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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CHAP. LXX. De PILƲLIS.
I. Pilulae Catharticae.

℞ ALOES purissimae libras quindecim, Colocynthi∣dis pulverisatae libras quatuor, Turpethi Mineralis, Cambogiae, ana libras tres: in decocto forti pulpae Colocynthidis dissolvatur Aloes & Cambogia, & evapora ad Mèllis consistentiam; cui addantur pulveres Colocynthi∣dis & Turpethi; fiatque Oleo Crui massa Pilularum.

Omnes Humores, praecipuè se∣rosos, atque Bilem & Pituitam maximè purgant; specificae sunt ad Gonorrhaeam & Fluxus Ʋteri album; in Hydrope, Arthritide, Scorbuto, Scrophula, Rheuma∣tisma, Cachexia, Ictero, Obstru∣ctionibus Hepatis, Lienis, Mesen∣terii, Ʋteri, & Renum, felicis∣simè exhibentur, & praesertim iis, qui levioribus Medicamentis pur∣gari nequeunt: omnibusque impu∣ritatibus Cerebri, Ventriculi, In∣testinorum, & Sanguinis conve∣niunt. Dosis, à scrupla una ad semi∣drachmam, mane, Stomacho Je∣juno.

II. Pilulae ad Luem.

℞ Aloes uncias sexdecim, Colocynthidis pulverisatae uncias octo; Turpethi Minerali, vel Ar∣cani Corallini, uncias sex; misce, & cum decocti fortis pulpae Colo∣cynthidis quantitate sufficienti & Oleo Anin fiat massa Pilularum.

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Specificae sunt in Lue Venerea, Gonorrhoea virulenta, Lepra, Sca∣bie, Arthritide, Ʋlceribus & Fistulis malignis & venereis: in∣terius assumptae Pituitam tenacem incidunt & expellunt, omnesque Humores purgant. Dosis, à granis quindecim ad semidrachmam.

III. Pilulae Mirabiles.

℞ Argenti vivi panno con∣clusi, ut granis minimis efflaat, uncias quinque; Succi vel Sy∣rupi Limonum quantitatem suf∣ficientem; misce, & extingua∣tur Mercurius eodem Succo per triturationem; cumque satis extinctum & mixtum fuerit, addatur Aloes unciae octo, pul∣pae Colocynthidis pulverisatae unciae quatuor; Cambogiae un∣ciae duae; misce, & cum sy∣rupo Limonum, vel decocto forti Colocynthidis fiat massa Pilularum, addendo pro re natâ, Bezoartici Mineralis, vel Gly∣cyrrhizae pulveris, quantitatem parvam.

Virtutes omnes proximi habent praecedentis; praecipuè autem in Arthritide, Rheumatismo, & do∣loribus Scorbuticis & Venereis; in quibus nihil est in Rerum natura praestantius. Dosis, quotidie, à semiscrupla ad scruplam unam, vel pro re natà.

IV. Pilulae Hystericae.

℞ Aloes uncias quinque, Colocynthidis, Rhabarbari, Opii Extracti, Asae foeti∣dae, Fuliginis ligneae, Salis volatilis Succini, Croci Martis aperitivi, Calcis Jovis, Vitrioli Lunae, ana unciam unam; Ca∣storei, Camphorae, Myrrhae, Olei Succini, ana unciam semis; Olei de Gornu Cervi drachmam

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unam; misce, & cum deco∣cto Senae fiat massa Pilularum. Vel sic. Recipe Aloes uncias septem, Asae foetidae uncias quatuor; Opii, Fuliginis li∣gneae, Salis volatilis Suc∣cini, Crocus Martis aperitivi, ana uncias duas; Camphorae, Myrrhae, Olei Succini, ana un∣ciam unam; cum Syrupo Atripli∣cis olidae fiat massa Pilularum.

Ʋteri strangulatus, dolores, & subversiones maximè sedant: faeliciter verò Epilepticis, Apo∣plecticis, Lethargicis, Paralyti∣cis, Maniacis, Lienosis, & Melancholicis Hypochondiacis, ab Humoribus impactis, dantur; Ver∣tiginem etiam, Cephalalgiam, & Hemicraniam sanant. Dosis prioris, à granis quindecim ad semidra∣ehmam; posterioris à scrupla una ad duas.

V. Laudanum Samech, seu Tar∣tarisatum; Viri Excellentis∣simi, D. Tho. Gardneri Regii Chirurgi.

℞ Salis Tartari (ex Tartari & Nitri partibus aequalibus facti) uncias sex; Olei Terebinthinae & Juniperi, ana uncias sex; misce simul Vase amplo, in loco frigido & humido; stent ad menses ali∣quot, tamdiu scilicet (saep in∣terim quotidie agitando, & plus Olei, quoties opus fuerit, adjiciendo) usque-dum Sal plane triplum Olei absorbuerit; atque in unam massam (Saponis instar) spissam conspiraverint homo∣geneam, nullatenus separandum. Recipe hujus Saponis uncias octodecim, Opii Thebaici Ex∣tracti uncias octo, Salis Armo∣niaci volatils uncias sex; Sul∣phuris Martis anodyni, Gummi

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Guajaci, ana uncias quatuor; Extractorum Theriacae Andro∣machi, Croci, Cochinelae, Radi∣cis-serpentariae, Olei Macis & Nucis moschatae per expressio∣nem, ana uncias duas; misce, & in Mortario contunde; cum∣que mixtura partibus Oleorum aequalibus Anisi, Juniperi, & Succini, ac pulvere Glycyrrhizae vel Zinziberis, fiat massa Pilu∣larum.

