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as alsoe dissolve & discuss the humours
an other way; and in the end a potion of
the decoction of Enula Campana will take
away the Humors which are loosed.
A true Note of Mr Halls
his powder for a Fistula
Rx white Coperas & Bole armoniack the more
Quantity of the white Copperas, beat & rubb them
well together in an Iron mortar, & grind itt
after itt is beaten with a Painters stone The
Bole Armoniack is good to stanch Blood
The Oyntment for
the same
Rx the buds of the poplar tree att there first
comeing forth, viz; March a peck, & the two
leaves of Hoggs Suitt, shread the hoggs suitt small
and putt itt in a Kettle and lett boyle a little then
putt in your poplar buds & let them boyle half
an hour together stirr them for burning then put
them through a streaner into an earthen pott
for your use. When you dress itt you must strew
the powder in the Wound and tent itt with lint
dipt in the Oyntment & keep itt warme


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A water for a pimpled
Face
Rx Campher 34 Mercury.dram: bitter Almonds
43 blancht; the Juice of 3 or 4 lemmons & 2 or
3 Oken Apples if you can gett them; boyle your
mercury in a double glass of water while itt
be boyled; beate your Camphor to flower and your
Almonds to an Oyle, & your Apples to a Juice;
putt these with the Juice of lemmon into the
water when itt is cold; if you can get beane
flowers bruise them, & putt them in, & lett them
stand & macerate in the water in the sunne
and stirr them twice or thrice a day.
To prevent the Breast
from cankeringe
Rx a Quarter of an Ounce of paraselsus, Diaculu^m
a ounce melt them by themselves, then putt in a poun^d
of fresh Hoggs grease secondly of Venice ceruse
finely beaten stirr them very well till the lard
be melted then streine them out into a Gally pott
and lay some of the Oyntment on white paper
anoynt the place here with. either warme itt nor
handle itt, for itt will melt to fatt. Doe this morn^ing
and Evening and as oft as you see occasion
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