APP. — EGYPTIACUM. 2l79 



EGYPTIACUM. 



Take — Honey, three pounds, and melt it over a fire ; 

 then add 

 Blue vitriol, and verdigrease, in fine powder, 



of each three ounces ; 

 Boil them over a slow fire till they have acquired 

 a due consistence, and of a reddish colour. 



Another method of making Egyptiacum, 



Take — Verdigrease, in powder, five ounces ; 

 Honey, fourteen ounces ; 

 Vinegar, seven ounces: 



Boil them over a gentle fire to the consistence of 

 an ointment. 



A third luay to make Egyptiacum, 



Take — Verdigrease, and alum, in powder, of each three 

 ounces ; 

 Blue vitriol, in powder, one ounce ; 

 Corrosive sublimate, in powder, two drachms ; 

 Vinegar, five ounces ; 

 Honey, one pound and a half: 

 Boil them over a slow fire to a proper con- 

 sistence. 



All these mixtures, on standing a short time, 

 deposit a large quantity of sediment ; whenever, 

 therefore, they are used, the ingredients must be 

 well stirred from the bottom. Egyptiacum is a 

 medicine of great repute in modern farriery ; and 



