Calcines, the later likewise he makes very pure,
these 2 he unites & digests, till the Menstruum & all become a red
<precipitate>[in Boyle hand], then he draws of all
the Menstruum & puts it againe upon the Caput mortuum,
<these
whi>[replacing 'both'] he digests the 2d time till all
[ 'the' deleted]
become['o' altered from 'a'] red the
same Prossesse he reitulats till the 5th 6th or 7th time onely the last time
when the menstruum is become red he draws
<it>[in Boyle hand] not of
<but leaves the whole
præcipitate>[in Boyle hand], this medicine he rubs with his finger upon the Palme
of his hand, & gives of it one graine or 2 for a Dose,
7 My Lady
Wilmots medicine for
<the> stoppage
<of>[replacing 'the', Boyle hand] urine is this, Take the shells of the blackest of those
snailes that weare them, beat & searse them to an impalpable powder; of
which give in a Cup of white wine, as much as will lye upon a shillinge, this
she boasts of, as of a certaine remedy
8 Collonell Hill
highly extolls,
<in> the Iliaca passio a
<great>, draught of the patients owne urine,
[Integral marginalia:]
Octob. 3
9 Sir K: D:
Arcanum['A' altered from 'the']
against the Pox transcribed verbatim after the Manuscript he gave me written
with his owne hand,
<A>[replacing 'and', Boyle hand] most assured and tried secret, that Cures all sorts of french
Pox, be they never soe Malignant, in 3 weeks or at most a month,
{Recipe} Sarsaperilla, sena ana {ounce} ii.
Turbith, Hermodactils ana {drachm} iii.
Bertonica
(the r I thinke should be left out) Cardus sanctus herba ina artetica
(Camapitheos) ana {drachm} i 1/2.
Species
aromatic rosat {drachm} i 1/2.
Ginger {drachm}
i 1/2.
Beat all these things into powder & make an Electuary,
s: A: with a pound of Spanish Virgin honey
first well Claryfyed,
Let the patient take about an Ounce of it every morninge &
fasteinge or more or lesse accordinge to the Dispotion of his body soe as it
may give him 3 stooles a day but every 7th: or 8th: day he must purge with some Convenient Pill or
potion to carry away & sweepe cleane what the Electuary ripeneth &
draws together,
Whilest he take the Electuary he may goe abroad soe as he takes noe
cold, & use on ordinary