XXV 
INTRODUCTION. 
2. Thofc made by Inf upon , are chiefly from Flowers , 
ns of Balaujiians , Blewbott/e , Clove gillifl owe rs , 
Damask Rofes , Peony, Peach Flowers , Poppies 
Wild, Rofemary , Saffron , Violets , &c. by being 
digeffed one whole Night clofe covered , 7/7 
the heat of a Bath , heat , often repeating 
the Infuff on. 3. Thofe made by Decottion , are 
from fuch Herbs , Plants, Roots , Aar&r, &c. tzj 
w/V/ admit of Boiling , tfx /mw declared in 
the former Scttion. 4. Thofe by Juices , are 
of all your fucculent Herbs and Plants 3 
freed from their faxes cr impurities , by fettling 
or clarifying with Whites of Eggs. 5. owy 
0/ making. To every Pint of clear Infufion , 
Decottion, or Juice , put two Pounds of Double 
refined Sugar , . which mix together by melting 
only in Balneo, at all Boiling it. 6. All Sy- 
rups will keep a Tear , if kept clofe Jiopt in Glaffes -, 
but flop them not with Cork or Bladder , for then 
they will be apt to break the Glafs , c/7/y bind 
a piece of thin Leather , <?/• Paper, prickt with a 
few fmall holes over the mouth thereof 7. Juleps, 
are thin , ,y half Syrups , being made ,of Infuffons, 
Dccottions, or Juices, with but half the quantity 
of Sugar and thefe will keep but a little while, 
viz. 2 cr 3 Months, being apt to grow four. 
V. POUDERS. 1. The Ingredients, whe- 
ther Roots, Barks , Leaves, Flowers , Seeds, Roffns, 
&c. tf/r /a fo iwy dry, either by Sun, 
a warm Oven , or fome other Artificial heat. 
2. By the help of a proper Mill , they are to be 
ground into Pouder. 3. fl//r wfar* a Mill is not 
1 0 be met with , or it is but a fmall matter , 
which is to be reduced •, ;/ be done by beat- 
ing in a Brafs or Iron Mortar , with an Iron 
Pefi/e, and then made to pafs thro ’ a fine Scarce •, 
beating the remainder which will not pafs, and 
fearcing it, fo long till it is all, or very near all 
pafl thro \ 4. Refinous Bodies , fuch ns Scammony, 
&c. will not eafily be reduced without the help 
of a little Oil ■, anointing the bottom of the Mortar 
now and then , as alfo the end of the Peffle 
with a little Oil Olive, by which means, it will 
with much more cafe and fpced be reduced. 
5. Camphir, tho 1 it may be reduced with a few 
drops of Oil yet it is much better done, by ad- 
ding to it a very fmall quantity of Brandy, or 
Spirit of Wine, and then to grind it in a Mortar. 
6 . All Pouder s ought to be kept in Glafs Bottles, 
dofe ft opt with good Corks, but rather with Glafs 
Stoppers ■, otherwife they prefent/y loofe thenf elves 
and will be good for nothing. 
VI. ELECTUARIES and LOHOCHS. 
1 . They are made of fubtil, or Levigated , or fine 
jc arced Ponders, mixed with Honey, or a- Syrup 
of double refined Sugar, made into Syrup with 
Water or Wine, of the thicknefs of Honey. 2. The 
Proportion for a good bodied Elettuaric, is 3 
Ounces of clarified Honey to an Ounce of Pouder, 
or 3 Pounds of clarified Honey, or as much double 
refined Sugar diffolved and reduced to the Sub- 
fiance of Honey , to one Pound of Pouder, which 
are to be mixed well together, either by beating 
in a Mortar, or over a very gentle Heat • then 
to be put into Gaily- Pots, and to be tyed over 
with White Paper and Leather, and fo kept for 
ufe. 3. A Lohoch, or Licking Medicine , is only 
a thin kind of Elettuary, in which to every Ounce 
of Pouder , there is to be put 5 or 6 Ounces of clarified 
Honey , or Sugar : Thefe are ufed chiefly as Petto- 
rals, in all Difeafes of the Brcft and Lungs. 
