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Electuary againjt a Dyfentery

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Use not statedUse not stated PreparationSyrup RouteInternal use

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It does not establishModern effectiveness, an individual dose, diagnosis or personal suitability.
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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-2895.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Diafcordium, two Ounces ; and Locatellus' s Balfam, one Ounce :
  • of the dried Leaves of Rue, of Carraway- feeds, common Parfley-feeds, and Bay-berries, each an Ounce
  • Saga- penum, half an Ounce ; black Pep¬ per, and Ruffta Caftor, each two Drams ; clarified Honey, three times the Quantity of the whole, when pow¬ dered ; mix and make an EleCluary
  • Conferve of Rue, two Ounces ; can¬ died Ginger, one Ounce
  • Zedoary, two Drams
  • RuJJia Caftor, one Dram ; diftilled Oil of Fennel, ten Drops ; and Syrup of Orange peel, a proper Quantity to make an EleCluary

Method as extracted

  1. Take Diafcordium, two Ounces ; and Locatellus' s Balfam, one Ounce :
  2. Mix and make an EleCt nary.
  3. Take of the dried Leaves of Rue, of Carraway- feeds, common Parfley-feeds, and Bay-berries, each an Ounce ;
  4. Take Conferve of Rue, two Ounces ; can¬ died Ginger, one Ounce ;

Live editorial status

This record was published without a human-review gate by site policy. Automated flags at publication: no primary ingredient taxon link, not marked promotable. Publication makes the source extraction inspectable; it does not verify identity, completeness, efficacy or safety.

Modern safety boundary

Professional review advised

Professional review is advised before any practical use of this preparation.

  • Unreviewed automated import: this record is public for live editorial inspection and has not passed manual identity, formula or safety review.
  • Historical formula: ingredient identity, strength, contamination risk and terminology may differ from modern practice.
  • Do not use this record as dosage or treatment guidance. Every ingredient, route and contraindication requires qualified editorial verification.
  • The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
Sources & editorial standard

Primary wording. Visible interpretation. No borrowed certainty.

The public record separates the historical passage, structured preparation data, use relationship and modern safety boundary. Same-plant context is presented as context, never as proof that this preparation was intended for that use.

Primary and supporting references

  1. 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 — 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 CPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-2895.
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