| Vinegar Clyster. | 1785 |
This clyster is made by mixing three ounces of vinegar with five of water-gruel.
Collyrium or Eye-water
| Collyrium of Alum. | 1785 |
Take of alum, half a drachm; agitate it well together with the white of one egg.
| Collyrium of Lead. | 1785 |
Take sugar of lead, and crude sal ammoniac, of each four grains. Dissolve them in eight ounces of common water.
| Vitriolic Collyrium. | 1785 |
Take of white vitriol, half a drachm: rose-water, six ounces. Dissolve the vitriol in the water, and filter the liquor.
Confection
| Japonic Confection. | 1785 |
Take of Japan earth, three ounces; tormentil root, nutmeg, olibanum, of each two ounces; opium dissolved in a sufficient quantity of Lisbon wine, a drachm and a half; simple syrup and conserve of rose...
Conserve and Preserve
| Candied Orange Peel. | 1785 |
Soak Seville orange-peel in several waters, till it loses its bitterness; then boil it in a solution of double refined sugar in water, till it becomes tender and transparent.
| Conserve of Red Roses. | 1785 |
Take a pound of red rose buds, cleared of their heels; beat them well in a mortar, and, adding by degrees two pounds of double refined sugar, in powder, make a conserve.
| Conserve of Sloes. | 1785 |
This may be made by boiling the sloes gently in water, being careful to take them out before they burst: afterwards expressing the juice, and beating it up with three times its weight of fine sugar.
Decoction
| Compound Decoction of the Bark. | 1785 |
Take of Peruvian bark and Virginian snake-root, grossly powdered, each three drachms. Boil them in a pint of water to one half. To the strained liquor add an ounce and a half of aromatic water.
| Decoction of Althea. | 1785 |
Take of the roots of marsh-mallows, moderately dried, three ounces; raisins of the sun, one ounce; water, three pints. Boil the ingredients in the water till the one third of it is consumed; afterward...
| Decoction of Logwood. | 1785 |
Boil three ounces of the shavings, or chips, of logwood, in four pints of water, till one half of the liquor is wasted. Two or three ounces of simple cinnamon-water may be added to this decoction.
| Decoction of Sarsaparilla. | 1785 |
Take of fresh sarsaparilla root, sliced and bruised, two ounces; shavings of guaiacum wood, one ounce. Boil over a slow fire, in three quarts of water, to one; adding towards the end, half an ounce of...
| Decoction of Seneka. | 1785 |
Take of seneka rattle-snake root, one ounce; water, a pint and a half. Boil to one pint, and strain.
| Decoction of the Bark. | 1785 |
Boil an ounce of the Peruvian bark, grossly powdered, in a pint and a half of water to one pint; then strain the decoction. If a tea-spoonful of the weak spirit of vitriol be added to this medicine, i...
| The Common Decoction. | 1785 |
Take of camomile flowers, one ounce; elder flowers, and sweet fennel seeds, of each half an ounce; water, two quarts. Boil them for a little, and then strain the decoction.
| White Decoction. | 1785 |
Take of the purest chalk, in powder, two ounces; gum arabic half an ounce; water, three pints. Boil to one quart, and strain the decoction.
Draught
| Anodyne Draught. | 1785 |
Take of liquid laudanum, twenty-five drops; simple cinnamon-water, an ounce; common syrup, two drachms. Mix them.
| Diuretic Draught. | 1785 |
Take of the diuretic salt two scruples; syrup of poppies, two drachms; simple cinnamon-water and common-water, of each an ounce.
| Purging Draughts. | 1785 |
Take of manna, an ounce; soluble tartar, or Rochel salt, from three to four drachms. Dissolve in three ounces of boiling water; to which add Jamaica pepper-water, half an ounce.
| Sweating Draught. | 1785 |
Take spirit of Minererus, two ounces; salt of hartshorn, five grains; simple cinnamon-water, and syrup of poppies, of each half an ounce. Make them into a draught.
| Vomiting Draughts. | 1785 |
Take of ipecacuanha, in powder, a scruple; water, an ounce; simple syrup, a drachm. Mix them.
