PLAGUE and fever WATER

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Source: Culpeper's English physician and complete herbal. To which are now first added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult properties, physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind : to which are annexed, rules for compounding medicine according to the true system of nature forming a complete family dispensatory and natural system of physic ... by Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654. n 83007664; Sibly, E. (Ebenezer), 1751-1800. n 86817613 (1810), paragraph-1129.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• roots of majler-wort, a pound and a half ; angelica feeds, half a pound ; elder-flowers, leaves of fcordium, of each four ounces
• French brandy, three gallons
• Steep them toge- ther for the fpace of four days ; and then draw off, by dlftil- lation, two gallons and a half
• white vitriol, half a pound ; water, four pints

Method as extracted

1. Take roots of majler-wort, a pound and a half ; angelica feeds, half a pound ; elder-flowers, leaves of fcordium, of each four ounces ;
2. Steep them toge- ther for the fpace of four days ; and then draw off, by dlftil- lation, two gallons and a half.
3. Take white vitriol, half a pound ; water, four pints.
4. Boil them until the vitriol is dijfolved, and then filter the liquor for ufe.

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