putting into a mortar one Italian modius of ammoniac or common salt,
pound into thick pieces, along with it, of gentian, lb. iss; of round
birthwort, lb. iss; of the hair of the small centaury, lb. ij; of
cardamom, of horehound, of each, oz. vj; of water germander, of parsley,
of Cretan germander, of each, lb. j; of the seed of garden rue, sext.
ij: unite these with a sufficient quantity of Attic honey, and throwing
the half of them into a new pot, and then the four vipers alive, add
to them fresh tender squills, cut into small pieces, and then join to
them the remaining half of the mixture formerly mentioned. Then having
covered up the pot carefully, make three or four perforations in its lid
to allow the vapour to escape, that it may indicate to you the progress
of the operation of roasting. At first much smoke will be seen issuing,
fuliginous and very turbid, indicating that the fire is acting upon the
animals. You must then take care lest you inhale any of this smoke, which
is infected with the exhalation from the vipers. When this vapour has
ceased, you may see a fine flame issuing through the holes, by which you
may know that they are properly roasted. Then having removed the pot from
the fire, and allowed it to cool for a whole day and night, take out the
ashes, pound them carefully, and sift them along with these mixtures: of
the seed of wild rue, of Cretan hyssop, of each, oz. ix; of the seed of
fennel, of Celtic nard, of Scythian base horehound, of each, oz. vj; of
Macedonian stone-parsley, of Indian leaf, of each, oz. iv; of amomum, of
grapes, of the seed of horminum toasted, of each, oz. iij; of the shoots
of marjoram, of the shoots of thyme, of each, oz. ij; of juniper berries,
of white and of long pepper, of each, lb. j; of the root of laserwort,
oz. x; of coriander seed, of ginger not perforated, of the seed or root
of satyrium, of pennyroyal, of the seseli of Marseilles, of mint, of
each, oz. vj; of cassia fistula, oz. ij; of cinnamon, oz. j. I, however,
have made the preparation, so that I did not burn the animals, but mixed
the trochisks from them, as related under the theriac, with those things
which are burnt along with the vipers, that the bitterness which they
have in them may be laid aside during the burning. I added just such a
proportion of the trochisks as I conjectured to agree with the contents
of the four vipers. And truly in this way they turned out excellent.
_The Mithridatic antidote from scinks._ Of troglodytic myrrh, of
ginger, of cinnamon, of each, dr. x; of spikenard, of frankincense, of
shepherd’s pouch, of opobalsam, of schœnanth, of costus, of cassidony,
of seseli, of galbanum, of turpentine, of long pepper, of castor, of
hypocistis juice, of storax, of the leaves of malabathrum, of each, dr.
iv; of black cassia, of poley, of white pepper, of water germander, of
carrot-seed, of carpobalsam, of cyphi, of bdellium, of Celtic nard, of
gum, of stone-parsley, of opium, of cardamom, of the seeds of fennel,
of gentian, of rose-leaves, of each, dr. viij; of dittany, of anise,
of sweet flag, of valerian, of each, dr. iij; of Athamantic spignel,
of acacia, of the belly of a scink, of the seed of St. John’s wort, of
each, dr. iss; of wine and honey, q. s. Prepare it in like manner as the
theriac. Galen says, that it applies to the same cases as the theriac,
with the exception of those who have been bitten by the viper, for there
the theriac is more efficacious.
_The antidote from different kinds of blood being a remedy against all
venomous animals and deadly poisons._ Of white and long pepper, of
costus, of sweet flag, of valerian, of anise, of Cretan dittany, of each,
dr. ij; of amomum, of opobalsam, of the seed of wild rue, of the seed of
fennel, of Ethiopian cumin, of dill, of the dried blood of a male duck,
of the blood of a kid, of the blood of a goose, of the blood of a female
duck, of the seed of the wild rape, of each, dr. iij; of gentian root, of
trefoil, of the schœnanth, of frankincense, of dried roses, of each, dr.
iv; of cinnamon, dr. ij; of water germander, dr. viij; of stone-parsley,
of poley, of myrrh, of nard, of each, dr. vj; of cassia, dr. iij; of
Cyrenaic juice, dr. iij; of cassidony, dr. v; of asarabacca, dr. ij; of
ammoniac perfume, dr. iij; of Athamantic spignel, dr. ij; of agaric, dr.
ij; of carpobalsam, gr. xx; of boiled honey, q. s.
