2 i S Of tPreferVation Vertues, as would fecure them from the lufecHon. But much the greater Number were fupplied with arfenical Amulets^ from Empincks and Mountebanks j thefe were compounded of Arfemck alone, with Wax ^ or had many other Things added there- unto, appropriated to the Difeafe. One of the chief Forms of this Kind is the following : ¥£ Di&amni crei. pulv. d vij. p ulv. finapi Z is. Benzoin. 3 ij» Arfenici vert Z iij. ol. cinnam. gutt. m). cera opt. 3 V. cum mucilag. gum. tragacanth. aceto rofav. par at. K pafia^ unde placenta multifor- me s dcpfiticm par-entur 7 ad pondus 3 ij. vet iij. cor- dis regioni admovend^ linteo ferlco prius involute. For it commonly prevailed amongft the Populace, that Arfcmck y by fome magnetic k Vertue, draws away all Poifon, efpecially that of a PefHlence. The wearing alfo of a dried Toad was a mighty Secret with fome. BUT to give my Thoughts concerning the good or bad Effefts of thefe appended Remedies, I do not remember any one who had their Expectations anfwered thereby ; but many confiding too much in them 2 neglected other more neceifary Means of Pre-
