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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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$AAi * iA&A PLASTERS. Culpeper. no body it fo J| fimple at to eat Walters. The general way of application it to the grieved place. Ton may melt them in any earthen diJhtandfo fpread them upon a cloth, or white Leather. A. Piaftets are fo called from ft icking,cleaving, and be¬ ing ftneared upon Leather or cloth, as the Platter is fpred upon a wall. Emplaftrumtx ^mmoniaco.Vag. 17° Latin. Or, The Plafter of Gum Ammoniac^. other parts. Applied to the Hypo- chondries it removes ftubborn ob- ftruftions about the Liver and Spleen. Applied to the Kidnies it brings down gravel ftones and U- rine, to which intent it may be ap¬ plied to the region of the bladder. It helps down the Courfes being laid to the region of the Womb. Being applied to the breaft it opens the ob- ftrudlions thereof, diffolves clotted and helps ihortnefs of phlegm breath. Colledg.] Taktof ^tmmoniacum, £ran well fifted, of each an ounce. Qynsment of MarJb-mdUows, Melilot plafler compound, }{oots ofBetony and Orris in ponder, of each half an ounce. Fat of Ducks Geefe and Hens, of each three drams. Bdellium, Galbanum of each one dram and an half Ttr-ro'zin, Wax of each five ounces. Cyl of Orris, Turpentine, ofeach half an ounce. Boyl the Fats and Oyl with Mucilage of Lin-feed, and Fenugreekjeed, of each | three ounces> to the confumption of the Mucilage, firain it, and add the Wax, Hpiin,and Turpentine, the Oyntnjen: of Marjhmallows with the plafler of Me¬ lilot, when it begins to be cold, putin the ,/f rnmeniacum, dijfolved in Pine- gar, then the Bdellium inpouder, with the refi of the ponders, and make it into et plafler according to art. Culpeper} By \_Plafier ] alwaies underftand, not a Plafter fpread up¬ on a cloth, but a roll made to fpread fuchaonewithall- It foftens and affwageth hard fwel- lings, and fcatters the humors offen¬ ding ; applied to the fide it foftents the hardnefs of the fpleen, affwageth pains thence arifing. Pertues new ly a dded. This Plafter is offuch a foftening faculty that it is able to diflolve hard ftony knobs which grow upon the joynts of th« Fingers and foes, and Emplafimm e Baccis Lauri. Page 170. Latin. Or, The Plaifter of Bay-berries. Colledg.] TaKf of Bay-berries hus¬ ked, 1 Turpentine of each two ounces. Frankincenfe, Maflich, Myrrh, of each an ounce. Cyperus, Cofius, of each half an ounce. Honey warmed and not feummed,four ounces, Make it into a plafler according to art. Culpeper.] It is an excellent Pla¬ fter to eafe any pain coming of cold or wind in any part of the Body whe¬ ther ftomach, liver, belly, reins or bladder. It is an excellent remedy for the colick and wTind in the bo¬ wels. P ertues newly added. It is alfo good againft the dryDrop- fie or flatulent Dropfie being applied to the belly. It helps -digeftion appli¬ ed to the ftomach, and prevents the Dropfie, applied to to the Liver and the Spleen, and cures pains of the Loyns or fCidnies applied to that part. Emplafimm BarbammMagnum. Pag. 171. Latin. Colledg.] Take of dry Vitch eight pound. Yellow wax fix pound and eight oun¬ ces. Per-ro fn five pound and four ounces. Bitumen, Juda'tcum, or Mummy, four pound. Oyl one pound and an half, pert-de-greece, Litharge, Cerufl, of each three ounces. Frankincenfe half a pound. Hoch Gillum not. burnt, an dunce and an half, burnt, four ounces. Opopanax, Scales ofbrafi, Galbanum, of each twelve drams, siloes, Opium, Mirrh, of each half an ounce. Turpentine two pound. Juyce of Mandrakes, or elfe dried Barkofthe Hoot,fix drams, ptnegar five pound. Let the Litharge, Cerufl, and Oyl, boyt to the thiefnefi of Honey, then incorpo¬ rate with them the Pitch, being melted with B itumen in ponder i then add the refi, and boyl them according to art, till the Vinegar be confumtd,and it flick not to your hands. Culpeper.] It helps the bitings of men and bcafts, eafeth incarnations of wounds, and helps infirmities of the joynts, and gouts in the begin¬ ning. Pertues newly added. It is good alfo for hollow old ul¬ cers that have fecret turnings and windings in them. Emplafimm de Betonica. Page 171. Lat. Or, The Plaifter ofBetony, Colledg. Take of Bttony, Burnet, Agrimony, Sage, ; . Penyroyal, Yarrow, Comfry the greater, C lary, of each fix drams. Frankincenfe, Maflich, of each three drams. Orris, Hound Birthwort, of each fix drams. White wax, Turpentine, of each eight ounces. per-ro%in fix ounces. Gum Elemi, Oyl of Fir, of each two ounces, White wine three pound. Bruife the Herbs, boyl them in the wine, then firain them, and add the refi, and make them into a plaifier according to art. ■ } : Culpeper.] It is a gallant Plaifter to unite the skul when it is cracked, to draw out pieces of broken bones, and cover the bones with flefh : It draws filth from the bottom of deep ulcers, reftores flelh loft, clenfeth,di- gefteth, and dryeth. Emplafirum Ctefaris. Page I7T. Lat, Or, (taefar his Plaifter. Colledg. Take of red Hj>Jes one ounce and an half. Biftort roots, Cyprefi Nuts, ^fll the Sanders, Mints, Coriander feeds, of each three drams, Maflich, half an ounce. Hypocifiis, Stcacia, Dragons blood, Earth of Lemnos, Bole-armenick, Hjd coral, of each two drams. Turpentine wajhed in plantane wa¬ ter four ounces.$

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