Purging Cakes.
Take Sweet Almonds blanch'd 6 drams; power'd Jalap root 3 drams; Rosin of Jalap half a Dram; fine Sugar 10 drams; Oil of Cinnamon 3 drops; with Mucilage of Gum Tragacanth; make it up into little Cakes for 6 Doses.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710