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this cacao : some add butter. — 3. Island cacao 8lb., starch powder 

 q. s. to absorb the fatness of this cacao. — 4. Cacao cake from 

 whence the oil has been pressed, mutton suet q. s. 



Spanish chocolate. Use seeds of ground peas for cacao, and add 

 maize flour. 



Chocolat a la vanille. To 30lb. of the best chocolate paste add 

 cinnamon, Mexican vanilla, of each 3 oz., cloves 3 j : used as a 

 nourishing and restorative food. 



POWDERS AND STONES. 



FOR MEDICAL USE. 



True Gascoigne's powder, Pulvis e chelis cancrorum com" 

 positus^ P. L. before 1745. Margarit. ppm., ocul. cancr., corall. 

 rubr., succin. alb., com. cervi calc, lap. bezoard. Orient, ana 5 j, 

 cheL cane. 5 vj ; make into balls. 



Lady Kent's Powder, P. bezoarticus, Glohuli hezoardicus, 

 Chel. cancr. ^viij, marg. pp., coral, rubr. ana 3ij, lap. bezoar. 

 Orient. 5 j ; cordial, in great esteem, although few will go to the 

 price of it. 



Cephalic snuff, P. cephalicus. Fol. asari, fol. majoran., fol. 

 lil. convall. ana p. aeq, 



P. 8temutatoriu3, P. asari compositus, P. L. Fol. sice, asari, 

 fol. majoranae, fol. mari Syr., flor. lavand. ana p. aeq. 



P. asari compositus, P. D. Fol. sice, asari 3 j, flor. lavand. 5ij. 



P. asari compositus, P. E. Fol. asari 3 oz., fol. majoran., flor, 

 lavand. ana 1 oz. 



P. CoRNACHiNi. Scammon. 5X, antim. diaphoret. 5vj, erem. 

 tart. 5 ijss ; cathartic, febrifuge, 3 j : an excellent medicine. 



DiACELTATEssoN Paracelsi. Antim. diaph, gr. xviij, res. 

 scamm. gr. xvj, crem. tart. gr. vij. M. 



Earl of Warwick's Powder, P. comitis Warwicensis, 

 Scammonii 5 ij, antimonii diaph. 5 j, crem. tartan 3 ss. 



Species diambr^e sine odoratis. Spec, aromaticcBy P. aroma- 

 t'lrus, P. L. ct D. Cinnam. 5ij,sem. card, min., zz., piper, long. 

 ana 5 j ; the old receipt was more compounded. 



P. cinnamomi compositus. Cinnam. ^ij, sem. cardam. min. 

 3JSS, zz 5 j, piper, long. ^ss. 



P. AROMATins, P. E. Cinn., zz., piper, long, ana p. a?q. ; 

 stimulant, carminative, stomachic, gr. v to x. 



Pllmmer'*s alterative powder, JEthiops Plummcri. Ca- 

 lomel, sulph. antim. ana 5ij. 



