Antiloimick Decoction.
Take Roots of Scorzonera 2 ounces; Zedoary half an ounce; Contrayerva, Spanish Angelica, Shavings of Harts-horn and Ivory, each 2 drams; Cochineal whole 4 scruples; boil these in fine, clear Barly Water, from 2 pints and half to 24 ounces; throwing into it; towards the last, Saffron 1 scruple: To the strain'd Liquor add Epidemial and Treacle Water, each 2 ounces; Syrup of Gilly-flowers 4 ounces; Juice of Kermes strain'd half an ounce; Leaves of Gold 4; mix all together.
When the Venom of a Malignant Fever assulting the Spirits, Stupifies, and almost strikes them Dead; these generous Alexipharmacks (timely and frequently exhibited) inspire new Vigour, shake off the deleterious Copula, and so sometimes snatch the Sick out of the very Jaws of Death.
But when the Malignity is of an agile, fierce and furious Nature (such as it is in the small Pox, Measles, and all those Inflammatory Fevers that partake of Malignity) then Alexipharmacks, which drive the Blood into Fervors, and the Spirits into Fury, are to be look'd as no better than Poisons.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710