A choice manuall of rare and select secrets in physick and chyrurgery. Collected and practised by the Right Honourable, the Countess of Kent, late deceased / Whereto are added several experiments of the virtues of Gascon pouder and Lapis contra Yarvam, by a professor of physick. As also most exquisite wayes of preserving, conserving, candying, &c.

  • Elizabeth Grey
Date:
1659
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Credit: A choice manuall of rare and select secrets in physick and chyrurgery. Collected and practised by the Right Honourable, the Countess of Kent, late deceased / Whereto are added several experiments of the virtues of Gascon pouder and Lapis contra Yarvam, by a professor of physick. As also most exquisite wayes of preserving, conserving, candying, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A foecial Medicine to preferve they Sight. Take ofbrown Fennel , Honey-} fuckles of the-hedg , of wild Daifies} |i roots picked,and wafhed, and dried, | fim of Pearl-wort, of Eyebright, of red fits Rofes, the white clipped away , off fit each ofthefe a handful dry gather-}) ed, then fteepall thefe hearbs ina}, quart of three pints ofthe beft white-|} Wine inan earthen pot, and. ‘fo leti} it lyein fteep two or three daies clofe]) covered, ftirring itthree times a day, and fo ftillat with a gentle fire, ma-|} king two diftillings , and-fo keep ity} for-your ule. oa — 4 — == —— ==> A proved Medicine for the’ yellow Paundice. Sa ee SSeS s xe ES: