of the late Te/iilence. 165 this Manner -, Let a Quantity of Water be drawn from the green and fucculent Plant, and the Juice -be exprefTed from ano- ther Parcel of the fame Herb, and depu- rated by ffo riding *, let then both be evapo- rated to the Coniiftence of Honey , and from it a Tincture drawn with fome more diililled Water and a little Spi^ rit of Wine, which is again by Eva- poration to be reduced into an Extract • alio from the dryed Plant draw its eiTential Oil, and from the Refidlum, after Bifliilation, the Salt. Of the Extract take 5 iv. of the Salt § /, and of the Oil 50 drops, and mix them together, where let them lie to incorpo- rate mo, e intimately with one another. The inlpiiated Juices likewife of thele Ingredients are of good Erred, and in the Winter, Decoclions may conveniently be made of them for the fame medicinal Pur- pofes ^ and further, that the Remedies in this Cafe maybe yet the more efficacious, they may be joined with Alkaline-Salts diiioived in a proper Menftruum ; For by this Means the Tone of the Stomach will be ftrength- ned, Putrefaction will be prevented, the nitro-faline Effluvia will be refifted, or at leaft precipitated, and a Diaphorcfis pro^ moted. JVI 3 SOME
