Sed. 6.

main Intention. The former Pre-fcriptions of this were all with Ho-ney, in three times the quantity ofthe other Ingredients ; but the Sy-rupus de Meconio, as here ordered,is vaftly preferable, as agreeing ibmuch better with the Intention ofthe whole. It is a powerful Opi-ate, and given from gr. x. to 9 ii.to eafe violent Pains and procureSleep.

Theriaca Andromachi, The Treaclee/Andromachus {commonly calledVenice-Treacle )

• Take of the Troches of Squills' 3 xlvüi. of the Troches of Vi-' pers, Long Pepper, Opium, and

* Troches of'Hedychroi, anaf xxiv.

* of exungulated dry red Roles, of

* fragrant Slavonian Orrice, of' Juice of Liquorife, of fweet Na-' vew Seeds, of Tops of Scordium,

* of Opobálfamum, Cinnamon,' and the Troches of Agaric, ana' 5 xii. of Mynh, Sweet Coftus or' Zedoaiy, Saffron, true CaOia' Bark, Spikenard , Schoenmth,

* white and Black Pepper, Male' Frankincenfe , Cretan Dittany,« Rhapontic , Arabian Stœchas ,

* Horehound, Macedonian Paifley

* Seeds, Calamint, Cyprus Tur-

* pentine, Roots of Cinque-foil' and Ginger, ana 3 vi. of the

* Tops of Cretic Polymountain,

* of Ground Pine, Celtic Spike-e nard Roots, Amomum, Styrax,' Meum Root, Tops of German-

* der, Pontic Phu Root, Lemnian' Earth, Indian Leaf, calcined Ro-' man Vitriol, Gentian Root, Gum' Arabick, Juice of Hypociftis,' Carpobalfam, or in its defeft,

* Nutmegs or Cubebs ; of the

* Seeds of Anife, Cardamoms, Fen-' nel, and Hartwort . of Acacia,' or in its ftead, the infpiflated' Juice of four Plumbs 5 of ths

Of Electuaries, &c. 433

* Seeds of Treacle-Muftard. Tops' of St. John's Wort, Seeds of Bi_

* fhop's Weed, and Sagapenum' ana 3 iv. of thebeft Caftor, long'' Birthwort R.oot, Bitumen Indi-c cum, or Amber, Cretic Daucus' Seed, Opoponax, the ieffer Cen-' tory, and fat Galbanum, ana' 3 ii. of old Canary a fufricient' quantity to dilfolve the moift and' diflblvable Ingredients ; and of

* clarify'd Honey triple the Weight' of ail the dry Species : Make all' into an Eleftuary, 5. ji. This' may likewife be made With Syru-' pus de Meconio, inftead of Honey.*

This hath continued the fame inalmoir. all the Difpenfatories it hath,yet paíTed thro', and is not only theCapital Alexipharmic of our Shops,but of all Europe. It has a greatdeal more wrote about it, than,could be contain'd in the largeftVolume : We (hall therefore con-tent out felves with as fhort Re-marks upon this grand Medicine,as is confinent with that Acquain-tance every one in the Practice ofPhyfic ought to have with it. Thisclaims for its Author the Perfonwhofe Name it bears, and who wasPhyfician to Nero the Tyrant : thatwe freouently call It Venice-Treacleis from the great Quantities madethere, and thence tranfported tomoft Parts of the World. As thishas pafs'd thro* many Ages, andthe hands of many, in their ownOpinions able to alter it for thebetter, there are abundance of di£.ferent Recipe's extant in Difpenfato-ry-Wiiters : and this of our Collegefeems to be one of the beft ; thatin the Augufian Difpenfatory dif-fers little from it. Dtemerbroeck,a late Writer, greatly extols themultiplicity of Ingredients in thisCompofition, and has odd Notionsof the united Efficacies of fuch In-F f gredientl