482 The Complete Englilh 'Difyenfatory. PartIIÎ.
Medicine in all Fevers whatfoever,as they aie always aííiíled by fuchDifchargeg. In the Mea îles andSmall Pox there is nothing prefer-able ; and it is a good Cordial atthe fame time, whereby a Perfonis enabled the better to bear withthe Walle it occafions. They whowould in earnell fet a Value on aMedicine for its real Worth, willeafily be brought into the Intereftof this : But fuch who fludy theHumours and Prepolîèiïions of theirPatients more than their Cure, will,notwithstanding all that can be faid,never leave that fure Road of Prac-tice, which at once fecures themboth Profit and Credit. The ufualDofe is from 9 fs. to 5 is. in anyconvenient Vehicle.
Pulvis FebnTugus Certas, The fure
Febrifuge Pjwder.
' Take Virginia Snake-Hoot, 5 ii.
' Contrayerva, Gentian, Zedoary,
' Carduus and Citron-Seeds, Occi-
' dental Bezoar, ana 5 i. Peruvian
* Bark, f iv. Make all together into
* a fine Powder, S. 4:
In fome Cafes where the Barkwants fuch warm Affiliants, thismakes a good Medicine, tho thethree laft Ingredients may be aswell left out ; and this is certain,that the more Perfpiratton is pro-moted in the courfe of a Cure, thelefs liable by much will the Patientbe to relapfe : For the reaibn whythe Fit return! after fuch a certaintime, when put away by the Bark.only, is becaufe for want of thruft-ing out fome of the peccant Hu-mour?, by fuch things as are join'dwith it in this Cornpofition, theyare only pent up from Aition fora time, and fo break Ioofe again2 foon as the Reftitution is over.S i of this is directed for a Dofe,and to be repeated every four hours
between thedifappear.
Fits, until they quite
Pulvis Hermoda¿tylorurn Compo-
fitus, Compound Powder of Her-
modaclyls.
' Take Man's Bones calcin'd,' Hermodaftyls, Scammony, Tur-' peth, Sena and Sugar, ana P. E.' Alake into a Powder, S. AS
This differs not much from thePulvis Arthriticus Tumeri. It hasParacclfus for its Author, tho Crol-lius hath inferted it without fuchAcknowledgment. The calcin'dBones, being thofe of a Man, haveno greater matter in them, becaufethe Fire brings them to the fameCondition and Properties as thofeof any other Animal ; and there-fore the common burnt Harts-hornmay do as well. This is indeedfomewhat milder than that above-mention'd, and may be given to5 i. in the fame cafes.
Puhis Martialis Compofitus, Pow-der of Steel Compound.' Take Steel prepared, 5 vi. A-' loes- Wood, Nutmegs, ana § is.
* Cloves and Mace, ana 5 ii. Sugar.,
* s ii. Powder, and mix, S. A.'
This ftands greatly commendedfor a good Medicine in all Cachexiesboth in Men and Women, but par-ticularly in thofe from Uterine Dif-orders. It cleanfes the Womb,promotes the Mcnfes, warms theBlood, and wonderfully redoresdecay'd and diftemper'd Conftitu-tions : to be taken every Morningin a Glafs of White-wine from 5 i.to 5 ii. If a little S.ifron be added, itmakes it better : and efpecially forGirls from fix Years of Age to thefirft Eruption of the Menfes, who arepale, and have all the Marks of whatis called the Green-ficknefs : Fo foyoung does it many times appear.
Pulvis