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Emplastrum Dmnum. \ Culpeper. ] I found this receipt in an
Or, A Divine Plaster. j old manuscript written in the year 1513.
College.] Take of Loadstone four ounces, | the quantity of the ingredients very littleAmmoniacum three ounces and three j altered.
drams, Bdellium two ounces, Galbanum, j A 'Plaster of Gum Elemi.
Myrrh , of each ten drams, Olibanum nine j College.'] Take of Gum Elemi three
drams, Opopanax, Mastich , long Birthwort, \ ounces, Per Rozin, Wax , Ammoniacum,Verdigris, of each an ounce, Litharge, j of each two ounces, Turpentine threecommon Oil, of each a pound and an half, j ounces and an half, Mallaga Wine so muchnew Wax eight ounces : let the Litharge in i as is sufficient: boil it to the consumptionfine powder be boiled with the oil to a i of the Wine , then add the Ammoniacumthickness, then add the Wax , which being j dissolved in Vinegar,melted, take it from the fire, add the Gums | Culpeper.] The operation is the same
dissolved in Wine and Vinegar, strain it, j with Arreus Liniment,then add the Myrrh , Mastich , Frankin-j A Plaister of Eapis Calaminaris.cense, Birthwort, and Loadstone in powder, \ College .] Take of Lapis Calaminarislast of all the Verdigris in powder, and \ prepared an ounce, Litharge two ounces,make it into a plaster according to art. j Ceruss half an ounce, Tutty a dram, Tur-Culpcper .] It is of a cleansing nature, \ pentine six drams, white Wax an ounceexceeding good against malignant ulcers, \ and an half, Stag's Suet two ounces, Frank-it consumes corruption, engenders new i incense five drams, Mastich three drams,flesh, and brings them to a scar. | Myrrh two drams, Camphire a dram and
Emplastrum Epispasticwn. | an half, make it up according to art.
College.] Take of Mustard seed, Euphor-j Emplastnim ad Herniam.
biuin, long Pepper, of each one dram and \ College.] Take of Galls, Cypress Nuts,an half, Stavesacre, Pellitory of Spain of \ Pomegranate Pills, Balaustines, Acacia,each two drams, Ammoniacum, Galbanum, | the seeds of Plantain , Fleawort, Water-Bdellium, Sagapen, of each three drams, \ cresses, Acorn Cups, Beans torrified, Birth-whole Cantharides five drams, Ship Pitch, ’ wort long and round, Myrtles of each halfRozin, yellow Wax , of each six drams, \ an ounce. Let these be powdered, andTurpentine as much as is sufficient to make: steeped in Rose Vinegar four days, thenit into a plaster. : torrified and dried, then take of Comfrey
Culpeper.] Many people use to draw j the greater and lesser, Horsetail , Woad,blisters in their necks for the tooth ache, or : Cetrach, the roots of Osmond Royal, Fearn,for rheums in their eyes; if they please to* of each an ounce, Frankincense , Myrrh ,lay a plaster of this there, it will do it. 1 Aloes, Mastich , Alum my, of each twoEmplastrum a nostratibus, Flos Unguentorum 1 ounces, Bole-ammoniac washed in Vinegar,Dictum-. \ Lap, Calaminaris prepared, Litharge of
Or, Flower of Ointments. 5 Gold, Dragon's blood, of each three ounces,
College.] Take of Rozin, Per Rozin, j Ship Pitch two pounds, Turpentine sixyellow Wax, Sheep 's Suet, of each half a \ ounces, or as much as is sufficient to makepound, Olibanum four ounces, Turpentine j it into a plaster according to art.two ounces and an half, Myrrh , Mastich , \ Culpeper.] The plaster is very bindingof each an ounce, Camphire two di’ams,land knitting, appropriated to ruptures orwhite Wine half a pound, boil them into a J burstens, as the title of it specifies, itplaster. : strengthens the reins and womb, stays,
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