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they muft be more carefully and exa¢tly propor- 
tioned to the Strength, than can be told in this » 
general Manner.  gktay! a 
Of the Simple Waters, about a Quarter of a 
Pint is a Dofe, and of the Cordial Waters, lefs 
than half that Quantity. Thefe may be occafion- 
ally given alone; but they are moftly intended 
for mixing with other Ingredients. _ hee, 
The Tinctures are to be given in Drops; from 
ten to an hundred, according to their Strength 
and Nature: But to name a general Dofe,’ it is 
about five and twenty Drops. Thefe howéver will 
be alfo more ferviceable in Mixtures, than fing- 
ly. Of the purging Tinétures in Wine, and: the 
Elixir Salntis, three, four, or more Spoonfuls is the 
Dofe. 
It would be well to keep Tinctures of many of - 
the Roots recommended in nervous Cafes, as Cor- 
dials, angers ane of many other Kinds; and 
alfo to keep Powders of thefe Roots in Readinefs : 
And thus the common Forms of Medicines, as 
fent from Apothecaries, will be very eafy. 
_ . Fora Julep, fix Ounces of one of. the Simple 
Waters, two Ounces of one of the Compound 
Waters; or thofe made with Spirit, two Drams of 
a Syrup, and fifty Drops of a Tinéture; make a 
very agreeable one. ‘Thus for an hyfteric Julep, 
let the Simple Water be Pennyroyal, the ftrong 
Water the ftrong Pennyroyal, the Syrup that of 
Saffuon, and the Tincture of Caftor, and itis a 
very pleafant Julep; and fo of all the reft. Ifa 
Pearl Cordial be defired, it is only mixing the 
Simple and ftrong Waters without Syrup or Tinc- _ 
ture, and adding two Drams of Sugar, and half 
_ a Dram of levigated Oyfter-fhells. The Apothe- 
caries will not be pleafed. with this difclof 
_ the Myfteries of their Profefiion, but the 
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