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 Extracts of Virginian Snake-Root, half an Ounce, Zedoary and Contrayerva, of each Two Drams, Juice of Alkermes half an Ounce; dissolve them in so much Spirit of Wine, as may make them into a thin Electuary, To which add Winters Cinnamon, Elecampane, Bay-berries, Indian Spikenard, White-Poppy Seed, Volatil Sal-Armoniack, Myrrh, Ginger, Cochineel and Saffron, of each Two Drams: Coral half an Ounce, Musk and Ambergrise, of each Seven Grains and half; make all into a subtil Powder, which mix with Bezoar Mineral, Bezoar Solara, and fresh Powder of Vipers, of each Two Drams. Then take Chymical Oils of Cloves, Sassafrass, Rosemary, Lavender, Limons, Juniper, Amber, Caraways, Cinamon, and Wormwood, of each a Dram; which Oils put into a large China Cup, big enough to contain the whole Medicine: Dissolve therein (by Grinding) Camphire half an Ounce; put thereto Oil of Nutmegs, by Expression, Balsam of Mecha, Elixir of Vipers, of each Two Drams. Lastly, take clarified Honey, a Pound and half, and put to it the dissolved Opium, Alkermes, and the other Extracts; then sprinkle in the Powders, stirring them well over a gentle Hea; when done, then let them cool, and put them all together into the China Cup, with the Camphire and Chymical Oils, where, with a Glass Pestle, let them be perfectly united together, and compleated for an Electuary. Rh