Se& 7.

Ele£ruarium Anti-Arthriticum Pur-gans, A purging Eleíluary aga'mß

the Gout,

' Take Roots of Hermoda£tyl,and Turpeth, beat into a grofsPowder, ana it fs. black Helle-bore Ï xii. lnfufe them in a fuf-ficient quantity of Spirit of Winein a Sand-heat for fome Days 5then prefs the Spirit out hard, anddraw off two thirds by a Retort,which may be kept for the fameufe another time. Evaporate theRemainder, till it comes to theConfluence of a Syrup ; thenwith double its quantity of Ho-

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peccant Humours lie out of thereach of ordinary Medicines. Thisis alfo a good Purge for Perfons in-clinable to Epilepfies, Apoplexiesor other nervous Diforders, becaufeit fcours and keeps open the minuteftPaflàges ; which preferves the dueDiftribution of the nervous Fluids.It may be given from 5 i. to % fs.at a Dofe, but is fit only for grownPeople.

Difpenfatory-Wútets prodigiouflyabound with Medicines of this form jbut all which the Prefent Practicetakes any notice of, and which areto be had in the Shops, we havedefcrib'd, with a few others, worth

' ney, mix into it the Powders of advancing to the fame Rank, having

' Annifeeds and Caraway, of omitted the reft ; by which we have

• Cloves, Ginger, and black Pep- much (hortned what many have

* per, ana 3 ii. Scammony 5 fs. drawn out into a very unnecefiary« Sagapenum diiTolv'd in Vinegar of and unprofitable Length. What' Squills ï ii. and a fufficient quan- of this Form are in Batet, and ibme

tity of Vinegar of Squills, if any' is wanted to make it into a due* Confiftence."

This is not greatly unlike whatCloff&us gives for the fame Purpofe.It is much preferable to the Ca-riocoftinum, and fetches the Hu-mours from the moft remote Re-cefles. If it be taken in an Under-Dofe, and in fuch a manner that thePerfon may fleep fome hours beforeit works, it will purge the moft ex-treme Parts ; by which it is of incre-dible fervice in Gouts and Rheuma-tifms, and all thofe Cafes where the

others in prefent efteem, will moftproperly come into our laft Part, ofExtemporaneous Prefcriptions ¡ be-caufe they are not calculated for Of-ficinal Medicines, not being fittedfor keeping, and eafy to be madeat any feafon, as Occafions re-quire. Thefe Medicines vary asmuch, if not more, than any otherForms ; if therefore the Readerwould fee what the laft Ages pre-fcrib'd in this manner, he may ia-tisfy hinifelf from the Collectionsof Schroder, Zwelfer, and Etmuller.

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SECT. VII.

Of Troches and Tills.

ON E of thefe Forms i«; muchlefs ufed in modern Prankethan antiently ; for the old Dif-

penfatories abound with Troches ;whereas of thofe few the College re-tain, half are not now in ufe or

ever