An Electuary with Currants.
Take of the best Rhubarb (finely grated, without being dried) half an ounce; Currants picked clean, and rubbed with a course Cloath 3 ounces; Syrup of Succory with Rhubarb half an ounce; Oil of Aniseeds 2 drops; beat it well in a Mortar, 'till it all be exactly mixed.
Its for 8 Doses to be taken a Mornings, after each let the Patient drink a draught of Scorbutic Ale, together with Elixir Proprietatis 20 drops.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710