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and is therefore frequently ufed in mefenterick and 
cachedtick Compofitions. 
Take of Cream of Tartar 31J. Diagrydium gr. iv. 
Make a purging powder for a Cachexy. 
Take Cryftals of Tartar and Sena, a §ij. Cinna- 
mon 3iij. Cloves gfs. Mix and make a Pow- 
der to purge gently and open Obftrudtions. 
The Dofe is from ^fs to 
Take of the Ruft of Iron prepared with May- 
Dew gr. xv. Cream of Tartar 9j. Saffron gr. 
iij. Cinnamon 9j. Make a Powder to be 
given twice a Day in a Green-ficknefs, and 
Cachexy. 
Take of the Peruvian Bark §j. Cream of Tartar 
gfs. Jalap in Powder ^fs. Syrup of Wormwood 
q. f. to make an Eledluary, of which gj. or 
^ifs. may be taken three or four Times in a 
Day, in cachedtick, intermitting Fevers, at- 
tended with an CEdema or Leucophlegmacy. 
Take Cream of Tartar 3V. Red Rofes dried and 
powdered gj. Make a Powder, to which add 
a few Drops of the Spirit of Vitriol. The 
Dofe is §fs. in intermitting Fevers, to temper 
bilious Humours in the Stomach, to remove a 
Naufea and want of Appetite, to corredt Bitter- 
nefs of the Mouth, and to affift Digeftion. 
Many Medicines are prepared from Tartar by 
the Chymifts, the Chief of which are the follow- 
ing *. 
1 . A Spirit and foetid Oil . The Spirit is diuretick 
and diaphoretick, and for opening Obftrudtions is 
extolled by the Chymifts as a Panacea. The Dofe 
is 
* I fhall fpare myfelf the Pains of tranfcribing from our 
Author the Proceffes by which thefe Medicines are made, be- 
caufe they are all to be found in our common Difpenfatories. 
