Paracelsus his Dispensatory and chirurgery.: The dispensatory contains the choisest of his physical remedies. And all that can be desired of his chirurgery, you have in the treatises of wounds, ulcers, and aposthumes. / Faithfully Englished, by W.D.

CHAP. II. Oyntments for Wounds.

TAke of fresh May butter one pound, of Ribwort, and the greater and lesser sea-marsh Buglosse, and Beers with their roots of each, one handfull, of Ad∣ders tongue three handfull, Beat the Herbs with the Roots, and mix them with the Butter, put them in a glasse and set them in the Sun two or three months, then strain them, and keep them for your use.

Another.

Take of May butter three pounds, the Roots of great Comfrey one pound, of Adders tongue one pound and a half, of Birth-wort a quarter of a pound, beat them, and mix them with the Butter, put them in a glasse, and set the glasse in the Sun some time, or put it in warm dung a month, then strain them through a linnen cloth, and what you presse out of them, keep it for your use. That your

Oyntment may keep the better, wash it with salt water, or put a little salt to it.

You may also make an Oyntment with one Herb; as with Butter and Birth-wort, or great Comfrey; or with Honey and Adders tongue, or the flowers of Saint Johns-wort, and such like. Many such Oyntments may be made; but the two former Oyntments are sufficient to cure any Wound: This way of making Oyntments is commonly used, and was used by the Ancient Physicians. But now I will give you a more excellent way of making Oyntments, first found out and used by my self.

Take Comfrey, Birth-wort, Adders tongue, ma••sh Buglosse, all of them, or which of them you will; take them green with their Roots; then pour so much wine upon them as the wine may be a∣bove them; then take two pots which are of the same bigness; put your Herbs and the wine in the one pot, and over this pot set your other pot, mouth to mouth; lay clay about the mouthes of your pots, that no vapour can come out; and set them over a slow fire ten hours, then take them out, strain and presse all the liquor well out of the Herbs; to this

liquor put some honey or fresh butter, and boyl it again to a consistence; and then you have an Oyntment which you may trust to in the most difficult Cures.

There is yet another way to make Oyntments with Rosins, thus.

Take the Rosin of the Larch-tree, or Pine Rosin one pound, make it into powder, and mix it with the whites of twenty eggs, and beat them well toge∣ther; then add to them the powder of the roots of great Comfrey half an ounce, the powder of round Birth-wort one ounce, of barley meal six drams. Mix them all well together, and then you have a very good Oyntment for any Wound.

Another.

Take of the Rosin of the Fir-tree, or common Rosin one pound, melt it with some of the marrow of a Calf, then put to them so much of the powder of the root of Great Comfrey as you shall see fit, and mix them wel together in a warm mortar.