Seat. 7. Of Troches

iered it, chiefly by the addition ofCaftor and Storax : And after themour College have copy'd it into theirfirft Difpenfatory. The MguftanDifpenfatory, indeed, gives two dif-tinà Forms of it, one ftanding un-der the Title of PiluU de Cynogloffocum Cafloree, which hath been theneareft followed by the College intheir late Emendations. They aregreatly recommended by Zwelferagainft Catarrhs, and for fo do-ing he had the Authority of Bene-diñus Faventinus, a celebrated Phy-fician of Bcnonia, who ufed it withgreat fuccefs in Salt Defluftions,in mixture with Juice of Liquorifeand the PiluU de -Aloe Lota. ThePharmacopoeia Regia gives 'a Pill deCynogloffo Anodyna, which is therepreferr'd in many Cafes to thecommon Laudanum. The Dofe isfrom gr. viii. to gr. xv. to take atNight.

Pilula: Diambrse, Pill Diambra.

' Take of new Gum Guaiacum,t and the Rofated Aloes, ana 5 iii.' of the Simile Hiera Picra 5 ifs.' of Maftich 51. of the Species Di-

* ambrs., without the Perfumes,' 5 fs. Let thefe all be reduced' to a fine Powder, and with a

* fufficient quantity of Peruvian' Balfam, be made into a Mafs

* of a due Confiftence for Pills.'I do not find this in any Difpen-fatory, unlefs the laft but one ofthe College, where, inftead of theSpecies Diambn, ftands ordered 5 fs.of Ambergreafe ; nor have I evermet with it in extemporaneousPrefcription, or feen it yet in theShops.

Pilulae è Duobus, Pill of 'two

Things.' Take of Colocynth, and Scam-i »ony 3 ana 5 i. of Oil of Cloves,

and Tills. 459

' 5 fs. of Syrup of Buckthorn a fuf-• fkient quantity, to make into ae Mafs, of a due Confiftence for« Pills.'

Thefe were firft ordered in thelaft Difpenfatory of the College butone ; and therewith a fufficientquantity of the Oil of Cloves tomake them into a Mafs, only witha little Syrup j but the afcertainingthe quantity is much better both forthe Compounder and Prefcriber,tho what is here allowed will notmake it by much fo warm as be-fore, nor as the Cochis. Minores isnow directed ; tho it is a ftrongerPurge, and is more effectual inobftinate Cafes. But as for its fre-quent ufe and recommendation byfome in Venereal Cafes, it is agreat Error, and highly to be con-demn'd : For a Conftitution may betorn to pieces' with fuch Cathar-tics, before the Seat and Caufe offuch Aliments are at all affected :the Gout indeed may very likely beaffected by fuch a fmart Purge asthis is ; and many chronic Dif-tempers are remedied by its means.The Dofe is from gr. xv. to 5 fs.

Pilula; Ecphraiticae, Ecphraftic •Pills.

c Take of Gentian, Rhubarb,4 Gum Guaiacum, Salt of Steel, and' Salt of Wormwood, ana % i. of' the Aloephangine Pills 5 ii. of the1 Syrup of Buckthorn a fufficient' quantity, to make all together into' a Mafs of a due Confiftence for« Pills.'

Practical Authors, and extempo-raneous Prefcriptions, abound withForms of this Intention; but I havenot met with any one before thenew Difpenfatory of the College,in an officinal Difpenfatory. Syl-vius de le Boe gives a Recipe un-der tin's Denomination, which

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