Volume 1

The farrier's dispensatory : In three parts. Containing first, a description of the medicinal simples commonly made use of in the diseases of horses ... Secondly, the preparation of simples, vegetable, animal and mineral ... Thirdly, a number of useful compositions and receipts suited to the cure of all diseases. To which is also added, a complete index of all the medicines contained in the book ... with a table of diseases ... / By W. Gibson.

  • William Gibson
Date:
1726
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Credit: The farrier's dispensatory : In three parts. Containing first, a description of the medicinal simples commonly made use of in the diseases of horses ... Secondly, the preparation of simples, vegetable, animal and mineral ... Thirdly, a number of useful compositions and receipts suited to the cure of all diseases. To which is also added, a complete index of all the medicines contained in the book ... with a table of diseases ... / By W. Gibson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    impregnated with the Virtue of the Flower. ; _As for Example, if you make the Oil of Rofes. © Take Damask Rofe-leaves, * frefh gathered, one Pound; in- * fufe them in Oil-olive four © Pounds ; let them ftand in the « Sun fome Days, or till they lofe ©“ their Colour ; then ftrain off © the Oil, and infufe the fame © Quantity of Leaves into it, and ‘ repeat the Operation two or « three times. In the fame manner the Oil of Lillies, Alder, or any other Flower is to be made. -Thefe are both cooling, and are ufed to abate the Heat in inflamed Tumours, and to relax the Parts; but they are moft ufe- ful and lefs dangerous to anoint the Edges of Wounds, where a Difcharge of the Matter can alfo be made. Oil of Rue. € Take frefh Rue one Pound; * infufe itin two Quarts of Oil, * two or three Days, then boil * it over a gentle Fire of Char- * coal, till the Rue become crifp, - £ then ftrain it off, and add to ‘ the ftrained Oil another Pound * of frefh Rue, and boil it as be- * fore; and do thus by {everal * Cohobations, till it be ftrong * enough. In the fame manner are made the fimple Oils of Camomile, _ Dill, Fennel, Marjoram, or any other Herb; thefe have all of them the Virtues of their refpe- tive Simples. The following arecompounded Oils, or fuch as require different Management. . Oil of Bays. © Bruife any Quantity of the ‘ ripe’ Bay-berries, befcre they “are dry, and boil them in Wa- ‘ ter for fome time, and tHe ‘ Oil will fwim at top, which ‘ take off when cold, and keep There is no Oil fo much pre- as this, tho’ I believe, it is very hard to be met with in any Part of the Kingdom, it being now feldom made; but the A potheca- ries commonly give them com- mon Oj] inftead of it, with a {mal] Mixture of fome fweet- {cented Oil. It is accounted warm and pe- netrating, and of fervice to re- move Pain, and Swellings in the Joints, and in all nervous Parts; but is much the beft, when join- ' ed to Things of more powerful Efficacy. Oil of Earth-worms. ‘ Take Earth- worms well ‘ cleanfed half a Pound, Oil of ‘Olive two Pounds, white © Wine half a Pint; boil toge- ‘ ther till the Wine is evapora- ‘ ted, andthe Worms are grown ‘ crifpy, then ftrain the Oil for ‘ Ule. This is recommended in all * Griefs in the Shoulders, Loins, ~ ¢ Hips, Legs, and in all the ner- vous Parts, whether they come by Wounds or Bruifes, or by cold Surfeits, or any other Ac- cidents. Bie, Tk Wet eS.