Doron medicum, or, A supplement to the new London dispensatory in III books : containing a supplement I. to the materia medica, II. to the internal compound medicaments, III. to the external compound medicaments : compleated with the art of compounding medicines ... / by William Salmon ...

Examples in Compounding Catharticks.

I. Such as are Gentle.

1. ℞ RHubarb thin sliced, ℥ ss: yellow San∣ders ʒ ss: Salt of Tartar ℈j: infuse all night in Whitewine ℥ iii: Cichory. water q. s. strain, and to ℥ iij thereof add Syrup of Succory and Rhu∣barb ℥ ss: Cinnamon water ʒ ij: mix for a Potion.

2. ℞ Infusion of Rhubarb in Whitewine ℥ij: Syrup of Buckthorn ℥ ss: mix for a Dose.

3. ℞ Purging Line M.j: Sweet sennel Seeds ʒ ij: Spring water, q.s. boil to ℥ vj: strain, and add Whitewine ℥ ij: give it for a Dose.

4. ℞ Damask Roses ℥ j: clarified Whey, q.s. White∣wine ℥iij: boil to ℥vj: strain, then add Syrup of Roses pur∣ging ℥ j, and give it.

5. ℞ Peach Leaves or Flowers, M. ss: Roots of A∣grimony ℥jss: Spring-water q. s. Whitewine ℥ iij or jv: boil to ℥ viij: strain, sweeten with purging Syrup of Roses, ℥ j, and give it.

6. ℞ Pillul. Stomachicae with Gums ℈j: or ʒ ss: Tar∣tar Vitriolate gr. ij or iij: Balsam of Peru or Tolu, q.s. make 3 or 4. Pills.

7. ℞ Pill. Ruffi, gr. xxv. Tartar Vitriolate gr. iij: Scammony gr. ij. mix for a Dose.

8. ℞ Pill. do Succino ʒ ss: Salt of Wormwood gr. vi: Re∣sin of Jallap, gr. ii: mix them.

9. ℞ Pouder of Scammo∣ny gr. xv. Mercurius dulcis gr. x. mix in a fine Pouder.

10. ℞ Rhubarb in pouder ʒ ss: Salt of Wormwood ℈ ss: Cloves in pouder gr.iij: mix and give it in a spoonful of Cinnamon water, or in

a draught of broth.

11. ℞ Sena in pouder ℈j: Calomelanos gr. xvij: yel∣low Sanders ℈ss: Scammony gr. ij: make a pouder to be given in a little panada.

12. ℞ Mechoacan in pou∣der ʒ ss: Ginger ℈j: Scam∣mony gr. ij: make a pouder for a Dose.

13. ℞ Sena in pouder, Rhubarb, A. gr. xvj. Cloves in pouder gr. vij: mix them.

14. ℞ Electuary lenitive ℥ ss: Creamor Tartari ʒ ss: Syrup of Roses q.s. make a Bolus.

15. ℞ new drawn Cassia ℥ss: Rhubarb in pouder ℈j Sena, Cloves gr. x. Tartar vitriolate gr. vj: Scammony gr. ij: Syrup of Roses, q.s. mix and make an Electuary.

II. Such as are moderate, or strong.

16. ℞ Mechoacan, Gummy Turbeth in pouder, A. ℥ss: Diagredium, Cremor Tar∣tari, A. ʒij: Resin of Jallap, Red Sanders, A. ʒi: Con∣serve of Violets ℥j: Sugar dissolv'd in Rose-water and boyl'd to a fit Consistency lb j ss: make Tablets of ʒj: Dose j or ij of them, as you see occasion. Silvius.

17. ℞ Sena ℥ij: Turbith, Mechoacan, Rhubarb, ana ℥j strings of black Hellebor ʒj: Cloves, Nutmegs, Cinnamon bruised, ana, ʒij: Salt of Tartar ʒ j ss: Rhenish wine lb jv or v: digest 10 dayes in a cool place, in a great mouth'd Glass close covered: then dissolve in it Sugar-Candy or fine Sugar ℥ iij or ℥ iv: after strain it, and keep it for use: Dose ℥ iij, or more.

18. ℞ Sena ℥ v: Polypo∣dy fresh, sharp pointed dock, A. ℥ ij: Turbith, Mechoa∣can, A. ℥ j ss: Rhubarb sli∣ced ℥j: Epithymum, yellow Sanders, Coriander seeds, Juniper-berries, A. ℥ j ss: slice and bruise what are to be sliced and bruised: put them into a bag with a stone in it, and work them up with 16 quarts of Ale. Dose from half a pint to a pint, every or every other Morning.

19. ℞ Sena ʒ iij: Rhu∣barb, Troches of Agarick, A. ʒ j ss: Coriander seeds ʒ j: yellow Sanders ℈ ij:

Salt of Tarta ʒ ss: Spring∣water, white Wine, A. ℥ vj: infuse warm, and close co∣vered all night: strain and sweeten with purging Syrup of Apples ℥j, adding Myro∣balan water ʒ ij.

20. ℞ Cassia new draw••, Tamarinds, A. ℥ ss: Co••••∣ander seeds ʒ ij: Spring∣water ℥ x: boil to the con∣sumption of a third part: strain, and sweeten with Sy∣rup of Succory with Rhubarb ℥ j.

21. ℞ Pil. stomachicae with Gums ʒ ss: Resin of Jallap, Scammony, A. gr. v. Tartar Vitriolate, gr. vj: Gum Ammoniacum dissolv'd q.s. make iiij pills.

22. ℞ Quercetan's Pills of Tartar ʒ ss: Resin of Jallap gr. viij: Tartar vitriolate gr. vj: Balsam of Peru, q.s. mix and make iiij pills for one dose.