_Simple oxymel._ Of the most acrid white vinegar, sextar. j; of water,
sextar. ij; of honey, sextar. j; boil to the consistence of the most
liquid honey, despumating the honey.
_The vinegar of squills._ Of white squills cut into pieces, dried in
the shade for forty days, and again cleaned, one mina; of good vinegar,
sextar. xij. Put them into a vessel, cover it up, and allow to remain in
the sun for sixty days; after which the squill is to be expressed and
thrown away, and the strained vinegar laid up in a vessel. Some add one
mina of squills to sextar. vj; others add the same quantity of green
squills to the vinegar, and allow them to remain in the vessel six
months; and it becomes more penetrative. It is applicable for defluxions
of the mouth, as a gargle, and when drunk, for many internal affections,
excepting when there is ulceration, and for many other purposes.
_The oxymel of squills._ Of the internal tender parts of squills,
lb. ij; of strong white vinegar, sext. xv; of pepper, of Macedonian
stone-parsley, of each, dr. ij; of Cretan carrot, of bishop’s weed,
of anise, of Celtic nard, of lovage, of asarabacca, of cardamom, of
spikenard, of amomum, of rha Ponticum, of each, oz. ss; of the seed
of fennel, of cumin, of laserwort, of ginger, of pellitory, of Cretan
hyssop, of costus, of pennyroyal, of each, oz. j; of green mint, one
fasciculus; of green rue, five branches; of Attic honey, one sextarius;
of rob, sext. ij; of green parsley, one fasciculus. Put the white inner
parts of the squills bruised into the vinegar, and allow it to macerate
seven days during the heat of the dog-days: then taking out the squills,
which, if dried, are to be pounded, but if green, not pounded, add to the
vinegar, and again, after seven days, having strained all, add the honey
and rob to the vinegar, and having boiled to a proper consistence, lay
them up in a glass vessel. This remedy is to be taken as a potion before
food, or along with food for a sauce. It is much used.
_Galen’s medicine from squills, answering particularly with epileptics._
Having broken down squills with your hands into small pieces, put into
a vessel used for containing honey, and having covered it up properly,
put it in a place exposed to the midday during the heat of the dog-star;
forty days after the rising of the dog-star loose it, and you will find
that the body of the squill is melted down. Taking, then, its juice,
sweeten it with some very fine honey, and give every day a spoonful of
it, if to children, a small one, but if to adults, a large one. But
triturate the body of the squill itself with honey and give a spoonful of
it. It is inferior in power to the juice.
_The antidote of Philo._ Of white pepper, dr. xx; of hyoscyamus, dr.
xx; of the juice of poppies, dr. x; of saffron, dr. v; of pellitory, of
euphorbium, of spikenard, of each dr. j; of Attic or any other fine,
well-boiled honey, q. s. Give to adults the size of a filbert, to smaller
persons, that of a bean, and to children, the size of a chick-pea. It is
an excellent anodyne and soporific medicine.
_The Athanasian anodyne and pleuritic antidote, from Oribasius._ Of
cassia, dr. viij; of spikenard, of amomum, of saffron, of opium, of
storax, of myrrh, of costus, of each, dr. iv; of despumated honey, q. s.
The dose the same as that of the antidote of Philo.
_The antidote from two peppers of similar powers._ Of cardamom, of
castor, of opium, of each, dr. iij; of myrrh, of costus, of white and of
long pepper, of galbanum, of each, dr. iij; of saffron, dr. iij. Mix with
well-boiled honey, and give to the size of a bean.
