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24. Chalybeates four times a year. 



25. Pilule ex tribus, once in two months, but 

 after the mass has been macerated in oil of almonds. 



26. Heroic desires. 



27. Bathing of the feet once in a month, with 

 lye ex sale nigro, camomile, sweet marjoram, fennel, 

 sage, and a little aqua vitas. 



28. To provide always an apt breakfast. 



29. To beat the flesh before roasting of it. 



30. Macerations in pickles. 



31. Agitation of beer by ropes, or in wheel-bar 

 rows. 



32. That diet is good which makes lean, and 

 then renews. Consider of the ways to effect it. 



MEDICAL RECEIPTS OF THE LORD BACON. 



His Lordship s usual receipt for the Gout. To which 

 he refers, Nat. Hist. Cent. I. N. 60. 



I. The poult is. 



Take of rnanchet about three ounces, the crumb 

 only, thin cut ; let it be boiled in milk till it grow to 

 a pulp. Add in the end a dram and a half of the 

 powder of red roses ; of saffron ten grains ; of oil of 

 roses an ounce ; let it be spread upon a linen cloth, 

 and applied lukewarm, and continued for three 

 hours space. 



2. The hath or fomentation. 

 Take of sage leaves half a handful ; of the root 



