The works of Francis Bacon, lord chancellor of England.

466 MEDICAL REMAINS.
solved upon the fire, and one ounce of oil of These following bodies do not draw: smaragd,
almonds put together and stirred, do not so incor- achates, corneolus, pearl, jaspis, chalcedonius,
porate, but that when it is cold the wax gathereth alabaster, porphyry, coral, marble, touchstone,
and swims upon the top of the oil. hematites, or bloodstone; smyris, ivory, bones,
One ounce of oil of almonds cast into an ounce ebontree, cedar, cypress, pitch, softer rosin, camof sugar seething, sever presently, the sugar phire, galbanum, ammoniac, storax, benzoin,
shooting towards the bottom. loadstone, asphaltum.*
These bodies, gold, silver, brass, iron, draw
S catalogue of bodies attractive and not attractive, not, though never so finely polished.
together with exlerimental observations about at- In winter, if the air be sharp and clear, sal
traction. gemimeum, roch allum, and lapis specularis, will
These following bodies draw: amber, jet, dia-draw.
These following bodies are apt to be drawn, if
mond, sapphire, carbuncle, iris, the gem opale,
the mass of them be small: chaff, woods, leaves,
amethyst, bristollina, crystal, clear glass, glass
of antimony, divers flowerinaom mines, Sul- stones, all metals leaved, and in the mine; earth,
of antimony, divers flowers from mines, sulphur, mastic, hard sealing-wax, the harder rosin, oil.
arsenic. * The drawing of iron excepted.
MEDICAL REMAINS.
Grains of youth. two spoonfuls of this to a draught of fresh claret
Take of nitre four grains, of atmbergrease three wine.
grains, of orris-powder two grains, of white The preparing of saffron.
poppy-seed the fourth part of a grain, of saffron Take six grains of saffron, steeped in half parts
half a grain, with water of orange-flowers, and a of wine and rose water, and a quarter part vinelittle tragacanth; make them into small grains, gar; then dry it in the sun.
four in number. To be taken at four o'clock, or
going to bed. Wine against adverse melancholy, preserving the
senses and the rcason.
Preserving omntment.
Take the roots of buglos well scraped and
Take of deer's suet one ounce, of myrrh six cleansed from their inner pith, and cut them into
grains, of saffron five grains, of bay-salt twelve small slices; steep them in wine of gold extingrains, of Canary wine, of two years old, a guished ut supra, and add of nitre three grains,
spoonful and a half. Spread it on the inside of and drink it ut supra, mixed with fresh wine: the
your shirt, and let it dry, and then put it on. roots must not continue steeped above a quarter
of an hour; and they must be changed thrice.
Jl Purge familiar for opening the liver.
Take rhubarb two drams, agaric trochiscat one Break7fast preservative against the gout and rheums.
dram and a half, steep them in claret wine To take once in the month at least, and for two
burnt with mace; take of wormwood one dram, days together, one grain of castorei in my ordisteep it with the rest, and make a mass of pills, nary broth.
with "ssyrup. acetos. simplex." But drink an
opening broth before it, with succory, fennel, and The preparation of garlic.
smallage roots, and a little of an onion.
Take garlic four ounces, boil it upon a soft fire
W~inefor the spirits, in claret wine, for half an hour. Take it out and
steep it in vinegar; whereto add two drams of
Take gold perfectly refined three ounces, quench cloves, then take it forth, and keep it in a glass't six or seven times in good claret wine; add of for use.
saffron prepared three grains, of ambergrease four
grains, pass it through a hippocras bag, wherein The artcialpreparation of damaskrosesfor slell
there is a dram of cinnamon gross beaten, or, to Take roses, pull their leaves, then dry them in
avoid the dimming of the colour, of ginger. Take a clear day in the hot sun; then their smell will