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 ...

6. Tincture of Wormwood.

℞ Dried Leaves of common Wormwood ℥ iv. Salt of Tartar ℥ j. grind them together in a hot Mortar; and add thereto rectified Spirit of Wine ℥ xvj. digest seven days, then strain out by pressing: in that liquor infuse again the same quantity of Wormwood and Salt of Tartar, digesting and expressing as before; which work repeat the third time: press out again, and filter the Tincture.

It is a great Stomatick, helps Concoction, and inwardly taken kills Worms of the Belly, it re∣moves Obstructions, provokes the Terms, brings forth the Birth and After-birth, preserves from Putrefaction, resists Poison, and is good in the cure of the Plague and many other contagious Dis∣eases. Dose, à gut. vj, ad xvj. more or less, in a draught of Wine or, Asc.