35 V2 A2
A Cement said to be very useful
in joining together glass or steel.
Take mastick 5 or 6 bits as large 
as peas, disolve in as much alcohol as 
will render them liquid, in another vessel
disolve as much isinglass (previously
soaked in water) in brandy or rum as 
will make 2 oz by measure of a strong
glue warm it and incorporate with it 
by rubbing two or three small bits of 
galbanum or ammoniacum & then the 
mastick solution - keep the cement
in a bottle well stopped & gently warm
it before used 
Plaister of Paris mixed with the 
white of eggs, milk, glue, starch, or any
mucilaginous liquor, makes a good lute
To stop Leaks in all kinds of 
Iron ware
Take one ounce of iron filings
made very fine by pounding in an iron
mortar, twenty grains of powdered sal 
Ammoniae, as much flour of sulphur
& as much urine as will make it into 

a paste, of the consistance of ground
white Leads cover the part with this 
mixture taking care t. stop the crevice
well, & in 3 or 4 days the paste will
become as hard as the iron, when the 
mended part must be rubed over 
with powdered black lead 
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V. 2

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V.2 A 1
1/4 W Parchment showings, in a pot
pot cont 2 quarts - fill - boil slowly
4 or 5 hours - supplying water as it
evaporates - pass through linnen
forms glue no 1 -
Boil remainder - call no 2 
glue 3 Meet - when dry 3 more
& press - when dry polish
with stone - then with glass paper,
another [smooth?] sheet free from 
spots &c -
Take 1/2 pint glue nos melt add
3 spoons full plaster parris - spread
by means of a sponge equally as 
possible repeats as dry 
sufficient for 17 1/2 inches by 15 1/2
Plaster a surface quite white, oxide
of Zinc 4 to 3 plaster produces a 
colour exactly ivory - carbbarytes
as color intermediate



