Sed. 7.

' Candy ft i. When all are re-' duced to fine Powder, make them' into a Parte, with Mucilage of' Quince-feeds and Rofe Water,f for Lozenges.*

Thefe make a moll grateful andefficacious Remedy in all kinds ofCoughs, but particularly thofe fromtickling Defluxions and Rheums.They will likewife greatly contri-bute to reftore decaying Lungs, andPerfons almoft worn out in Con-fumptions. On no account canthey difagree, and almoft in allCafes will they prove of great fer-vice. They may be likewife ufedat pleafure.

Trochifci Reftringentes, ReflringentLozenges.' Take ^apan Earth in fine Pow-' der x i. Gum Tragacanth § iii.' Oil of Cinnamon 5 i. Sugar of1 Rofes ft ii. Make them into a' Pafte with Mucilage of Quince-

* feeds made very ftrong.'

Thefe are great Reftorers of aweak Stomach and Bowels, and fuchas are Subjeft to Indigeftion, Vo-miting, and Fluxes. They may betaken at difcretion, and by conti-nue ufe they have been known torecover fome from Weakneflès un-der which they have been juft fink-ing ; and for the Whites and otherFemale Complaints, there is not amore pleafant nor more effectualRemedy ; as alfo in old Gleets,where no Malignity remains.

Pjftilli Cathartici, Purging Sugar-Plumbs.• Take Refin of Scammony 5 ii.

* Penids ft i. Mix: them together' after the Refin is rubb'd into a

* very fine Powder ; and with a' very little Mucilage, make a' Pafte, which work up into fmall' Pills.»

Of Troches and Tills.

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This is comriv'd chiefly for youngChildren, who will not be prevaiPdwith to take a Cathartic in any o-ther Form, but may be cheated withthis, the quantity of Refin not giv-ing a difcernible difference to theSugar. But this is rough Phyficfor tender Children, tho with manyit does a great deal of good, bypurging off that Slime from theirBowels, which breeds Worms, andoccafions Fevers, and a (linkingBreath. One or two of thefe is afufficient Dofe. Thofe which arefo frequently in publick Advertife-ments, are no other, whatfoevertheir Venders may pretend to.

Pills are a Form into which littleis reduced, unlefsCathartics, in offi-cinal Compofition ; the quantity ofthefe generally affign'd for a Dofenot admitting of Alteratives,bec3ufethey generally take up more room :whereas the force of a Cathartic ly-ing for the mod part in a fmall com-pafs, is conveniently included here-in, 3 fs. which makes 4,5, orí Pills,being commonly fufficient for aDofe : whereas a due Dofe of moilalteratives would amount to I«; ori o Pills. Moil things likewife in thisForm are fo very bitter and diftafle-ful, that they could not be enduredin any other, which this is capableof covering,fo as not to be difcern'd.But nothing ought hereunto to beintroduced, that is folvable by theAir, as many Salts are ; becaufe theywill run, and deftroy the Form :and likewife nothing ought to bethus mixed, that will ferment, forthe fame reafon : And upon this ac»count all volatile Salts are to be ex-cluded, becaufe they puff themup into fix times their Bulk, andmake them not poffible to be taken,as has already been hinted in ano-ther Place.

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