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PLAISTERS. 



Empla strum Bar bar urn Magnum. 

 College^] Take of dry Pitch eight pounds, 

 yellow Wax six pounds and eight ounces, 

 Emplastntm ex dmmomaco. j Per-Rozin five pounds and four ounces, 



Or, A Plaister of Ammoniacum. j Bitumen, Judaicum, or Mummy, four 

 College^] Take of Ammoniacum, Bran \ pounds, Oil one pound and an half, Ver- 

 well sifted, of each an ounce, Ointment of j digris, Litharge, Ceruss, of each three 

 Marsh-mallows, Melilot plaister compound, j ounces, Frankincense half a pound, Roach 

 roots of Briony, and Orris in powder, of \ Alum not burnt, an ounce and an half, 

 each half an ounce, the fat of Ducks, j burnt, four ounces, Opopanax, scales of 

 Geese, and Hens, of each three drams, i Brass, Galbanum, of each twelve drams, 

 Bdellium, Galbanum, of each one dram and j Aloes, Opium, Myrrh, of each half an 

 an half, Per-Rozin, Wax, of each five I ounce, Turpentine two pounds, juice ol 

 ounces, oil of Orris, Turpentine, of each | Mandrakes, or else dried bark of the root, 

 half an ounce, boil the fats and oil with \ six drams, Vinegar five pounds : Ler the 

 mussilage of Lin-seed, and Fenugreek seed, \ Litharge, Ceruss, and Oil, boil to the thick- 

 of each three ounces, to the consumption of ness of Honey, then incorporate with them 



the mussilage, strain it, and add the Wax, 

 Rozin, and Turpentine, the ointment of 



the Pitch, being melted with Bitumen in 

 powder ; then add the rest, and boil them 



Marsh-mallows with the plaister of Melilot; I according to art, till the vinegar be con- 

 when it begins to be cold, put in the j sumed, and it stick not to your hands. 

 Ammoniacum, dissolved in Vinegar, then) Culpeper.] It helps the bitings of men 

 the Bdellium in powder, with the rest of the j and beasts, eases inflammations of wounds, 

 powders, and make it into a plaister accord- | and helps infirmilies of the joints, and gouts 

 ing to art. ; in the beginning. 



Culpeper.] It softens and assuages hard j Emplastrum de Betonica. 



swellings, and scatters the humours offend- Q r ^ p] a j s t e r of Betony 



ins, applied to the side it softens the hard-! n u -i' m i c T> , * 



V . , , College.} I ake of Betony, BuFnet, Agri- 



ness ot the spleen, assuages pains thence 5 -o i A/ 



arising. I mony, Sage, Pennyroyal, Yarrow, Comfrey 



I the greater, Clary, of each six ounces, 



Emplastrum e Baccus Laun. j Frankincense, Mastich, of each three 



Or, A Plaister of Bay-berries. j drams, Orris, round Birthwort, of each six 



College.'] Take of Bay-berries husked, I drams, white Wax, Turpentine, of each 



Turpentine, of each two ounces, Frankin- 1 eight ounces, Per-Rozin six ounces, Gum 



cense, Mastich, Myrrh, of each an ounce, i Elemi, Oil of Fir, of each two ounces, white 



Cypress, Costus, of each half an ounce, : Wine three pounds : bruise the herbs, boil 



Honey wanned and not scummed, four i them in the Wine, then strain them, and add 



ounces : make it into a plaister according to j the rest, and make them into a plaister ac- 



art. cording to art. 



Culpeper.'] It is an excellent plaister to \ Culpeper.~] It is a good plaister to unite 

 ease any pains coming of cold or wind, in j the skull when it is cracked, to dra\v oui 

 any part of the body, whether stomach, j pieces of broken bones, and cover the 

 lirer, belly, reins, or bladder. It is an \ bones with flesh : It draws filth from the 

 excellent remedy for the cholic and wind in | bottom of deep ulcers, restores flesh los 

 the bowels 'cleanses, digests, and drys. 



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