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by enclofmg fome powdered Myrrh in the White 
of an Egg. boiled hard and fplit, and hanging 
them up together by a Thread in a Cellar, or other 
damp Place. The Liquor which drops from them, 
being catched in a Glafs-Veffel, and evaporated by 
a gentle Heat to a Diminution of the fourth Part, 
is put by for Ufe. It is faid to clear the Face from 
Tan, Freckles, &c. and to obliterate Scars, and 
other Deformities of the Skin. 
Take of choice Myrrh gr. xij. the aperient Saf- 
fron of Iron and Gum Ammoniack, a gr. x. 
Syrup of Wormwood q. f. Make a Bolus to 
be taken Morning and Evening in Suppreffion 
of the Menfes* 
Take of Myrrh gr. xv. Borax 9j. Cinnamon gr. 
xviij. Conferve of Wormwood, or of Mary- 
gold-Flowers, q f. to make a Bolus, which 
may be given to provoke the Menfes, or the 
Purgations of Child-Bed Women, and to ex- 
pel a dead Foetus. 
Take Myrrh and Frankincenfe, a gr. xv. Saffron 
powdered gr. vj. Balm of Gilead q. f. Make 
Pills to be *ufed in the Beginning of a Con- 
iumption, to refolve crude Tubercles, and to 
heal fmall Ulcers. 
Take of choice Myrrh 9fs. diaphoretick Mineral 
and Virginian Snake-Root, a 9j. Syrup of 
july-Flowers q. f. Mix and make a Bolus to 
be given in the Small Pox, Meades, and ma- 
lignant Fevers. 
Take the Root of round Birth wort, Florentine 
Orris, and Euphorbium, a 3]. Myrrh and 
Aloes, a 3ifs. Make them into a Powder to be 
fcattered upon a carious Bone. Or extradl a 
Tindlure from them with Spirit of Wine, which 
may likewife be ufed to rotton Bones. 
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