2. An Odiferous Fume.
Take Cyperous roots 1 ounce and half; Calamus aromatic, Willow coals, each 1 ounce; Storax calamite, Benjamin, each 2 drams; with mucilage of Gum Tragacanth (Extracted with the Spirit of Wine) make Pastils according to Art.
Being put into a Chafing dish of fresh Coals, they exhale a very sweet Odour, to correct the ill Smell of a Room.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710