23. ℞ Pil. de Succino, Tartarae Quercetani, A. ℈j. Scammony gr. x. or xij: Tar∣tar vitriolate, gr. vj: Balsam of Tolu, q. s. mix, and make Pills.

24. ℞ Jallap in fine pou∣der ʒ ij; Scammony ʒ i: Cloves, Nutmegs, Ginger, A. ℈ j: with Ammoniacum dis∣solved, make a mass of Pills. Dose ʒ ss.

25. ℞ The pouder of Dia∣sena ʒ j: Cremor Tartar ℈j: mix and give it with a Draught of broth.

26. ℞ Resin of Jallap ℈ss: Calomelano's ℈j: Cloves, gr. vj: mix, and give it as the former.

27. ℞ Our Royal pouder ℈ ss: Scammony gr. xiij: Tartar Vitriolate gr. vj: Re∣sin of Jallap, gr. ij: pouder of Cloves, gr. viij: mix them.

28. ℞ of the Species Dia∣turbith à ʒ ss ad ʒj: Tartar Vitriolate, à gr. vj ad xij: mix them.

29. ℞ Jallap in fine pou∣der à ʒ ss ad ʒj: Ginger ℈j: Cloves gr. iij: mix: give it in a Glass of White-wine.

30. ℞ Jallap, Mechoacan A. ℈ j: Cremor Tartari gr. xv. Cloves, gr. viij: mix.

31. ℞ Mechoacan, Sena A. ʒ ss: Tartar vitriolate, Cloves, A. gr. viij: mix 'em.

32. ℞ Jallap, Mechoacan Sena, A. ℈ j: Cremor Tar∣tari gr. xxjv: Ginger ℈ ss: Gloves, gr. v. mix, and make a fine pouder.

33. ℞ Jallap, Mechoacan A. ℈ j: Cambogia gr. xiv: Scammony, gr. iij: Cloves gr. viij: mix them.

34. ℞ Elect. Lenitivum, ℥ ss: Cream of Tartar ʒss Resin of Jallap gr. vj: Syrup of Roses q.s. mix, and make a Bolus.

35. ℞ Elect. Diaphaenicon ℥ ss: Hermodacts ʒ ss: Sy∣rup of Roses, q. s. mix and make a Bolus.

36. ℞ Jallap in fine pou∣der ℥ j: Mechoacan, Cre∣mor Tartar, A. ℥ ss: Scam∣mony ʒj: Ginger ʒ ij: Cloves, Salt of Wormwood, A. ʒj: Syrup of Roses solutive, q.s. mix, and make an Electuary. Dose the Quantity of a Wal∣nut.

III. Catharticks which are stronger.

37. ℞ Decoct. Senae Gere∣onis (with Addition of strings of black Hellebor, Agarick, A. ʒ j ss:) ℥ vj: Water of Myrobalans ʒ ii: Syrup of Roses solutive, or of Peach∣flowers ℥ j: mix them.

38. ℞ of the best Sena ℥ ss: strings of black Hellebor, Gummy Turbith, A. ʒ ij: Coriander seeds ʒ i ss: wood of Aloes ʒ j: Salt of Tartar, Mechoacan, A. ʒ ss: White wine ℥ viij: infuse, close and warm all night: strain out; and to the clear add Cinna∣mon water ʒ ij: Elect. of the juyce of Roses, ʒ iij: Syrup of Buckthorn ʒ vj: mix and make a Potion.

39. ℞ Tincture of Colo∣cynthis ℥ j; Tincture of Cloves ʒ j ss: mix them.

40. ℞ Pil. Rudij ʒ ss: Resin of Jallap, gr. viij, x, or xij: Strasburgh Turpentine, q. s. mix and make Pills.

41. ℞ Pil. Cochiae min. gr. xxv. Mercurius dulcis ℈ i: mix them and make 4 Pills.

42. ℞ Pil. ex duobus ℈ j and ʒ ss: Mercurius dul∣cis ℈ j: Resin of Jallap, gr. iij: mix them.

43. ℞ Pil. de Sagapaeno ℈ j: Cremor Tartari gr. xvj; Resin of Jallap, gr. vij: mix them.

44. ℞ Turbith, Hermo∣dacts, A. ʒ iij: Scammony ʒ j: Cloves ℈ ss: mix. Dose à ʒ ss and ʒ i.

45. ℞ Pulvis Cornachinij

vulgar ℈ ij: Cambogia, Gin∣ger, A. gr. xvj: mix them.

46. ℞ Pulvis Cornachi∣nij vulgar ℈ij: Resin of Jal∣lap, gr. vj: Cloves, gr. viij: mix them.

47. ℞ Pouder of Hermo∣dacts compound, ʒ ss: Resin of Jalap, Cremor Tartari, A. gr. vj: mix.

48. ℞ Electuary of the Juyce of Roses ℥ ss: Resin of Jallap, gr. x: Cremor Tar∣tari, ʒ ss: Syrup of Roses so∣lutive, q.s. mix, and make a Bolus.

49. ℞ of our Family Pills, ℈ j: choice Turbeth, Cremor Tartari, A. gr. xvj: Balsam of Peru, q.s. mix, and make a dose of Pills.

50. ℞ of our Family Pills, of our Pil. Agregativae, A. à gr. xvj ad ℈ j: Balsam of Peru, q. s. mix, and make pills.

51. ℞ of our Family Pills, of our Agregative Pills, of Pil. Rudij, A. ℈ss, mix them.

After the manner of these Examples, you may make a thousand other Prescri∣ptions.