A Balsamic Electuary.
Take Conserve of red Roses 2 ounces; new unsalted Butter wahed in Rose water 1 ounce; Yolk of Egg half an ounce; powder'd Balsam of Tolu 4 scruples; Balm of Gilead 2 scruples, mix.
It dissolves tough, thick Phlegm besmearing the Bronchia, and renders all the Meatus slippery, and easily passable: It repairs and heals (as a Balsam) the Vesicles of the Lungs when tumid, and tense, and strained beyond their natural Tone. Therefore those that labour under a dry Consumptive Cough, find a great deal of Benefit by it.
The Dose is 2 drams ever now and then, especially when the Cough is most urgent.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710