_The antidote from poppy-heads and rob._ Having macerated, in a sextarius
of rob, eight or ten green, but not watery heads of poppy the day after
they are gathered, and an ounce of liquorice for one day, boil until
they are dissolved; and after they have acquired a moderate consistence,
take from the fire, and put into a vessel, and use in the case of
watchfulness, accompanied with fever, and when there is a thin defluxion
from the head upon the chest.
_The antidote from poppy-heads and honey._ Boil the poppy-heads, as
mentioned above, and the ounce of liquorice in oz. j of rain-water
or spring-water until dissolved; and having squeezed it out, add to
the decoction half a sextarius of honey and boil until it acquire
consistence. Give it in those cases which, along with a mitigation
of pain and the production of sleep, require purgative and detergent
medicines, for the parts within the thorax, or about the lungs and
kidneys.
_The compound antidote from poppy-heads._ Take of the water in which
poppy-heads have been boiled, according to the above-mentioned
proportion, sext. j; of sweet wine, two heminæ; of honey, lb. j; of
saffron, of the juice of hypocistis, of each, dr. iv; boil to a proper
consistence. That which is prepared from honey, poppy-heads, and quinces
is more grateful to the stomach. It becomes more efficacious if along
with the poppy-heads some melilot and liquorice be also boiled in the
water.
_A simple linctus or lohock from horehound, principally for
consumptions._ Boil a pound of the hair of horehound in six heminæ of
water until but a third remain; then throw away the herb, and adding to
the water an equal quantity of honey, boil to the consistence of honey,
and give one cochleare (spoonful).
_A compound lohock from horehound._ Of the hairy parts of horehound, of
Illyrian iris, of hyssop, of pennyroyal, of liquorice, of parsley, of
each, oz. ij; of fatty dried figs, oz iij; of the kernels of the pine
containing rosin, oz. iij; bruise the dry things into large pieces, and
macerate with the figs in sextar. iij of water, and boil to a third part.
Then having strained the water, add of honey, lb. ij, and boil to the
consistence of honey.
_The lohock from tares._ Of bitter almonds, oz. ij; of the flour of
tares, oz. iv; of hyssop, oz. iv; of iris, oz. ss; of toasted pine-nuts,
oz. ij; of honey, sextar. j, or q. s.
_The lohock called Dodecatheon._ Of Illyrian iris, oz. iv; of tares, oz.
iv; of hyssop, oz. ij; of nettle-seed, oz. ij; of liquorice, oz. ij; of
fenugreek, oz. ij; of the bulbi, oz. iv; of toasted linseed, oz. iv; of
gith, scr. xviij; of pennyroyal, scr. viij; of toasted pine-nuts, oz. ij;
of pepper, scr. vj; of honey, q. s.
_The antidote Sotira._ Of spikenard, scr. xxxix; of myrrh, scr. xxvij;
of saffron, scr. xxxvij; of castor, scr. xxxix; of opium, scr. xxxvj; of
stone-parsley, scr. xlv; of anise, scr. ix; of parsley, scr. vij; of the
schœnanth, scr. xxxvj; of cassia, scr. xij; of long pepper, scr. xij; of
the seed of sinon, scr. vj; of storax, scr. xviij; of amomum, scr. xij;
of seseli, scr. xij; of hedychroum, scr. xviij; of costus, scr. xviij; of
asarabacca, scr. xviij; of honey, q. s.
_The cough medicine from storax._ Of amomum, of cassia, of each, oz. ij;
of storax, of spikenard, of each, oz. iss; of saffron, of white pepper,
of each oz. j; of honey, sext. j; give a spoonful.
_The medicine of Philoxenus for empyema and chronic defluxions._ Of
turpentine, dr. xxviij; of nard, dr. xvj; of the oil of myrrh, dr. vj;
of cardamom, of the bulbi, dr. vj; of saffron, dr. xij; of galbanum, dr.
xvj; bitter almonds, lxxx; of honey, a hemina. It is given in water to
drink to the size of an Egyptian bean.