A.
William Hembel Junr

SELECTIONS,
FROM LATE LONDON PAPERS,
Received by the Packet.
Prevention of Contagion. - Dr. Mojon,
professor of chemistry, and a member
of the society of medicine at Genoa, has 
rnished Gayton Morveau with some 
ther information respecting acid fumi-
ous for stopping the progress of contagion
which has been recently published
in the Moniteur.
"Being summoned," the doctor says,
"to the church of St. Andre, where two 
persons had dropped down dead on attempting 
to descend into the vault I found 
the church infected with putrid exhalations.
I immediately caused the opening
of the vault to be closed; and having 
shut the windows, I placed in the 
middle of the church a large earthen vase
containing 6 lbs. of Marine Salt, and 31 lbs.
of Sulphuric Acid. Lighted faggots were 
placed round the vase, in order to accelerate
the disengagement of the vapours:
which ceased to rise at the end of we 
hours, when the windows were again 
opened. The infectious vapour was then 
dispersed. I have observed a more marked
effect when I have made famigations
with Oxygenated Muriatic Acid in the 
largest edifices, and particularly in the 
church of St. Dominic, where the air 
was so infected, and so loaded with putrid 
exhalations, that the fetidity of it was felt
at some distance, and in the neighbouring
houses. I employed for the fumigation
8 lbs. of marine salt, 5 lbs. of Sulphuric 
Acid, and 1 1-2 lb. of Black Oxid of Manganese.
" To purify the air of clese and inhabited
places, I have preferred fumigation
of Nitric Acid, which have also succeeded
in destroying the contagious Miasma,
without causing the least inconvenience
to the sick. There has been no example
of any one having received contagion
from those sick, near whom these fumigations
have been constanly made.
"To preserve myself from the infection
of putrid and contagious exhalations, I
have never used any other preservative
than a little phial of Acetic Acid, which 
I held under my nose; by which means 
I have constantly escaped infection, although 
repeatedly exposed to its effects."
Professor Palmer of Wolffenbuttle, has 
invented a composition to secure combustible 
substances, such a wood, paper,
linen, cotton &c. from catching fire. He
has published the secret of his discovery,
which consists of a powder made up of the 
following ingredients. viz. - One ounce
of sulphur, one do. of red ochre, and six
ounces of coppers.
To prevent wood catching fire, it is first
covered with joiner's glue, over which 
the powder is spread. This process is 
repeated three or four times after the 
wood has become dry. In linen and paper,
only water is used instead of glue 
and the process is repeated twice.
If this powder be thrown on substances
actually in combustion, two ounces of it 
will extinguish the [fire] to the extent of 
a square foot. - The meritorious Professor
promises a dissertation respecting the 
particular application of this discovery,
to save precious effects, and even men-
from the danger of being burnt. On the 
11th of December last, the first experiments
were tried at Wolffenbuttle, and 
gave general satisfaction.
The Optical Instrument maker of the 
Academy of Sciences, at Stockholm, Mr.
Gabriel Collin has invented an instrument,
by means of which substances may be 
discovered and sought at the bottom of 
the sea.
The King of Sweden ordered some 
experiments to be tried with his instrument,
on board the frigate of the Swedish
sea Cadets, which were attested by the 
captain. From them it results, that by 
means of the instrument, bright objects
may be seen at the depth of fifty-three
feet; in the Baltic obscure objects could
be seen at twenty-seven, and clear ones
at thirty-seven feet depth.
There is a contrivance in this instrument,
by which the observer can look 
as deeply into the water, in misty or foul,
as in clear fair weather. The wind never 
hinders the use of this instrument, which 
only requires one person for use - His 
Swedish majesty has rewarded the artist
with a douceur of about ƒ, 100 sterling,
and the academy of sciences at Stockholm
is to make a report upon it
Six thousand four hundred and eighty-nine 
persons were subjected last year to 
vaccine innoculation in Denmark; three 
hundred and sixty two portions of vaccination
matter were sent abroad to the 
Danish colonies and other foreign countries.
As the method of preparing Copal Varnish
is generally kept a secret by those 
who are acquainted with it; and as a 
tradesman who is desirous of knowing it 
is obliged to give sometimes an hundred
dollars to another to let him into the secret;
and that upon condition of not imparting
it to any one else; the following,
to some, may not be unacceptable.
To make Amber or Copal varnish - Take 
of white rosin four drachms, melt it over 
a fire in a glassed vessel, after which put 
in two ounces of the whitest amber you 
can get, finely powdered: this last is to 
be put in gradually, stirring it all the 
while with a stick, over a gentle fire till
it dissolves, pouring in now and then a 
little oil of turpentine, as you find it 
growing stiff, and continue this till your 
amber is melted. When the varnish has 
been thus made, pour it into a coarse
linen bag and press it between two hot 
boards of oak, or flat plates of iron. -
Great care must be taken in making the 
varnish not to set the house on fire, the 
vapours of the oil of turpentine will even
take fire by heat: if it should happen so 
to do, immediately cover the pot with a 
board; or any thing that will suffocate it 
by which means it will be put out. At a 
future day the manner of lying on varnish
will be given to the public. 

:1
Jame's Powder - Substitute for.
Disolve together or seperately in the least possible quantity of Muriatic
Acid; equal parts of the white Oxide of Antimony & Phosphate of Lime. pours
the solution gradually into distilled water, previously Alkalised by A sufficience
quantity of Ammoniac". A white & abundant precipitate will take place, which when 
well washed & dried is the substitute for James Powder. News Paper.
Vol 1
Soap of Wool by Chaptal - from Nicholson's Journal page 40 
the whole opperation consists in making an Alkaline lexivium of wood-ashes or 
pot ashes, and disolving therein, at the boiling heat, old rags or clippings of 
wool, to the point of saturation. the product is A soak soap, very soluble
in water of A greenish grey colour, well blended (bain lie) & possesing an [crossed out]
Animal smell, which the Cloths lose by washing & exposure to the air.
note by Nicholson - all kinds of hair, together with horns & hoops. - the 
refuse of tanners hog butchers, horners, com'b cutter's, &c must answer equally
well -
To Grind Cutlerey - vol 1
fine Cutlery is ground in germany on A Cilinder peculiar kind
of Pottery instead of Stone, upon the face of which, pulverised bone is occasionally
applied by means of tallow. the peculiar advantage of this kind of -
pottery was stated to be, that it never heats however rapid the motion
- nicholson page 132 who substituted A new castle grind stone of fine grit 
A Substitute for wine Lees in Fulling
In a memoir on the arts written by Chauner, whose object
is to describe the composition of A liquor, proper to be substitutes
for wine lees in fulling, to obtain the greatest affect with the most 
facility & economy - the liquor indicated is, a small quantity
of Sulpheric Acid. this bath which experience hath assured him
may be used with Invariable [affect] success, likewise affords the 
advantage of obtaining a very white color in Latts, because the 
felt does not become coloured in the working.
(Nicholson's Journal [crossed out]) Vol 1 

