Balsam
| Anodyne Balsam. | 1785 |
Take of white Spanish soap, one ounce; opium, unprepared, two drachms; rectified spirit of wine, nine ounces. Digest them together in a gentle heat for three days; then strain off the liquor, and add ...
| Locatelli's Balsam. | 1785 |
Take of olive oil, one pint; Strasburg turpentine and yellow wax, of each half a pound; red saunders, six drachms. Melt the wax with some part of the oil over a gentle fire; then adding the remaining ...
| The vulnerary Balsam. | 1785 |
Take of benzoin, powdered, three ounces; balsam of Peru, two ounces; hepatic aloes, in powder, half an ounce; rectified spirit of wine, two pints. Digest them in a gentle heat for three days, and then...
Bolus
| Astringent Bolus. | 1785 |
Take of alum, in powder, fifteen grains; gum kino, five grains; syrup, a sufficient quantity to make a bolus.
| Bolus of Rhubarb and Mercury. | 1785 |
Take of the best rhubarb, in powder, from a scruple to half a drachm; of calomel, from four to six grains; simple syrup, a sufficient quantity to make a bolus.
| Diaphoretic Bolus. | 1785 |
Take of gum guaiacum, in powder, ten grains; flowers of sulphur and cream of tartar, of each one scruple; simple syrup, a sufficient quantity.
| Mercurial Bolus. | 1785 |
Take of calomel, six grains; conserve of roses, half a drachm. Make a bolus.
| Pectoral Bolus. | 1785 |
Take of sperma ceti, a scruple; gum ammoniac, ten grains; salt of hartshorn, six grains; simple syrup, as much as will make them into a bolus.
| Purging Bolus. | 1785 |
Take of jalap in powder, a scruple; cream of tartar, two scruples. Let them be rubbed together, and formed into a bolus, with simple syrup.
Cataplasm
| Discutient Cataplasm. | 1785 |
Take of barley-meal, six ounces; fresh hemlock leaves bruised, two ounces; vinegar, a sufficient quantity. Boil the meal and hemlock in the vinegar for a little, and then add two drachms of the sugar ...
| Ripening Cataplasm. | 1785 |
Take of white lily root, four ounces; fat figs and raw onions, bruised, of each one ounce; yellow basilicum ointment, two ounces; gum galbanum, half an ounce; linseed meal, as much as necessary. Boil ...
Clyster
| Carminative Clyster. | 1785 |
Take of camomile flowers, an ounce; anise-seeds, half an ounce. Boil in a pint and a half of water to one pint.
| Emollient Clyster. | 1785 |
Take of linseed tea and new milk, each six ounces. Mix them.
| Laxative Clyster. | 1785 |
Take of milk and water, each six ounces; sweet oil or fresh butter, and brown sugar, of each two ounces. Mix them.
| Oily Clyster. | 1785 |
To four ounces of the infusuion of camomile flowers, add an equal quantity of Florence oil.
| Starch Clyster. | 1785 |
Take jelly of starch, four ounces; linseed oil, half an ounce. Liquify the jelly over a gentle fire, and then mix in the oil.
| Turpentine Clyster. | 1785 |
Take of common decoction, ten ounces; Venice turpentine, dissolved with the yolk of an egg, half an ounce; Florence oil, one ounce. Mix them.
| Vinegar Clyster. | 1785 |
This clyster is made by mixing three ounces of vinegar with five of water-gruel.
Collyrium or Eye-water
| Collyrium of Alum. | 1785 |
Take of alum, half a drachm; agitate it well together with the white of one egg.
| Collyrium of Lead. | 1785 |
Take sugar of lead, and crude sal ammoniac, of each four grains. Dissolve them in eight ounces of common water.
| Vitriolic Collyrium. | 1785 |
Take of white vitriol, half a drachm: rose-water, six ounces. Dissolve the vitriol in the water, and filter the liquor.