A nephritic Electuary

Historical preparation record

This formula was extracted from a rights-cleared historical primary source and is preserved as an archival record. Historical terminology, identity, strength and safety require modern interpretation.

Source: The plain English dispensatory; containing the natural history and medicinal virtues of the principal simples now in use. Also all the compositions in the three dispensatories of London, Edinburgh, and Dr. Fuller; the history of the incorporation of the College of Physicians of London: of the principal chymists; of the venereal disease; of the circulation of the blood; and other important subjects by Colborne, Robert, active 1753 (1753), paragraph-3917.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• Seeds of Flix-weed powdered, clarified Honey, and frefh Butter, of each an Ounce ; powdered Nutmegs, a Dram, and Syrup of Marfhmallows, a fufficient Quantity
• pow¬ dered white Troches, clarified Honey, Conferve of red Rofes, and unfalted Butter, of each an Ounce, and Oil of Nutmegs, four Drops :
• fine powdered Peruvian Bark, an Ounce ; the blacked Part of Japan Earth, a Dram
• Oil of Nutmegs, two Drops, and Syrup of Rafberries, tltree Ounces :

Method as extracted

1. Take Seeds of Flix-weed powdered, clarified Honey, and frefh Butter, of each an Ounce ; powdered Nutmegs, a Dram, and Syrup of Marfhmallows, a fufficient Quantity.
2. Take pow¬ dered white Troches, clarified Honey, Conferve of red Rofes, and unfalted Butter, of each an Ounce, and Oil of Nutmegs, four Drops :
3. Take fine powdered Peruvian Bark, an Ounce ; the blacked Part of Japan Earth, a Dram ;
4. Mix them.

Automated publication scope

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