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INTRODUCTION. xxix 
CoH AP. “Titres ime e. 
Concerning the various Methods of preparing — 
Simples for prefent Uje. yee 
TPHERE is no Form of Medicines fent from 
the Apothecary, which may not be prepared 
from the Herbs of our own Growth, in the fame 
Manner as from foreign Drugs. Eleétuaries may’ 
be made with the Powders of thefe Barks, Roots, and 
Seeds, with Conferves of Flowers, and of the Tops 
of frefh Herbs: And Syrups, made from their Juices 
and Infufions; the Manner of making which is 
very fimple, and fhall be fubjoined to this Chap- 
ter, that all may be underftood before we enter 
on the Book itfelf :And in the fame Manner their 
~Boluffes may be made, which are only fome of 
thefe Powders mixed up with Syrup: And their 
_ diftilled Waters of thefe Herbs, with Spirit or 
without, thefe Syrups being added, and the Tinc- 
tures of the Roots and Barks; the Method of 
making which fhall be alfo annexed in a familiar 
- But befide thefe feveral Forms of giving them, 
there are others much more fimple, eafy, and . 
ready, and thefe are generally more efficacious. I 
fhall arrange thefe under three Kinds, Juices, In- 
fufions, and Decoftions. Thefe arethe Forms of —_ 
giving the Medicines moft frequently mentioned’ 
in the Courfe of the Work, and there is lefs Trou- 
ble in them, than in the others, They are not 
indeed contrived for Shew, nor would they an- 
{wer the Purpofe of the Apothecary, for his Pro- 
fits would be fmall upon: them; but when the De- 
