Medulla medicinae universae, or, A new compendious dispensatory / compiled ... for the use of the military hospital abroad ... ; by the King's physicians and surgeons ... ; to which is added, an English translation ... ; by John Theobald, M.D.

Date:
MDCCLVI [1756]
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Credit: Medulla medicinae universae, or, A new compendious dispensatory / compiled ... for the use of the military hospital abroad ... ; by the King's physicians and surgeons ... ; to which is added, an English translation ... ; by John Theobald, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ce] | of Turpentine Diffolved in the Yolk of an Ege ; and Half an Ouncé of Honey. Mix Thefe together for a Clyfter. Turpentine, abounding with Warm, Aromatic, and Subtile Particles, might pethaps Deterge too much, and even Ab- rade the Fibrous Texture, were it not Mixed with the Yolk of an Egg, in or- der to take off from the Violence of its _ Properties, and Check its Activity. A Second Motive for Thus Mixing it, is to Divide it, fo as to make it Eafily Unite with an Aqueous Vehicle, which of itfelf it will notdo. Thus Managed, it is Se- cond to no Medicine in the world as an: Ingredient in a Clyfter, where the Patient labours under an Obitinate and Inveterate —Obftruction in the Kidneys, or Urinary Paffages, from Gravel and Sabulous Mat- ter, frequently enough incident to Thofe Parts. The Above Prefoription, under Such Circumftances, often Procures In- ftantaneous Eafe. The Deco&ion of Ca- momile Flowers is Suppling and Relax- Ang the Diftended Veficls while the Tere- binthinate Powers are folliciting them to Difcharge their Coftive Contents. The ‘Honey is not Prepofteroufly Added, in order to Forward Either Intention. It p's may