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, beautified and enriched with engravings of upwards of four hundred and fifty different by Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654; Sibly, E. (Ebenezer), 1751-1800; Teichman, Oskar, Provenance; Margetts, P., Provenance; Windt, Harry de, Provenance; University of Bristol. Library (1790), paragraph-1046.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• roots of maftcr-wort, a pound and a half ; angelica ffedsy half pound; elder-flowers, leaves of fcordium, of each four ounces
• French brandy, three gallons
• Steep them together for the [pace of four days ; and then draw off, by dijlillation, two gallons and a half
• white vitriol, half a pound; water, four pints

Method as extracted

1. Take roots of maftcr-wort, a pound and a half ; angelica ffedsy half pound; elder-flowers, leaves of fcordium, of each four ounces;
2. Steep them together for the [pace of four days ; and then draw off, by dijlillation, two gallons and a half.
3. Take white vitriol, half a pound; water, four pints.
4. Boil them until the vitriol is diffolved ; and then filter the liquor for ufc. .

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