4<5o The Complete Engliih T)ifpenfatory. Part IÍÍ.

ibnie of our extemporaneous Vif-penfatory-V/ i iters have traifcrib'd,•but that confiderao'y differs fromthis: A great deal of pains is re-quired to brins; this into a dueConiiftence, becaufe the Salts fomuch difpofe it to crumble. ThePofe is fro¿r¡ gr. xv. to 5 is.

Pilulae Fcetida:, The Fetid Pill.

' Take of Aloes, Troches AI-' handal, Opopjnax, Ammonia-

* cum, Sagapenum, Myrrh, and

* the Seeds of Rue, ana 5 v. of

* Scammony, and AiTa Fcetida,

* ana 5 iii. of Turpeth Root, j fs.

* of the Ifiiïèr Spurge prepared, and

* Hermodactyls, ana 3 ii. of Gin-

* g er > 3 '' s - °f Spikenard, Cinna-' mon, Saffron and Caftor, ana 5 i.'. of Euphoibiurn prepared, 9 i. of

* Oil of Amber rectify'd, 5 fs. Let' the Gums be diííblved in the Juice.' of Leeks, and ¡trained ; then add' the Powders, and mix them well

* together and make into a Mafs,

* with a fufficient quantity of Sy-

* rup of Buckthorn.'

Thefe are the PiluU Foetidt ma-jores of Meßte, and which our Col-lege tranfcribed exactly into theirfirft Difienfatory, as alfo it is inthe Attgufian in the fame man-ner ; but on a Review the Bdel-lium hath been expunged, as ha-ving no Virtues correfponding tothe Intention of the whole: TheEuphorbium hath been likewifeleffened by half its quantity becauièof its exceiïïve Heat and Pungency,Some other fmall alterations arelikewife made that are not of mo-ment enough for any particular no-tice. Ghuercetan hath a Compoft-tion under the Title of FiluU deEuphorbio, not greatly unlike thefe,and which are tranfcribed by Schro-der, who hath, Lib, 4. taught ma-

ny ways how to correct the Eu-phorbium, as by baking it in a Ci-tron or a Lemon, or diffblving andwaihing it with various Acids ;which means are imagined to abateits cauftic fiery Nature. The Ati-gußan Difienfatory likewife ordersit for the fame End, to be reducedto a kind of Pulp or Mafs, with Oilof Sweet Almonds, and then ma-cerated warm in any acid Juices 5but the quantity it is here reduc-ed to, requires no fuch great trouble.Zwelfer greatly recommends thisCompofition in arthritic Affecti-ons, and cutaneous FouIneiTes, be-fides many other Cafes ; and theprefent Practice gives fome reputa-tion to its Virtues, by directing itfometimes in nervous and h;. flericDiforders, to which lad Intentionthe College feeni now to have hada particular regard, by the addi-tion of Affa F&tidti, which wasnever in it before : But the Mafsis fomewhat difïkulr to keep with-out moulding, which" feems owingto the juice of Leeks ufed for dii-folving the Gums, and not givingBody enough to keep it from dry-ing : The bed way is to confineit in an oily Bladder, and a leadenPot. This is a well contriv'd Purgeof all kinds of Humours, which laya load upon the Nerves, and theprincipal things of the animalMachine ; for it is full of hot andpenetrating parts ; and as the Scam-mony acts as a Cathartic la themore open Paffhges, others carrythe fame Quality into the reiuotefr.ReceiTes, and clear away watry andpituitous Humours from all theGlands and Capillaries ; but particu-larly thofe mucous Fouine/Tes whichfrequently diforder the W/omb.For thefe reafons this is a notable• Purge in all Diitempers of the Headas Apoplexies, Epilepfies, Palfies,

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