very little Ufe of them; and in the Courfe 
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elently known as a Purge. Laudanum is made 
of two Ounces of. Opium, a‘Dram of Cloves, 
and a Dram of Cinnamon, and a Pint of Wine.. 
Viper Wine is made of two Ounces of dried Vipers, 
and two Quarts of White-Wine; and the Tin@ure 
of Ipecacuanha for a Vomit, of two Ounces of 
that Root, half an Ounce, of dry Orange Peel, 
and a Quart of Sack. Liaftly, what is called 
Elixir-Proprietatis, is made of Aloes, Myrrh and- 
Saffron, of each an Ounce, Sal Atmoniac fix 
Drams, and Salt of Tartar, eight Ounces in a 
Quart of Mountain-Wine. E 
~ Thefe are all the Tinétures and Wines that 
need be kept in a Family, whofe Charity is de- 
figned to be very extenfive, the Expence of the 
whole is a Trifle, not worth naming, and the Trou- _ 
ble fcarce any thing. Books are full of Direc- 
a 
tons in particular for every Tincture, ‘as if every 
od 1g 
one were to be made a different Way; ‘but the’ 
beft Method is to give a good deal of Time and 
frequent fhaking, and that will ftand in the Place 
of Heat in moft Things of this Kind: Never- 
thelefs, I advife, that they thould ftandin a Room 
where a Fire is kept while they are making; and 
» thofe which require Heat, that is, thofe that take 
a Colour moft flowly, are to be placed neareft to 
_-Eafy as thefe are, they are by far the moft ee 
ficult Part of the Tafk, the reft is as were” 
nothing. Conferves, Syrups, and Ointments, Wilk 
_ be wanting, but inthe fame Manner one Direc- 
tion will ferve for the making the whole Affort 
ment of éach, and the Ingredients will be ai 
hand. As to Plaifters,- in. general they do me 
Harm than Good. . Surgeons at this Time ma 
seh 
_ Work, many Herbs will be named, th 
