A Decoction of Roses.
Take Conserve of Red Roses 2 ounces; Malaga Raisins stoned 1 ounce; Liquorice, Melon seeds, each half an ounce; Barly Water 3 pints, boil to 1 quart, and run it through a Flannel bag several times, 'till it be pretty clear, then set it by to fine by settlement, and decant it.
Its a proper Prescript, when muriatic Salt, acrious Serum, owzing out of the Glands, and irritating the Aspera Arteria, Bronchia and Vesicles; excites a most vehement tearing Couhg; and yet being too thin to be taken hold of, and pump'd up, lies fretting, and exulcerating the Lungs, and so brings on a Comsumption.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710