Electuary
| Electuary for the Dysentery. | 1785 |
Take of the Japonic confection, two ounces; Locatelli's basam, one ounce; rhubarb in powder, half an ounce; syrup of marshmallows, enough to make an electuary.
| Electuary for the Epilepsy. | 1785 |
Take of Peruvian bark, in powder, an ounce; of powdered tin, and wild valerian root, each half an ounce; simple syrup, enough to make an electuary.
| Electuary for the Gonorrhoea. | 1785 |
Take of lenitive electuary, three ounces; jalap and rhubarb, in powder, of each two drachms; nitre, half an ounce; simple syrup, enough to make an electuary.
| Electuary for the Palsy. | 1785 |
Take of powdered mustard-seed, and conserve of roses, each an ounce; syrup of ginger, enough to make an electuary.
| Electuary for the Piles. | 1785 |
Take flowers of sulphur, one ounce; cream of tartar, half an ounce; treacle, a sufficient quantity to form an electuary.
| Electuary for the Rheumatism. | 1785 |
Take of conserve of roses, two ounces; cinnabar of antimony, levigated, an ounce and a half; gum guaiacum, in powder, an ounce; syrup of ginger, a sufficient quantity to make an electuary.
| Electuary of the Bark. | 1785 |
Take of Peruvian bark, in powder, three ounces; cascarilla, half an ounce; syrup of ginger, enough to make an electuary.
| Lenitive Electuary | 1785 |
Take of senna, in fine powder, eight ounces; coriander seed, also in powder, four ounces; pulp of tamarinds and of French prunes, each a pound. Mix the pulps and powders together, and with a sufficien...
Emulsion
| Arabic Emulsion. | 1785 |
This is made in the same manner as the above, adding to the almonds, while beating, two ounces and a half of the mucilage of gum arabic.
| Camphorated Emulsion. | 1785 |
Take of Camphor, half a drachm; sweet almonds, half a dozen; white sugar, half an ounce; mint water, eight ounces. Grind the camphor and almonds well together in a stone mortar, and add by degrees the...
| Common Emulsion. | 1785 |
Take of sweet almonds, an ounce; bitter almonds, a drachm; water, two pints.
| Emulsion of Gum Ammoniac. | 1785 |
Take of gum ammoniac, two drachms; water, eight ounces. Grind the gum with the water poured upon it by little and little, till it is dissolved.
| Oily Emulsion. | 1785 |
Take of soft water, six ounces; volatile aromatic spirit, two drachms; Florence oil, an ounce; shake them well together, and add, of simple syrup, half an ounce.
Fomentation
| Anodyne Fomentation. | 1785 |
Take of white poppy-heads, two ounces; elder flowers, half an ounce; water, three pints. Boil till one pint is evaporated, and strain out the liquor.
| Aromatic Fomentation. | 1785 |
Take of Jamaica pepper, half an ounce; red wine, a pint. Boil them for a little, and then strain the liquor.
| Common Fomentation. | 1785 |
Take tops of Wormwood and camomile flowers, dried, of each two ounces; water, two quarts. After a slight boiling, pour off the liquor.
| Emollient Fomentation. | 1785 |
This is the same as the common decoction.
| Strengthening Fomentation. | 1785 |
Take of oak bark, one ounce; granate peel, half an ounce; alum, two drachms; smith's forge water, three pints. Boil the water with the bark and peel to the consumption of one third; then strain the re...
Gargle
| Attenuating Gargle. | 1785 |
Take of water, six ounces; honey, one ounce; nitre, a drachm and a half. Mix them.
| Common Gargle. | 1785 |
Take of rose-water, six ounces; syrup of clove July-flowers, half an ounce; spirit of vitriol, a sufficient quantity to give it an agreeable sharpness. Mix them.
| Detergent Gargle. | 1785 |
Take of the emollient gargle, a pint: tincture of myrrh, an ounce; honey, two ounces. Mix them.
| Emollient Gargle. | 1785 |
Take an ounce of marshmallow roots, and two or three figs; boil them in a quart of water till near one half of it be consumed; then strain out the liquor.