2.
To obtain fixt alkalies in Chrystals, in greatest purity
the opperation for obtaining a Caustic Alkalic of the greatest
purity & without the least colour consists in this. A Caustic lixivium
of Potash is evaporated to A thick pelicle after the cooling the 
foreign Salt which has Chrystalized is to be seperated, & the evaporation
of the lixivium continued in an Iron pot, as in the preperation of 
Lapis Causticus. during this second evaporation the pelicle of 
foreign Salts, particularly of Carbonate of Potash which continues
to be formed, must be carefully taken off with an Iron skimmer.
when no more pelicle is formed, & the matter ceases to be boil up.
it is removed from the fire, & suffered to cool, with continual
agitation by an Iron Spatula. it is there to be disolved in 
double the quantity of cold water, the solution filtered, & evaporated
in a glass retort, till it begins to deposite regular Chrystals,
if the mass should consolidate ever so little by cooling, a small 
quantity of water is to be added, & it must be heated again to 
render it fluid. after the formation of A regular quality of 
Chrystals, the Fluid which is very brown, is to be decanted, & the 
Salt after being suffered to drain, must be redisolved in the 
same quantity of Water. the decanted liquor must be keep in
a well closed bottle, & suffered to become clear by subsidence for 
several days, it must then be decanted for A second evaporisation
& Chrystalization. the process must be repeated as 
long as the Chrystals afford, with the least possible quantity
of water solutions perfectly limpid. these solutions are 
to be preserved in well closed bottles, to defend them from 
the access of air. By Lowitz. Professor &c Peterson
Nicholson's Journal 164 vol 1

3
the greatest of difficulty attending the above method is, the facility
with which the lixivium assumes the solid form. the inconvenience
may be obviated, by concentring A small portion to the
point at which it assumes the solid form on cooling. the 
saturation of a lixivium considerably evaporated may be assertained
by throwing small pieces of this mass into it during cooling
when these are no longer dissolved, it is a proof that the lixivium
is at the required point. Ibd.
To Analys Alum. by Vauquelin
take A small quantity of Alum, disolve it in the aqueous
solution of Pure Pott-ash, & slightly heat the mixture. if it 
contains Sulphate of Ammonia, a strong smell of Volatile
Alkali is immediately perceived. then put a small quantity
of this Sulphate of Alumine into A tubulated retort;
adapt A receiver contg. a small quantity of water, then 
pour on the Alum A solution of pot-ash in a proper quanty.
to decompose the Sulph: of [Alamine] Ammoniac & Alamine
at once boil this mixture for a quarter of an hour,
at the end of which all the Ammoa: is volatilized. provided
no more than 3 or 4 docimastic quintals be opperated
on. combine this Ammoa: to saturn: with Sulphe: acid,
the quanty: of salt obtained indicates that which was 
contained in the Ammoniacal Sulphate of Alumine.
when the pot-ash does not indciate the presence of 
Ammoniac

