Pilulæ Rudii

College. ] Take of Coloquintida six drams, Agarick, Scamony, the roots of black Hellebore, and Turbith, of each half an ounce, Aloes one ounce, Diarrhodon Abbatis half an ounce, let all of them (the Diarrh. Abbatis excepted) be gro ly bruised, and infused eight days in the best spirits of Wine in a ve el close stopped, in the sun, so that the liquor may swim at top the breadth of six fingers: afterwards infuse the Diarrhodon Abbatis in the same manner four days in Aqua vitæ, then having strained and pre ed them hard, mix them both together, casting the dro away, and draw off the moisture in a gla Alembick, and let the thick matter remain in a ma . Culpeper. ] It cleanses both head and body of choler, flegm, and melancholy: it must not be taken in any great quantity, half a dram is sufficient for the strongest body.