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Drops, in fome proper Li- 
quor. Red Coral is gene- 
rally ufed, becaufe it is 
thought to have more Vir, 
tue than the reft. Maje- 
ftery of Coral is made in 
the following manner : 
Take what quantity you 
pleafe of the Impregnation 
of Coral, made with de- 
ftill’d Vinegar ; pour it in- 
to a Viol, or Matrafs, and 
drop into it the Liquor of 
the Salt of Tartar, made 
per Deliquium ; a Curd 
will appear, which will 
precipitate to the bottom 
in a very white Powder ; 
decant the clear Liquor, 
and walh your Powder five 
or fix times with Water, 
dry it : It is that which is 
called the Majeftery of Co‘ 
ral. Great Virtues are ar 
tributed to it : It fortifies 
the Heart, refills Poifon, 
ftops the Bloody-Flux, and 
all other Hemorrhagies. 
The Dofe is, from ten to 
thirty Grains, in fome pro- 
per Liquor. Salt of Coral 
js made in the following 
manner : Take what quan- 
tity you pleafe of the Dil- 
folution of Coral, made of 
deftill’d Vinegar,pourit in- 
to a Glafs-Cucurbite, or 
Earthen Pan, and evapo- 
rate in Sand all the Moift- 
ure j there will remain at 
bottom a Salt of Coral ; 
keep it in a Viol well Hop- 
ped. ’Tis given for the 
lame Reafon as the Maje- 
ftery is : The Dole of it is 
lefs, being from five to fif- 
teen Grains. Simple Syrup 
of Coral of the London - 
Difpenfatory is made in the 
following manner : Take 
of Red Coral four Ounces, 
diflolve it with the Heat of 
a Bath, in a Pint of the 
Juice of Barberries clarifi- 
ed j it mull be put into a 
Matrafs, well Hop’d ; and 
having digefted it three or 
four Days, pour off that 
which is diffolv’d, and pour 
on more Juice, as before ; 
and fo proceed, till all the 
Coral is diffolv’d ; add a 
Pound and an half of Su- 
gar to one Pint of this 
Juice, and boyl it gently to 
a Syrup in B. M. Com- 
pound Syrup of Coral is 
made in the following 
manner: Take of Red 
Coral, ground fine upon a 
Porphyry ftone, with a lit- 
tle Rofe water, fix Oun- 
ces ; of the clear Juice of 
Limons , freed from its 
Flegm 
