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Emplastrum Divinum. 
Or, A Divine Plaster. 
College.| Take of Loadstone four ounces, 
Ammoniacum three ounces and three drams, 
Bdellium two ounces, Galbanum, Myrrh, of 
_ each ten drams, Olibanum nine drams, Opo- 
_ panax, Mastich, long Birthwort, Verdigris, 
of each an ounce, Litharge, common Oil, 
of each a pound and an half, new Wax eight 
ounces: let the Litharge in fine powder be 
boiled with the oil to a thickness, then add 
the Wax, which being melted, take it from 
the fire, add the Gums dissolved in Wine 
and Vinegar, strain it, then add the Myrrh, 
Mastich, Frankincense, Birthwort, and } 
Loadstone in powder, last of all the Verdi- 
gris in powder, and make it into a plaster 
according to art. 
Culpeper.| It is of a cleansing nature, 
exceeding good against malignant ulcers, 
it consumes corruption, engenders new 
flesh, and brings them to a scar. 
Emplastrum Epispasticum. 
College.] Take of Mustard seed, Euphor- 
bium, long Pepper, of each one dram and 
an half, Stavesacre, Pellitory of Spain of 
each two drams, Ammoniacum, Galbanum, 
Bdellium, Sagapen, of each three drams, 
whole Cantharides five drams, Ship Pitch, 
Rozin, yellow Wax, of each six drams, Tur- 
pentine as much as is sufficient to make it 
into a plaster. 
Culpeper.| Many people use to draw 
blisters in their necks for the tooth ache, or 
for rheums in their eyes; if they please to 
lay a plaster of this there, it will do it. 
Emplastrum a nostratibus, Flos 
: Unguentorum Dictum. 
Or, Flower of Ointments. 
College.] Take of Rozin, Per Rozin, 
| yellow Wax, Sheep’s Suet, of each half a 
pound, Olibanum four ounces, Turpentine 
two ounces and an half, Myrrh, Mastich, 
of each an ounce, Camphire two drams, 
Culpeper.] I found this receipt in an 
old manuscript written in the year 1513. 
the quantity of the ingredients very little 
altered. 
A Plaster of Gum Elemi. 
College.| Take of Gum Elemi three 
ounces, Per Rozin, Wax, Ammoniacum, of 
each two ounces, Turpentine three ounces 
and an half, Mallaga Wine so much as is 
sufficient: boil it to the consumption of the 
Wine, then add the Ammoniacum dissolved 
in Vinegar. 
Culpeper.] The operation is the same 
with Arceus Liniment. 
A Plaister of Lapis Calaminaris. 
College.| Take of Lapis Calaminaris 
prepared an ounce, Litharge two ounces, 
Ceruss half an ounce, Tutty a dram, Tur- 
pentine six drams, white Wax an ounce and 
an half, Stag’s Suet two ounces, Frankin- 
cense five drams, Mastich three drams, 
Myrrh two drams, Camphire a dram and 
an half, make it up according to art. 
Emplastrum ad Herniam. 
College.| Take of Galls, Cypress Nuts, 
Pomegranate Pills, Balaustines, Acacia, 
the seeds of Plantain, Fleawort, Water- 
cresses, Acorn Cups, Beans torrified, Birth- 
wort long and round, Myrtles of each half 
an ounce. Let these be powdered, and 
steeped in Rose Vinegar four days, then 
torrified and dried, then take of Comfrey 
the greater and lesser, Horsetail, Woad, 
Cetrach, the roots of Osmond Royal, Fearn, 
of each an ounce, Frankincense, Myrrh, 
Aloes, Mastich, Mummy, of each two 
ounces, Bole-ammoniac washed in Vinegar, 
Lap, Calaminaris prepared, Litharge of 
Gold, Dragon’s blood, of each three ounces, 
Ship Pitch two pounds, Turpentine a. 
ounces, or as much as is sufficient to make 
it into a plaster according to art. . ae 
