A Pleuritic Mixture.
Take Waters of Hyssop 2 ounces; Fennel 1 ounces; Epidemial and Treacle Water, each half an ounce; Crabs Eyes, Bezoar Mineral, each 1 scruple; Spirit of Salt Armoniac 15 drops; London Laudanum 2 grains; Syrup of the Juice of Erratic Poppy 1 ounce, mix.
The Communicator saith, its (after due Bleedings) convenient in a Pleurisy, take away the pricking Pain and short Cough. The Sick may take a spoonful or two every hour. But as to my own Part, I advise no Body to trust Pleuritic Internals, so as to neglect, or be too sparing of Bleeding, for upon it depends safety, and in a manner the whole Cure.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710