_The much-used antidote of Esdra; it is very desiccative._ Of amomum,
scr. vj; of saffron, scr. xviij; of the seed of carrot, scr. iss; of the
seed of fennel, scr. iij; of cassia, scr. iss; of schœnanth, scr. iiiss;
of cinnamon, scr. iij; of the juice of hypocistis, scr. ivss; of sulphur,
scr. v; of poppy-seeds, scr. v; of pellitory, scr. iij; of stone-parsley,
scr. iss; of Illyrian iris, scr. vijss; of the seeds of henbane, gr.
xiijss; of spikenard, scr. vijss; of the seeds of rue, scr. iss; of
dill, scr. iij; of cardamom, scr. iij; of dried roses, scr. ivss; of the
flower of nerium (it is, as it were, the flower-cup from which the rose
of the _rose-bay_ emerges), and of the rose of it, of each, scr. iij; of
Pontic rhubarb, scr. vj; of gentian, scr. vj; of hedychroum, scr. iss; of
tragacanth, scr. xv; of buckthorn, scr. vj; of the leaves of citron, scr.
vj; of the seed of basil, scr. iss; of anise, scr. iij; of euphorbium,
scr. iij; of Indian leaf, scr. ij; of Celtic nard, scr. vj; of spignel,
scr. iij; of costus, of myrrh, of each, scr. vj; of bdellium, scr. xvj;
of the juice of southernwood, scr. xiij; of Syriac sumach, scr. xxvss; of
asarabacca, of the belly of a cormorant, of the jasper-stone, of each,
scr. iij; of pepper, scr. xv; of castor, scr. iss; of Cimolian earth,
scr. vj; of sison (bishop’s weed?), scr. ix; of storax, scr. ix; of
opobalsam, scr. xij; of the herb seseli, scr. iss; of honey, oz. xxviij;
of wine, q. s.
_The medicine from the flesh of quinces._ Three pounds of clean quinces
are boiled in three sextarii of old wine, then pounded, and there is
added to them, of pepper, of anise, of lovage, of each, when triturated,
oz. j. Some also add, of ginger, oz. ss; and others, instead of the wine,
use vinegar.
_The medicine from the juice of quinces of approved efficacy for anorexia
and dyspepsia._ Of the juice of ripe quinces, sext. ij; of fine honey,
sext. ij; of vinegar, sext. j; of ginger, oz. iij; of white pepper, oz.
ij: boil to a proper consistence. Galen prepares it for those affected
with cold. But, he says, when bile prevails, prepare it without the
pepper and ginger.
_The preparation of a tablet from quinces._ Six pounds of clean quinces
are boiled in wine until they become soft. Then being strained and
triturated, some add, of honey, lb. viij, and boil at a slow fire,
stirring with a piece of reed until the whole will not stain the hand;
and then they add the following things bruised: of pepper, oz. iij; of
anise, oz. iij; of stone-parsley, oz. j. Some also add of ginger, oz. j,
and of mastich, oz. j. When mixed, they are formed into cakes of half an
ounce each, and are composed along with bay-leaves.
_Another medicine from quinces, having the pieces bruised, but entire._
Of clean quinces cut into pieces, lb. viij are boiled in sext. viij
of wine moderately, so that they may not be dissolved. Then there are
mixed with them of despumated honey, lb. viij; of pepper, oz. viij;
of stone-parsley, of anise, of each, oz. iij; of ginger, oz. v; of
spikenard, oz. iss; of cloves, oz. j. When all these things are pounded
and moderately boiled to the consistence of broth, take them off, and
having cooled it, add the pieces of quinces to the broth.
_The antidote from three peppers._ Of common, of white, and of long
pepper, of each, dr. vij; of ginger, of anise, of thyme-tops, dr. ij; of
honey, q. s.
