A Lateral Cataplasm.
Take Meal of Linseed 8 ounces; Fenugreek, Cummin, each 4 ounces; Linseed Oil as much as requireth, mix all in a Mortar.
It appeaseth Pain, wonderfully penetrates and discusses, hath its use in a Pleurisy, especially if it lie outward.
Its a remarkable Observation of Wallaus that Butter and Cummin-seed laid to the Breast, may be tasted in the Mouth.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710