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INTRODUCTION. xfi 



iciently known as a Purge. Laudanum is made 

 of two Ounces of Opium, a Dram of Cloves, 

 and a Dram of Cinnamon, and a Pint of Wine. 

 Viper Wine is made of two Ounces of dried Vipers, 

 and two Quarts of White- Wine-, and theTinfture 

 of Ipecacuanha for a Vomit, of two Ounces of 

 that Root, half an Ounce of dry Orange Peel, 

 and a Quart of Sack. Laflrly, what is called 

 Elixir Proprictatis, is made of Aloes, Myrrh and 

 Saffron, of each an Ounce, Sal Armoniac fix 

 Drams, and Salt of Tartar, eight Ounces in a 

 'Qiiart of Mountain- Wine. 



' ' Thefe are all the Tinctures and Wines that 

 need be kept in a Family, whofe Charity is de- 

 ifigned to be very extenfive, the Expence of the 

 whole is a Trifle, not worth naming, and the Trou- 



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ble fcarce any thing. Books are full of Direc- 

 tions in particular for every Tindure, as if every 

 .one were to be made a -different Vv'ay; but the 



bed Method is to give a good deal cf Time and 

 frequent Ihaking, and that will ftand in the Place 

 of Heat in moft Things of this Kind: Never- 

 thelefs, I a'dvife, that they lliould (land in a Room 

 where a Fire is kept while they are making j and 

 tliofe which require Pleat, that is, thofe that take 

 a Colour moft fiowly, are to be placed nearcfl: to 



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■ Eafy as thefe are, they are by far the moft dif- 

 ficult Part of the Talk, the refl is as it were 

 nothing. Conferves, Syrups, and Ointments, v. ill 

 be wanting, but in the fame Manner one. Direc- 

 tion will ferve for the making the whole Aflbrt- 

 ment of each, and the Ingredients will be at 

 hand. As to Plaifters, in general they do more 

 Harm than Good. Surgeons at this Time make 

 very little Ufe of them ■, and in the Courfe of this 

 Work, many Herbs will be named, the bruifed 



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