4^8 The Complete Englifli Difpenfatory. Part III.

f Bezoar, ana % fs. of Oriental der the notion of Correctors, herePearls j ii. or red Coral 5 iii. of being a fufficiency retained for fuch* Oriental Bole, true fealed Earth, Purpofes. Zwelfer fays, that fome

and calcin'd Harts-horn, ana § i.

of Amber^reafe § i. of Orientalf Musk 3 ifs. of white Sugar Candys pour'd it ii. and make into af Confection, S. A.'

This hath not been in any Dif-penfatory, that I know of, before,except that of Bales. It hath ob-tain'd a great Name and Efteem a-monoft fome Peifons, which feemsto have been the reafon why theCollege have now made it an Of-ficinal Medicine. The whole Pro-çefs is long and troublefome ; butthe greateft care incumbent uponthe Compounder is, that the Extractbe at firft left thin enough to re-ceive the Powers which are after-wards to be mtx'd with it, ib thatthe whole maybe of a dueConfif-tence. However this Medicine mayftand in the Opinion of many, ithath now much more Honour doneit thanitdeferves, all its main In-tentions being much better anfweredwith lefs trouble.

Benedicta Laxativa, The BleffeàLaxattve.

* Take of choice Turpeth 3 x.? of Biagridium, the Bark of Spurgef Root prepared, and Hevmoda? ctyl, ana 3 v. the ôeeds o' A rife? and Fennel, ana | fs. of Sal G m.' 5 i, of clarify'd Honey three times1 the quantity of the reft, fo as tof make into an Electuary. '

This is originally taken fromNicolaus, both by the College intotheir firft Difpenfatory, and by the¿fugußan, with very little Variation ;and it hath ib continued down tothe prefent Reformation of ourCollege, who have now rejectedpjany needlefs Spices and Carmina-pyes which çere crouded into it un-

have (jrder'd double the Quantityof the Spurge Root, but thinks thatas it ftands here it is enough, andthat even that requires a due Pre-paration, which is by infufing itthree Days in very fharp Vinegar,and then drying it. It is however,fo wholly neglected by the prefentPractice, that it is never made in,the Shops.

Electuarium Amarum, The bitterElectuary.' Take of Epithymum | fs. of' Angelica Roots 3 iii. of Gentian,' Zedoary, and Acorus, ana 3 ii.' of Cinnamon 3 ifs. of Clove*,

* Mace, Nutmegs, and Saffron, ana' 5 i. of Aloes j vi. and with the

* Syrups of Citron and Orange' Peels, and Sugar, each a fuffici-' ent Quantity, make them into

* an Electuary.'

In the firft Difpenfatory of theCollege this is' ordered to be madeup with the Syrups of Fumitory andScabious ; but both thefe are nowrejected in the Shops : in otherreflects this Hands as it was order'4there ; and there it likewife occurs;under the Title of Eltcluarium Ama-rum Minus, in diftinction fromanother called F.leftuarium Ama-r;im Magißmlt Malus, which hathbeen continu'd thro' all the Emen-dations of the College to the prefenr,where it is thought fit to expungeit, as this alfo might now juftlyhave been, it being wholly neglec-ted in Prefcription.

Diacaffia cum Manna, A Compofi-

tion of Caffia -with Manna.

c Take of Damafrus Prunes § ii.

' of Violet Flowers m. ifs. of Spring

' Water ft ifs. Let them boil till

' half is waited ; and then in the

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