Culpeper's complete herbal ... To which are ... annexed his English physician enlarged, and Key to [Galen's Method of] physic ... to which is also added ... receipts selected from the author's Last legacy / Nicholas Culpeper.

  • Nicholas Culpeper
Date:
1814
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Credit: Culpeper's complete herbal ... To which are ... annexed his English physician enlarged, and Key to [Galen's Method of] physic ... to which is also added ... receipts selected from the author's Last legacy / Nicholas Culpeper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Empiastnim Divinum. Or, A Divine Plaster. College.'] Take of Loadstone four ounces, Animoniacum three ounces and three drams. Bdellium two ounces, Galbanum, Myrrh, of each ten drams, Olibanum nine drams, Opopanax, Mastich, long Birthwort, Verdigris, of each an ounce, Litharge, common Oil, of each a pound and an half, new Wax eight ounces : let the Litharge in fine powder be boiled with the oil to a thickness, then add the Wax, which being melted, take it from the fire, add the Gums dissolved in Wine and Vinegar, strain it, then add the Myrrh, Mastich, Frankin- cense, Birthwort, and Loadstone in powder, last of all the Verdigris in powder, and make it into a plaster according to art. Culpeper.] It is of a cleansing nature, exceeding good against malignant ulcers, it consumes corruption, engenders new flesh, and brings them to a scar. Empiastnim Epispasticum. College.] Take of Mustard seed, Euphor- biuin, long Pepper, of each one dram and an half, Stavesacre, Pellitory of Spain of each two drains, Ammoniacum, Galbanum, Bdellium, Sagapen, of each three drams, whole Cantharides five drams, Ship Pitch, Rozin, yellow Wax, of each six drams, Turpentine as much as is sufticient to make it into a plaster. Culpeper.] Many people use to draw blisters in their necks for the tooth ache, or for rheums in their eyes ; if they please to lay a plaster of this there, it will do it. Empiastnim a nostratibusy Flos JJnguentonun Dictum. Or, Flower of Ointments. College.] Take of Rozin, Per Rozin, yellow Wax, Sheep’s Suet, of each half a pound, Olibanum four ounces. Turpentine two ounces and an half. Myrrh, Mastich, of each an ounce, Camphire two drams, white Wine half a pound, boil them into a plaster. (37, 38.) Culpeper.] I found this receipt in an old manuscript written in the year 1513. the quantity of the ingredients very little altered. A Fluster of Gum Elemi. College.] Take of Gum Elemi three ounces. Per Rozin, Wax, Ammoniaeum, of each two ounces. Turpentine three ounces and an half, Mallaga Wine so much as is sufficient; boil it to the consumption of the Wine, then add the Ammoniacum dissolved in Vinegar. Culpeper.] The operation is the same with Arceus Liniment. A Flaister of Lapis Calaminaris. College^ Take of Lapis Calaminaris prepared an ounce. Litharge two ounces, Ceruss half an ounce, Tutty a dram, Tur- pentine six drams, white Wax an ounce and an half. Stag’s Suet two ounces. Frank- incense five drams, Mastich three drams. Myrrh two drams, Camphire a dram and an half, make it up according to art. Emplastrum ad Herniam. College.] Take of Galls, Cypress Nuts, Pomegranate Pills, Balaustines, Acacia, the seeds of Plantain, Flea wort. Water- cresses, Acorn Cups, Beans torrified, Birth- wort long and round, Myrtles of each half an ounce. Let these be powdered, and steeped in Rose Vinegar four days, then torrified and dried, then take of Comfrey the greater and lesser. Horsetail, Woad, Cetrach, the roots of Osmond Royal, Fearn, of each an ounce. Frankincense, Myrrh, Aloes, Mastich, Mummy, of each two ounces, Bole-ammoniac washed in Vinegar, Lap, Calaminaris prepared. Litharge of Gold, Dragon’s blood, of each three ounces. Ship Pitch two pounds. Turpentine six ounces, or as much as is sufficient to make it into a plaster according to art. Culpeper.] The plaster is very binding and knitting, appropriated to ruptures or burstens, as the title of it specifies, it strengthens the reins and womb, stays 5 c