APPENDIX. 343 



Friar'9 Babam, and its Virtues described. 



Highly rectified spirit of Avine, three pints ; 

 Digest ill a gentle heat ibr three days, or till 

 loost of the gums are dissolved, and strain. 



VfOVHh BALSAM (COMMONLY CALLED FRIAr's 

 BALSAM.) 



Take — Gum benzoin, in powder, six o^mces ; 



Balsam of Tolu, in powder, three ounces ; 



Gum storax, two ounces ; 



Frankincense, in powder, two ounces; 



Gum myrrh, in powder, two ounces ; 



Socotrine aloes, in powder, three ounces ; 



Kectified spirit of wine, one gallon : 



Mix tliem all together, and put them in a di- 

 gester, and give them a gentle heat for three 

 or four days : then strain. 



Either of these balsams may be used, as men- 

 tioned in the different parts of this work. A bet- 

 ter medicine can hardly be found in the materia 

 medica for healing green wounds in every part of 

 th^ body, particularly those on the tendons, or 

 joints. It is frequently given internally, along 

 with other articles, to great advantage [See (Nc^,^ 

 203, p. 328,) and (No. 89, p. 138)] in all colds, 

 flatulency, and in other debilities of the stomach 



