A Pectoral Electuary.
Take powder'd white Troches, clarify'd Honey, conserve of red Roses, unsalted Butter, each 1 ounce; Oil of Nutmeg 4 drops; make it up with Syrup of Injubes.
Its an elegant Composition for a troublesome tickling Cough, arising from a thin, sharp defluxion. Let it be taken from the point of a Knife, and swallow'd leisurely as it dissolves, as often as the Coughing Fit assaults.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710