Nota. Sulphur Martis sic per∣ficitur. Recipe limaturae Martis libram unam; Spiritus Aceti uncias octo, Spiritus Nitri semiunciam; bulliantur ad sic∣citatem; adde Spiritus Aceti quantum sufficit, digeritur ad rubedinem, filtretur; cum Oleo Tartari per deliquium praeci∣pitatur, & Aqua purà edulco∣ratur Sulphur ad usum.

In operatione & virtute hoc Medicamentum, Mithridatium & Theriacam ipsam longè vincit; hinc vires ejus facilè colligere poterit; in Hydrope, Arthritide, Lue Venerea, & Rheumatismo praevalet. Contra Pestem, Fe∣bres malignas & contagiosas, Marsum Canis rabidi, Morbillos, Variolas, & quaevis alia Venena celeberrimum est Alexiterium. Omnes Dolores sedat, omnesque Fluxus cujuscunque generis sistat; Tussi & Tabi convenit, Somnum lentè inducit, & per Sudorem & Transpirationem insensibilem efficacissime operatur. Dosis, à granis tribus ad octo, sub nocte, vel horâ somni.

VI. Laudanum specificum Nostrum.

℞ Opii Thebaici sesquilibram, dissolvatur in succi Limonum

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libris duabus, Olei Sulphuris unciis duabus mixti; coletur, inspissetur, & evaporetur ad Extracti consistentiam; cui ad∣datur Olei Nucum moschatarum per expressionem libra una; Bezoartici mineralis, pulverum Caryophyllorum, Camphorae, Ca∣techu, Cochinelae, Corticis Win∣terani & Peruani, Croci, Radi∣cum Serpentariae, ana unciae tres, Sulphuris Vitrioli Martis anodyni unciae sex: Olei Chy∣micè praeparati Absinthii, Anisi, Caryophyllorum, Foeniculi, Ju∣niperi, Lavendulae, Limonum, Rosmarini, Sassafras, & Succini, ana drachmae duae & semis: misce, fiatque massa Pilularum.

Stomachum confortat, ac in omnibus Alvi Profluviis, ut Diar∣rheâ, Lienteriâ, Dysenteriâ, Fluxu Hepatico, Vomitu, Haemor∣rhagiâ Narium, Mensibus super∣fluis, Sputo Sanguinis, Catarrhis, aliisque Defluxionibus Experimen∣tum est mirabile. Confortat In∣testina & Membra interiora: in Hydrope, Arthritide, Scorbuto, Icteritia, Suffocatione Matricis, similisque Ʋterinis Affectibus; omnisque generis Febribus, sive sint intermittentes, sive continuae, aut malignae, suam adeò prome∣retur laudem, ut à nullo satis ejus virtutes depredicari possint. In Peste, & Morbis Epidemicis, Morbillis, Variolis, Doloribus ex∣tremis in quacunque Corporis parte, & cujuscunque generis, Colico, Tussi, Phthisi, Calculo Renum & Vesicae exhiberi solet. Spiritus Vitales, Animales, & Naturales in omnibus membris recreat & fortificat. Somnum generosé in∣du it, necnon in Gonorrhoea &

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Fuxu albi Matricis, Arcanum est. Dosis, à granis duabus vel tribus ad sex vel octo, horâ somni.

VII. Laudanum Catharticum Nostrum.

℞ Opii Thebaici (succo Li∣monum) extracti, libram unam; Aloes Succotrinae (Aquâ fon∣tanâ) extractae, libras octo; Scammonii resinosi, Zinziberis, Glycyrrhizae, pulverum, ana libram unam: misce, ac Oleo Anisi, Caryophyllorum, Limo∣num, & Sassafras, ana drachmas sex; misce, fiatque massa.

Omnes Dolores universaliter sedat: minùs quidem purgat, magis tamen roborat, & adstrictam Alvum solvit. Virtus hujus Re∣medii admiranda, & nunquam satis laudanda, existit; quoniam ad omnium Visce•…•…m nobiliorum corroborationem commendatur; pra∣vorum insuper Humorum corre∣ctionem; & blandissimam eva∣cuationem promovet, tutâ & jucundâ operatione. Catarrhos te∣nues sistit, ac Tussim inde natam sedat; Somnum conciliat, & in Febribus tertianis & quar∣tanis, aliquot horis ante Paro∣xysmum propinanda praestat. Dosis, horâ somni, â semiscrupla ad scruplam unam, vel semidra∣chmam.

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