Choice and experimented receipts in physick and chirurgery, as also cordial and distilled waters and spirits, perfumes, and other curiosities / Collected by ... Sir K. Digby ... Translated out of several languages by G[eorge] H[artman].

  • Digby, Kenelm, 1603-1665
Date:
1675
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Credit: Choice and experimented receipts in physick and chirurgery, as also cordial and distilled waters and spirits, perfumes, and other curiosities / Collected by ... Sir K. Digby ... Translated out of several languages by G[eorge] H[artman]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (1to) will make one {weat mightily, if one putteth him felf upon it, which ought to be done. 7 he Author doth Tartarife bis Spirit of Wine thus. Ut fome pure Salt of Tartar into your Spirit of Wine.and let it ftand till the feparation be well made; then pour off the Spirit of Wine, and leave the flegmatick folution of Tartar 5 from which eva- porate the water to drinefs. Then put your purified Salt of Tartar again into the Spirit of Wine, and do as before : Repeat this tili the Sale of Tartar difiolve no more in the Spirit of Wine, nor no part of It. A Tindiure of Coral. upon the fire, rill ic he as thick as Pitch; then mingle one part of that with two parts of- Sand, and diftil it in a Glafs body, 11 Sand frre as long as it cometh clear, and till the Oyl be:ready to come. Then put off this diftilled water upon Coral, and in twenty four hours you will {ee the Spirit of Honey tinged of a. deepyellow colour ; then pour off-that, and put on more of the Spirit of Honey, and digeft as before. Repeat this tillir tinge no more, Then philter the extraéts, and diftil the hquor away,that the tin@ure remain dry , upon which pour good deep red; pour it off, and put on frefh Spirit of Wine, and do as before : Repeat this till you have extracted all the tin&ture. Then philter the ex- tracts , and diftil away the Spirit of Wine 5 then put new Spirit of Wine upon the remaining mat- , ter 5 . ea ¢ : — 7; ei A ater ION LS Ree Rc, tne SD sat ak, ei ia We pais