Volume 1

A course of chymistry. Containing an easie method of preparing those chymical medicines which are used in physick. With curious remarks and useful discourses upon each preparation, for the benefit of such who desire to be instructed in the knowledge of this art / [Nicolas Lémery].

  • Nicolas Lemery
Date:
1686
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Credit: A course of chymistry. Containing an easie method of preparing those chymical medicines which are used in physick. With curious remarks and useful discourses upon each preparation, for the benefit of such who desire to be instructed in the knowledge of this art / [Nicolas Lémery]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    its Receiver, and luting the junctures Clofe, con- tinue a {mall fire to diftil the reft of the phlegm,af- ter which encreafe it by little and little, and the tle Ov, and after that the Volatile fale, which will {tick to the head like Butter-fliés ; continue the fire until there comes no more ; then unlute the Veflel Sy and feparating the Volatile fale, put it intoa bolt-head, pour likewife into it the Spirit that is inthe Receiver, and fit a blind-head to the bolt- and fetting your bolt-head in Sand, fublime with a {mall fire all the Volatile falt, as 1 have fhewed concerning that of Vipers; feparate this Salt, and Keepitina Viol well ftopt. It isa good Remedy for Quartan Agues, gnd Malignant Feavers, it opens al] Obftructions, and works both by Urine and Sweat : the dofe is from fix to fixteen grains in fome convenient liquor; filtrate that which re- the Filter, whilft a fmall quantity of black and extraordinary ftinking Oil remains, which is good to difcufs cold Tumors, and to give to Hyfterical women to {fmell ro. | You may diftil the Spirit ina Sand-heat to f{e- parate it froma thick matter that remains at bot- tom, it hath the fame virtues as the Salt ; it is given from-eight to twenty drops in fome proper vehicle. : Two drachms of it are mixed with two ounces of Spirit of Wine to rub Paralytical parts with s it is likewife ufed for cold pains, and for the Sciatica. 7 If