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into the perfect body of a plaster. It is 

 prepared without Vinegar, thus: take of red 

 Lead one pound, Oil of Roses one pound 

 and an half, Wax half a pound, make it 

 into a plaster according to art. 



Culpeper.] It is a fine cooling healing 

 plaster, and very drying. 



Emplastrum Metroproptoticon. 



College^] Take of Mastich one ounce 

 and an half, Galbanum dissolved in red 

 Wine and strained, six drams, Cypress Tur- 

 pentine two drams, Cypress Nuts, Galls, of 

 each one dram and an half, oil of Nutmegs 

 by expression one dram, Musk two grains 

 and an half, Pitch scraped off from old 

 ships two drains and an half; beat the Gal- 

 banum, Pitch, Turpentine, and Mastich 

 gently in a hot rnortar and pestle, towards 

 the end, adding the Oil of Nutmegs, then 

 the rest in powder, last of all the Musk 

 mixed with a little Oil of Mastich upon a 

 marble, and by exact mixture make them 

 into a plaster. 



Emplastrum Nervmnm. 



College.'] Take of Oil of Chamomel and 

 Roses, of each two ounces, of Mastich, 

 Turpentine, and Linseeds, of each an ounce 

 and an half, Turpentine boiled four ounces, 

 Rosemary, Bettony, Horsetail, Centaury the 

 less, of each a handful, Earth-worms washed 

 and cleansed in Wine three ounces, tops 

 of St. John's Wort a handful, Mastich, Gum 

 Elemi, Madder roots, of each ten drams, 

 Ship-pitch, Rozin, of each an ounce and 

 an half, Litharge of Gold and Silver, of 

 each two ounces and an half, red Lead two 

 ounces, Galbanum, Sagapen, Ammoniacum, 

 of each three drams; boil the roots, herbs, 

 and worms, in a pound and an half of Wine 

 till half be consumed, then press them out, 

 and boil the decoction again with the Oils, 

 Suets, Litharge, and red Lead, to the con- 

 sumption of the Wine: then add the Gums 

 dissolved in W T ine, afterwards the Turpen- 

 tine, Rozin, Pilch, and Mastich, in powders 



and make them into a plaster according to 

 art. 



Culpeper.~\ It strengthens the brain and 

 nerves, and then being applied to the back, 

 down along the bone, it must needs add 

 strength to the body. 



Emplastrum Oxycroceum. 



College.'} Take of Saffron, Ship-pitch, 

 Colophonia, yellow Wax, of each four 

 ounces, Turpentine, Galbanum, Ammonia- 

 cum, Myrrh, Olibanum, Mastich, of each 

 one ounce and three drams. Let the Pitch 

 and Colophonia be melted together, then, 

 add the Wax, then (it being removed from 

 the fire) the Turpentine, afterwards the 

 Gums dissolved in Vinegar, lastly the Saf- 

 fron in powder, well mixed with Vinegar, 

 and so make it into a plaster according to 

 art. 



Culpeper.] It is of a notable softening 

 and discussing quality, helps broken bones, 

 and any part molested with cold, old aches, 

 stiffness of the limbs by reason of wounds, 

 ulcers, fractures, or dislocations, and dis- 

 sipates cold swellings. 



Emplastrum Stephaniaion, 



College."] Take of Labdanum half an 

 ounce, Styrax, Juniper Gum, of each two 

 drams, Amber, Cypress, Turpentine, of 

 each one dram, red Coral, Mastich, of each 

 half a dram, the flowers of Sage, red 

 Roses, the roots of Orris Florentine, of 

 each one scruple, Rozin washed in Rose- 

 water half an ounce, the Rozin, Labdanum l 

 Juniper Gum, and Turpentine, being gently 

 beaten in a hot mortar, with a hot pestle, 

 Crinkling in a few drops of red Wine till 

 they are in a body; then put in the pow- 

 ders, and by diligent stirring make them 

 into an exact plaster. 



Emplastrum Sticticum* 



College.'] Take of Oil of Olives six 

 ounces, yellow Wax an ounce and an half, 

 Litharge in powder four ounces and an 

 half, Ammoniacum, Bdellium, of each half 

 an ounce, Galbanum, Opopanax Oil of 



