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℞ Aloes ℥ v. Coloquintida, Rheubarb, Extract of Opium, Asa foetida, Wood-soot, vola∣ril Salt of Amber, Crocus Martis aperitive, Calx of Tin, Vitriol of Silver, A.℥i. Casror, Camphir, Myrrh, Oil of Amber, A. ℥ ss. Oil of Harts-horn ʒi. mix, and with decoction of Sena,
make a mass of Pills. Or thus. Take Aloes ℥vii. Asa foetida ℥iv. Wood-soot, volatil Salt of Amber, Crocus Martis aperitive, A. ℥ii. Camphir, Myrrh, Oil of Amber, A.℥j. with Syrupof stinking Arach make a mass of Pills.
They wonderfully quiet, and ease the suffocation, pains, and disturbances of the Womb; and are happily given in the Falling-Sickness, Apoplexy, Lethargy, Palsey, Madness, Distemper of the Spleen, and Hypochondriack Melancholy, from Humors heaped up together; they are also help∣ful in the Vertigo, Head-ach, and Megrim. Dose, of the for∣mer, à gr. xv, ad ʒss. of the latter, à ℈i, ad ℈ii.