Workdiary WD10 (diplomatic transcript)
Workdiary 10 (Latin medical recipes, early 1650s)
Content: Medical recipes in Latin from the
early 1650s, mostly from Théodore Turquet de Mayerne, or 'Dr
Shouart'
General Information
- Creation: early 1650s
- Hands: Robert Boyle (all entries)
- Source: Royal Society, Boyle Papers 25, pp. 359-62
- Languages: Latin (24 entries) French (1 entry)
- Length: 25 entries, unnumbered
- Format: Foolscap sheet folded to form four
pages.
- Note 1: This workdiary is composed of medical
recipes written in technical Latin using standard abbreviations which we have
not attempted to expand since the contracted forms were so familiar to
contemporaries that it is not certain that they would have known what the
correct expanded form was. For instance 'F' is for 'facio', to make do; 'M' is
for 'misceo', to mix; 's.q.' for 'satis quantum'. i.e., 'as much as is enough', 'sufficient quantity'.
[BP 25, p. 359]
Pomata,
Comitissæ de
Trivier
{Recipe} ol. amigdal. dulc. rec. extr.
sine igne. olei quatuor semin: frig. maj. recent. nor
rancid.['ci' inserted] ana {ounce}
vi ceræ granatæ {ounce} i
1/2 sperm. ceti rec. albiss. {ounce} i liquentur
lentissimo igne. abluantur optimè ad summam albedinem aquâ fragor.
adde perl: præp: talci veneti præpar. ana {drachm} i taurach & sacchari candi ana {drachm} 1/2 M. &
longâ agitatione dealbetur.
Catapl. Antipodag.
D.
Mayerne pro my
Lord
Morton, In
Domina
Bedford nunquam fallax
{Recipe} Mica panis albi in lacte recenter mulcto macerata {ounce}
iii rad. cons. maj. in lacte coct. pist. & traject.
medullæ pomi tosti itidem cocti ana {ounce} ii
1/2 medull. cass. rec. extract. {ounce} ii mucilag.
semin. psyl. & cydon
[ 'extr.' deleted] extr. in aq. verbasc. & sperm ran. {ounce}
iiii sperm. ceti rec.
axung. hum. ana
{ounce} i 1/2 croci in pulv. reduct. {drachm}
i M. F. Catapl.
Emplastrum pro Prodagra admi-
rabilis D. Shouart
{Recipe} Massæ
Emplastri['E' altered from 'e'] contra
Rupturam {drachm} ii Emplastr. de Mastich. {drachm}
i opii. gr. iiii M. Applic. ultra
Citraque dolorem in forma soli anglici. dolorem sedat sine periculo.
Ad Tussim
D.
Mayern. For the
Prince Elector
{Recipe} Rad. alth. recent.debitè siccat. glycir. hisp. rec.
sicciss. ana {drachm} ii Ir. flor. rec. fragr. {drachm}
i flor. farin. hord. mund. puriss. {drachm} iii sacch. crystal. {ounce} vi ambr. gris
gr. vi mosch. gr. ii. F. omnium.
Pulv. subtiliss. excip. s. q. gum. trag. extr. in aq. flor. arant. F. pasta ex
qua thri hypogl. lento calore siccandi & servandi loco sicco. teneantur
subinde in ore
urgente['r' altered from 'n'] Tussi
sensim deglutiendo id quod dissolvetur.
{Recipe} mastich. sandarach. ana {ounce} 1/2 gum amm, {ounce}
i benjoini {drachm} vi succini
{drachm} v. nucis mosch. cinam. ros. rub. semin. coriandr.
&
nigell.['e' altered from 'l'] rom. ana
{drachm} ii F. omnium Pulvis crass. pro suffitu, operim
[ '[approximately 2-3 characters illegible]' deleted]
capitis, usat p. manè & in ingressu lecti.
NB Tussis
πνευμονι&χόν.
