A Decoction of Coralline.
Take Mercury vive 2 ounces; Dittany of Creet 2 drams, powder'd Coralline half an ounce; boil in Purslane Water 1 pint and half to 14 ounces; then its strain'd and separated from the Mercury, sweeten it with Syrup of Lemons 2 ounces.
Van Helmont, commands an infusion of Mercury against Worms; and its said of him, he never commends any thing without Reason, tho' he sometimes commends beyond Reason.
Let it be given to Children to about 2 ounces, twice a day (for 4 days running) before the New and Full Moon, and before Purging.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710