s A C 330 ) S C 
Ounces ; boil it in three 
Pints of common Water 
rill half is confum’d ; to- 
wards the End add half an 
Ounce of Cinnamon grofly 
powder’d j ftrain it, and 
with two Pounds of Fine 
Sugar boil it to a thick Sy- 
rup ; then add of Cinna- 
mon powder’d one Dram, 
of Nutmegs powder’d, half 
a Scruple, of Amber-greafe 
thirty two Grains, of Musk 
three Grains, ten Leaves of 
Gold, and four Drops of 
Spirit of Vitriol : Make an 
Ele&uary according to Art. 
It opens Obftrudtions, flops 
Defluxions, helps Conce- 
ption, expels Wind and 
Gravel, and is generally 
good for Difeafes that, pro- 
ceed 'from cold, crude and 
thin Humours. A Dram 
of it may be taken at a 
time. e 
in Latin Se- 
ratu'la. ’Tis called fo be- 
caufe the Leaves are in- 
dented like a Saw. Taken 
in wine ’tis good for Rup- 
tures and Bruifes ; and a 
Dram of the Powder of the 
Root taken in hot Wine, 
doesthefame. ADecodtion 
of it in Wine cleanfes Ul- 
cers wonderfully, and in-. 
' cams and cicatrizes them. 
It eafes the Pain of the 
Piles, they being fomented 
with it. The Leaves and 
the Root beat together, and 
applied, cure Wounds and 
Burften Bellies. 
^cammottp, in Latin 
Scamtnonium. The beft 
comes from Anticch j ’tis 
clear, fplendid, melts eafily, 
and breaks eafily, is not 
very weighty 5 being touch- 
ed with the Tongue it 
grows milky, when it is 
broken ’tis yellowilh ; but 
that which we have com- 
monly is of an Afli-colour, 
and looks ill, becaufe it is 
not the Liquor or Tear 
flowing from the Plant, 
but the Juice prefs’d out; 
It purges ftrongly Choler- 
ick, Watery and Sharp Hu- 
mours from the remote 
Parts, and therefore is fre- 
quently ufed for fuch Pur- 
pofes. The Dofe is, from 
fix Grains to a Scruple^ 
But it is moft commonly 
ufed mix’d with fome other 
thing. The Preparation of 
Scammony is in the fol- 
lowing Planner : Put the 
Powder of Scammony inch 
(Quince made hollow, co- 
ver’d 
