sigillatæ ana [a]℥] j. flor. sulphuris [a]ʒ] v. succi Kermes [a]℥] ij. conserv. lujulæ lib. j. cum syr. limon. q. s. F. Elect. molle, Dos. ad quantit. nucis myristicæ mai. ter, vel sæpius de die.
Antipestilential Pills.
[a]℞] Extract. rad. helenii, angelicæ, contrayerva ana [a]℥] j. adde extract. alb. glycyrrh. [a]ʒ] iij. flor. sulph. ad quatuor altèm vices sublim. [a]ʒ] ij. C. C. philosoph. calcin. sem. citri pulveriz. ana [a]ʒ] j. [a][ss.] salis scordii, absynth. ana [a]℈] ij. cum s. q. picis liquidæ F. massa pro pilulis, Dos. ad [a]ʒ] [a][ss.] vel [a]℈] ij. mane, & horâ somni.
Antipestilential Elixir Proprietatis.
[a]℞] Croci Angl. opt. [a]℥] [a][ss.] extrah. tincturam cum aq. ulmariæ, scabiosæ, cardui; vel melissæ s. q. additis spir. sulphuris aliquot guttis ad leviusculam aciditatem: liquor per chartam emporeticam agatur, in colaturâ ad lentum B. calorem dissolve Aloës pellucidæ è vesicâ [a]℥] iv. per sataccum linteum haùd ita rarum trajiciatur liquor; deinde F. condensatio ad eundem calorem, acquisitâ pilularum molliuscularum consistentia, adde myrrhæ purissimæ [a]ʒ] vij. flor. vel. magisterii præcipit. Benzoin [a]ʒ] iij. salis C. C. [a]ʒ] ij. cum syr. sambuc. q. s. F. massa unde pilulæ formentur, Dos. ad [a]℈] ij.
Lozenges against the Plague.
[a]℞] Extract. rad. angelicæ, & contrayerva [a]℥] j. extr. alb. liquiritiæ [a]ʒ] iij. flor. sulphuris myrrhat. h. e. cum myrrhâ sublim. [a]ʒ] v. ol. cinnam. gutt. viij. saccharum crystallin. ad duplum omnium pondus, cum mucilag. gum. tragacanth. aq. scordii parat. q. s. F. Tabellæ parvæ subling.
SOME used every Morning to swallow a Clove or two of Garlick; and many eat unripe Walnuts pickled. The following Draught was of admirable Service:
[a]℞] Aq. rosar. rubr. camphoratæ [a]℥] ij. aceti opt. [a]℥] j. in quibus dissolve bol. arm. opt. [a]℈] ij. adde syr. scabiosæ simpl. [a]ʒ] iij. M. S. F. haustus.
SOME old Nurses, as themselves have informed me, for an Antidote gave human Excrements; but for the Efficacy of this Secret, I have nothing to say. Some found Benefit by drinking of Urine; but many who have thought themselves by these Means so well fortified, would venture themselves too inadvertently into Danger, without any necessary Occasion, to the great Hazard of their Lives.