Infusion
| Bitter Infusion. | 1785 |
Take tops of the lesser centaury and camomile flowers, of each half an ounce; yellow rind of lemon and orange peel, carefully freed from the inner white part, of each two drachms. Cut them in small pi...
| Infusion for The Palsy. | 1785 |
Take of horse-radish root shaved, mustard seed bruised, each four ounces; outer rind of orange-peel, one ounce. Infuse them in two quarts of boiling water, in a close vessel, for twenty-four hours.
| Infusion of Carduus. | 1785 |
Infuse an ounce of the dried leaves of carduus benedictus in a pint of common water, for six hours, without heat; then filter the liquor through paper.
| Infusion of Linseed. | 1785 |
Take of linseed, two spoonfuls; liquorice root, sliced, half an ounce; boiling water, three pints. Let them stand to infuse by the fire for some hours, and then strain off the liquor.
| Infusion of Roses. | 1785 |
Take of red roses, dried, half an ounce; boiling water, a quart; vitriolic acid, commonly called oil of vitriol, half a drachm; loaf sugar, an ounce.
| Infusion of Tamarinds and Senna. | 1785 |
Take of tamarinds, one ounce; senna, and crystals of tartar, each two drachms. Let these ingredients be infused four or five hours in a pint of boiling water; afterwards let the liquor be strained, an...
| Infusion of the Bark. | 1785 |
To an ounce of the bark, in powder, add four or five table-spoonfuls of brandy, and a pint of boiling water. Let them infuse for two or three days.
| Spanish Infusion. | 1785 |
Take of spanish juice, cut into small pieces, an ounce; salt of tartar, three drachms. Infuse in a quart of boiling water for a night. To the strained liquor add an ounce and a half of the syrup of po...
Julep
| Camphorated Julep. | 1785 |
Take of camphor, one drachm; gum arabic, half an ounce; double-refined sugar, an ounce; vinegar, a pint. Grind the camphor with a few drops of rectified spirit of wine, till it grows soft; then add th...
| Cordial Julep. | 1785 |
Take of simple cinnamon-water, four ounces; Jamaica pepper-water, two ounces; volatile aromatic spirit, and compound spirit of lavender, of each two drachms; syrup of orange-peel, an ounce. Mix them.
| Expectorating Julep. | 1785 |
Take of the emulsion of gum ammoniac, six ounces; syrup of squills, two ounces. Mix them.
| Musk Julep. | 1785 |
Rub half a drachm of musk well together with half an ounce of sugar, and add to it, gradually, of simple cinnamon and pepper-mint water, each two ounces; of the volatile aromatic spirit, two drachms.
| Saline Julep. | 1785 |
Dissolve two drachms of salt of tartar in three ounces of fresh juice, strained; when the effervescence is over, add, of mint-water, and common water, each two ounces; of simple syrup, one ounce.
| Vomiting Julep. | 1785 |
Dissolve four grains of emetic tartar in eight ounces of water, and add to it half an ounce of the syrup of clove July-flowers.
Mixture
| Astringent Mixture. | 1785 |
Take simple cinnamon-water and common water, of each three ounces; spirituous cinnamon- water, an ounce and a half; Japonic confection, half an ounce. Mix them.
| Diuretic Mixture. | 1785 |
Take of mint-water, five ounces; vinegar of squills, six drachms; sweet spirit of nitre, half an ounce; syrup of ginger, an ounce and a half. Mix them.
| Laxative absorbent Mixture. | 1785 |
Rub one drachm of magnesia alba in a mortar with ten or twelve grains of the best Turkey rhubarb, and add to them three ounces of common water, simple cinnamon water, and syrup of sugar, of each one o...
| Saline Mixture. | 1785 |
Dissolve a drachm of the salt of tartar in four ounces of boiling water; and when cold, drop into it spirit of vitriol till the effervescence ceases; then add, of peppermint-water, two ounces; simple ...
| Squill Mixture. | 1785 |
Take of simple cinnamon-water, five ounces; vinegar of squills, one ounce; syrup of marshmallows, an ounce and a half. Mix them.