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Ammoniac, which is very seldom, pursue this method
decompose the Alum by means of Ammoniac, & after having
washed the precepitated alumine, evaporate the liquor
to dryness, heat the remaing: salt in A Crucible, till it 
emitts no more white vapours of Ammoniac, the remainder
is the pure Sulphate of pot-ash. A quintat conts:
A 1 Sulphate of Alumine - 49
2 Sulphate of pot ash - 7
3 Water - 44 100 parts
When Alum conts: both salts above mentioned, which 
frequently happens, use lime instead of Pot-ash to disengage
the ammonc: & proceade with the residue as before 
Vol 1
vol 1 Ether by Fourcroy Nicholson 394
The formation of Ether is not owing, as has been thought to,
the immediate action of the principles of the Sulpheric Acid 
upon those of the Alchohol, but to A true reaction of the -
elements of the Alchohol upon each other, & particularly the 
Oxygene & Hydrogene, occasioned merely by the Sulpheric
acid. - we might in strictness change any quantity of
Alchohol into Ether, without the assistance of heat, by successively
increasing the proportion of Sulpheric Acid. -
the opperation is divided into two principal stages, in one 
of which Ether & water only are formed & in the other, the sweet Oil
of Wine & acetous Acid - 

5
so long as Ether is formed the Sulpheric Acid is not decomposed, & 
there is no product of sweet oil of wine; but as soon as this last -
appears, little if any, Ether is afforded, & the Sulphc. acid is 
decomposed. - the formation of sweat oil of wine may 
be prevented, by keeping the temperature of the mixture between
75 & 78 degrees; which may [be] easily be done, by suffering a few 
drops of cold water to fall from time to time, into the retort. -
alchol differs from Ether by contg. more Carbone & less hydrogen
& Oxygene, & that the sweet oil of wine is to Ether nearely what 
[crossed out] Alchohol is to the oil -
Inconbustible Chemical Lute. Cox
Spanish Whitening ... ℔
Wheat flour ... ℔ ss.
Salt ... ℥jv. Mix with water
to the consistence of paste -
A Cement for broken Glass Cox 
white flint Glass - 1 part in fine powder
red lead powdered - 1/2 do 
Borax - 1/2 - fuse them together.
this Cement or Solder must be powdered & ground as fine as paint
& apply'd with A brush to the broken parts or edges of the 
Glass & A heat given sufficient to fuse the Solder
White Arsenic mixt with lime water will take off the 
Beard Dr Monges 

6)
Rectification of Ether.
One principal Object in the rectifycation of Ether, is to deprive 
it to the Sulpherous Acid; for which purpose a re-agent is necessary
it has been usual to add an Alkali. Dire' has found it much more 
advantageous to add A substance which might afford the requisite 
quantity of Oxigene to convert this into ye. Sulpheric Acid; in which 
state it is not disposed to rise & come over. various metallic Oxyde
were tried, amongst which the black Oxyde of Manganese proved
the best & Cheapest his process is as follows
The Sulpherous Acid contained in unrectifyed Ether being neutalized
with Oxyde of Manganese, the fluid is decanted into A
pewter vessel of the Capacity of fifty ounces, which is placed in A 
Water Bath to this Vessell A head & worm are adapted, the latter
of which passes through A refrigeratory, constantly supplied 
with Water from below, which causes the heated water to flow 
off from above. the distelation is then performed by raising 
the Bath to the Temperature of 36. (113 Farnheit) if the 
Decimal Therms: be here ment) the rectification by this 
treatment usually requires A day to compleate it. the 
flavour of the Ether is of the best kind, & the product about 1/6
more than the usual method, with retort & receives. Dize'
has practised this method for 3 years. Journal de Physique 
April 1798
Nicholson Jour: 3 Vol page 43 
vol 3