D. Shouart.
Mense
Mai['o' at end of word deleted]
sumantur Flores spinæ albæ quos senellæ sequuntur; earum
magna quantitas habeatur & ex primatus Succus, qui per se inspissetur,
reductus ad consist. sapæ cydon. cuius aliquid dissolvatur in potu
ordinario, & sæpe ac diu propinetur. It. flores siccentur in
Umbrâ; & per hyemem (reconditi loco sicco) coquantur in Posseto,
Cerevisiâ Ptisanâ pro potu ordinario. Detur tussiculosis specificum
in morbis pulmonum.
Unguentum ad Scabiem expertiss.
{Recipe} Calamin. Styracis, Benioini, ana {ounce} 1/2 sulphuris
{drachm} vi vel v. F. pulvis
Subtilliss. Incorp. cum s. q. axung. suiblæ recentis. lini ante Partes
dolentes.
Ad Idem. A
Domino van
Soolinguen
Verte folium
[BP 25, p. 360]{Recipe} Elect. rosat. Mesuæ {drachm} iii
Confect. Hamech {drachm} iii 1/2 F. Elect. quod detur
manè horâ 6tâ evacuato Corpore seni purgatione, Postea
{Recipe} Sulphur. pulveris. {ounce} ii Sevi hircini
{ounce} ii veteris butyri {ounce} ii
Crem. tartari {ounce} 1/2 Misce Inungatur Corpus
Ad Rubores & Exanthemata Faciei.
D.
Mayerni
{Recipe} Omphacii ruarum {pound} i succi depurati
Sempervivi majoris {pound} ii succi limonum limpidiss {pound}
i Sulphuris vivi optimè triti {ounce}
i alum. rup. {ounce} 1/2 Boracis {drachm}
iii sacch candi {drachm} vi camph.
{drachm} i Insolentur per dies 15, vel stent in fimo per
octiduum, mox fiat per Chartam Colatura, Cui adde Spirit. vini {pound}
i Serva. Facies madefiat horâ Senni Siccetur. Mane
inungenda facies Pomatâ.
Electuarium ad Præc. Pestis
D.
Mayerne, Pro Mr
Stephens Apoth.
{Recipe}Nucum vetust. non rancidarum {pound} i Ficuum
emoll. & pulperar. {ounce} viii fol. rutæ sicc.
{ounce} iii rad. tormentill. bistort ana {ounce}
i 1/2 zedoar. {ounce} i rad.
angel. {ounce} 1/2 radicis patasiti {drachm} x .
boli armeni purissimi, {hartshorn} ad albedinem calcinati ana {drachm}
vi , salis marini {ounce} i 1/2
Terantur terenda. Misceantur omnia, & additâ sufficienti quantitate
Syrrup. de lugula & de acetos. citri F. Elect. instar opiat. de quo capiat
ad præcautionem, instar Castaneæ manè manè[]
superhausto Cerivisiæ Juniperinæ momento dilato ad tres horas
cibo.
Ad vas maius Cerevisiæ sume {pound} viii
baccar. Juniper. fermententur simull.
Elect. Pestil. Curat. pro pauperibus
præscript.
à
D.
Mayerne
{Recipe} Rad. petasit. {ounce} iiii Gentian.
valerian. majoris viperin. virgin. ana {ounce} ii 1/2
rad. angel. {ounce} i fol. rutæ & scord.
optimè siccatæ in umbra, ana {ounce} i
1/2 nitri lapidis brunellæ. {ounce} ii Flor.
antimon. {drachm} x theriac. andromach. veteris &
probati dimidium pondus omnium. Misce & cum Syrrupo ex succo
Calendulæ lot. Card. benedict. decoct. sive mellag. liquidior. baccar.
Juniper aceto sambuc. & sacchar. aut melle, F. Elect. Dosis à
{drachm} i ad {drachm} ii ex
aquâ ulmariæ, Card. benedict. vel posseto ex iisdem.
Pleuritis.
D.
Mayerni
Carbones ferventes madefiant aqua vitæ applicentur lateri
dolenti calidi
pronatur['vo' between 'o' and 'n' deleted] larga hæmorragia
per nares succedit Sanatio.
Pulvis fol. Bardan. {drachm} i expertiss.