Ointment, Liniment and Cerate
| Camphorated Oil. | 1785 |
Rub an ounce of camphor, with two ounces of Florence oil, in a mortar, till the camphor be entirely dissolved.
| Emollient Ointment. | 1785 |
Take of palm oil, two pounds; olive oil, a pint and a half; yellow wax, half a pound; Venice turpentine, a quarter of a pound. Melt the wax in the oils over a gentle fire; then mix in the turpentine, ...
| Eye Ointments. | 1785 |
Take of hogs' lard prepared, four ounces; white wax, two drachms; tutty prepared, one ounce; melt the wax with the lard over a gentle fire, and then sprinkle in the tutty, continually stirring them ti...
| Issue Ointment. | 1785 |
Mix half an ounce of Spanish flies, finely powered, in six ounces of yellow basilicum ointment.
| Liniment for Burns. | 1785 |
Take equal parts of Florence oil, or of fresh drawn linseed oil, and lime-water; shake them well together in a wide mouthed bottle, so as to form a liniment.
| Liniment for the Piles. | 1785 |
Take of emollient ointment, two ounces; liquid laudanum, half an ounce. Mix these ingredients with the yolk of an egg, and work them well together.
| Mercurial Ointment. | 1785 |
Take of quicksilver, two ounces; hogs' lard, three ounces; mutton suet, one ounce. Rub the quicksilver with an ounce of the hogs's lard in a warm mortar, till the globules be perfectly extinguished; t...
| Ointment of Calamine. | 1785 |
Take of olive oil, a pint and a half; white wax, and calamine stone, levigated, of each half a pound. Let the calamine stone, reduced into a fine powder, be rubbed with some part of the oil, and after...
| Ointment of Lead. | 1785 |
Take of olive oil, half a pint; white wax, two ounces; sugar of lead, three drachms. Let the sugar of lead, reduced into a fine powder, be rubbed up with some part of the oil, and afterwards added to ...
| Ointment of Sulphur. | 1785 |
Take of hogs' lard prepared, four ounces; flowers of sulphur, an ounce and a half; crude sal ammoniac, two drachms; essence of lemon, ten or twelve drops. Make them into an ointment.
| Volatile Liniment. | 1785 |
Take of florence oil, an ounce; spirit of hartshorn, half an ounce. Shake them together.
| White Liniment. | 1785 |
This is made in the same manner as the white ointment, two thirds of the wax being left out.
| White Ointment. | 1785 |
Take of olive oil, one pint; white wax and sperma ceti, of each three ounces. Melt them with a gentle heat, and keep them constantly and briskly stirring together, till quite cold.
| Yellow Basilicum Ointment. | 1785 |
Take of yellow wax, white resin, and frankincense, each a quarter of a pound; melt them together over a gentle fire; then add, of hogs' lard prepared, one pound. Strain the ointment while warm.
Pill
| Composing Pill. | 1785 |
Take of purified opium, ten grains; Castile soap, half a drachm. Beat them together, and form the whole into twenty pills.
| Foetid Pill. | 1785 |
Take of asafoetida, half an ounce; simple syrup, as much as is necessary to form it into pills.
| Hemlock Pill. | 1785 |
Take any quantity of the extract of hemlock, and adding to it about a fifth part its weight of the powder of the dried leaves, form it into pills.
| Mercurial Pill. | 1785 |
Take of purified quicksilver and honey, each half an ounce. Rub them together in a mortar, till the globules of mercury are perfectly extinguished; then add, of Castile soap, two drachms, powdered liq...
| Mercurial sublimate Pill. | 1785 |
Dissolve fifteen grains of the corrosive sublimate of mercury in two drachms of the saturated solution of crude sal ammoniac, and make it into a paste, in a glass mortar, with a sufficient quantity of...
| Pills for the Jaundice. | 1785 |
Take of Castile soap, succotorine aloes, and rhubarb, of each one drachm. Make them into pills with a sufficient quantity of syrup or mucilage.
| Plummer's Pill. | 1785 |
Take of calomel, or sweet mercury, and precipitated sulphur of antimony, each three drachms; extract of liquorice, two drachms. Rub the sulphur and mercury well together; afterwards add the extract, a...
| Purging Pills. | 1785 |
Take of succotorine aloes, and Castile soap, each two drachms; of simple syrup, a sufficient quantity to make them into pills.
| Squill Pills. | 1785 |
Take powder of dried squills, a drachm and a half; gum ammoniac, and cardamom seeds, in powder, of each three drachms; simple syrup, a sufficient quantity.
| Stomachic Pills. | 1785 |
Take extract of gentian, two drachms; powdered rhubarb and vitriolated tartar, of each one drachm; oil of mint, thirty drops; simple syrup, a sufficient quantity.
| Strengthening Pill. | 1785 |
Take soft extract of the bark, and salt of steel, each half an ounce. Make into pills.
