An Icteric Expression of Millipedes.
Take live Millipedes 100; Saffron cut small half a scruple; Nutmeg half a dram; white Sugar half an ounce; when these are all well beaten up together, pour on the Mass Celandine (or Cleaver) water 4 ounces; Magistral worm water 2 ounces; and strain out the Liquor, squeezing it hard.
The Title denotes its Virtues. Give half of it in the Morning, and the rest at 4 in the Afternoon every day.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710