MEDICAL REMAINS. 



A Medical Paper of the Lord Bacon's, to which he gave 

 the title of Grains of Youth. 1 



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 Ca- 

 nary 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 syrup, acetos. simplex. 

 But drink an opening broth before it, with succory, 

 fennel, and smallage roots, and a little of an onion. 



1 Baconiana, p. 155. 



