A Saline Mixture.
Take Penny royal water 6 ounces; Salt of Tartar 2 drams, mix.
Let it be taken by spoonfuls in Broth, so as that the Stomach be continually imbued with it; thus its good to stop Vomiting. Taken a Mornings for some time, it lays a good Foundation for a Course of Steel in the Green Sickness.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710