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66. Emplastrum De Meliloto Simplex or A Plaister of Melilot Simple Take of rozein eight pound, yellow wax fowr pound, sheep’s suet two pound. These being melted ad green mellilot cut smale five pound. Make it a plaister according to art. It is a gallant drawing and healing plaister, no way offensive to any part of the body. It clenseth wounds of their filth, ripeneth swellings and breaks them and curs them when it hath done. It is spetiall good for those swellings vulgarly in London called fellons, in Sussex Andicoms. Onely have a care of applying to the legs because of its drawing quality to any other part of the boddy in a sore that hath any putrefaction in it is none of the worst plaster.
Symbol | Name | TR (*) | ME (*) | ||
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lb, li, libr. | libra, pound | apothecary's pound | 373.243 g | ||
ss | semis | half | half | ||
℥ | uncia, ounce, unce | apothecary's ounce | 31.103 g | ||
Q | quarta | quart | between 0.95 and 1.16 liters | ||
ʒ | dragma, dram | dram | 3.888 g | ||
G | grana, grain | grain | 0.065 g (65 mg) | ||
A | ana | of each one | of each one | ||
lb ss | libr. semi | half an apothecary's pound | 186.623 g | ||
℥ ss | semuncia | half an apothecary's ounce | 15.552 g |
Name = Name in Text
TR = Translation
ME = Modern Equivalent (approx.; in grams and liters)