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 ...

8. Spirit of Harts-horn, compound.

℞ Raspings of Harts-horn lbj. Amber, white Tartar a. lbss. put them into an earthen or glass Re∣tort; distil, and with a naked Eire, or in Sand; first, in a gentle heat, then augmenting it to the fourth degree; so will you have first the Phlegm, then the Oil, and lastly the volatil Salt: continue the distillation five or six hours, 'till no more will come forth; in the Receiver you will have a mass, consisting of Phlegm, Oil, and vola∣til Salt, looking almost like Snow, and adhering to the sides of the Receiver; which ought to be very large, and exactly fitted to the neck of the Retort: separate the Oil from the Spirit and Salt.

This Spirit is a most excellent Sudorifick, for which cause it is of use in malign and contagious Fevers, and in the Plague; in Diseases of the Womb, Obstru∣ctions of the Bowels, and Dis∣eases proceeding from Melan∣choly. 'Tis a famous Medicine, chiefly in all Diseases curable by Sweating. It is given against Obstruction of the Terms, and other Affects of the Womb; a∣gainst the Falling-sickness, Apo∣plexy, Palsy, Lethargy, and other Obstructions of the Nerves, as also in malign Diseases. It is a powersul Antidote against the Bitings of Venemous Creatures. It breaks and dissolves the Coa∣gulation of the Blood; and is given à gut. 10, ad 40. and more, in some convenient Vehicle.