XXI 
INTRODUCTION. 
is to be cbofcn , according to the nature of ‘the 
Matter deficient t the Parts affetted and the ap- 
proaching Evils to be feared: So if the Tone of 
the Stomach is hurt , that it cannot breed good 
Chylus, whereby an Atrophy or Pining may be 
feared ', Chylificks are to be adminijired , which 
are with all Stomachic k, or Stomachicks are to be 
added to them. If a grand Wafting of the Flefh 
be, as in a Phthifis , or deep Confumption , Afta- 
lepticks are of ufe. If a deficiency of Milk y then 
GalaCtogencticks. If a deficiency of Seed , then 
Spermatogeneticks. If Pofton be taken , then the 
Vital Powers are to be firengthncd and aug- 
mented by Alexipharmicks. 
XII. AND SO the Difeafcs proceeding from Ab- 
lation, are enumerated, according as the whole 
Body , or its Parts may be offered, and accord- 
ingly the proper AdduCtives are chofen • which 
adding , to Generating , or encreafing the Nutri- 
ment , or Juices defective, are feid either to cure, 
or fome ways contribute to the cure , of the pre- 
vailing lllnejfes , either prefent , or intruding upon 
the Patient. 
XIII. THIS IS the Method , joined with Expe- 
rience, ( and a long Series of Obfervations , thro ’ 
all preceeding Ages from the firft beginnings of 
the Art of Phyfick, by which the Virtues of Me- 
dicaments have been invefiigated and found out 
and according to which, the Virtues afcribed to 
Herbs and Plants in this our Herbal, are ratio- 
nally to be accounted for. 
CHAP. XII. 
Of Doles, Ufes and Appli- 
cation. 
I. r T" , HE DOSES of Alteratives, r. Pouders, if 
X temperate , or hot , or cold in the firft de- 
gree, may be given from one Dram to two Drams -, 
lit the fee on d and third degrees , from half a 
Dram to a Dram, or more : In the fourth degree, 
from half a Scruple to half a Dram. 2. Infu- 
fions, DecoCtions and Waters, from two Ounces to 
four , fix, or eight. 3. Extracts, from one Dram 
to two Drams. 4. Electuaries, from one Dram to 
four, or half an Ounce. $. Elixirs and Powers, 
from 30 Drops to 60, or 80 Drops. 6 . Clyfters, 
a Pint at a time to a Man or Woman -, but to In- 
fants and Children , from a quarter of a Pint to 
half a Pint. 
II. DOSES of AbftraCtives. 1. Emeticks, if of 
Antimony, as Tartar Emetick, from three Grains 
to eight : If Infufions of Crocus Metallorum, Vi- 
trum Antimonij, or Regulus Antimonij, from half 
an Ounce to an Ounce -, and if ftrong , from an 
Ounce to an Ounce and half, or two Ounces : Eme- 
tick DecoCtions of Herbs , from half a Pint to 
three quarters of aPint, or Pint. 2. Catharticks, 
if Pouders, from a Scruple, or half a Dram, to a 
Dram, or Dram and half according to the fire ngth 
of the Species , and the Age and Strength of the 
Patient -, the Strongeft may be given from half a 
Scruple to half a Dram. 3. Lenitive EleCtuaries, 
from half an Ounce to two Ounces : Purging E- 
leCtuaries , from half an Ounce to an Ounce. 
4 - Pucging Infufions and DecoCtions , from an 
Ounce to fix Ounces , according to their Strength -, 
the Strong, from an Ounce to four Ounces ■, the 
Strongeft, from an Ounce to two Ounces. %. Pur- 
ging Extracts, from half a Scruple to two Scru- 
ples. Purging Pills, from a Scruple to a Dram. 
6 . Purging Salts, from half an Ounce to an Ounce, 
or Ounce and half 7. Salivaticks, according to 
the Difcrction of the Learned Phyfician. 8. Em- 
menagogicks, if Infufions or Decoctions, from a 
quarter of a Pint, to half a Pint, or more. If 
TinCtures or Elixirs, from two Drams to three 
Drams, or half an Ounce, c. Diureticks and Li* 
thontripticks, if Pouders, from a Dram to two 
Drams : //Infufions or DecoCtions, from a quar- 
ter of a Pint to half a Pint, or more : If Salts, 
from ten Grains to a Scruple , or half a Dram. 
10. Sudorificks, //Infufions, from half a Pint to 
three quarters of aPint, or more : 7 / EleCtuaries, 
from a Scruple to a Dram, two Drams , four 
Drams , or an Ounce. But if an Opiare, you 
muft be regulated according to the quantity of 
Opium which is in k. If Salts, from half a 
Scruple to half a Dram. 
III. BUT IN ALL thefe Cafes you are to obferve, 
that thefe Rules , nor any other, can be abloluteiy 
General, but that different Accidents which may 
be, as to the Age , Habit , and Strength of the 
Patient, Recency or Inveteracy of the Difeafe, to- 
gether with the different Strengths or Weakneffes 
of the Medicine , may caufe fome Excepti- 
ons, or particular Cautions and Obfervations ne- 
cejfary to be known, and which we could not com- 
prehend in thefe general Directions • fo that not- 
withstanding the Limitations of thefe Dofes in this 
place, they muft be proportioned from hence, ac- 
cording as the Accidents may be, in refpeft both 
to the Patient and the Preparation ■, giving to 
Grown Perfons the larger and more com pie at Do- 
fes whi/ft to Weak Perfons, Children and Infants , 
they are to be diminifhed , according to their 
Weakneffes, Difabilities , and tender Tears. 
IV. THE USES of Internal Medicaments.' And 
they are to be con fide red, 1. As to the Time of 
Giving. 2. As to the Way and Manner of Gi- 
ving, FIRST, as to the time of Exhibition, Alte- 
ratives may be given in the Morning Fading • 
but without doubt , all Aperitives are heft given 
at Night , ( but upon an Empty Stomach ) becaufe 
there will be the lefts fear the next Day of ta- 
king Cold. Catharticks and Emeticks, are beft 
given in the Morning, becaufe as the Stomach is 
then moft Empty, fo they will the eaficr all upon 
the Offending Matter, and the ftooncr Operate * 
befides, the better Attendance may be given, in 
the time of their Working. 
V* SECONDLY, As to the Way and Manner of 
Giving them. And this is taken for the moft 
part from their Form. 1. Waters Diitilled, Sy- 
rups and Juleps , are ufed chiefly as Vehicle s± 
to convey other things down the Throat in. 2. In- 
fufions, DecoCtions and Wines, are generally gi- 
ven by themfelves , dulcified with White Sugar, or 
fome proper Syrup. 3. EITences and Juices, are 
generally mixed with fome proper Syrup, or with 
Wine (as the nature of the Difeafe may require) 
fweetned with White Sugar, Honey , or Syrup. 
4. TinCtures, if Spirituous, Acid, or Oily, are 
almoft always given in a Gifts of dulcified Wine. 
But 
