Glyfters. Injections. Suppofitorics. Frontals. Epithems. Take ftrain'd Galbanum 3s. Affa-Fætida zi. gut. x. GLYSTERS confift of Materials comporting with the Intention, whether Cathartic, Emollient, Cordial, Reftringent, &c. as in the Common Laxative Glyfter following. Take common Glyfter Decoction 3x. Honey of Mercury zii. Common Salt 3fs. Oil of Camomile Zi. Mix for a Glyfter to give milk-warm. INJECTIONS are made, in like manner, of a liquid Form, and according to the following Example of one for a Gonorrhea. Take Rhafis's White Troches ziii. Camphire 3i. Diffolve them in Spring-Water 3xii. for an Injection, to be injected into the Urethra two or three times a day. SUPPOSITORIES are generally made with a Bit of the Aloepbangine Pill, or the Extract of Rudius; and for Children they mostly use Violet Comfit, fold by the Confectioners. This being roll'd up in a convenient Bignefs and Shape, is dipp'd in Oil, or rubb'd over with Butter to facilitate their Paffage: And thus others are made of proper Materials for Parts and Purposes. FRONTALS are Forms of Medicine fo call'd because applied to the Temples and Forebead in violent hot beating Pains of the Head, and when the Eyes are afflicted with Rheums, &c. Thus for a Cephalic Frontal, Take Rofe Cake, fry it in Vinegar, and sprinkle it with Powder of Nutmegs, 3i. Zedoary zís. and Camphire ii. This, when applied, is to be moisten'd with Vinegar fo often as it grows dry, till it has anfwer'd its End. EPITHEMS are any outward Application, but chiefly thofe of a liquid Form, like Fomentations, mentations, as may be feen by the following Take Hungary Water 3vi. Compound Spirit of STERNUTATORIES are all Things that, Sternutatories. when applied to the Noftrils, will excite Sneezing, as all Sorts of Snuffs; but in fome particular Exigencies, fome fpecial Sternutatory may be neceffary; and the following is preferable to all other Medicines to this Purpose. Take Sal Volatile Oleof. zii. Spirit of Lavender gut. xx. Damafk Rofe-Water, or Orange Flower Water, 3fs. Mix for Use. SACCULUS, or Bag, is a Form fometimes Sacculus. used in common Practice, and order'd in extemporaneous Prescriptions. Thefe Medicinal Bags are fill'd with proper Simples, and applied to the affected Part fometimes dry, and fometimes dipp'd in hot fpirituous Liquors, and applied as hot as can be born. They are also wore upon a Part very often for a confiderable time, &c. The following is reckon'd very good for weak Stomachs. Take dry'd Mint 3fs. Wormwood, Thyme, Red Rofe-Water, a zii. Balaustines, Angelica Root, Caraway Seeds, Nutmegs, Mace, and Cloves, ā zi. Make all into a grofs, Powder, put it into a Bag, and wear it on the Stomach for fome time. SUFFIMENTS or Fumes having been al- Suffiments. ready defcrib'd as to their Nature and Manner of Ufe, it only remains that I here fubjoin an Example of their Compofition, which take in that which is prefcrib'd against the Falling down of the Womb. Take Myrrh, Maftich, Cinnamon, and Spikenard, ā zi. Mint and Red Roses ā zii. Žedoary and Pimento a 3fs. Make into a gros Powder to burn upon a Chafing dish of Coals under a Chair with a Hole in it, over which the Patient is to fit and receive the Fumes. A NODULE is only a few Medicinal Simples tied close up in a little Piece of Silk, and fufpended in Juleps, Apozems, &c. and are often ferviceable held under the Nofe; for which Cause they are often prescrib'd, as in the following Manner. Take Species Diambræ 3fs. Oil of Cloves, Lavender, and Marjoram, ā gut. iii. Volatile Sal Ammoniac i. Rub them together, and tie up in a Piece of Silk for Ufe. N. B. This held frequently under the Nofe, proves a very useful and grateful Cephalic. CUCUPHA is an ancient Form of quilting Spices into a Cap to be wore upon the Head in Disorders of the Nerves and Head, but are now very rarely prescribed or used; though