BEING
CHOICE AND APPROVED
REMEDIES
FOR SEVERAL DISEASES
INCIDENTAL TO HUMAN BODIES
For the Apoplexy.
Take man's skull prepared, and powder of male peony, of each an ounce and a half, contrayerva, bastard dittany, angelica, zedvary, of each two drachms, mix and make a powder, add thereto
two ounces of candied orange and lemon peel, beat all together to a powder, whereof you may take half a drachm or a drachm.
A Powder for the Epilepsy or Falling Sickness.
Take of opopanax, crude antimony, castor, dragon's blood, peony seeds, of each an equal quantity; make a subtle powder; the dose, half a drachm of black cherry water. Before you take it, the stomach must be prepared with some proper vomit, as that of Mynficht's emetic tartar, from four grains to six; if for children, salts of vitrol, from a scruple to half a drachm.