A Draught in the Small Pox.
Take Cochineal whole 1 dram; boil it in Allexterial Milk water 4 ounces to 3; in the strain'd dissolve Diascordium, from 1 scruple to 1 dram; Diacordium 6 drams; Oil of Nutmeg 1 drop, mix.
This blows up the Fire a little, and at the same time restrains the Spirits from sparkling too vigorously; its a fine Medicine, if judiciously given. But Quacks and Nurses best not venture upon it.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710