_Another, of Oribasius._ Of white pepper, oz. ij; of black and of
long pepper, of spikenard, of cinnamon, of bishop’s weed, of walnut,
of hyssop, of seseli, of carrot, of stone-parsley, of each, oz. j; of
ginger, dr. iv; of honey, lb. iij.
_Another._ Of common pepper, oz. iij; of white pepper, oz. j; of long,
oz. j; of stone-parsley, of cinnamon (or double the quantity of cassia),
of ginger, of each, oz. j; of honey, oz. xxj, or q. s.; and have also
mixed of the corymbi of thyme, oz. j.
_The diospolites._ Of cumin, which has been macerated in water and
toasted, oz. j; of pepper, of ginger, of each, oz. ij; of green rue, oz.
iss; of natron, dr. iiss. Mix with honey.
_The medicine from calamint._ Of stone-parsley, of penny-royal, of
seseli, of calamint, of each, oz. iij; of parsley-seed, oz. j; of the
corymbi of thyme, oz. j; of lovage, oz. iv; of pepper, dr. xij; of honey,
q. s.
_The medicine from citron, for those of slow digestion._ Of vinegar,
heminæ iij; of the flesh of citron, lb. j; of hyssop, of rue, of origany,
of each, a fasciculus; having been allowed to macerate for a night
and a day in the vinegar, they are to be boiled to a third, and being
expressed, are to be thrown away. But with the vinegar is mixed of honey,
sext. j; and then it is to be boiled to the consistence of honey. When
it acquires consistence, there is to be added to it, of asarabacca, of
spignel, of white pepper, of each, oz. ij. The dose is a spoonful in the
morning and at bedtime.
_The picra of Galen._ Of aloes, dr. c; of xylobalsam, of mastich, of
saffron, of spikenard, of asarabacca, of cinnamon, of each, dr. vj; some
add also, of schœnanth and of cassia, of each, dr. vj. Give dr. j in
hydromel.
_The picra from oxymel for stomach complaints, colics, affections of the
uterus, and dropsy._ Of aloes, oz. iv; of Indian leaf, oz. ij; of costus,
of cassia, of amomum, of iris, of each, dr. j; of the bark of the root of
fennel, lb. j; of mastich, of Celtic nard, of ginger, of each, dr. j; of
pepper, dr. j; of spignel, dr. j; of vinegar, sext. iss; of honey, sext.
iss. The fennel being first boiled in the vinegar is thrown away, then
the honey is added, and after boiling to the consistence of honey, the
other things are sprinkled in powder.
_An excellent composition from the liver of a wolf._ Of gentian, of
ground-pine, of stone-parsley, of horehound, of the gall of a bear,
of mustard, of ceterach, of the root of panax, of rubrica, of madder,
of cabbage-seed, of long birthwort, of white pepper, of spikenard, of
costus, of the seed of rocket, of the seed of eryngo, of poley, of
viper’s bugloss, of hemp-agrimony, of juniper-berries, of the liver of a
wolf, of elecampane, equal parts. Mix with well-boiled honey. The dose is
the size of a filbert, with boiled wine and honey.
_The antidote Theodoretus with anacardia._ Of anacardia, oz. iss; of
saffron, of cassia, of Indian leaf, of spikenard, of cloves, of spignel,
of agaric, of schœnanth, of Pontic rhubarb, of dodder of thyme, of each,
dr. iv; of sweet-flag, of pepper, of each, oz. iss; of aloes, oz. iij; of
saxifrage, of mastich, of Illyrian iris, of each, oz. iss; of nutben, oz.
j; of honey, lb. vj, or q. s.
_The Theodoretus without anacardia._ Of aloes, dr. lx; of agaric, dr.
xxiv; of saffron, of cassia, of Pontic rhubarb, of sweet-flag, of
cinnamon, of mastich, of each, dr. x; of costus, of the seed of rue, of
white pepper, of each, dr. viij; of spikenard, dr. iij; of xylobalsam, of
asarabacca, of germander, of spignel, of each, dr. iv; of honey, q. s.
