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Historical use wording: the Faun- dice, unlefs it be of fuch an old ftanding, as to occafion an in- ward Wafte and Decay, in which Circumftances they will alfo be of very gre

Source: The farrier's dispensatory : In three parts. Containing first, a description of the medicinal simples commonly made use of in the diseases of horses ... Secondly, the preparation of simples, vegetable, animal and mineral ... Thirdly, a number of useful compositions and receipts suited to the cure of all diseases. To which is also added, a complete index of all the medicines contained in the book ... with a table of diseases ... by Gibson, W. (William), 1680?-1750 (1726), narrative-offset-533431.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Set: 187 © barb and Tartar ; and make the ‘ whole into a Ball, with a fuffi- * cient Quantity of Honey, Bal- ‘ fam of Sulphur, or common © Pari OR; © Take Myrrh, Savin and Tur- € merick, of each half an Ounce, * Millepedes, or Hog-lice, prepar- ‘ ed two Drams, Powder of Li- ‘ quorice and Honey, ¢&c. what ‘is fufficient to make them into ‘a Ball.’ Or, © Take Turmerick and Maddere « Root, of each half an Ounce, ‘ Myrrh and

Method as extracted

  1. Grind according to the source passage: 187 © barb and Tartar ; and make the ‘ whole into a Ball, with a fuffi- * cient Quantity of Honey, Bal- ‘ fam of Sulphur, or common © Pari OR; © Take Myrrh, Savin and Tur- € merick, of each half an Ounce, * Millepedes, or Hog-lice, prepar- ‘ ed two Drams, Powder of Li- ‘ quorice and Honey, ¢&c. what ‘is fufficient to make them into ‘a Ball.’ Or, © Take Turmerick and Maddere « Root, of each half an Ounce, ‘ Myrrh and Aloes, of each two ‘ Drams, Native Cinabar three ‘ Drams, or, inftead of that, fix ‘ Drams of Powder of Antimony, © powder all the Ingredients, and « make them into a Ball, with a ‘ fufficient Quantity of Honey, © Liquorice- powder. | Thefe are each of them for one Dofe, which may be repeated as often as is needful; they will all of them infallibly cure the Faun- dice, unlefs it be of fuch an old ftanding, as to occafion an in- ward Wafte and Decay, in which Circumftances they will alfo be of very great fervice, when they are tempered and mixed with Bal- famicks, fome of them, efpecially thofe which are made up with Hog-lice and vitrivlated Tartar, are alfo very efficacious in the Dropfy, which fometimes attends the Yellows; they are no lefs ufeful in many other chronical Diftempers, and fluggifh Ha- bits, which oftentimes have the Seeds of thofe illneffes latent in them. ¢ Take Myrrh.

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Primary and supporting references

  1. The farrier's dispensatory : In three parts. Containing first, a description of the medicinal simples commonly made use of in the diseases of horses ... Secondly, the preparation of simples, vegetable, animal and mineral ... Thirdly, a number of useful compositions and receipts suited to the cure of all diseases. To which is also added, a complete index of all the medicines contained in the book ... with a table of diseases ... — The farrier's dispensatory : In three parts. Containing first, a description of the medicinal simples commonly made use of in the diseases of horses ... Secondly, the preparation of simples, vegetable, animal and mineral ... Thirdly, a number of useful coPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-533431.
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