A Green Lohcoch.
Take fine Venice Soap scraped thin 2 scruples; Oil of sweet Almonds, Syrup of Violets, each 1 ounce, mix.
It recovers a Cough by irritating the Larynx. And the whole Republic of Medicine can scarcely produce a more effectual thing, to lubricate the Passages, and render Excreation facile, prompt and expedite.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710