Plaster
| Adhesive Plaster. | 1785 |
Take of common plaster, half a pound; of Burgundy pitch, a quarter of a pound. Melt them together.
| Anodyne Plaster. | 1785 |
Melt an ounce of adhesive plaster, and, when it is cooling, mix with it a drachm of powdered opium, and the same quantity of camphor, previously rubbed up with a little oil.
| Blistering Plaster. | 1785 |
Take of Venice turpentine, six ounces; yellow wax, two ounces; Spanish flies in fine powder, three ounces; powdered mustard, one ounce. Melt the wax, and while it is warm, add to it the turpentine, ta...
| Common Plaster. | 1785 |
Take of common olive oil, six pints; litharge reduced to a fine powder, two pounds and a half. Boil the litharge and oil together over a gentle fire, continually stirring them, and keeping always abou...
| Gum Plaster. | 1785 |
Take of the common plaster, four pounds; gum ammoniac and galbanum, strained, of each half a pound. Melt them together, and add, of Venice turpentine, six ounces.
| Mercurial Plaster. | 1785 |
Take of common plaster, one pound; of gum ammoniac, strained, half a pound. Melt them together, and, when cooling, add eight ounces of quick-silver, previously extinguished by triture, with three ounc...
| Stomach Plaster. | 1785 |
Take of gum plaster, half a pound; camphorated oil, an ounce and a half; black pepper, or capsicum, where it can be had, one ounce. Melt the plaster, and mix with it the oil; then sprinkle in the pepp...
| Warm Plaster. | 1785 |
Take of gum plaster, one ounce; blistering plaster, two drachms. Melt them together over a gentle fire.
| Wax Plaster. | 1785 |
Take of yellow wax, one pound; white resin, half a pound; mutton suet, three quarters of a pound. Melt them together.
Powder
| Aromatic opening Powder. | 1785 |
Take of the best Turkey rhubarb, cinnamon, and fine sugar, each two drachms. Let the ingredients be pounded, and afterwards mixed well together.
| Astringent Powder. | 1785 |
Take of alum and Japan earth, each two drachms. Pound them together, and divide the whole into ten or twelve doses.
| Carminative Powder. | 1785 |
Take of coriander seed, half an ounce; ginger, one drachm; nutmegs, half a drachm; fine sugar, a drachm and a half. Reduce them into powder for twelve doses.
| Diuretic Powder. | 1785 |
Take of gum arabic, four ounces; purified nitre, one ounce. Pound them together, and divide the whole into twenty-four doses.
| Powder for The Tape-worm. | 1785 |
Early in the morning the patient is to take in any liquid, two or three drachms, according to his age and constitution, of the root of the male fern reduced into a fine powder. About two hours afterwa...
| Powder of Bole. | 1785 |
Take of bole armenic, or French bole, two ounces; cinnamon, one ounce; tormentil root and gum arabic, of each six drachms; long pepper, one drachm. Let all these ingredients be reduced into a powder.
| Purging Worm-Powder. | 1785 |
Take of powdered rhubarb, a scruple; scammony and calomel, of each five grains. Rub them together in a mortar for one dose.
| Saline Laxative Powder. | 1785 |
Take of soluble tartar, and cream of tartar, each one drachm; purified nitre, half a drachm. Make them into a powder.
| Steel Powder. | 1785 |
Take filings of steel, and loaf-sugar, of each two ounces; ginger, two drachms. Pound them together.
| Sudorific Powder. | 1785 |
Take purified nitre and vitriolated tartar, of each half an ounce; opium and ipecacuanha, of each one drachm. Mix the ingredients, and reduce them to a fine powder.
| Worm-Powders. | 1785 |
Take of tin reduced into a fine powder, an ounce; AEthiop's mineral, two drachms. Mix them well together, and divide the whole into six doses.
