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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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$114 s Y R u ALTERING SYRUP S. ^ cp.Jrr (Before we begin with the particular Syrup f, Itb ini good toad- Culpeper. T> > Jofthefefei thingj, which concern the Mature,JM*«, ^ Lr J , a sunify U a Wledicme of a liquid body, Compounded of ufe of Syrupf ln9e„er y * with Sugar or Honey, and brought by the heat of tlx fire, <Decottion, Infufi32ABecaufe all Honey if not of a tbickyiejf underfiand new into the thichjiefi of Ho y. ^ fReafrn why Vecollions, Infuftont, dwd «■* *Wcb ofaS °XZ$XL, fJa^eyTiake/p,belong ’secondly,™* Juyces, arethutuf > u0VHno Syrups ba've a great care of their juft conftflance, for if wiU tafi the better. 4- LffiCand\ if too little, they will four. 5. All Simple Syrups lZe7b[t%Z°Xe simpUttbey art made of, and are far more convenient for vreakpeople and quea^ie fiotnacbf. , 1 found of Wine Vinegar by degrees, fer- I feSt thefyrup. Syrupus deAbfinthio comfofitus.Tzg.49 Syrupus de Abfinthio fimflex. Page 49* ^Latin. Or, Syrup of Worm¬ wood, S imfle. Coll“'s- Th>w t yv s' J — J * Latin. Or, Syrup of Worm¬ wood, Compound. J 'fied'fuTCE of com¬ mon Wormwood Clarified Sugar, of each four pound. Mule it into a fiyrup according to Art. ytfter the fame manner, are prepared fimple Syrups. Ofjuyce ofBetony, Barrage^ Buglofi, Cardus, Chamomtl, 5«ccory, Endive, fiedg-mnfiard. Straw-berries, Fumitory. Ground Ivy, Saint Johns-won, ' Hops, Mercury, Moufear, plantane, apples, purflain, Bjtsbeniesj Sage, Scabious t *• Scordium, Moufieek? Coltsfoot, Pauls Jtctony, ylnd other Juyces notfioM- Culpeper.’] See the Simples, and then you may eaftly know both their Vertues, and alfo that they are plea- fanter and fitter for delicate Sto- machs wh®U they arc jnadcijito S)- rups. Culpeper. This is, only melt the Sugar with the Vinegar oves the fire, feum it, but boyl it not. Syrupus yCcetofus fimplicior. Page 5a Latin. Or,Syrup of Vine¬ gar more fimple. Colledg. Take of white fugar five pound. iVhitr wine Vinegar two pound. -* h:Kd h, by addjng two poundjJ^ugar, J. &> y Culpeper. Ofthefe two Syrups let r .mimwed ver- everyone ufe which he finds by ex- • x - * C- e^nA the P eceipt is i perience to be belt ; the difference is batim an this 5 and the Receipt is , k Ihold the Rft to be the appropriated to cold ^^nionPtis an 1 bfifl: of the tw o, and would give my Stomachs, and m my opinior • reafohs for it, but that I fear the admirable Remedy foi l » I Kook will fwel too big : They both ftrengthens both Stomach ^dLtve, “ *, aIfo ^ as affo the inftrumejits ofConcott ;f humors in the floimch-. „„ , a fpoonfu. tato m the mom.n| W, vAous l ^ ^ AiA IS admirable foi fuch <s _ I pi.oyvoLe Urin, and prepare the Sto¬ mach before the taking of a vomit. If you take it as a preparative for a Vo¬ mit, take half an ounce of it when meanly dry, half a pound. I{ed ofes two ounces. Indian (fichyiard three drams. Old white wine, Juyce of Quinces, of each two pound and an half. Steep them a who l day in an Earthen vejfel, then boyl them gently, audfiram it, and by adding two pound of Swr''- boyl it into a Syrup according to art Culpeper. 1 Mefiue is followed vet- - 1 • . 1 :. _ +-U T? pr^tnf IS digeftion, it provokes an appetite to ones viftuals, it prevails agmftthe yellow Jaundice, breaks wind, purg- eth humors by Urin. It was Roman Worm-wood before, and fo Mefue hath it. SyrupusAtcetofus fimplex. Vzge 5°- Syrup of Vinegar fimple. Colledg. Take of cleer water four pound. White Sugar five pound. Boyl them in d glared veffel over a gen¬ tle fire, humming it till half the water be confined, tfin by fating tntwo you go to bed the night before you intend to vomit, it win make you to vomit the eafier, but if for any of the foregoing occafions, take it with a liquoris ftick. Syrupus ylcetofus compofitus. Page fo. Latin. Or, Symp of Vinegar Compound. Colledg. Take of the Kpots of final- age. Fennel, Endive, of each three ounces. Seed*$

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