Cinnaber Pills.
Take Native Cinnaber reduced into an Alcohol Humane Cranium, each 2 drams; Castor, Salt of Amber, each 1 dram; make all into an exquisite fine Powder, to which add Oil of Marjoram 12 drops; Balsam of Peru 1 dram; Syrup of Piony as much as sufficient, beat all up into a Mortar into a pilulary Mass.
Its against an Epilepsy and Convulsion Fits for 24 Doses.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710