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Pharmacopoeia Londinensis: or, the London dispensatory further adorned by the studies and collections of the Fellows, now living of the said colledg [sic] ... In which is printed, I. The vertues, qualities, and properties of every simple ... VI. The Latin names of every one of the compounds / ... By Nich. Culpeper ... In this impression, 1661. There is added, to the compounds, many vertues and uses. By divers learned W.R.A.C.J.W., doctors of physick ... And, by Abdiah Cole.

Nicholas Culpeper

Date:: 1661

Credit: Pharmacopoeia Londinensis: or, the London dispensatory further adorned by the studies and collections of the Fellows, now living of the said colledg [sic] ... In which is printed, I. The vertues, qualities, and properties of every simple ... VI. The Latin names of every one of the compounds / ... By Nich. Culpeper ... In this impression, 1661. There is added, to the compounds, many vertues and uses. By divers learned W.R.A.C.J.W., doctors of physick ... And, by Abdiah Cole. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$C E R E C L O A T H S, 9 5 Maflick, Mkrh and Franfincenf* be¬ ing beaten into ponder be put In lafi of ally and vhen they Are dll mil mixed to¬ gether, Keep the Oyntment in xvejfel. CidftperJ} This long Receipt of Nich. Myrepfus, is held to be profita¬ ble againft cold afflictions of the Brain, Nerves, and Joynts j as fha- kinePalfie, dead Palfie, Convulfi- onsf&c. It helps numbnefs of the joynts, the Gout, and hard Tumors of the Spleen. Vertues newly Added. This takes away black and blew fpots of the skin arifing from ftripes. It difeufles cold fwellings of the Nerves and Joynts and affwages their pains. It is good againfl all cold difeafes of the Sody, and cold- nefs of the Head. It helps pains of the Breaft, Stomach, and Spleen, and other parts arifing from a cold caufe. It is good againfl a Convulfion, Pal- fies, and Sciaticaes, and other cold Gouts. It takes away hardnefs and fwelline, and is chiefly pood for an hard fpleen. It is a tried remedy for thole that are fubjeCt to the Dropfie, and Pains or Tumors of the Spleen. It rauft be fmeared upon the refpe- Clive regions of the parts aforefaid. yin Oyntihent for the Worms. Foefius. Colledg.J Ta\e of Oyl of Rue. Savin, Mints, Wormwood and Bittter yflmonds, of each an ounce and an half. Juyce of the Flowers or Leaves of Peaches and . Wormwood, of each half an ounce. pouder of Rue, Mint*, G entian, Centaury the left, Tormentil, of each one dram. Seeds of Cole-worts, Pulp of Colocymhis, of each two drams. .Aloes Hepaticfi, three drams. Meal of Lupines half an ounce. Myrrh wajhedin grafi water a dram a»d an half. Bulls Gall an ounce and an half. With juyce of Lemmons fo much as is Iufficient, and an ounce and an half of wax, make it into an Oyntment accor¬ ding to art. Culpeper'] The Belly being anoin¬ ted with it kils Worms. Ve rtues newly added. This Oyntment wil alfo open ob- ftruftions .of the Liver and Spleen and Gall-bladder, and bring down the Urine and Comfes, alio good againft pains in the Stomach and belly anointed thereupon. cerecloaths. CiTAtttm dt Galbano. Page 16y. Lat. Or, Cerecloath of Galbanurn. Colledg. ] r | * AJfiE of Galbanurn 1. prepxred,\ an ounce and an half, Atfpt fettida half an ounce, Bdellium a dram, Mirrh two drams, Wax two ounces, - Beaver few, Mugwort, of each half a dram. Diffolve the Gums in Vinegar, and makp it a Cerecloath according to y£rt. Culpeper.] Being applied to the Belly of a woman after Labor, it clenfeth her of any reliCts acciden¬ tally left behind, helps the fits of the JMother,and other accidents incident to women in that cafe. Vermes newly added. This being laid to the Stomach or Belly wil alio kill Worms breeding in thofe parrs. It brings down the Courfes applied to the region of the Womb. It helps cold Infirmities, Windinefs, and Hoppings of the Li¬ ver and Spleen applied to their rev fpeCtive Regions. And being laid all along the Back-bone it prevents or leffans the fluking fits of Agues. Vertues newly added. This Cerecloath hath its name from one of the Ingredients viz. Oc~ fypum, which is the fatty greafe col¬ lected from the wool of fheep, chief¬ ly that which grows about their flanks and (hpulders, where they, moftly fweat. It is ol a mollifying, diflol- ving and pain-aflwaging facul-. ty. It digefls hard fwellings and ltones in the outward par t of the bo¬ dy, and ripens crude A pofthumes. Anointed upon the Breaft it eafes the Huffing of the Lungs and fhortnefs of breath arifing from cold clammy flegm neHleing about the Wind-pipe; CeratumSantalimm. Page 16yl Latin. Or, Cerecloth of Sanders. Colledg. J Tal^e of red Sandgrs ten drams, White and yellow Sanders, of each f% drams. Red Rofes twelve drams, Bole ^Armeneacfifcven drams, Spodium four drams, Camphh-e two drams, White Way wxjhed thirty drams, 1 Oyl of Rofes omphacine fix ounces, Mafic it into a Cerecloath according ftf sift. Culpeper.] It wonderfully helps hot infirmities of the Homach, liver, and other parts, being but applied to them. Vertues newly added. It has its name from the three forts of Sanders whereof it is principally compofed. It is an excellent medica- Ceratum Oefyfatnm. Page 169. Latin.l ment in the cafes fpecified. It af- ~ —J ' ‘ - - - fy/ages all phlegmonous Tumors and all hot diflempers of the internal parts moH eflfe&ually being applied to their refpeCiive regions. It is good to apply to the Liver in the yellow faundife & in fuch as have inflamed Faces, & are troubled with a burning heat in the palms of their hands ana on the foies of their feet after dinner and fupper and in the night. It is good in heCtick fevears being appli¬ ed to the region of the Liver and of the Chefl. In Gonorrhadffs and weaknefs of the Back arifing from hot humors, it is profitably applied to the reins of the back, as alfo in the pilling difeafe, when the Patient is weakned with continual making water. Applied to the whol belly it Or, The Cerecloath of Otfypus fo called. Colledg. Take ofOefipus ten ounces, Oyl of Chamomel and Orris, of each half a pound, Tellow Wax two pound, Rp-^in a pound, Mafiich, fmmoniacum, Turpentine, of each an ounce. Spicfinard two drams and an half. Saffron a dram and an half, Styrax Calamitis half an ounce, Mafie them into a Cerecloth according to art. Culpeper.] It mollifies and digefls hard fwellings of the Liver, Spleen pans of of the Bod/. 'and is a gteat gSiK'SS the Womb and the Loyns the white flux in women. che It alfo eafer of pain. A Plafler made of yong fwallows, — - a_. „ . , - „ being burnt neft and all, doth (be-! P««« notorna poUuttons bemg jLlied to, he Throat 1 eafe the worn upon the B-ons of the Back. ls ing applied to the Throat ) eafe the fqui nancy and fwelling of the throat. You may make it into a Plafler with Oyl of Wax:.$

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