Emplastrum Epispasticum

College. ] Take of Mustard seed, Euphorbium, long Pepper, of each one dram and an half, Stavesacre, Pellitory of Spain of each two drams, Ammoniacum, Galbanum, Phellium, Sagapen, of each three drams, whole Cantharides five drams, Ship Pitch, Rozin, yellow Wax, of each six drams, Turpentine as much as is sufficient to make it into a plaster. Culpeper. ] Many people use to draw blisters in their necks for the tooth ache, or for rheums in their eyes; if they please to lay a plaster of this there, it will do it. **Emplastrum a no strati bus, Flos Unguentorum Dictum. Or, Flower of Ointments** College. ] Take of Rozin, Per Rozin, yellow Wax, Sheep’s Suet, of each half a pound, Olibanum four ounces, Turpentine two ounces and an half, Myrrh, Mastich, of each an ounce, Camphire two drams, white Wine half a pound, boil them into a plaster. Culpeper. ] I found this receipt in an old manuscript written in the year 1513, the quantity of the ingredients very little altered. **A Plaster of Gum Elemi** College. ] Take of Gum Elemi three ounces, Per Rozin, Wax, Ammoniacum, of each two ounces, Turpentine three ounces and an half, Mallaga Wine so much as is sufficient: boil it to the consumption of the Wine, then add the Ammoniacum di olved in Vinegar. Culpeper. ] The operation is the same with Arceus Liniment. **A Plaister of Lapis Calami naris** College. ] Take of Lapis Calami naris prepared an ounce, Litharge two ounces, Ceru half an ounce, Tutty a dram, Turpentine six drams, white Wax an ounce and an half, Stag’s Suet two ounces, Frankincense five drams, Mastich three drams, Myrrh two drams, Camphire a dram and an half, make it up according to art.