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“twice a-day, as.an-alterant three) aud for worms two. 
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The foap here is added purely to promote the diffol- 
tion of the aloes in the ftomach ; for, pills made up of 
raifins, and fubffances not eafily diffoluble, frequently 
pafs through the body entire: hence by the -purgative 
quality of the aloes, and detergent property of the foap, 
the glaires and vifcidities of the inteftines are diffolved 
and carried off; therefore the pills are ftomachic, anti- 
febrile, and excellent in nephritic and cholic pains.— 
Moreover the aloes, being hepatic, forwards the dif- 
._ charge of the bile, whilft by the concomitancy of the 
, foap it breaks the obftruétions of the liver, blends and - 
affimilates the humours. Hence it appears how advan- 
tageous and effential itis to adapt and combine medicines 
judicioufly. 4 
PURGING ccunace ee ; 
Take fuccotrine aloes, extratt of black hellebore, ftam- 
mony, of cack two ounces; vitriolated tartar, three drachms ; 
diftilled otl of juniper, a drachm and a half; fyrup of 
buckthorn, as muck as is fuffictent to make the whole into a majs. 
-» ‘Thefe are an excellent hydragogue, particularly in ca- 
cheétic and fcorbutic habits as abound with dropfical hu- 
mours. Three or four of thefe may be taken once a-day, 
or every other day, and continued according to the exi- 
gency of the complaint. 
MERCURIAL PILL. 
Take of purified quickfiluer and honey, each half. an ounce. 
Rub them together in a mortar, till the globules of mercury 
are perfeélly extinguifhed; then add, of Caftile foap, two 
drachms, powdered liquorice, or crumb of bread, a fufficrent 
guantily to give the mafs a proper confiftence for pills. 
When ftronger mercurial pills are wanted, the quan- 
tity of quickfilver may be doubled. The dofe of thei 
pills is different, according to the intention with which 
they are given. -As an alterant, two or three may be 
taken daily. To raife a falivation four or five will be ne- 
ceffary. Equal parts. of the above pill and powdered 
rhubarb made into a mafs, with a fufficient quantity of 
fimple fyrup, will make a mercurial purging pill. 
MERCURIAL SUBLIMATE PILL. 
| Diffalve Jifiecn grains of the corrofive Jfublimate of e/ 
cury in two drachms of the faturated falution of crude fal 
ammoniac, and make it into-a pafie, ina glafs mortar, weth 
a. fufficient quantity of the crumb of bread. This mafs muft | 
be formed into one hundred and twenty pills. — 
_ This pill, which is the moft agreeable form of exhibit. 
jng the fublimate, has been found efficacious, not only in 
curing the venereal difeafe,. but alfo in killing and expel- 
ling worms, after other powerful medicines had failed. 
For the venereal difeafe, four of thefe pills may be taken 
FOR FAMILY USE. 
jhe 
| rain out the fpirit for wf 
| wounds, ulcers, and weakneffes of the kidneys and uterus. 
|&. LITHONTRIPTIC POTION. fi 
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PACIFIC PILES, he $f 
Tage ~Galbanum, myrrh, white foap, of cack two 
Ounces $ opeum, one ounce fyrup of fugar, as much as is 
Sufficient to make the whole into a ma/s fit for pills. 
Thefe are admirable in afuaging hypochondriacal and 
hyfteric complaints, nephritic and uterine pains, caufed ” 
either from obftructions, or ulcers in the kidneys or 
Toe PECTORAL PILLS, Vid 
, Poe of gum ammoniacum, an ounce and a half; myrrh 
ne ounce; balfam of fulphur terebinthinated, one drackm ; 
prup of marfh-mallows, as much as will make the whele - 
into a mafs.. . 
Thefe are healing and balfamic in a hamopthifis, ine 
farétions, and ulcers of the lungs. : , 
STOMACHIC PILLS. 
Take of fuccotrine aloes, an ounce and a half; gum am- 
moniac, myrrh, cack half an ounce ; vitriolated tartar, two 
drachms; diftilled oil of mint, half a drackm; fyrup of 
en a fufficient quantity. | Mix according to art. 
Thefe by their cathartic, bitter, attenuating, and aro~ 
matic qualities, incide and purge away floughy humours, - 
which foul the coats of the ftomach ; alfo warm and for- 
tify the fibres, whereby the gaftric juice and digeftion are 
‘promoted. They are moft convenient in an advanced 
age, and full cachectic habits, which abound with cold 
vifcid humours. They may be taken five or fix at a dole. 
Tut BALSAMIC POTION. 
Take of balfam copaiba, three drackms; diflitied cil of 
sniper, thirty drops; the white of an egg. Work them 
well together, and mix in, of fennel water, compound horfe~ 
radifk water, cack three ounces; fyrup of marfi-mallows, 
two ounces. — = 
‘This is vulnerary and diuretic ; hence chiefly of ufe in 
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" Fake of white foap (the outward part being pared off} ; te 
one ounce, warm lime-water, one quart. Stir them togethep 
til the fap is prfey dif | 
This by its penetrating and alkaline virtues is intent 
for the gravel and ftone, which it diffolves and f rn 
; by affimilating the humours, and by abforbing 
dities. which form calculous concretions. — 
COMPOUND SPIRIT or LAVE 
ward part of lemon-peel, ee Shares 
wine, a gallon and a half. WDiftil in balnco maria to drys 
“nef. In the diftilled Spirtt fiecps 
 cubebs, and fhavings of red fi 
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