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emulsions when required, by merely rubbing down with distilled 

 water. 



Wakd's paste, Conf. piperis nigri. Piper, nigri, rad. enulae 

 camp., ana lib., sem. foenic. dulc. 3lb., honey, white sugar ana 

 21b. ; for piles, and fistula in ano ; dose the size of a nutmeg, 

 three or four times a day. 



Plukenet''s ointment for cancer. Arsenic, alb. - fl. 

 sulph. -fl. ranunculi flammulse, -fl. contulae foetidae, made into a 

 paste with white of egg. 



Conf. Japonica, Elect, mimosce catechu. Catechu 3iiij, 

 gum. kino Siij, cinnam. - nuc. mosch. ana 5J, opii 5j (dissolved 

 in Sherry q. s.), syr. rosar. rubr. boiled to the consistence of honey 

 lb. ij jiij. 



Elect, catechu compositum. Catechu 3iv, cinnam. pj, kino 3iij, 

 opii pur. 3Jss (dissolved in Sherry q. s.), syr. zz., boiled to the 

 consistence of honey lb. ij Siij. 



2. Catechu lib., cassiae, pulv. nuc. mosch. comm. ana 4 oz., 

 opii jiiij, syr. rosae 71b. ; astringent. 



Fox LUNGS, Lohoch e pulmone vulpium. Sperm, ceti, succ. 

 glycyrrh. ana 8 oz., water q. s. to soften the liquorice and make an 

 electary, add honey 31b., ol. anisi q. s. to flavour it rather strongly ; 

 pectoral ; used in coughs, although omitted by the college for 

 more than a century, still retains its place in the public opinion : 

 the druggists have substituted spermaceti for fox lungs. 



Mel boracis, Md subhoracis. Borax 5j, mel despum. 5j ; 

 detergent : used as a gargle in aphthae. 



Unguentum i^GYPTiACUM. Rough verdigris ppd. ^v, honey 

 jxiv, vinegar 5vij ; boil to a proper consistence. 



Mel Ai/jyptiaaim. Is the thin portion that separates from 

 unguentum ^gyptiacum by keeping. 



Oxymel ,erl'ginis, Llnimentum (Eruqmis. Verdigris ^j, vine- 

 gar 5vii ; dissolve, strain, add honey 3xiv ; boil to a proper con- 

 sistence ; detergent, and used to keep down fungous flesn ; diluted, 

 is used in gargles. 



Smelling ointment for the itch, Tapsirrwl^ P. L. before 

 1745. Succ. chelidonii, - succ. tapsi barbati ana lb. ij, honey lb. ij ; 

 boil down, add vitriol, virid. -alum. ust. q. s. to make an oint- 

 ment ; used to cure the itch, by being exhibited as a suppository, 

 or by merely smelling to the medicine. 



Mel solltivum. Liquor left on distilling 6lb. of damask 

 roses, cummin seed 3j, moist sugar lb. iv, honey lb. ij ; boil 

 down. 



Eljeosaccuabum akisi. 01. anisi gtt. xvj, sacch. albi mag- 



