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and the like ; for Hypocondriacaland Splenetic Affedions, and pro-motes the Uterine Clcaniings, ioas to aflift in the Cure of moilComplaints from that Quarter.Rheumatifms, Scorphula's, and theGout, it is calculated for ; and themolt extreme Parts will.be drain'dof their Superfluities by it. But forthefe extraordinary Purpofes it isto be frequently repeated, and tobe given in fmall Dofes, that it maynor run off too fail by Stool ; forthe more fuch things are broughtto {he Operation of Alteratives, themore effectuai are they to anfwerany Intentions of moment : An Al-terative in the Blood-VefTels opera-ting by the (ame means as a Cathar-tic in the Bowels 3 as may be fartherunderftood by other Explications un-der thofe refpeclive Divifions inVan i. The general Dofe is from9 i. to 3 iv.

Pilulse Gummofa;, Tht Gum

Pill,' Take of Opopanax, | i. of Am-

* moniacum, Galbanum, and Sa-

* gapenum, ana | fs. of Myrrh, 3 ii.« of Afla Fœtida and Caftor, ana

* 3 iii. of Oil of Amber, 9 i. ofMi-4 thridate a fufficient quantity to« make into a Mafs of a due Con-« fiftence for Pills.'

Thefe have not, before the newone of the College, been in anyofficinal Difpenfatory, and theneareft Prefcription to them of anyI have met with is that of S. Clof-fius, inferted by Schroder, underthe fame Title 5 tho this feemsvaftly to excel that ¡n the Unifor-mity of Intention, and the Sim-plicity and Eafe of Preparation tothe Compounder. The Dofe isfrom gr. xv. to 3 fs. eyery Night,or oftener,

Piluhe de Gutta Gamandra, TheGamboge Pill.' Take of'Refin of Jalap, Scam-

* mony, Gamboge, and Calomel,' ana % fs. of Gum Ammoniacum' diffolved in the Juice of the En-' glijn Orrice, 3 ill. of Tartar vitri-' olatedj 3 ii. of Maftich, 5 i. of Saft' fron, 3 i. of the Spirit of Turpen-' tine gut. xl. and make the whole

* into a Mafs, of fit Confíftence' for Pills, with a fufficient quan-

* tity of Syrup of Buckthorn/There are many Forms, under

different Titles, and (or the fameIntention as this, both in officinaland extemporaneous Dif enfatortes :tho our College had nothing of thiskind in their firil Difpenfatory, yetin the laft but one, they have aCompofition under the fame Title,which hardly at all differs from thePiluU Hydropiat of Bontius, for-merly a noted Phyfician to thePrince of Orange in Holland, andwhich Schroder hath given in hisPharmacopoeia Medica-Chymica, Lib.2. Cap, 73. There is a Prefcrip-tion of Horflius, under the Titleof PiluU de Hydrargyro, whereinMercury, Aloes, and Scammonyhave the greatefl fhare, and havelikewife Oil of Turpentine directedin them : But this Compofitioncertainly excels any preceeding onesof the like Intention, both forUniformity and Efficacy. This isa very rough Purge, and cannotfafely be given from above gr. x,to 3 fs. It is reckon'd a greatPurger of Water, and is thereforechiefly given in Dropfles, and fuchlike Cachexies, that are attendedwith too great an Excefs of Bu'k ;in which cafe, it is a powerful Medi-cine, but it is not often prefcribed.

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