Dolor Dentium
D.
Mayerne Pro Mrs
Stansby.
{Recipe} Mass. pil. coch. min. & aggreg. ana {drachm} 1/2 Misce.
formentur Pill. numero v deaur. deglutiendæ post
primum somnum.
{Recipe} rad. pyrethri & staphydis aquæ ana {drachm}
ii rad. hyosciami {ounce} i F.
Decoctio. in oxycrato ex part. ii aq. & unâ
aceti acerrimum idque in {pound} i 1/2 ad 3æ
partis consumtionem Colatura sit pro Collutione oris usurpanda qui
calidissimè ferri poterit.
Vesicatorium ad Dolores Dentium.
{Recipe} mastich. Emplr. divini. opii. gum. elemi ana {drachm}
ii cantharid {scruple} ii terebinth.
venet. q. s. ad excipiendum. F. Emplastrum. Alumen liquidem ad Gingivas &
oris ulcera. Insigne pro Scorbuto.
[BP 25, p. 361]
Ad Mundandos Dentes
Dr.
Mayerne
{Recipe} Laterum pulveris {drachm} iii lap. pumicis.
Interioris ossis sepiæ, vitri in aqua sæpius extincti ana {drachm}
ii 1/2 Corall. variusque
pp ana {drachm}
i 1/2 alum. calcinati {scruple} iiii Garyophyll. Cinnam. ana {drachm} i
moschi gr. vii F. omnium Pulvis, ut alchool, excipiatur
glutino taurino in aq. rosacea dissoluto F. Pasta de qua formentur bacilli
instar Calami Scriptorii depressi, ad calorem lentum siccandi.
Dentifricium optimum.
Eiusdem
{Recipe} Pulv. laterum subtiliss. {ounce} 1/2 Coral. rub. pumicis ana
{drachm} ii caryophil. {drachm} i F.
alkool. Excip. q. s. mel. Rosat. F. Elect. si addatur aliquid spiritus aluminis
aut salis mellis, dealbabit dentes & arcebit putredinem.
Dentes Eradicans
{Recipe} Ranas virides quæ in arboribus cantant, pone eas in vas
vitreum quod impleatur rore majali: vas sit probe obturatum & in Cineribus
vel arenâ collocatum bulliat donec solvantur in liquorem in
prædicto rore. vas ponatur inter serraturam abietis in fimo vel balneo.
colligatur sæpius supernatans pinguedo cochleari ligneo vel corneo,
quâ si dentis radices tetigeris, per se sine dolore vel nullo negotio
evellentur. Tendron Circumforaneus Domino Mutilleto certissimum hoc
experimentum dedit.
Pulvis ad Dealbandam faciem.
D. Shouart.
{Recipe} Sulphuris {ounce} i salis nitri {ounce}
ii benjoini & styracis calamit. ana {ounce}
i 1/2 F pulvis pro suffitu.
Examen. Pulvis iste supra carbonem injectus fumum reddit spissum &
album sed foetidum. qui linteola & faciem mirum in modum dealbat. Hoc
utuntur mulieres Italicæ ad faciem dealbandam leniter tergendo postea
& suffumigando cum aquâ florum arant.ad toll. foetorem.
Pulvis ad Pilos ornandos Idem.
{Recipe}Limaturæ talci venetiani {ounce} ii
Pulveris Irid. florent & Cyprei vulg. ana {ounce} iii
F omnium Pulvis quo aspergantur Capilli. Examen. Istius Pulveris usus
præterquam quod Pilorum colorem immutat in flavum lividitatem quandam
gratissimam & splendescentem inducit rade talci.
Pulvis Cypreus vulgaris.
D.Shouart
{Recipe} Musci elect. & defoecati in aqua fluviali sæpius
loto & deinde siccati, postea in æquali portione aq. rosarum &
flor. arant. quater infusi sufficientem quantitatem siccetur in suffumigatorio
perforato & diligenter clauso, cum fumo Styracis postremò in
pulverem reducatur, tumque {Recipe} Illius pulveris {pound} i
santal. citr. {ounce} i 1/2 ambræ griseæ
{drachm} ii mosc. {drachm} i zibet
{drachm} 1/2 sacchari {ounce} i . Ad permixtionem
horum trium F Pulvis.
