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Salmon s Herbal. Lib, I 
tberGlafs Bottle , to which add Narcotick Sulphur 
of Vitriol 3 Ounces -, Camphir half a Pound : mix 
and dijfolve , and digefl 1 o Days • and Jo keep r. 
clofe flopt for Vfe. It has all the Virtues of any 
of the former 1 'injures of Opium , or of any of 
the Philo niumi or of any the moft exalted Lau- 
danum , , which we have difeourfed of before at 
large: and is much better to be given to fuch, who 
cannot fwallow Bolus'* s, or Pills, This being to 
be given only in Drops at Bed-time in a Glais of 
Canary, or fair Water, or other Vehicle, the Patient 
belt likes, as White Wine and Sugar, Mace Ale. 
Broth, Poflet Drink, or a little Syrup, ’if it is taken 
lor a Cough, which is troublelbme in the Day 
time, or for a deep Confumption, or for preventi- 
on of any Illnefs, it may be taken in the Morning 
Falling, in the defign’d Vehicle. The Dofe is to 
be regulated according to the Age of the Sick, and 
other Circumltances. To a Child of a Month, 
Quarter, half Year, or Year old, you may give 
from 4 Drops to 10. From a Year to 2, 3, 4, of 
5 Years old, you may give from 10 to 16 Drops. 
And to elder Perfons from 6 Years of Age to id 
or 14, you may give from 16 to 24 Drops. From 
, 14 Years of Age, to 20, 30, 40, 60, or 80 Years 
fennel or Angelica Water 7 Pounds 4 Native' Ctnna- Old and upwards, you may give from 24 Drops to 
Women, fpitting and pilfing of Blood, vehement 
Coughs, Colds, Catarrhs, and other defluxions of 
Humors. It comforts the Vifcera , and all the In- 
ternal Members. It is of Wonderful power againlt 
the Scurvy, Dropfy, jaundice. Gout, Rheumatifm, 
Vapors, Fits of the Mother, and other like 
Difeafes of the Womb j and prevails alfo againlt 
all kinds of Agues and Fevers, intermitting, re- 
mitting, continual, continent, putrid, or Malign ; 
and is given even in the Plagueit felf, and in all forts 
of Epidemick Difeafes, asMeafles, Small Pox, CJc. 
It gives eafe in all vehement Pains, of what kind, 
and in what part of the Body foever; It prevails 
againlt the Stone, Gravel, Lfc. in the Urinary 
parts $ is a lingular thing againlt Althma, Pleuri- 
lies, and a Phthilis or Confumption of the Lungs. 
It chears the Heart, revives the V^tal and Animal 
Spirits, reltores the Facultiescftreqgthens Nature, 
and caufes pleafant Reft arid .Sieep. 'Anil 'it' is a 
Secret in curing a Gonorrhea in 'Mer^ an<£ a 
Running in Women, UniveHitf&fraving befell pre- 
mifed. ( ■ Jt 
LXII. Laudanum Cathariicufm nofli unff ohr Fur 
gi ng Laudanu m. Take Ext rail of ''jfhebai an Opium 
' Pound-, Ext r add of Aloes , made wfl 1 - L '- 
bar Levigated 2 Pounds Re fine us Sctimmony in fine 
Ponder, 1 Pound-, Camphir , Ginger , cf each in fine 
Pouder half a Pound-, Oils of Angelica , Cloves, 
and Wormwood, of each 2 Ounces : mix and make a 
Mafs for Pills. It Purges very well, more than 
treble the quantity of Aloes would do, without the 
Opium, and Purging without Pain, eafesall manner 
of Pains in any part of the Body : the Belly being 
bound, it will Purge or gently loofen it, accord- 
ing to the largenefs or fmallnefs of the Dofe given. 
The Virtues of this Medicine are to be admired, 
never enough to be praifed. It ftrengthens the 
whole Man admirably, and is commended for cor- 
roborating the more Noble Bowels ^ but above all 
for correcting of corrupt and evil Humors, and its 
Very fweetly purging the Body, which it does by a 
very fafe and pleafant Operation. I have cured by 
this Medicine alone indurated Cancers tho’ of fome 
Years Handing, where they have not been broken 
or ulcerated $ for lince nothing can ft.ind at a ftay, 
but what does not encreafe, mult neceflarily de- 
creafe-, fo, lince this Medicine hinders^the Pabu- 
lum of the Cancer, it mult in time decreafe, and 
as it were pine away, and this it does by flopping 
the Fluxion of the Humor to the parr, and carry- 
ing it oft' another way. It eafes the Cough, is 
good againlt Althma’s, and Hops thin Catarrhs : 
It induces Reft and Sleep, and prevails againlt 
Quotidian, Tertian, and Quartan /igues, being 
given fome Hours before the Fit. Dofe from halt 
d Scruple to a Scruple , or half a Dram at Bed- 
time, according to Age and other Circumltances. 