they may be useful on many Accounts. A PESSARY is an oblong Form of Medicine to thrust up into the Uterus upon fome Exigencies; and one for promoting the Menjes may be made as here prescrib'd. Take Powder of Myrrh zii. Savin Tops, Oil of Anifeed, a fs. with the Yolk of an Egg bring them into the Confiftence of an Unguent, whilb rub over Pieces of Gentian Root, form'd S. A. TURUNDÆ, or Pellets for the Tooth-ach, are thus to be made : Take Maftich i. Camphire and Opium ā gr. ii. THESE THESE are the most usual and confiderable Forms of Medicine of the Officinal or Extemporaneous Kind now in Ufe. As for Broths, Pafts, Peafe, Tents, Necklaces, Ptifans, Poffets, &c, they are some of them well known, others frivolous and chimerical, and all of two little Moment to be mention'd here. CHYMISTRY. CHYMISTRY, or, as it should be wrote, of Chemistry. Chemistry, is an Art whereby fenfible Bodies contain'd in Veffels are fo changed by means of certain Inftruments, and efpecially Fire, that their feveral Parts of different Natures become difunited or feparated, their feveral Powers and Virtues are thereby discover'd, with a View to the Ufes of Medicine, Natural Philofophy, and other Arts and Occafions of Life. Chemistry boasts an Antiquity fuperior to all Its Antiquity, other Arts, and equal to that of Fire itself, or, at least, the Knowledge of its Ufe; Egypt being the Country which firft produced it, and TubalCain (the Heathen Vulcan) its Inventor, THIS Art in various Places and by divers and various Perfons has receiv'd many and different Deno- Denomination. minations. As (1.) Poietice, the Art of making or producing Things, (viz. by Fire.) (2.) Chryfopoiefis, the Art of making Gold; and therefore, by way of Pre-eminence, the Arabians call'd it (3.) Alchemy, which has been fince applied to the Art of making Gold and finding the Philofopher's Stone; and they who profefs this are call'd the Adepti or Adepts. (4.) The Hyffopic Art, by Pa- Adepts. racelfus, from Pfal. li. 7. (5.) The Hermetic Art from Hermes Trifmegiftus, its fuppofed Inventor. (6.) The Spagyric Art, or the Art of Extracting and Collelling, viz. the Virtues of Things. (7.) Pyrotechny. Pyrotechny, or the Art of Fire, as being the prin cipal Agent made ufe of; and Chemists are therefore call'd Pyrotechnists. Three Kingdoms of Chemistry. The Fofil In this Art we shall juft confider (1.) The Subject, which are all natural compounded Bodies, whether of the Foffil, Vegetable, or Animal Kind. (2.) The Operations, as Calcination, Sublimation, &c. (3.) The Inftruments; as Fire, Water, Menftruums, various Veffels, &c. THE CHEMISTS diftribute the Subjects of their Art into three Kinds, which they call the three Kingdoms, viz. The Foil Kingdom, the Vegetable Kingdom, and the Animal Kingdom: And these three grand Genera, or Kinds of Bodies, comprehend all the leffer and fubordinate Species and Claffes of Bodies of what Nature fo ever, THE FOSSIL KINGDOM contains whatever is dug up out of the Bowels of the Earth; and all Bodies thus dug up are call'd Fofils or Minerals. Thefe are of two Sorts, Simple Foils. Simple and Compound. Simple Fils are fuch whofe Parts are all of the fame Nature; and are of four Species. (1.) Metals, which are in number Six, viz. Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Iron, Tin; to which fome add Mercury or Quick-filver. (2.) Salts, of which are the following Kinds: Sea-Salt; Sal-Gem, or Rock-Salt; Nitre, or SaltPetre; Sal-Ammoniac; Borax; Alum; a vague Salt, or faline Acid. (3.) Stones, Vulgar and Precious. Precious Stones, call'd alfo Gems and Jewels, are either entirely Transparent, as the Diamond, Emerald, &c. Or elfe Brilliant or Shining, as the Bohemian Granate; or Laftly, Semi-Transparent, as Oculus Cati, Opal, &c. (4.) Earths, of which there are various Sorts; as Chalk, Clay, Marls, Sand, &c. COM |