Loimologia: Or, an Historical Account of the Plague in London in 1665: With Precautionary Directions Against the Like ContagionHodges, Nathaniel
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Loimologia: Or, an Historical Account of the Plague in London in 1665: With Precautionary Directions Against the Like Contagion
Hodges, Nathaniel
Plague -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800
℞ _Salis Absynthii, vel Scordii, sive Rutæ +℥ ij.+ flor. Sulphuris ter,
quaterve sublimat. +℥ j.+ ol. Juniperi +lib. j.+ invicèm misc., per biduum
calore mediocri benè occlusa relinque, dein per Retortam distilla, etiam
alterâ vice distilla, dìgerendo per biduum, addendo salis absynthij +℥ j.+
Dos. ad cochl. unum, vel duo, ex aq. angelicæ, vel scordii, saccharatâ, ad
olci +v.+ a. e. Commixtionem._
_An Alexipharmick Vinegar._
℞ _Radic. Scorzon. Hispan. Chelidoniæ mai. ana +℥ ij.+ contrayerva +℥ i.+
angelicæ, tormentillæ ana +℥ i.+ p. fol. scordii, melissæ, scabiosæ ana +M
ij.+ summit. Rutæ p. +ij.+ dictamni cret. +M [ss.]+ flor. sambuci, calendulæ
ana p. +iij.+ gr. Junip. +℥ ij.+ ras. C. C. eboris ana +℥ j.+ sem. rutæ,
cardui, citri ana +ʒ ij.+ portulacæ +ʒ v.+ cinam. opt. +℥ [ss.]+ caryophyll.
+ʒ iij.+ Theriac. Androm. +lib. [ss.]+ quibus s. a. præp. affunde Aceti ex
vin. albo acerrimi +lib. v.+ vitro opt. obaurato digere per triduum, bis,
terve de die conquassando, tum cautè distilla, suspensis camphoræ, & croci
ana +ʒ ij.+ in rostro Alemb. Dos. ad cochl. +v.+ vel +vj.+_
BUT sufficiently of these; from whence it is easie for any one to gather,
why liquid Medicines, and especially when warmed, are preferrable to
others in the Form of _Boles_ or _Electuaries_; that is, because of their
more expeditious and more effectual Operations.
BUT because many of the Infected have a Loathing at Stomach, and an
Inclination to vomit, in the same Manner as an Overload of Eating and
Drinking occasions, Medicines in solid Forms suit best with such, as they
are not so easily thrown up, and adhere better to the Sides of the
Stomach: Of this Kind we have the following Composition, which at taking
may be made into Boles of ʒ ij. each adding thereunto _Salt of Carduus_,
or _Wormwood_ ℈ j. or more or less according to the Exigency of Symptoms.
℞ _Elect. de ovo mineralis +℥ j.+ theriac. Androm. +℥ [ss.]+ pulu:
serpentariæ virgin. +ʒ v.+ cuchianellæ +ʒ iij.+ croci pulveriz. +ʒ [ss.]+
cum Syr. è succo melissophyll. vel citri, coagmentetur massa._
_The famous Sir +Theodore Mayerne+’s
Electuarium de Ovo_.
℞ _Ovum vulgariter ut in Pharmacopœia +Londinensi+ præp. de quo sume, &
sem. sinapios, vel eruca ana +℥ j.+ Antidoti Saxonicæ +℥ [ss.]+ lapidis
prunellæ +ʒ v.+ Antimonii diaphoret. fixissimi, & croci metallorum simul
ustorum +ʒ iij.+ pulv. scordii, rutæ, zedoariæ ana +ʒ ij.+ +[ss.]+
Theriacæ ven. veteris +℥ iv.+ Philonii Turneri +℈ vij.+ gr. +ij.+ misce &
cum spir. Theriac. +ʒ iij.+ & mellis de spumati q. s. Piat Elect. molle,
Dos. ad +℈ iv.+ vel +ʒ ij.+ corroborand. adjiciendo corda, & jecinora
+vj.+ viperarum v. a. e. præp._ But it is to be observed in this likewise,
as in other Antidotes, that a long Fermentation of the Ingredients
together in a Mass is very necessary, because by that Means they more
intimately mix with one another.
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