The Proportion of the Opium here is 1 ? or as one 
to twelve. 
LXIII. Guttx Vita Noflr<t, Out Cordial Drops. 
Take Ext radl of Opium, made before dire bled, 
16 Ounces-, which dijfolve in Ti allure of Salt of 
Tartar 8 Quarts-, or in Powers of Anttifeeds, An- 
gelica , Carrawaies , Cloves, Rojemary , of each 2 
Quarts-, tlx Menjlruum being firfi impregnated with 
the Jirong Tinlturcs of Saffron, Cochine le. Cloves, 
Winters Cinnamon, Nutmegs, Virginian Snake 
Root , Zedoary, of each 2 Ounces - all of them (the 
Saffron excepted) reduced into fine Pouder -, Cajlo- 
reum (freed from Skins and flat) in fine Pouder 4 
Ounces The Opium being diffolved in the f aid 
Tint} ure, digefl for a Month, flaking the Bottle 
well once a Day let it then fettle till it is perfeS- 
ly fine, and decant off the dear Tinffurc into ano- 
40, 50, or 60 Drops at a time, which in ordinary 
cafes may be the highelt Dofe. But in all Perfons 
Ages, and Sexes, it will be better to begin with a 
fmaller Dofe firft, and fo to encreafe it every Day 
gradually till it comes to the highelt. It may 
lately be given to Women with Child, being a moft 
excellent thing to prevent Mifcarriage. 
LXIV. Laudanum Opiatum Hartmanni, Hartman 
his Laudanum. Take of any of the former Extraits 
of Opium a Pound -, Salts of Coral and Pearls, of 
each half a Pound-, Extract of Saffron , made with 
the Spirit of Wine a quarter of a Pound-, mix them 
well together, and then add to them Oil of Cloves 
V Ounce -, mix them well again , and keep it in a 
Silver Box very clofe , for Vfe. It has all the Vir- 
tues ot any of the other Laudana. The Opium 
here is 4 or as four to five, to the reft of the In- 
gredients., and therefore it may be given from half 
a Grain, to 1, 2, or 3 Grains, as the Phylician 
fhall advife , beginning with a fmall Dofe fir ft, 
and fo gradually increasing it. 
LXV. Pilule de Cynogloffo , Opiate Pills of 
Hounds-Tongue. Take Roots of Hounds-Tongue 
dryed , white Henbane Seed , Opium prepared of 
each a Pound-, Myrrh in fine Pouder a Pound 
and half-, Olibanum in fine Pouder , a Pound and 
quarter-. Saffron , Cafioreum, St or ax ■ Calami t a, of 
each a quarter of a Pound and half a quarter : let 
the Roots of Hounds Tongue and Henbane Seeds be 
Pondered together , but the Alyrrh, Saffron , and 
Olibanum, each by themf elves -, the Opium, being cut 
[mail, dijfolve to the thicknefs of an Extralf with 
Rofe Water -, then add the Youders -, and with Syrup 
of Stccchiu make a Mafs for Pills. They w r ere in- 
vented to flop Catarrhs, Coughs, Afthma’s, all forts 
of Fluxes of the Bowels, the overflowing of the 
Terms, and the Whites in Women. They are 
good againlt a Phthifis or ulceration of the Lungs, 
reltore in Confumpcions, and are profitable againlt 
Pleurifies, Pains and Stitches in the Sides, Colick 
and Griping of the Guts, and all other internal 
Pains whatsoever, as of the Spleen, Stomach, 
Reins, Bladder, from the Stone, Efc. and caule 
pleafant Reft and Sleep. The Proportion of the 
Opium in this Compolicion is as one to ten, or 
a tenth part of the whole. So rhat the Dofe may 
be from s Grains to 10, 20, or 30. 
LXVL Pillule de Styrace, Opiate Pills of Sto- 
rax. Take St or ax Celamita, Olibanum , Alyrrh , 
Jnfpiffate 