4. Electuaries , (if well lookt after) will keep 
nearly a Tear, but LohocliS will keep twice that 
time. 
■ ^-LOZENGES. 1. A thick Mucilage 
15 10 f made of Uum Tragacanth, with Water 
or rather with equal parts of Water and Spirit 
of Wine, or Juice of Limons : This is to be 
thickned with double refined Sugar in very fine 
Pouder, and beat together in a Mortar till it 
cows to a ft iff Pafl e. 2. Or fine Sugar may 
be afforded in Brandy to a Candy height , and then 
mixed with the Mucilage aforegoing. 3. Lozen- 
ges are made either for Vomits, and then fou 
may put to each half Dram 3 Grains of Erne- 
tick Tartar, which may be made into one Lozenge 
and fo the Patient may take either one, two or 
three Lozenges, according to Age and Strength. 
4. Or the Lozenges are Opiates, in which one or 
two Groins of choice Opium m fine Pouder , 
be mixed, to make one Lozenge of half a Dram 
or a Drum, to be given as a Dofe according t’o 
Age, Strength , Necejfity, and other Circmmlhwces 
in vehement Loughs, Catarrhs, &c. y Or as 
Common PeLtorals, again] 2 Afthma's, Wheezing s 
hoarfnejs, (hortnefs of Breath, and then Pouder's 
oj Liquorice, of Catechu , Cloves, Ginger , Mace 
Autmegs, &c. may be mixed with the Mucilage 
and Honey, fir Sugar, in fuch proportions, as the 
Pbyftcian Jhall think fit. 6. Then being well 
beaten, or wrought together, the Polle is to be 
rawed out into thin Plates or Cakes, and Co 
with a freight Ruler and a Knife, to be cut out 
into quadrangular Lozenges, which are to be care- 
fully dried, and kept for ufe., 
VIII. PILLS. I. The ingredients are f eve- 
rally to be reduced to a fubtil Pouder by Jirtl 
beating in a Brafs or Iron Mortar, and then to 
be pajjed thro a fine Sear be. 2. To this Pouder 
Jo much choice Honey, or fome proper Syrup is to 
be added, as may make it (by well beating it a 
Mortar) into a Pafte, of fuch a ft, finejs as may 
be made into Pills ; which Pafte, ,s not be fo 
hard er JUff as to crumble-, nor yet fo /oft as 
to jail flat, ,md not keep up the rouninefs of its 
jorm. 3. Some Gum-Refimus Bodies,, as Aloes 
Ciimbogta, Scammony, 8tc. being reduced into a 
fine Pouder, are rather to be made up into Pills 
with fair Water , than with Honey or Syrup ■ for 
they will as foon dffolve in the Stomach ’ and 
keep a long time without mouldinefs : But then 
they arc immediately to be formed into Pills as 
foon as the Mafs is niade ; otherwife it \ will 
grow hard, and not afterwards to be done. 
,-}\Z R r °. C ^ E S - '■ Thefe are in form 
like little Cakes , much about the bignefs -of a 
Copper [firth, ng, beinglonly defigned, that Ponders 
which ojtbemf elves are not able to refift the intro- 
m,J]ton of the Air, might be kept a long time pure 0 
and free from fpotling. -.Take half an Ounce 0] purl 
white Gum lragacanth, put to it half a Pint or more 
pf fair Water: Let it Jland warm for 24 Hours 
till it becomes a Mucilage, or Geliy, 3. Take the 
Ponders (being made impalpable) and mix with 
this Mucilage, by beating in a Mortar, fo much 
as may make a Jt iff Pafte-, which row/ out into 
thm Plates, and with a round hollow thin edged 
Brafs, Silver , or Steel lnftrument, cut it cut into 
little Troches, or Cakes. 4. Thefe you are to dry 
either in the Sun, or a warm Oven , after the 
Bread is out -, and being through dry, put them up 
into a Gaily -Pot, or other proper Veffel, for uje. 
tying 
