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Pounds of Sugar make a 
Syrup. 1. Oyl of Rofes. 
9. Eleduary of Rofes. 
12. Ointment of Rofes. 
Of Damask - Rofes are 
made Syrup of Rofes So- 
lutive, a diftiil’d Water, 
Aloes Rofat, and Hony of 
Rofes Solutive. The Sy- 
rup is much in ufe, and 
made in the following 
manner : Take of hot 
Fountain- water two quarts, 
of frefh. Damask-Rofes as 
many as the Water will 
contain 5 infufe them in 
a dole Velfel twelve 
Hours, then prefs it out, 
and heat the Liquor a- 
again, and put the Rofes 
in as before , and infufe 
them again ; and fo do 
three or four times , in- 
creafing the Quantity of 
Rofes as the Liquor in- j 
creafes ; then add to fix 
Parts of the Liquor, four 
Parts of Sugar, and make 
a Syrup according to Art. 
It purges gently : It may 
be taken, from one Ounce 
to four. Hony of Rofes 
Solutive is alfo Purging 
and Opening, and is of- 
ten given "in Clyfters ; 
and fo is the Syrup. 
See CManttne, or Sweet- 
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iSofenjarp , in Latin 
fyjmarinus. The Leaves, 
the Flowers and Seeds 
are in ufe : They are Cc- 
phalick f Uterine , and 
proper for the Nerves. 
They are chiefly ufed for 
Difeafcs of the Head and 
Nerves , for Apoplexies, 
Palfies , Falling - ficknefs, 
and Giddincfs.They quick- 
en the Sight , and help 
the Memory, and cure a 
Stinking - Breath. They 
are ufed for the Whites, 
and Jaundice. And they 
comfort the Heart , and 
open Obftrudfions of the 
Liver, Spleen and Womb. 
The Herb burnt, corrects 
the Air, and renders it 
wholefom in the time of a 
Plague. A Decodfion of 
it in Water, taken before 
Exercifc, cures the Jaun- 
dice. The Seed taken in 
Wine, does the fame. 
The Tops of it infus’d in 
Wine or Beer, and taken 
daily, cure the Pallie, and 
other Difcafes of the Ner- 
ves. The Flowers dried, 
and taken in a Pipe, like 
Tobacco, are good for a 
Cough 