Some here add two anacardia. The dose is dr. ij, with honeyed water.
_The cyphoides for hepatic affections and complaints in the chest._
Of the flesh of dried grape, dr. xxv; of saffron, dr. j; of calamus,
dr. ij; of bdellium, dr. iiss; of cassia, dr. iss; of cinnamon, three
oboli; of nard, three oboli; of sweet rush, dr. ij; of myrrh, dr. iv;
of turpentine, dr. iv; of the scrapings of aspalathus, twelve oboli; of
honey, dr. xvj; of wine, q. s.
_Another cyphoides, of Alexander._ Of saffron, of cinnamon, of bdellium,
of each, dr. iv; of myrrh, of calamus, of each, dr. ij; of bitumen, of
schœnanth, of each, dr. iij; of cassia, of nard, of each, dr. j; of
turpentine, dr. xvj; of the flesh of dried grapes, dr. clx; of honey,
hemin. iss; of Chian wine, q. s.
_An hepatic medicine from cacanus._ Of cacanus, oz. j; of costus, oz. j;
of Indian leaf, scr. viij; of white pepper, scr. vj; of spikenard, scr.
vj; of honey, q. s. Give a spoonful with hippocras.
_The Zopyrius._ Of myrrh, dr. v; of saffron, of cassia, of each, dr.
iv; of cinnamon, dr. iij; of spikenard, dr. ij; of schœnanth, dr. ij;
of white pepper, dr. iss; of frankincense, dr. j; of costus, dr. j; of
honey, q. s.
_The Pæonian antidote._ Of the styrax calamite, dr. vj; of frankincense,
of amomum, of saffron, of each, oz. iss; of spikenard, dr. vj; of Indian
leaf, dr. ij; of white pepper, dr. vj; and of common, dr. viij; of myrrh,
oz. j; of costus, oz. j; of honey, q. s.
_The hepatic pills, of Dositheus._ Of aloes, oz. j; of spikenard, of
Indian leaf, of costus, scr. ij; of agaric, scr. viij; of mastich, scr.
xiij; of dodder of thyme, dr. iv; of Pontic rhubarb, scr. j.
_The splenic oxymel._ Of the bark of the root of capers, of
scolopendrium, of spikenard, of asarabacca, of iris, of schœnanth, of
the flower of cyperus, of anise, of cumin, of fennel, of sweetflag, of
the fruit of heath, of each, oz. j; of the leaves of tamarisk, of the
leaves of willow, of the root of parsley, of the frankincense tree, of
squills, of each, oz. ij; of vinegar, sextar. iij; of honey, sext. iij;
of ammoniac perfume, oz. iij. Prepare like that from squills. Give two
spoonfuls.
_An oxymel for calculous complaints._ Of saxifrage, of bettony, of
couch-grass, of maiden-hair, of spikenard, of carpesium, of asarabacca,
of eryngo, of each, oz. j; of Macedonian stone-parsley, of the seed of
rue, of each, oz. ss; of green fennel, of iris, of baked squills, of
knee-holly (chamædaphne), of each, oz. ij; of the bark of the root of
capers, oz. iij; of water-parsnip, oz. ij; of water, of vinegar, of
honey, of each, sext. ij.
_The lithontriptic posca._ Of pennyroyal, of mastich, of parsley-seed,
of dried mint, of each, oz. j; of common salt toasted, lb. j; of
coriander-seed, of spikenard, of anise, of bishop’s weed, of each, scr.
vj; of Indian leaf, scr. iv; of white pepper, oz. ss, (or of common
oz. j); of the seed of gromwell, oz. vj; of bettony, oz. vj; of fine
vinegar, sext. v. When all are pounded, sifted, and triturated very
fine, let them be mixed with vinegar for three days, and exposed in
the sun for forty days. At the time of using, having made a decoction
of black chick-peas, and of the root of asparagus, and of maiden-hair,
and of parsley, add, for the sake of temperament, of vinegar hemin. ij,
and let the patient drink it in the hot bath. Some give scr. xij of the
afore-mentioned things, in powder with oxycrate mixed with the decoction
of the afore-mentioned herbs; and the medicine is no less efficacious.
