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tticy muH: be more carefully and exa<5lly propor- 

 tioned to the Strength, than can be told in this 

 general Mariner. 



Of the Simple Waters, afcout a Qiiarter 6f a 

 Pint Ik a Dofe,- and of the Cordial Waters, lefl 

 than half that Quantity. Thefe may be occafion- 

 ally given alone ; but they are moftly intended 

 for mixing with other Ingredients. 

 • The Tindures are to be given in Drops, from 

 ten to an hundred, according to their Stren<Tth 

 and Nature: But to 'name a general Dofe, it i^ 

 about five and twenty Drops. Thefe however will 

 be alfo More f^rviceable in Mixtures, than fing- 



Of the purging Tindures in Wine, and the 

 ElixirSalutis, three, fdur, or more Spoonfuls is th^ 

 Dofe. 



It would be well to keep Tin<5hires of many of 

 the Roots reccfmi^nded in nervous Cafes, as Cor- 

 dials, Aftringents, and of many other Kinds ; and 

 alfo to keep Powders of thefe Roots in Readinefs : 

 And thiis the comnioit Forms of Medicines, as! 



fent frbm Apothecaries, will be very eafy. 



For a Julep, fix Ounces of one of the Simple 

 Waters, two Ounces of one of the Compound 

 Waters, or thofe made with Spirit, two Drams of 

 a Syrup, and fifty Drops of a Tincture, make ^ 

 very agreeable one. Thus for an hyfleric Julep, 

 let the Simple Water be Pennyroyal, the flrono- 

 Water the ftrong Pennyroyal, the Syrup that of 

 Saffron, and the Tinfture of Callor, and it is a 



pleafant Julep ^ and fo of all the reft. If 



Pearl Cordial be defired, it is only mixino? the 



Simple and ftrong Waters without Syrup or Tinc- 

 ttnr, and adding two Drams of Sugar, and half 

 a Dram of levigated Oyfter-fhells. The Apothe- 

 caries will not be pleafed with this difclofing 

 the Myfteries of their Profeftion, but the public 



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