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_ This is an aftringent, and good to fortify the ftomach rofly, excite pain therein, and spline the head, cae 
and bowels when weakened bya diarrhoea; and is much | taplafms compofed of equal parts of fcraped horfe-radith, 
efteemed of late for its virtues in curing a dyfenter | and powdered muftard-feed, moiftened with old yeatt, 
w pel will anfwer the defign expeditioufly, ftrongly, and ef. 
ARM PLAISTER. feEtually. 
"Take of gum-plaifier, one ounce ; bliftering-plaifer, two Wh 
drams. Melt them together over a gentle fire. MERCU RI IAL PLAIS TER. Vs 
*The chief intention of this is to raife blifters, and to Gum plaifier is fubfituted here for diachylon, ; 
- creaté a ftimulus in a languor or ftupor of the nervous This admirably warms, foftens, and difcuffes all indu- 
fyftem 5: to diffolve a vifcofity or fi zinefs of the juices, | rations and hardened tumours, be a Pes {crophu- 
_and hinder their tendency to a coagulation ; or to caulé a | dias. or venereal. 
derivation and difcharge of fome morbific humour, and : STOMAGH. PLAISTER. . HY 
prevent its returning into the blood ; therefore it is ef- 
teemed ufeful in fome inflammatory fevers, dropfies, and Take of yellow wax, eight ounces; tacamakaca in powder, 
certain. ftages of the chryftalline or watery fmall-pox ; . bate Otte tisk J AMONG. Hake them together, and add of 
efpecially if the puttules fubfide, and the extremely vilcid | Pe Powders tape. ounces 5 enprefelt eh gfrmmatt, anc ounce 
~ » Spmatter of the difeafe can neither be brought to fuppu- |. and & gS MMin,.9k make. tha ne —- lexfer, evhich 55 
"- rate nor be carried off by Giureti¢s. It remarkably af. | [4¢ mouhened, when frei {pread, with fome drops of dif- 
fects the Kidneys and bladder, and provokes urine, not teed ott of mnt. 
by an eafy natural ejeétment, but-rather by an erytifmus | . This isintended as a warm, carminative, and cordial, 
from its acrid falts that caufe a ftranguary, which fhould | application tothe ftomach, and exerts very confiderable 
be guarded againft by broths and emulfions. It is good | effects when fuch things are wanted ; therefore it is ufe- 
againit amortification, and reckoned an efficacious Cleanfer | -fiMin flatulencies, gripes, and all complaints arifing from 
‘and fcourer of the urinary paflages and uterus, when ob- indigeftions; and a cold weak ftomach cannot well fail 
‘* “ftrufted with flough and Vifcidities. But its ufe requires | finding relief from its ufe, | : ; 
‘the higheft caution and prudence, ‘hence.it is not every : W, 96, 
one who muft think himfelf qualified to meddle, without FE MMON EMULSION: 
‘diftinGion, with remedies, which are fure to.do:good or | Take of fweet almonds, one ounce; water, one quartome 
Make them into an emulfion; to which add of white _fugar, 
hurt, | according as are adminiftered. | . ; . 
they F 29s two drachms. If three drachms of gum arabic be previoufly 
COMMON PLAISTER. 
Se boiled in the water, the preparation is called ,B 
pie gene of litharge prepared, three pounds; oil FPR , ARABIC EMULSION, Ut ey, 
; fix pounds. Boil them up to a due confiftence. _ Either of thefe are fingularly ufeful in many emergen- 
This is to. fupply the place of the diachylon plaifter of a particularly in acute diftempers, and the gravel. In 
former difpenfatories and is efteemed moreemollient, mu- heat-of urine and ftranguaries, either from acrimonious 
‘turant ae olen ‘t will alfo incarnate and ci ec. | vor the falts of epifpaftics, they give immediate 
eafe; and ought to be drunk while freth, half a pint at 
| a*time, and pretty often. There are other forts of emul- 
fions, which are calculated for’ Somers coelers, and 
lake oh scl aes, Bhp agora : = ae | Vey 
= pee ANODYNE CLYSTER. 
olibanum. 
: Six ounces of bole ammoniac prepared, 
“two ounces of ’ pes f in powder, and es ounces of | Take of the infufion of linfeed, fix.ounces ; liquid lauda- 
Venice turpentine. num, forty drops. Mix them together. . 
- : This is employed eciias Biber: toftrengthen | This:is excellent to affuage pains in lyenteries, andi in- 
a s and w s of the loins and joints; and is | flammations of the uterus and bladder, by reafon of a 
be es ferviceable for ruptures and chilblains. *prokjmity and confent of parts.. : 
“BLISTERING PLAISTER. -  ANTICHOLIC CLYSTER. Yay 
“Take of Burgundy pitch, twenty ounces ; Venice turpen- Taake.of the common decottion, half a pint ; tinlura facra, 
3 Ps cantharides in powder, each fix ounces. | one ounce; common fait, one drachm ; sa eeees oil, two ounces. 
"This isa powerful epifpattic, and is applied either to | Méx the whole together. 
the head, between the thoulders, or to the foles.of the | ‘This falls in with:the view of onhigilagthe bowels.of 
feet. Seeitsufe in the warm plaifter. .But when. _ap- | their coftive.contents, and confequently procures: an im- 
<< {suse eaten with an intent todimulate | mediate: relief on -many-eccafions, chiedy in flatulencies, 
po gripes, 
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