A Rosaceous Expression.
Take the softest, free, white Chalk powder'd 2 ounces; Bole Armoniac 1 ounce; boil in Water 3 quarts to 1 quart; set it by to subside, then having decanted the clear, put into it conserve of red Roses 6 ounces; digest warm for 12 hours; and so run it thro' a straining bag, 'till it be clear.
This is truly a present and trusty Remedy for such a Diarrhea as ought to be stop'd, whether it proceed from Acrimony and Fermentation of Humours, or weakness and slipperiness of the Guts, either with or without Gripes. If any find it too cold for them, it may easily be holp, with Cinnamon water or Venice Treacle.
The Dose is 6 Spoonfuls, twice or thrice, or oftener, as the Case shall require.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710