NTRODUCTION. 



But Saline Tinftures, are generally given in fame 



imh Honey, Pulp of a Rojhd Apple or Pear, or 

 fwlwld a'spk'fy^^^^ 

 tut Zfft t\^uc{dZi m'e^^Hu ^'''^' 

 made into a Bolus with fame f roper Syrup, or Ho- 

 ney. 8. Lozenges are held in the Mouth, and 

 Shallowed down only aj they melt. 9. Ekaua- 

 ries are fwalloKied either as a Bolus, or difjolved 

 in fame proper Infufwn , DccotTion , or Wine, 

 io%ms 7rf /""'ll ^Y^' ^""'-^^ ^ ^''^■"'' 

 them down with fame proper diftilled Water, 'in- 

 fufwn, Deco^ion, Wine, Julep, Poffbt-drink, or 

 . Spirits are dulcjied zwh fome pro- 

 rup, or mixt with Wmc fweetned with Sy- 

 "White Sugar, and fo taken. 12. Poteftates 

 lixirs, are always given in a Glafs of 



loiih it, then put into a Gkfs of 'fame "proper 

 Wine and fo drank. 14. Salts Effential, Elemen- 

 tary, or Fixt, and Volatil, are generally diffolved 

 m fome proper diJiilPd Water, Infufwn, Decoffj- 



S%ar, a'ntfTfmallowed. "^'^ ^'"^^ """^^ "' 



VI. THE APPLICATION of Topicks or Exter- 

 nils. I. Loiionsare either forBathingin,orforWafh- 

 ing old Sores and Ulcers ; for Gargarifms, for 



proper Syringes. 2. Oils, they are to be anointed 

 upon the Parts affelfed, rubbing them well in,' 



fo applied ; or fimply firewed upon the Wound, 

 Sore or Ulcer. 5. Emplafters and Cerates, are to 

 be fpread upon fupple Cloth or Leather, and fo 

 applied fimply upon the naked Tumor, Wound, 

 Sore or Ulcer, or laid over Pledgets, drefi or 

 arm'd with Balfam, to keep them on. 6. Cata- 

 plafms are put upon Cloth or Leather, to be ap- 



VII. WHERE NOTE, that ClyHers are either 

 Anodyn, or Healing, or Purging : // Anodyn, 

 fome choice Opiate m di(folved in it. If Healing, 

 they are mixed either with Spirit of Wine, or fome 

 Oil, Balfam, or Liquid Rolin. But if Purging, 

 they have almys a proportional quantity ofBiown 



blunt the points of the Saline ' Particles. ^""^^ 



CHAP. xiir. 

 Conclufion of the Intro- 

 du6lion. 



I. ^H U S H A V I N G ^vuenyou afhort Ex- 

 Plants, witLl?the"Knowledg"eofwhTch, thkWork 

 I be under flood, and upon which prin- 

 pan of the PraHife of Phyfick is found- 

 the Observation ofwhfch, is truly a 



\lZadoin 



nan of^which, is truly a 



itfzta 



of a Patient 



f ^^ fl ^r^ -*' ^ ^ A ^ T things have been per- 

 by that prime and fimple Praijlfe, Ihe'^Jaliti'es Tnd 



difcovered, the Juueeding Prattiferl beglftTldd 

 one thing to another, which th^y thought to have 

 like Virtues; believing, that two things of equal 

 jlrengih being conjoined, the Power and force of 

 that Medicine muft be doubled; and indeed it ma- 

 ny times Succeeded according to expeSatian. 



wl'o fel? ^^^"^^^ beginnings, Artifls be- 

 dienis; making continually ComplS'' CompXT- 

 ons, andjrom the belief of a Vis unita, to form 

 Compounds, which in procefs of many Ases be 



tfre'rnin'"'i-^'"' '^^ ^'"'' ^ '«^/? ~« 

 name of a Pharmacopoeia or Difpenfatory. 



IV. THUS THE Medical Arts, under this 

 7Tundtedrel7s''7d'"'^^''"-^' ««//««frf>/- ma- 



of Reputation; except in fonnilg^aFmaRO 

 of not only Compound , but decompound Recipes 

 lenMraih " ^°'^S^'P°'!s^ "f Complications', 

 "Tit^'lA'irfb' fd'7d^""^ Honour or %hry 

 RepTtableln orSciSf\ '"'" "" "^"'fi"'' ""'^ 

 -LdyiU^f iflrtlfs^b fr7-?««'^^^'^^ 

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