Tablets of Oranges which are to be sold by the Oxford Apothecaries.
TAke Rinds of Oranges, Limons, Citrons preserv'd of each an Ounce, preserv'd Eringoes half an Ounce, Pine-Nut Kernels, Fi∣stick Nuts of each twenty, Sweet Almonds blancht in number ten, Annise Seed Powdred half an Ounce, Ginger Candied two Ounces, Species of Aromaticum Rosatum, Nutmegs of each a Dram and a half, Roots of Galingal a Dram, Cloves in number ten, Ambergreice four Grains, Musk, Civet of each two Grains, double refin'd Sugar dis∣solv'd in Rose-water, and Boyl'd to a Consistency for Tablets a Pound and a half; make Tablets according to Art.
So much of Medicines which are wont to be given to Scor∣butical Persons in a solid form, or in a gross substance: and that their vertue may be convey'd the better into the Mass of Blood and with more benefit, Liquids are prescrib'd for the most part to be drank after them. Though there be a great variety of these, and a diversifyed way of their composition, yet the chief and most usual are such as we have hinted before, and of each of which we shall now give you forms.