11. Purging Sal Nitre.
℞ Of fixea Nitre, as much as you please, which aissolve in Spirit of Vinegar; alter and co∣agulate, which repeat three times with fresh Spirit of Vinegar: lastly, dissolve it in S.V. and evaporate to driness.
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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- M.DC.XCVIII [1698]
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It purges gently, and that by Stool, opens Obstructions of the Mesentery and Spleen. It is given, à ℈ ss, ad ʒ ss. This Salt is that which is called Terra foliata Nitri, the Foliated Earth of Nitre, and is profitable against putrid, burning, and malign Fevers; it brings forth Urine and the Stone, and is very pow∣erful in cutting and deterging of gross and tartarous Humors, and in opening of obstructed Passages.