A Bitter Chalybeat Infusion.
Take Alexiterial Milk water 1 pint and half; Mint, Genetian compound, Magistral Worm water, each 4 ounces; Gentian root 4 scruples; tops of Carduus, Centory and Camomile flowers, each 8 scruples; after 12 hours warm infusion, run it through a Sieve without Squeezing, so as that it may be pure clear and fine, and mix with it Chalybeat Wine 1 quart.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710