Guaiacum Pills.
Take Gum of Guaiacum, Aloes, each 1 dram and half; Balsam of Peru enough to make them up, mix.
The Manuscript, out of which I fetched them, will needs have it, that the Aloes in this Mixture loses all its Bitterness. I think it a fine Pill for cold Distempers of the Stomach, and I fancy it much for prevention of the Gout. The Dose is half a dram before Suppers.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710