Volume 1

Pharmacopoeia officinalis et extemporanea: or, a compleat English dispensatory. In two parts. Theoretic and practical. Part I in two books ... Part II in five books ... / by John Quincy.

  • Quincy, John, -1722.
Date:
1749
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    [148] a varioufly colour’d fkin will fix upon the furface ; which carefully take off, and put the reft in a phial for ufe. ‘This was communicated to me as a wonderful fecret; and indeed I have found it, by abundance of trials, very fafely to cool and repel thofe fharp rheums which fometimes fall upon the eyes; and to clear them of beginning films and {pecks. If it be too fharp, it may be diluted with a little Spring or Rofe Water. To dif- guife it, a flavour might be given it with an odoriferous Water. Thus much we have thought pro- per to add under the intentions of Bal- {amics and Antifcorbutics; becaufe any recipes of this kind, by much {o elegant and pertinent as the pre- {ent practice fupplies ; and few have any at all. Medicated Waters of the London Difpenfatory. Z. D. Aqua Aluminofa Bateana, Bates's Alum Water. ‘ See preparations of Alum.’ Aqua Sapphirina. * See preparations of Copper.’ L. D. Aqua Vitriolica Cerulea,, Roman Vitriol Water. © Take of Blue, or Roman Vitriol ‘three ounces, Alum and iftrong « Spirit, or Oil of Vitriol, each two * ounces, Water one pint and half; * boil the Salts in the Water to dif- ‘ folve them, then add the Oil of ‘ Vitriol, and fier them through * paper. L. D. Aqua Vitriolica Camphorata, Camphorated Vitriol Water, © Take of White Vitriol half an “ ounce, Camphire’z drams, boiling ‘ Water 2 pints, diffolve the Vi- ‘ triol by mixing them, and when the feces have fubfided, filter thro’ paper. 6 4 Part IL. L. D. Lotio Saponacea, The Sope Lotion. : ‘ Take of Damafk Rofe Water ‘ three quarters of a pint, Oil of ‘ Olives one quarter of a pint, lixi- « vium of Salt of Tartar one fpoon- “ ful; ftir the Oil of Olives and the ‘ Lixivium of ‘Tartar together till ‘ they are mixed, then add the Wa- ‘ ter gradually. Waters by infufion of the Edinburgh Difpenfatory. E. D. Aqua Aluminofa, Alum Water. ‘ See preparations of Salt. : E. D. Aqua Calcis, feu Benediéta, Lime Water. ‘ Take of Quick- Lime one pound, - ‘ and of warm water, a gallon; ftir ‘ them well together, and when the ‘ Lime has fubfided, pour off the ‘ clear fluid, which keep in a clofe “ vefie!. : ‘ This Water may likewife be ‘ made from calcined Oifter -Shells, E. D. Aqua Benedi&a compofita, Compound Lime Water. ‘ Take of Shavings of the Wood, © and of the Bark of Saflafras, 2 oun- ‘ ces; Nutmegs, 3 drams; Liquo- ‘ rice Root, fliced or well bruifed, * : ounce; of Lime Water frefh ‘ made, 2 quarts: digeft them two ‘ days in a clofe vefiel, and to the © fluid, after it has been ftrained, add ‘ 2 ounces of the Balfamic Syrup. £. D, Aqua Opthalmica, Eye-Water. ‘ Take of Bole Armenic, unpre- « pared, 2 ounces; Tutty, unpre- ‘ pared, 1 ounce; White Vitriol, * half an ounce ; Camphor 2 drams: * Let thefe ingredients, reduced to ‘ Powder, be boiled a little, with ‘ two quarts of Water, and frequent- * ly ftirred; then fuffer the feces to ‘ {ubfide, and pour off the Water. © Aqua,