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To disolve Copal in Spirits of Turpentine.
Whatever quantity is to be disolved, should be put into A
Glass Vessel, capable of containing at least four times as much 
& should be high in proportion to its breath.
Reduce two ounces of Copat to small pieces, & put them into A
proper Vessel, Mix A pint of Spirits of Turpentine, with 
one eight Spirits of Sal-ammoniac; shake them well together; put 
them to the Copal, cork the Glass, & tye it over with a string or 
wire, making A small hole through the Cork set the Glass in 
A sand heat, so regulated as to make the contents boil as 
quickly as possible, but so gently that the bubbles may be 
counted as they rise from the bottom. the same heat must 
be keep up exactly, till the solution is compleate.
It requires the most acurate attention to receade in this 
opperation. after the Spirits are mixed, they should be 
put to the Copal, & the necessary degree of heat be given as 
soon as possible. it should likewise be keep up with the 
utmost regularity. if the heat abates or the Spirits boil 
quicker than is directed, the solution will immediately stop,
& it will afterwards be in vain to proceade with the same 
meterials; but if properly managed, the Spirits of Sal 
ammoniac will be seen gradually to descend from 
the mixture & attack the Copal, which swells & disolves
except A very small quantity which remains
undisolved. - the vessel should not be opened until 
some time after it has been perfectly coold. it has 

8)
it has twice happened to me on uncorking the vessell, when 
it was not warm enough to affect the hand, that the whole 
of the contents were blown with violence against the 
ceiling. it is likewise of importance that the Spirits of Turpentine
should be of the best quality. I have never succeeded 
with that sold at the Colour Shops; but whenever I 
procured any Spirits at Apothecaries Hall I have disolved
the Copal by the process above described without difficulty.
This varnish is of A rich deep colour when viewed in the 
bottle, but seems to give no colour to the picture it is laid 
on; if left in the damp, it remains sacky, as it is called,
A long time; but if keep in A [long] warm room, or placed 
in the Sun, it dries as well as any other Turpentine
varnish, & when dry, it appears to be as durable as any 
other solution of Copal -
Nickolson vol 3 446
To disolve Copal in Alcohol Sheldrake
Disolve 1/2 ℥ of Camphor in a pint of Alcohol; put it in 
a circulating glass & add 4 [℥] ounces of copal in small pieces;
set it in A sand heat, so regulated that the bubbles may be 
counted as they rise from the bottom, & continue the same 
heat until the solution is compleated.
Camphor acts more powerfully upon Copal than any 

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substance which I have [employed] tried if Copal is finely
powdered, & a small quantity of dry Camphor rubbed with 
it in A morter, the whole becomes in a few minutes a -
tough coherent mass. the process above described will disolve
more Copal than any menstrum will retain when 
Cold. the most economical method will, therefore be to suffe
the vessel to rest for A few days, and when it is perfectly
settled, to pour off the clear varnish & leave the residum
for A future Opperation.
this is the brightest solution of Copal that I have seen;
it is an excellent varnish for pictures, & may perhaps
be found an improvement in fine Japan works; as 
the stoves used in drying those articles may drive off 
the Camphor entirely, & leave the Copal pure & colour less 
on the work - NB Copal will disolve in Spts Turpentine
with Camphor, with the same facility, but not 
in the same quantity as in Alchol -
Nicholson (447) vol 3
A Pase to stop holes in Iron utensils by Kastelyn
take 6 parts of Pollers yellow Clay add one part of Steel fillings & A sufficient
quantity of Linseed Oil to make A Paste of the Consistence of Glaziers Putty
with which the holes are to be filled 

