160 T/ie Triumphal Chariot of Antimony. 



quicklime. Expel the oil strongly, pound 

 all that is sublimed with the dead body, 

 pour to it oil a second time, distil thrice, 

 and the oil is prepared. 



In cases where old wounds resist all 

 other remedies, you may use this oil. 

 For it is strong, potent, and penetrative, 

 and lays a good foundation for other 

 medicines. 



An admirable balm for old wounds 

 is prepared with various ingredients in 

 the following manner : 



Digest four ounces of sulphur and 

 half a pound of Mercury over a moderate 

 fire, stirring with a wooden spoon ; pound 

 fine till they form one solid mass (for it 

 is made as cinnabar is usually prepared), 

 and with it four ounces of Antimony, 

 four ounces of red arsenic, and two 

 ounces of ''crocus of iron." Place in 

 glass cucurbit, and sublime. As the 

 result of this operation you will have 

 pyropus stones the colour of which is 

 fully equal to those of the East, except 

 that they are not fixed, and vanish in 



* Sulphate of iron. 



