A Litus for the Face.
Take Ox Galls 3, rectify'd Spirit of Wine 3 pints; having extracted a Tincture, and exhaled to the consistence of Honey; dissolve it in Juice of Lemons 2 ounces; and add powder'd Calomel 3 drams; Salt of Vitriol 2 drams; Venetian Borace 1 dram; Faeculae of Cuckow pint 1 dram and half, digest in the Sun 4 days, strain and evaporate to a mellaginous Consistence.
For Sun-burning, Freckles, Spots, Pushes, Pimples, Redness, Gutta Rosacea, and all blemishes in the Face whatsoever. Strike it over the part thrice a day.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710