A Musk Julep.
Take Waters of Damask Roses 6 ounces; of Orange Flowers, Piony compound, each 1 ounce; of Barly Cinnamon 2 ounces; Calestis half an ounce; Musk, Ambergrise (both ground with Salt of Harts-horn 1 grain) each 2 grains; Saffron (clipped small, and tied up in a Muslin Rag) 1 scruple; Confection of Alkermes 2 drams; Oil of Cloves 1 drops; Syrup of Gilly flowers 1 ounce and half, mix.
Its delectable Gas, wonderfully gratifieth the Spirits, allureth them plentifully into the Stomach, and refresheth them when harrased and languid. 'Tis a temperate indeed, but a most noble Cordial; and I never knew a better Medicine in Fevers of suspicious ill kind, which sending dileterious Vapours into the Ventricle, insult the sick Spirits, push them into Confusions and Convulsions, and so excite an Hiccough. But to be ingenuous, though this Remedy hath sometimes (like Succour from Heaven) totally vanquished a Singultus; yet I must confess, I have more often observed this Symptom, so desperate and deadly, that neither this nor any other Means I could find out of my self, or learn of others, was able to grapple with it: And when we had strove with all our Strength, we found it in vain to struggle with the Fates.
Let five spoonfuls be admitted every third hour; or else (which I think more adviseable) let one spoonful be given every half hour; so shall the weak Stomach not be overcharged with Quantity, and be continually imbued with the Medicine.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710