A letter to a doctor of physick concerning diascordium, &c.

Date:
1719
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Credit: A letter to a doctor of physick concerning diascordium, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Addc—Mellis depur ^xxxij. - .56 Sacchari Rofat. |xij. — -3ifS Vim Canar, §viij. — — ___ Jj. Succi Cherm. §iiij — -3*5. Liquidornm — tbiiijlS. gij. —■ - — 3vij. Totim Majf£ — Tbv, Siiij. - - — ?J- Libra continet |xij. I have caufed it to be made up thus. Its Colour is red ; its Confiftence right; its Tafte rich ; and (if my Palate be not preju¬ diced) far pleafanrer, than that of our com¬ mon Diafcordinm. But here you fee I have retained Honey: And in truth I marvel exceedingly to find up¬ on all our Lcndon Files of late Confedi. Fra- caJL S. M. which is read fine Mtlle ; but I had rather underftand it S. M. fine Me- conio. Who bred this Maggot of taking in Dia- eodium for Honey, I care not to know ; but I am apt to fulped: it was feme merry Phyfi- cian, who ufed not to trouble his Head lb much about th o. Materia Me die a, as with a Bottle of Wine: For Claret ( especially French) cuitomarily drank, till it have taken Pofieffion of the Stomach, and fixed its Cha¬ rade r upon it, will render Honey abomina¬ bly difagreeable. Tho* 4
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