MEDICAL REMAINS. 



Grains of youth. 



TAKE of nitre four grains, of ambergrease three 

 grains, of orris-powder two grains, of white poppy- 

 seed the fourth part of a grain, of saffron half a grain, 

 with water of orange-flowers, and a little tragacanth ; 

 make them into small grains, four in number. To 

 be taken at four a-clock, or going to bed. 



Preserving ointments. 



Take of deers suet one ounce, of myrrh six 

 grains, of saffron five grains, of bay-salt twelve grains, 

 of Canary wine, of two years old, a spoonful and a 

 half. Spread it on the inside of your shirt, and let 

 it dry, and then put it on. 



A purge familiar for opening the liver. 

 Take rhubarb two drams, agaric trochiscat one 

 dram and a half, steep them in claret wine burnt 

 with mace ; take of wormwood one dram, steep it 

 with the rest, and make a mass of pills, with &quot; syrup, 

 acetos. simplex.&quot; But drink an opening broth before 

 it, with succory, fennel, and smallage roots, and a 

 little of an onion. 



