35ft Directions for making of Syrups^ Sfc, 



your pleasure. If you love tart things, add ten drops of oil of 

 vitriol to your pint, and shake it together, and it will have a fine 

 grateful taste. 



5. All Juleps are made for present use, and therefore it is in 

 vain to speak of their duration. 



CHAP. IV. Of Decoctions. 



1. ALL the difference between decoctions, and syrup made by 

 by decoction, is this : Syiups are made to keep, decoction only 

 for present use; for you can hardly keep a decoction a week at 

 any time ; if the weather be hot, not half so long. 



2. Decoctions are made of leaves, roots, flowers, seeds, fruits 

 or barks, conducing to the cure of the disease you make them 

 for ; are made in the same manner as we shewed you in sy- 

 rup. 



3. Decoctions made with wine last longer than such as are 

 made with water; and if you take your decoction to cleanse the 

 passage of the urine, or open obstructions, your best way is to 

 make it with white wine instead of water, because this is pene- 

 trating. 



4. Decoctions sre of most use in such diseases as lie in the 

 passages of the body, as the stomach, bowels, kidnies, passages 

 of urine and bladder, because decoctions pass quicker to those 

 places than any other form of Medicines. 



5. If you will sweeten your- decoction with sugar, or any sv- 

 tup fit for the occasion yott take it for,' which is better, you may, 

 and no harm. 



6. If ill a decoction, you boil both root?, herbs, flowers, and 

 seed together, let the roots boil a good while first, because they 

 retain their virtue longest ; then the next in order by the same 

 rule, viz. 1. The Barks. 2. The herbs. S. The seeds. 4. 

 The flowers. 5. The spices, if you put any in, because their 

 virtues come soonest out. 



7. Such things as by boiling cause sllminess to a decoction, as 

 figs, quince-seed, linseed, &.'e. your be<t way is, after you have 

 bruised them, to tie them up in a linen-rag, as you tie up calf's 

 brains, and so boil them. 



8. Keep all decoctions in a glass close stopped, and in the 

 cooler place you keep them> the longer they will last ere they be 

 sour. ' . 



Lastly, The usual dose to be given at one time, is usually 2, 

 3, 4, or 5 ounces, according to the age and strength of the pa- 

 tient, the season of the year, the strength of the medicine, and 

 the quality of the disease. 



CHAP. V. Of Oils. 

 OIL Olive, which is commonly known by the name of Sallad 



