An excellent Perfume for Candles or Troches.
Take of sweet Asa half an ounce, Pow∣der of Orrice two drams, Wood of Aloes, Nutmeg, Cloves, Mastick, each one dram, Styrax-calamite two drams, all the Saun∣ders, each half a scruple, Camphure five
Cosmeticks or, the beautifying part of physick. By which all deformities of nature in men and women are corrected, age renewed, youth prolonged, and the least impediment, from a hair to a tooth, fairly amended. With the most absolute physical rarities for all ages. Being familiar remedies, for which every one may be his own apothecary. / All extracted out of that eminent physician John Jeams Wecker, never yet extant in the English tongue before, but was promised to the world by Mr. Nic. Culpeper.
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- Cosmeticks or, the beautifying part of physick. By which all deformities of nature in men and women are corrected, age renewed, youth prolonged, and the least impediment, from a hair to a tooth, fairly amended. With the most absolute physical rarities for all ages. Being familiar remedies, for which every one may be his own apothecary. / All extracted out of that eminent physician John Jeams Wecker, never yet extant in the English tongue before, but was promised to the world by Mr. Nic. Culpeper.
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- Wecker, Johann Jacob, 1528-1586.
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- London :: Printed by Tho. Johnson, at the White Cock in Rood-lane,
- 1660.
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- Cosmetics -- Early works to 1800.
- Medicine, Popular -- Early works to 1800.
- Beauty, Personal -- Early works to 1800.
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"Cosmeticks or, the beautifying part of physick. By which all deformities of nature in men and women are corrected, age renewed, youth prolonged, and the least impediment, from a hair to a tooth, fairly amended. With the most absolute physical rarities for all ages. Being familiar remedies, for which every one may be his own apothecary. / All extracted out of that eminent physician John Jeams Wecker, never yet extant in the English tongue before, but was promised to the world by Mr. Nic. Culpeper." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A96154.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 20, 2025.
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granes, Ambergreece, Musk, each four granes, white Sugar four ounces, with the mucilage of Tragacanth and a little liquid Styrax and Rose-water with Musk, make Candles or Troches.