A yellow Bolus

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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-3534.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• Rhubarb, not toafted but grated fine, from one Scruple to two
• candied Eringo- roots, two Ounces
• Shavings of Hartf- hom, and of Ivory, of each half an Ounce ; the four greater cold Seeds, of each two Drams
• Maidenhair, two Handfuls ; the Bottom of a ftale white Loaf ; a Cocky picked, drawn, and well bruifed fo as to break the Bones ; boil all thefe in Barley-wa¬ ter, from three Quarts to three Pints; then having ftrained it, add Canary , a Pint
• a Capon picked, drawn, and cut into Pieces, Sheeps- trotters, and Calves-fcet, of each of them four
• Shavings of Hartfhorn, and of Ivory, each half an Ounce ; yellow Saunders, three Drams ;■ Dates, the Number of twenty
• Raifins of the Sun ftoned, four Ounces, and Pearl-barly, one Oupce :
• Boil thefe in Spring-water, a Gallon to two Quarts, adding, when it is almoft boiled enough, Ox The Plain Englifh Difpenfatory. iy» eye-flowers dried, Herbs of Coltsfoot, Maidenhair, and Sage of Jerujalem , of each a Handful

Method as extracted

1. Take Rhubarb, not toafted but grated fine, from one Scruple to two ;
2. Take candied Eringo- roots, two Ounces ;
3. Take a Capon picked, drawn, and cut into Pieces, Sheeps- trotters, and Calves-fcet, of each of them four ;
4. Boil thefe in Spring-water, a Gallon to two Quarts, adding, when it is almoft boiled enough, Ox The Plain Englifh Difpenfatory. iy» eye-flowers dried, Herbs of Coltsfoot, Maidenhair, and Sage of Jerujalem , of each a Handful ;

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