in the stomack [. . .] 2 or 3 d[r]opes given in beere or water to chilldren, to men or wimin 7 or 8 drops at a time. 75. Sperits of Venus Take aes veridis or vardigres and put it into a retort of glasse without any mixture and destill of a sperits. It is very good against worms in children or elder people 3 or 4 or 5 drops given in beere or water in a morning fasting or at nite after super.
76. [. . .] Pills Take amber and mastike of each one quarter of an ℥, alloways ʒ v, agrick ʒ i s, aristalochia ʒ s, and beat them very smale and sift them through a very fine sive and temper them with sirup of wormwood and make it up into pills about the bignes of a great pea and take 2 or 3 of them as often as you please when you goe to bed, which will presarve the stomache from all deseases and suffer nothing to putrify in it and strengthen the head and the hart and clenens the raines and the wombe. Probatum Easte January the 10 1681
Symbol | Name | TR (*) | ME (*) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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)