A Balsamic Nephritic Mixture.
Take Balsam of Captive half an ounce; Oil of Juniper half a dram; dissolve it in the Yolks of 2 Eggs, and add Syrup of Marsh Mallows compound 2 ounces and a half; Arsmart Water 10 ounces, mix.
The Communicator saith, its endow'd with most noble Virtues in the Cure of internal Ulcers, the Gout, Weakness and Pain in the Back, Fluor Albus and Gonorrhaea.
Also it provokes Urine and expels Stones, as well out of the Gall Bladder, as the Kidneys, of which we had an amazing Instance of late, in a certain Artificer at our Town of Peterborough, who being horribly tortur'd with Nephritic and Colic Pains, fell into such strong Convulsions of all his Members, that several strong Men could not hold him in his Chair. When I consider'd the Symptoms I judg'd that Volatile Salts and Antepileptics would never reach the Case. And therefore I thought with my self, I'd give this Mixture: Well, upon taking a few spoonfuls, he brought away a great quantity of Urine, together with Gravel and Sand: And (which is the remarkable thing) several Stones, as big as Capers, by Stool; which without doubt, must come down by the choler Passage, out of the Gall Bladder. And thus was he (to the wonder and satisfaction of his Friends) restored to his former Health.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710