... / by William Salmon ...
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Salmon, William, 1644-1713.
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London : Printed for J. Dawks ... and sold by S. Sprint [and 6 others] ...,
M.DC.XCVIII [1698]
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Medicine -- 15th-18th centuries.
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5. The Purging Syrup.

White Port-wine lbiv. de∣purated juice of Damask-Roses lbij. Alcohel of Wine lbj ss. best Sena lbj. Rhubarb ℥ iv. Li∣quorice bruised ℥ ij. digest in Bal∣neo Mariae, for twenty four hours; then strain out, and with the best white Sugar-candy lbvj. make a Syrup.

It sufficiently and powerfully purges Choler, Phlegm, and Melancholy: it is a Medicine of general use, which is proper to many praeternatural Affects of the Body, and expels all Hu∣mors; it is powerful against various Diseases of the Head, Stomach, Liver, and Disaffections of the other Bowels, and is given in the Morning fasting; ab ℥ j, ad ij, vel iij.

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