ICXVUl 



INTRODUCTI ON. 



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It maybe juft proper to mention; that 

 Woods which we ufe, are beft kept in the Block, 

 and fhaved off as they are wanted ; for being kept 



in the 

 is befl 



Shavings, they loofe their Virtue : And 



fame Manner 



the foreign Wdods 



to keep a Block of Saffafras, and of Ugnum Vit^ 

 in the Koufe, and cut them as they are wanted. 



As to the Excrefcences, fuch as Galls of the 

 Oak, and tlie Burr upon the wild Briar, they are 



urally fo dr}"-, that they only require to be 



pofed 



fev/ Days to the Air upon a Table, and 



then they may be put np 



keep a long Time 



Safety, and 



Laflly, the Fungus's,, fuch as Jews Ears, and 



the like, are 



b 



athered when they are full 



grown, and fbrung upon a Line, that they may 

 dry leifurely, for elfe they fpoil i They muft be very 

 well dried before they are put up, ^Kz they will 

 grow mouldy in damp Weather ; and if once that 



;n, no Art can recover their Virtues. 



happen, no 



. Thus may a Druggld's Shop of a new Kind- 

 be filled, and it will confift of as many Articles, 



as thofe wbich receive their Furniture from abroad ; 

 and there will be this Advantage in having every 



Thing 



ady 



that when Cuftom has made the 



Virtues of the feveral Things familiar, the Lady 

 may do from her Judgment as t\\t Phyfician in 

 his Prefcription, mix feveral Things of like Virtue 

 together, and not depend upon the Virtues of any 



fingly 



w 



h 



the Cafe requires fomething of 



Thefe Roots and Barks powdered 



Pov 



make as handfome and a? efficacious Bolufes and 



Mixture 



any furnilhed by the Apothecary 



CHAP, 



