AND ENGLISH PHYSICIAN ENLARGED. 
375 
in the sun with the Vinegar, then put in 
those things that may be melted, last of all 
the powders, and make them all into an 
emplaster. 
Culpeper.| Galen appropriates it to the 
head, and ulcers there. I know no reason 
-but why it may as well serve for other parts 
of the body. 
A Plaster of Mastich. Nich. Alex. 
College.| Take of Mastich, Ship Pitch, 
Sagapenum, wax, of each six drams, Am- 
moniacum, Turpentine, Colophonia, Saf- 
fron, Aloes, Frankincense, Myrrh, of each 
three drams, Opopanax, Galbanum, Styrax 
Calamitis, Alum, (Rondeletius appoints, 
and we for him) Bitumen, Fenugreek, of 
each two drams, the feces of Liquid Styrax, 
Bdellium, Litharge, of each half a dram: 
Let the Litharge being beaten into powder, 
be boiled in a sufficient quantity of water; 
then add the Pitch, which being melted, add 
the Wax and Ammoniacum, afterwards let 
the Sagapenum, Opopanax, and Galbanum 
be put in; then the Styrax and Feces being 
mixed with the Turpentine, last of all the 
Colophonia, Mastich, Frankincense, Bdel- 
lium, Alum, Myrrh, and Fenugreek in pow- 
der: let them be made into a plaster. 
Culpeper.] It strengthens the stomach, 
and helps digestion. 
Emplastrum Nigrum. August. Called in 
High Dutch Stichstaster. 
College.| Take of Colophonia, Rozin, 
Ship Pitch, white Wax, roman Vitriol, 
Ceruss, Olibanum, Myrrh, of each eight 
ounces, Oil of Roses seven ounces, Oil of 
Juniper Berries three ounces, Oil of Eggs 
two ounces, Oil of Spick one ounce, white 
Vitriol, red Coral, Mummy, of each two 
ounces, Earth of Lemnos, Mastich, Drag- 
on’s blood, of each one ounce, the fat of an 
Heron one ounce, the fat of Pimullus three 
ounces, Load stone prepared, two ounces, 
Earthworms prepared, Camphire, of each 
one ounce; make them into a plaster ac- 
cording to art. 
Culpeper.| It is very good in green 
wounds and shootings. 
