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 ...

9. Tincture of Mars or Iron.

℞ Bits of Iron, or old Nails lbv. White-wine lbviij. Spirit of Wine lbij. Oil of Sulphur ℥ j. digest in a cold place for six months, more or less: and that the Salt and Sulphur of the Mars may be well drawn into the Wine, let the Vessel be often shaked; then de∣cant, filter, and keep it for use.

This Martial Tincture brings forth many corrupt Humors by loosning the Belly, chiefly Choler and Melancholy, Humors earthy, heavy, and sticking, not easily by other Medicaments to be ejected or removed. It is a special remedy against Obstructions of the Liver, Spleen, and Womb; it is profita∣ble against the Jaundies, Pain at Stomach, Palpitation of the Heart, Colick, Iliack-passion, and the Rickets in Children: it has

been found by experience to be a noble Remedy against Hypo∣chondriack Melancholy, Quar∣tans, Cachexia's, Dropsies, Scurvy, overflowing and retention of the Terms, and the Green-sickness in Virgins. Dose, 2 or 3 spoonfuls, more or less, in some proper Ve∣hicle, at bed-time; that the virtues thereof may the more easily penetrate, even to the remote parts of the Body.