Simple Distilled Water
| Cinnamon Water. | 1785 |
Steep one pound of cinnamon bark, bruised, in a gallon and a half of water, and one pint of brandy, for two days; and then distil off one gallon.
| Jamaica Pepper Water. | 1785 |
Take of Jamaica pepper, half a pound; water, a gallon and a half. Distil off one gallon.
| Pennyroyal Water. | 1785 |
Take of pennyroyal leaves, dried, a pound and a half; water, from a gallon and a half to two gallons. Draw off by distillation one gallon.
| Peppermint Water. | 1785 |
This is made in the same manner as the preceding.
| Rose Water. | 1785 |
Take of roses fresh gathered, six pounds; water, two gallons. Distil off one gallon.
| Spearmint Water. | 1785 |
This may also be prepared in the same way as the Pennyroyal water.
Spirituous Distilled Water
| Alum Whey. | 1785 |
BOIL two drachms of powdered alum in a pint of milk till it is curdled; then strain out the whey.
| Mustard Whey. | 1785 |
Take milk and water, of each a pint; bruised mustard seed, an ounce and a half. Boil them together till the curd is perfectly separated; afterwards strain the whey through a cloth.
| Scorbutic Whey. | 1785 |
This whey is made by boiling half a pint of the scorbutic juices in a quart of cow's milk. More benefit, however, is to be expected from eating the plants, than from their expressed juices.
| Spirituous Cinnamon Water. | 1785 |
TAKE of cinnamon, one pound; proof spirit, and common water, of each one gallon. Steep the cinnamon in the liquor for two days; then distil off one gallon.
| Spirituous Jamaica Pepper Water. | 1785 |
Take of Jamaica pepper, half a pound; proof spirit, three gallons; water, two gallons. Distil off three gallons.
Syrup
| Simple syrup. | 1785 |
Is made by dissolving in water, either with or without heat, about double its weight of fine sugar.
Tinctures, Elixirs et cetera
| Acid Elixir of Vitriol. | 1785 |
Take of the aromatic tincture, one pint; oil of vitriol, three ounces. Mix them gradually, and after the faeces have subsided, filter the elixir through paper, in a glass funnel.
| Aromatic Tincture. | 1785 |
Infuse two ounces of Jamaica pepper in two pints of brandy, without heat, for a few days; then strain off the tincture.
| Astringent Tincture. | 1785 |
Digest two ounces of gum kino, in a pint and a half of brandy, for eight days; afterwards strain it for use.
| Camphorated Spirit of Wine. | 1785 |
Dissolve an ounce of camphor in a pint of rectified spirits.
| Compound Tincture of Senna. | 1785 |
Take of senna, one ounce; jalap, coriander seeds, and cream of tartar, of each half an ounce. Infuse them in a pint and a half of French brandy for a week; then strain the tincture, and add to it four...
| Compound Tincture of the Bark. | 1785 |
Take of Peruvian bark, two ounces; Seville orange-peel and cinnamon, of each half an ounce. Let the bark be powdered, and the other ingredients bruised; then infuse the whole in a pint and a half of b...
| Paregoric Elixir. | 1785 |
Take of flowers of benzoin, half an ounce; opium, two drachms. Infuse in one pound of the volatile aromatic spirit, for four or five days, frequently shaking the bottle; afterwards strain the elixir.
| Sacred Elixir. | 1785 |
Take of rhubarb cut small, ten drachms; succotorine aloes, in powder, six drachms; lesser cardamom seeds, half an ounce; French brandy, two pints. Infuse for two or three days, and then strain the eli...
| Spirit of Mindererus. | 1785 |
Take of volatile sal ammoniac, any quantity. Pour on it gradually distilled vinegar, till the effervescence ceases.
| Stomachic Elixir. | 1785 |
Take of gentian root, two ounces; Curassao oranges, one ounce; Virginian snake-root, half an ounce. Let the ingredients be bruised, and infused for three or four days, in two pints of French brandy; a...
| Tincture of Black Hellebore. | 1785 |
Infuse two ounces of the roots of black hellebore, bruised, in a pint of proof spirit, for seven or eight days; then filter the tincture through paper. A scruple of cochineal may be infused along with...
| Tincture of Myrrh and Aloes. | 1785 |
Take of gum myrrh, an ounce and a half; hepatic aloes, one ounce. Let them be reduced to a powder, and infused in two pints of rectified spirits, for six days, in a gentle heat; then strain the tinctu...
