The London practice of physick, or, The whole practical part of Physick contained in the works of Dr. Willis faithfully made English, and printed together for the publick good.

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Title
The London practice of physick, or, The whole practical part of Physick contained in the works of Dr. Willis faithfully made English, and printed together for the publick good.
Author
Willis, Thomas, 1621-1675.
Publication
London :: Printed for Thomas Basset ... and William Crooke ...,
1685.
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Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
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"The London practice of physick, or, The whole practical part of Physick contained in the works of Dr. Willis faithfully made English, and printed together for the publick good." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A66498.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.

Pages

Tablets.

TAke Species Diatrion Santalon, and Diamargariti Frigidi, of each a Dram and a half; Pearl powdered, red Coral prepar'd, Ivory powdered, of each a Dram; Sugar dissolved in Scordium-water, and boiled to a Consistency for Tablets, six Ounces: Make Tablets accor∣ding to Art.

But if with those kinds of temperate Antiscorbuticks, the use of Steel be indicated, to the Electuary, or to the Confection, or also to the Mass of Pills, let two Drams of Mynsicht's Magistery of Mars, or of Extract of Steel of our preparation, be added. In some cases, about two Drams and a half, or three Drams of Crocus Mar∣tis may be added to such a Composition: though it is, often better to make the Liquors which are drank after solid Medicines Chalybeate, than the foresaid Compositions. It remains for us now to prescribe forms of Liquors.

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