Pulvis Cypreus albus.
{Recipe} Pulveris putaminum ovorum {pound} i ambræ
cineritiæ {drachm} ii mosci {drachm} i zibetæ {drachm} 1/2 sach. q. s. ad horum trium
permistionem F Pulvis.
Examen.
Præter vulgarem pulverem Cypreum Pharmacopoei Montpelienses
præparant Album, Colore gratum & Odore jucundum. quidam conficiunt
[BP 25, p. 362] Cum limaturâ Talci, sed quia nimis pinguis
est, ideo à multis rejicitur. Alii parant cum limaturâ ossis
sepiæ, verum quia hæc Salsugingum servat odorem, terramque sapit
dum
tangitur[second 't' altered from 'd'],
ideo præstat conficere cum putaminibus ovorum ab interiori membrana
repurgatis siccatis & in pulverem redactis, ut præscriptam est
Pulvis, Violatis dictus. Idem
{Recipe} Ros. rub. {pound} iiii Irid. flor. {pound}
ii ligni Rhodii {pound} i styracis
Calamit. & benjoini ana {pound} 1/2 Calami aromat. & Cyperi ana
{ounce} i Caryophyl. {ounce} 1/2 F omnium Pulvis,
addendo pro qualibet librâ {ounce} i pulveris cyprei
vulgaris præscripti.
Pulvis albus.
Domini Kenelm Digby
Ad Febres Intermittentes
{Recipe} Mercurius vitæ Crollii. q. s. superaffund. Spir. vini. opt.
ad supernatationem 3 digitorum, & sic digeratur in Balneo per 6 septimanas,
dum evaporetus (Drawn of inquit Copia Anglic.) Spir. vini.
Dosis huius Pulv. gr. 5 vel 6.
Pulvis Cardiacus
Domini Herbert
{Recipe} Bez. in polline. Contrayerv. ana gr. xii
Magist. Hyacinth. marg. Coral.
[ 'ana' deleted] ana gr. vi Ambregris gr.
xii mosch. gr. gr.[] vii
ol. succin. gutt. ii Misceantur omnia perfectè cum
Sacch. finiss. {ounce} vi & cum gum. trag. q. s. in
aqua flor. arant. solut. F Pastilli vel Lozengæ.
Baulme d'Arquebusades
Mr de Me. à
Mr Bardon
Prenez de petits Chiens de laict bien gras, esventrez les & coupez
par pieces, vers de terre lavez avec Vin blanc {pound} i
millepertuis, pyrola, brunelle, veronique mesle, ophioglossor. ou Langue de
Serpent ana {manipulus} i roses rouges, de fleurs de
Tapsus. barbatus ana {manipulus} i 1/2 saffran
{ounce} 1/2 huyle d'olive vieille, {pound} ii vin rouge
austere & viell {pound} iii Cuisez le tout jusques en
Consomption du Vin. Exprimez bien fort & laissez refroidir, puis prenez la
partie de l'huile separée des lies terrestres.
{Recipe} De cett huile {pound} i Terebinth. venet. huile
de Sapin alias bijon ana {ounce} iii huile d'oeufs
{ounce} ii gummi Elemi, huile de Mirrhe fait par
l'oeuf ana {ounce} i Meslez & faites le Baume
duquel userez Chaud y adjoustant un peu d'esprit de Vin. En lieu des herbes que
lon ne poura avoir, faudra prendre
la['a' altered from 'e'] Bugle, la
Sanicle, l'herbe Robert, l'Ascyron (qui est un' Espece de Millepertui) aussi
bien que l'Androsemon) le Crassula autrement Telephium; mais sur tout le
Betonica aquatica & le Caryophyllata. NB. Omasum vituli adhuc Calens
superpositum duritiem mammarum emollit, & coagulatum lac dissolvit. Certiss
experimentum Obsterricii
Domini
Mayerne
FINIS