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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6. Our Friendly Balsam.

℞ Strasburgh-Turpentine, Bal∣sam of Capivi, Gum Elemi, a. ℥ xij. Frankincense, Rosin, Wax, a. ℥ x. liquid Styrax, li∣quid Amber, pure Oil of Peter, a. ℥ viij. Balsams of Peru, of Tolu, Oil of Nutmegs by expres∣sion, a. ℥ vj. Mastich, Myrrh, Olibanum, resinous Scammony, all in subtil pouder, a. ℥ iv. Oil

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of Hypericon ℥ xl. in the Oil dissolve the Rosin, Wax, Gums, Balsams, and aromatick Oils; afterwards, but whil'st yet hot, sprinkle in the Pouders, stirring the whole for a good while, and without intermission, and conclude the Balsam.

It removes cold Diseases of the Nerves, and Pains afflict∣ing them; it admirably heals Wounds; and is good for Ul∣cers and Fistula's, because it digests, purifies, cleanses, drys, and consolidates, and produces the Cicatrice, without the least sense of acrimony or sharpness. It powerfully digests and re∣solves, strengthens the Nerves, and preserves them from Dis∣eases coming of cold.

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