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 ...

3. Tincture of Opium.

℞ Thebian Opium ℥ viij. Saf∣fron, Cochinele, a. ℥ j. Cloves, Mace, Nutmegs, Cinamon, Snake∣root, a. ℥ ss. Juice of Limons, recti∣fied Spirit of Wine, a. lbijss. mix them; digest, 'till the Ingredients fall to the bottom; filter, and ex∣hale the one half. Or thus, from Angelus Sala; ℞ Thebian Opium dried ℥ j. English Saffron, Mace, a. ℥ss. Ambergrise ʒj. Spirit of Vitriol ℥ iiij. Damask-rose-water ℥ vj. infuse all in a glass vessel, and digest for a month: then strain, abstract the Rose-water, and keep the Tincture for use.

It is a most approved and safe Remedy in all Pains, whether Venereal or others; it stops all Haemorrhagies, or Bleedings and Fluxes, both of the Womb and Bowels. It is a famous Sudorifick, purifies the Blood thro' the whole Body, and restores the pristin vigour of Health: It is good as well in the Dropsy and Con∣vulsions,

as in the Stone, and Fits of the Mother: it is a stupendi∣ous Medicament in stopping all Fluxes of Humors and Catarrhs, Overflowing of the Courses, in Watching, and in all kinds of Fevers, and Weaknesses; in Phrensies, Madness, Melancholy, Vomiting, Falling-sickness, Suffo∣cation of the Heart, Colick, weakness of the Stomach, Pleuri∣sie, Gout, as well in the Hips, as Knees and Feet, as also the Stone, and pain of the Reins: for in easing all vehement and sharp kinds of pain, it is as it were a divine help, and the very last Re∣fuge. Dose, à gut. 16, ad 20, vel 30. more or less; which may be taken in the Evening, about bed-time.