_A lithontriptic hippocras._ Of white pepper, of saxifrage, of spikenard,
of gromwell, of bettony, of each, oz. j; of stone-parsley, of Indian
leaf, of each, oz. iss; of the seed of wild rue, oz. ss; of honey, sext.
j; of Ascolonitic wine, sext. xvj.
_The medicine from the blood of the buck-goat._ When the grape begins to
ripen, take the blood of a full-grown buck-goat, and having dried it in
the sun, give to persons affected with calculi two spoonfuls of it with
Cretan must. Some also mix, of amomum, of Indian leaf, of each, oz. iij;
and others of myrrh, scr. iv.
_The nephritic composition from cicadæ._ Of gromwell, of the garfish
burned, of seseli, of each, oz. j; of bishop’s weed, of the seed of the
garden cucumber, of common saxifrage, of grapes without their stones, of
the seed of marsh-mallows, of the white fasil, of lyncurium, of each, oz.
ss; of spikenard, of valerian, of spignel, of the stones from sponges,
of each, dr. j; of maidenhair, of the seed within the Christ’s thorn, of
water-parsnip, of the root of brambles, of couch-grass, of polypody, of
each, dr. iij; of goat’s blood dried, as described, scr. vj; of dried
cicadæ, without the head, wings, and feet, oz. iv; of white pepper,
dr. vj; of boiled honey, q. s. The dose is the size of a filbert in
hippocras, or the decoction of caltrops, or of saxifrage, or of sinon, or
of the root of asparagus, or of couch-grass, or of cinquefoil, or of the
root of fullers-herb.
_The antidote from gromwell._ Of gromwell, of betony, of saxifrage, of
stone-parsley, of white pepper, equal parts. Mix with honey.
_The antidote from the seed of leeks._ Of white and of black pepper, of
Cretan carrot, of the seed of the garden cucumber, of the seed of fennel,
of the seed of leeks, of Macedonian stone-parsley, of pellitory, of
ginger, of the Indian leaf, of each, oz. j; of honey, q. s.
_The antidote from tecolithos, or lapis Judaicus._ Of spikenard, of
hyssop, of lapis Judaicus, of each, scr. viij; of pepper, scr. xij; of
ginger, of stone-parsley, of costus, of saxifrage, of each, scr. vj;
of cassia, of parsley-seed, of each, scr. iij; of cyperus, scr. vj; of
the scrapings of ivory, scr. iv; of the wood of cardamom, scr. vj; of
gromwell, scr. iv; of honey, q. s.
_The antidote from the seed of the wild mallow._ Of the seed of the
garden cucumber, dr. xij; of the seed of henbane, dr. vj; of the seed of
hemlock, dr. iij (but some use vj); of opium, of fennel, of the seed of
the wild mallow, of saffron, of each, dr. iij; of parsley-seed, dr. vj;
of cassia, dr. iv; almonds, x; walnuts, x; filberts, x; of asarabacca,
dr. iv; mix with Cretan must, and give three oboli, if the patient be
free from fever, with rob. But some mix it with honey.
_A nephritic medicine from dessert-fruits, for ulceration of the bladder
and kidneys._ Of the white grape, deprived of its stones, of fresh
pine-nuts, of each, oz. ij; of the seed of cucumber, stripped of its
bark; of myrtles deprived of their bones; of bitter almonds, of fatty
dates, of parsley-seed, of poppy-seed, of saffron, of each, dr. j; of
myrrh, oz. ij. Give a drachm of it in must to the patient, fasting.