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of aloes, i\*o ounces of winter's bu-rk, and five 

 quarts of white wine. The first is a restorative 

 cordial and strengthener ; the latter is sufficiently 

 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 the tincture of ipeca- 

 cuanha for a vomit, of two ounces of that root, 

 half an ounce of dry orange peel, and a quart 

 of sack. Lastly, what is called elixir propriefa- 

 tis is made of aloes, myrrh, and saffron, of 

 each an ounce, sal armoniac six drams, and salt 

 of tartar eight ounces, in a quart of mountain 

 wine. 



These are all the tinctures and wires that 

 need be kept in a family, whose charity is design- 

 ed to be very extensive ; the expenec of the whole 

 is a trifle, not worth naming, and the trouble 

 scarce anv thing 1 . Uooks are full of directions 

 in particular for every tincture, as if every one 

 were to be made a different way ; but the best 

 method is to give a good deal of time, and fre- 

 quent shaking, and that will stand iu the place 

 of heat in most things of this kind : nevertheless, 

 I advise that they should stand in a room 

 where a fire is kept while they are making ; and 

 those which require heat, that is, those that 

 take a colour most slowly, are to be placed nearest 

 to it. 



F.asy n<? these are, they are by far the most dif- 

 ficult prut of the task, the rest is as it were 

 nothing. Conserves, syrups, and ointments will 

 l)e wanting ; bnt in the same manner one direc- 

 tion will serve for the making the whole assort- 

 ment of each, and the ingredients will be at 

 hand. As to plaisters in general, they do more 



