Powder of Tha dofe

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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; Lofft, Elizabeth Susan, Provenance; Phillips, Edward England, Provenance; University of Bristol. Library (1794), narrative-offset-2116916.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• Tha dofe: one ounce and a half of purified fal ammoniac, and. half an ounce of purified nitre, ?nix them very pell together in a mortar for ufe, About fjx or eight grains of this powder is to be fre. quently held in the mouth, and to be gently fwallp*ted down the throat

Method as extracted

1. Grind according to the source passage: The vi- friol muft be calcined to whitenefs in the fun, before it be mixed with the gum, The above powder, is ufed by the miners at GolTelaer in Germany, in all their wounds; and, I believe, was rjever known to fail, This powder, Monf, Lemery and gir Kenelm Pigby tell us, has alfo the following wonder. fw\ property, that, if it be fpread on a cloth dipped in the blood of a wound fo as to incorporate with the blood, the wound would be 'cured, though the patient were miles off, and never faw the medicine, From this remarkable fympafhetic property it derived its name, Take one ounce and a half of purified fal ammoniac, and. half an ounce of purified nitre, ?nix them very pell together in a mortar for ufe, About fjx or eight grains of this powder is to be fre. quently held in the mouth, and to be gently fwallp*ted down the throat.

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