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Process for Extracting Sugar from Beet-root. A chard.
The root not peeled, but the leaves & heart carefully seperated; is to be boiled
in water until soft enough to be pierced with A straw. the root when 
boiled is to be cut in Slices, & then subjected to the action of A press, which 
should act with sufficient force to extract as much juice as possible. the 
Pulp which remains in the press still contains A considerable quantity
of Sugar which is worth extracting. to effect this it is diluted with a sufficient
quantity of water for 12 hours, after which the fluid part is drawn off 
by pressure. the saccarine matter after this second extraction, is still sufficiently
abundant to afford by fermentation, Brandy or Vinegar, with 
profit.
The liquids thus obtained are mixed & strained thro' A Flannel, & reduced by 
constant boiling to about 2/3. it is then passed A second time through a wollen
cloth, or A piece of Cloth such as is used in Sugar refinereys, after which the 
liquor is boiled in A smaller Vessel than the first, till it is reduced to one 
half. the liquor is again boiled in A still smaller vessel, which gives
it the consistancy of A liquid Syrup. it is necessary to remark, that by 
endeavouring to give the Syrup A too strong consistancy there will 
be danger of spoiling the whole.
the Syrup is then poured [it] in shallow earthen Vessels, which present 
a large surface to the Air, & placed in A Stove at A heat of about 20 
or 30 degrees of Reamur in order to Chrystaline during this insensible
condensasion of the Syrup, tho Chrystaline incrustation, which is 
formed at the surface, should be occasionally broken in order that 
by favouring the evaporation, the product of Chrystals may be 
hastened, as soon as it is observed that instead of the Chrystaline
incrustations, a thick gummy pelicles, not granulated is 

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on the surface of the Syrup it is A sign that the matter does no longer 
Chrystalize, but begins to dry, & the evaporation should then be stopped
this residue forms A mixture more or less thick, of A Chrystaline
substance & A fluid viscid matter. in order to seperate the Chrystalized
Sugar from the gummy extract they are put together into A 
sack of wet cloth tied tight, & then by means if A press, gradually
applied the fluid part is passed thro' the Cloth, & the Sugar remain
in the Bag. the residual pulp, the syrup or mucilage which 
passes through the cloth when subjected to the press, the syrup
in which the Sugar has Chrystalized, the washings &c &c may be 
converted into rum by distilation 
nichols vol 4. page 30
A new method of Preparing Prusiate of Pot-ash.
1 Calcine any quantity of Carbonate of Barytes in A strong
fire, a sufficient lenth of time to expel its Carbonic acid.
disolve the pure Barytes in boiling - water, & add by degrees
pure Prusian - blue in powder, till it ceases to be discoloured
filtre the solution through paper, & if it should become -
muddy during cooling, owing to the deposite of Oxide of Iron,
filtre it again. after having stood a few hours, small yellowish
Chrystals will appear, which are the Pruseated Barytes.
from the remaining solution a further quantity
of Chrystals, may be obtained by evaporation.
2 To A solution of Carbonate of Potash gently heated, add 
by degrees the Prusiate of barytes in powder, till the 
solution no longer restores the Colour of reddened 

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litmus paper, rather more of Barytes should be employed 
than is sufficient to decompose the Carbonate after digesting
the mixture about half an hour, filtre the liquor, which
when gently evaporated, will shoot in to beautiful Chrystals
of Prusiate of Pot-ash. these Chrystals contained, in one 
instance 24 PC of Oxide of Iron; but of this oxide a -
considerable part may be seperated, by digesting the solution
before evaporating it, with a little Acetic acid 
(radical Vinegar) the acetic has this advantage over all 
other Acids, that is combination with Pot-ash afford,
a Salt incapable of Chrystalization, & which cannot 
therefore mix with the Chrystals of Prusiated Pot-ash.
the Carbonate of Barytes, which is thus regenerated,
may be reserved, and again rendered proper by Calcination
for the same process - 
Nicols vol 4. 33 Henry
Proust converted Camphor into Oil, by repeated distilations from 
a Bolar Earth - nich 350 - 4 vol 
In another article Proust proposes A method of obtaining Sulphuric 
acid from the residues of the distilation of Sulphuric
Ether. the [method] simple process consists in diluting the residue 
with two parts of water, filtering through A Cloth to seperate
the Coaly matter from it, & subjecting the Liquid to distilation
in A Glass Retort. when the Acid has acquired the 

