434 MEDICAL REMAINS. 



Every third or fourth day, take a small toast of 

 manchet, dipped in oil of sweet almonds new drawn, 

 and sprinkled with a little loaf-sugar. 



You may make the broth for two days, and take the 

 one half every day. 



If you find the stone to stir, forbear the toast for a 

 course or two. 



The intention of this broth is not to void, but to un- 

 dermine the quarry of the stones in the kidneys. 



The fomentation. 



Take of leaves of violets, mallows, pellitory of the 

 wall, together, one handful ; of flowers of camomile 

 and mellilot, together, one pugil ; the root of marsh* 

 mallows, one ounce ; of anise and fennel seeds, together, 

 one ounce and a half ; of flax-seed two drams. Make 

 a decoction in spring water. 



The second receipt, shewing the way of making a certain 

 ointment, which his Lordship called Unguentum fra- 

 grans, sive Romanum, the fragrant or Roman un- 

 guent. 



Take of the fat of a deer half a pound ; of oil of 

 sweet almonds two ounces: let them be set upon a 

 very gentle fire, and stirred with a stick of juniper till 

 they are melted. 



Add of root of flower-de-luce powdered, damask 

 roses powdered, together, one dram ; of myrrh dis- 

 solved in rose-water half a dram ; of cloves half a 

 scruple ; of civet four grains ; of musk six grains ; of 

 oil of mace expressed one drop ; as much of rose-water 

 as sufficeth to keep the unguent from being too thick. 



