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Dr. Lower's and several other eminent physicians receipts: containing the best and safest method for curing most diseases in humane bodies ... / [Richard Lower].

Richard Lower

Date:: 1716

Credit: Dr. Lower's and several other eminent physicians receipts: containing the best and safest method for curing most diseases in humane bodies ... / [Richard Lower]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$leon “ae 2 Semuples ; of prepar’d Steel 1 Dram; Tavtac. vitriolated, 1 Scruple;° make Pills, with Syrup of Horehound, of ‘which give 4. f every Night. Take of. the Roots of Turmerick, halfan Ounce ; ; Tops of Centaury*the lefler, Roman-- Wormwood and Horehound, of each an - Handful; Roots of the greater Nettle, 2 » Ounces ; boil them in 3 Pints of Water, to. the confumption of half; when it is almoft boil’d enough, add to. it Juniper- -Berries, an Ounce; Yellow Saunders and Goofe-Dung made i into a Nodulous, of each 3 Drams ; Saffron 2 Scruples ; Rhenifh-Wine \a Pint ; ~ when it is boil’d enough ftrain itr, and add tol Compound-W ater of Snails and Earth- Worms, of each 2 Ounces. Take 3 Ounces of ir, after each time of takeing the follow- ing Elestuary. “Take of the Conferve of Sea-Wor nalvo08, of the outward Rind of Orange-peels, of each 2 Ounces ; of Species Diacurcuma, and = 3 prepard Steel, ” of each 3 Drams;’ of pre. | par'd Earthworms and Rhubarb, of each 2 : Drams; Flowers of Sal-Armoniack and Salt ~ of Amber, of each 2 Scruples ; of Saffron — powder'd 1 Scruple, witha fufficient Quan- tity of Syrup of Horehound ; make an Ele- étuary, of which take the Quantity ofa Jarge Nutmeg twice a day, drinking 3 Owns’ ces “of the bitter Tincture after tx fet é y a ey iF aS$