| Tincture of Opium; or Liquid Laudanum. | 1785 |
Take of crude opium, two ounces; spirituous aromatic water, and mountain wine, of each ten ounces. Dissolve the opium, sliced, in the wine, with a gentle heat, frequently stirring it; afterwards add t...
| Tincture of Rhubarb. | 1785 |
Take of rhubarb, two ounces and a half; lesser cardamom seeds, half an ounce; brandy, two pints. Digest for a week, and strain the tincture.
| Tincture of Spanish Flies. | 1785 |
Take of Spanish flies, reduced to a fine powder, two ounces; spirit of wine, one pint. Infuse for two or three days; then strain off the tincture.
| Tincture of the Balsam of Tolu. | 1785 |
Take of the balsam of Tolu, an ounce and a half; rectified spirit of wine, a pint. Infuse in a gentle heat until the balsam is dissolved; then strain the tincture.
| Volatile foetid Tincture. | 1785 |
Infuse two ounces of asafoetida in one pint of volatile aromatic spirit, for eight days, in a close bottle, frequently shaking it; then strain the tincture.
| Volatile Tincture of Gum Guaiacum. | 1785 |
Take of gum guaiacum, four ounces; volatile aromatic spirit, a pint. Infuse without heat in a vessel, well stopped, for a few days; then strain off the tincture. A very good tincture of guaiacum, for ...
Vinegar
| Vinegar of Litharge. | 1785 |
Take of litharge, half a pound; strong vinegar, two pints. Infuse them together in a moderate heat for three days, frequently shaking the vessel; then filter the liquor for use.
| Vinegar of Roses. | 1785 |
Take of red roses, half a pound; strong vinegar, half a gallon. Infuse in a close vessel for several weeks, in a gentle heat; and then strain off the liquor.
| Vinegar of Squills. | 1785 |
Take of dried squills, two ounces; distilled vinegar, two pints. Infuse for ten days or a fortnight in a gentle degree of heat, afterwards strain off the liquor, and add to it about a twelfth part its...
Water by Infusion et cetera
| Compound Lime-Water. | 1785 |
Take shavings of guaiacum wood, half a pound; liquorice root, one ounce; sassafras bark, half an ounce; coriander seeds, three drachms; simple lime-water, six pints.
| Lime-Water. | 1785 |
P0UR two gallons of water gradually upon a pound of fresh burnt quicklime; and when the ebullition ceases, stir them well together; then suffer the whole to stand at rest, that the lime may settIe, an...
| Styptic Water. | 1785 |
Take of blue vitriol and alum, each an ounce and a half; wet water, one pint. Boil them until the salts are dissolved, then filter the liquor and add to it a drachm of the oil of vitriol.
| Sublimate Water. | 1785 |
Dissolve eight grains of the corrosive sublimate in a pint of cinnamon-water.
| Tar Water. | 1785 |
Pour a gallon of water on two pounds of Norway tar, and stir them strongly together with a wooden rod: after they have stood to settle for two days, pour off the water for use.
Wine
| Anthelmintic Wine. | 1785 |
Take of rhubarb, half an ounce; worm-seed, an ounce. Bruise them, and infuse without heat in two pints of red port wine for a few days, then strain off the wine.
| Antimonial Wine. | 1785 |
Take glass of antimony, reduced to fine powder, half an ounce; Lisbon Wine, eight ounces. Digest, without heat, for three or four days, now and then shaking the bottle; afterwards filter the wine thro...
| Bitter wine. | 1785 |
Take of gentian root, yellow rind of lemon-peel, fresh, each one ounce; long pepper, two drachms; mountain wine, two pints. Infuse without heat for a week, and strain out the wine for use.
| Chalybeate or Steel Wine. | 1785 |
Take filings of iron, two ounces; cinnamon and mace, of each two drachms; Rhenish wine, two pints. Infuse for three or four weeks, frequently shaking the bottle; then pass the wine through a filter.
| Ipecacuanha Wine. | 1785 |
Take of ipecacuanha, in powder, one ounce; mountain wine, a pint. Infuse for three or four days; then filter the tincture.
| Stomach Wine. | 1785 |
Take of Peruvian bark, grossly powdered, an ounce; cardamon seeds, and orange peel, bruised, of each two drachms. Infuse in a bottle of white port or Lisbon wine for five or six days, then strain off ...