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and Ulceration of the Kidneys. Its Powder .is ei- 
ther mixed with other incraffating and foftening 
Medicines, or is made into a Mucilage with Rofe- 
Water, &c. The Dofe is from 9fs. to gij. 
It is feldom ufed externally. Some recom- 
mend it for Chaps in the Hands, Feet, and Nip- 
ples ; but it generally does more Hurt than Good i 
For being applied to the Skin, and growing dry 
by the Heat of the Part, it draws afunder the Lips 
of the Chap, and enlarges it. 
Take Liquorice Juice and Japan Earth a y. Su- . 
gar-Candy siij. Opium gr. ij. Mucilage of 
Gum Tragacanth q. f. Make Troches, to (lop 
catarrhous Defluxions, and Coughing. 
Take of Gum Tragacanth bruifed q. v. mace- 
rate it in q. f. of Scabious- Water, till the 
Water acquires the Confidence of a Syrup, 
Then, 
Take of this Mucilage giij. the Water of Orange- 
Flowers ^j. Oil of Sweet Almonds §j. Syrup 
of Marfli- Mallows Jij. Mix and make a Line- 
tus. 
Take of the Mucilage of Gum Tragacanth §ij. 
Oil of Linfeed %). Syrup of Jujebs and white 
Poppies a fy Make a Lindus. 
Artic. III. Of Manna. 
Manna is a Word of great Antiquity, having 
been received into mod Languages fince the Time 
of the Hebrews , but not always implying the fame 
Thing. Among the Writers of the earlier Ages 
this Name was fometimes given to a Sort of con- 
creted fweet Juice, which they imagined to fall 
from the Heavens like a Honey-Dew upon the 
Leaves of certain Trees. This Juice was probably 
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