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mingle them : The Dofe is, 
one Spoonful at a time for 
Prefervation againft the 
Plague, and three at a time 
to cure it. 
P'tcl;, in Latin Pix.i 
5 Tis the Refin of the Pin.e, 
of the Firr-tree, and fome 
other Trees : which is de- 
ftill'd by Fire, and boifd 
toaConfiftence. Pitch ufed 
in the manner of a Plaifter, 
pulls up Hairs by the Roots. 
It mollifies, fuppurates, dif- 
cufles Swellings, and in- 
carns Ulcers. Tar cures 
the Mange in Cattel, and 
their Wounds and Ulcers, 
and keeps the Fly from 
them. In Norway they ufe 
Tar that is made of the 
Firr, with good fuccefs in 
Malignant Fevers ' they 
mix it with Beer, and drink 
it : And they count dry 
Pitch a prelent Remedy for 
the Gout : but the chief ufe 
of Pitch is for Shipping. 
Lamp-black is nothing but 
the Smoak of Pitch ; they 
that make it have Rooms 
that keep in all the Smoak, 
and fo they coiled: it. 
Take of Liquid Pitch, and 
of the Balfam of Tolu , each 
twenty fix Grains j of 
Chios- T urpentine one Scru- 
ple j with powder of Crab’s- 
eyes make a Mafs, where- 
of make middling-Pills ; 
take three in the Morning, 
and at»Bed-time, drinking 
upon them fix Spoonfuls of 
the folio wing Julap : Take 
of Hy flop- water one pint, 
of Ground-Ivy-warer fix 
Ounces, of the Tintflure of 
the Balfam of Tolu one 
Dram and an half, of 
White Sugar-candy a fuflii- 
cient quantity. Thefe Pills 
are good in a Confum- 
3tion. 
The in La- 
tin Platanus Orientalis Verst, 
The fender Leaves boil’d 
in Wine, and ufed in the 
manner of an Ointment, 
flops Fluxions oftheEyes.- 
The Bark boil’d in Vinegar 
is ufed for pains of the 
Teeth ; but now-a-days it 
is not ufed inPhyfick. The 
Lord Paeon, that- excellent 
Man, whom all the World 
admires, planted feveral of 
thefe Trees near Veru - 
lam. 
PoTep^unratn , in 
Latin Polium Montanum 
It provokes Urine and the 
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