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Barrel of Dead, flat, or sowre Beere, or Prick't Wine, in which it must be well stirr'd with a sticke. NB. 1. This Salt is an excellent Preservative against the Stone. 2. The Beere will be Drinkable in or Dayes.

Opii vera Correctio.

Omnis Opii vis Narcotica in Alcali amittitur, quare ad eum verè corrigendum ita procedo

Accipio Salis Tartari puri {ounce} iam. Vini optimi (puta Hispanici) {ounce} vi aut viii. impono salem vino & liquari permitto.

Dein accipio Opii Thebaici {ounce} i. impono Alcali huic in vino liquato; in eodemque igne leni dissolvo, agitando ferè horâ quavis donec frangatur: postea dec quo per dies 3 quatuorve igne lento, deinceps [terræ][unclear] committo inhumando per dies decem; postea filtro & ad usum servo. miscendo prius cum vini recentis quadruplo. Huius sic præparati, Cochlear unum ad summum, aut eius quartam partem præbeo in vini quadruplo, quum itur cubitum. Hauriatur Calide ac deinceps sudetur moderatè. NB. 1. There is yet a Nobler Way of Correcting Opium; but not yet so credited by Cures. 2. The Dissolution mention'd before Decoction is done in lesse then a Day; the Liquor in the Glasse will be high-colored almost to Blacknesse; but pour'd upon the hand will not be obscure. The signe of the Dissolution's being accomplish't, is the residence of Vegetable fibres & Jagges at the Bottome; & that residence after Decoction will wholly loose it's tincture & become a light gray.

Ad Apostema in Capite resolvendum.

Ad hoc requiritur Oleum Philosophorum sic factum,

{Recipe} Olei Laterini ter rectificati {ounce} viii. Opopon. Serapini. Ammoniaci, Galbani, ana {ounce} i. mixta distillentur, [approximately 4-5 letters hole in page at crease] ana[a], cum terræ figuli, vinetaque ad extractione iunc omnis Oleositatis: Egredientur Aqua acida & Oleum; separetur Oleum, & iterum a fæcibus suis rectificetur; tertiò a duplâ quantitate Cinerum Clavellatorum (vel potius, Salis Tartari) rectificetur.

Huius olei imponantur guttulæ aliquot in aurem dolentem; calidè immittantur, manè ac vesperi; hoc continuetur per tres dies.

Dein accipe Cæpam mediocris magnitudinis; assetur, & media pars auri calida apponatur, alligeturque ne decidat, idque cum itur cubitum. Extraheturque Cæpæ vi pus copiosum; & repetendo hanc applicationem tandem follicula instar tunicæ egredietur; ultimò per mustum cum melle maritatum, per syringam auris quotidiè lavetur per Hebdomadam['b' altered from 'd'].

Dr. Boate's Receipt for Bleeding.

{Recipe} Seminis Papaveris albi & Hyosciami ana {drachm} ii Conservæ Rosarum {ounce} i Misce. F. Elect. s. a. he gives about the Quantity of a Nutmeg, whensoever & as often as, necessity requires. Sæpius probatum, both by him & me.