A Scorbutic Mixture.
Take Horse Radish water compound half an ounce; Spirit of Scurvy grass 3 drams; Elixir Proprietatis tartaris'd 2 drams; Spirit of Salt Armoniac 1 dram; Oil of Juniper 40 drops, mix.
This Aromatic, Volatile Mixture is used, with much Advantage, by such Scorbutic Persons, as are troubled with a relaxation of the Ventricle, want of Appetite, ill Digestion, also Listlesness, weariness of the Body, and Stupor or Resolution of the Members.
Let 30 drops be taken, if it be to rectify the Stomach, an hour before Dinner and Supper, and that in a small quantity of a solid Vehicle. But if an alteration of the Fluids in general, and the habit of the Body be intended, then in a pretty large liquid Vehicle, every Morning and Afternoon, fasting 2 hours after.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710