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Specific gravity of 1.84. from 4 to 6 parts of Salt petre to each five 
hundred parts are added; & the distilation is continued until the -
fluid is perfectly white & weighs from 1.86 to 1.87. water being 1.00
Inks not effacable by Oxigenated muriatic acid 
1 By Westrumb. Boil one part Brasil wood, & 3 parts of pounded
nut galls, with 46 parts (the whole by weight) of pure Water
when the liquid is reduced to 32 parts, pass it through a strainer
while hot upon one part & a half of very pure Sulphate 
of Iron, one part & A quarter of Gum Arabic & 1/4 of a part of fine 
Sugar. when all then substances are disolved, add one part of a 
quarter of good Indigo ground as fine as possible, 90/4 g of a part of 
lamp black, (purified.)
as the Indigo is the Ingredient in this Ink which resists the Oxigenated
acid, & as it is only suspended 2 mechanically, it is of importance that the 
fluid should be stirred well every time it is used, but the black colour 
of the fluid should deceive the writer.
2 By Bosse. Boil for about 1/4 of an hour, 1 part by weight of Brasil
wood, with 12 parts of water, add half a part of allum, evaporate
the whole to 8 parts, and mix 1 part of manganese, levigated to
a very fine powder, & 1/2 part of powdered Gum Arabic -

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3. Boil for 8 minutes one part by weight of Brasil wood, with 3 parts of 
powered nut-galls, in 9 parts of vinegar, & an equal quantity of water.
after straining the liquid, disolve therein 1/2 part of Sulphate of Iron &
1 of Gum Arabic, after which add A solution of 1/2 a part of Indigo
in 1 of concentrated Sulphuric Acid. the oxigenated Mur: Acid,
if [crossed out] applied, will disolve the Oxide of Iron in this Ink, but it 
cannot decompose the Indigo, & the great Object is to prepare the 
Ink in such a manner, that it shall not be discharged by that 
means.
the common Ink may be rendered incapable of being totally
discharged, by any action which the paper can stand, if instead of 
water, or other liquid, the expressed juice of green vegetables be used;
such for example as the Lathiris Linn: the Sambucus niger, or 
common grass - Nich - vol 4 479 - 80 
Cure for the Fever & Ague
ꝶ 2 oz Bark
1/2 " Cream: Tarter
100 Cloves pulverised. ♏︎. & dive into 24 parts of 
which 4 to be taken in a day. 1 morning fasting & the 
last on retiring to Bed in A glass of good Wine
the above dose is for A grown person. for Children
to be proportionally diminished

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A lute which will stand heat boiling - water & confine
Steam
Iron - filings -
Bullocks blood - Or Urine 
slacked - lime - mix them well together.
Tornsol or Litmus
Lichen, Archel, or in case this last cannot be obtained the greater
Moss of the Oak, cleaned & pulverised in A mill resembling the 
oil mill, & then sifted through A brass wire Live, the interstices of 
which do not exceade 1/250 Inch. the sifted powder is through
into A trough, & mixed with an Alkali caled Vedas, which is 
nothing else but the Cendre gravele in powder. the proportion
is 1 part by weight of Alkali, to 2 parts of the pulverised vegetable
this mixture is moistened by A small quantity of human Urine,
the Urine of other Animals do not contain A sufficient quantity 
of Ammoniac. the mixture ferments, & is keep moist by 
successive aditions of Urine. as soon as the materials have 
become red, they are transfered into Another trough, were they are 
again moistened with Urine, & stirred to renew the fermentation.
some days afterwards the paste acquires A blue colour
in which state it is carefully mixed with one third of 
excellent pot-ash well powdered; & with this mixture trays 
39 1/2 Inches deep by 31 1/2 wide are filled in which a fermentation
takes place which gives the mixture a deep blue 

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Colour
Rupp's Proportion for Oxy: muriatic Gass -
3 parts Manganese. - 1 Chaptal v3. 91 
8 parts common salt. - 3 twice 
6 " oil of Vitriol. - 2 with [half] twice its weight of water
12 " Water.
the proportion of Manganese is subject to variation according
to its quality.
Pelletier's Lute 
Take Plumbago one part, common Clay 2 1/2 parts, Cow dung 
1/2 part, this supports retorts so well that you may melt
them without any change.
August 1st 1803
one measure of Atmospheric Air was mixed with one 
of Oxigene Gas (contg pr Ct of Arot) in the audiometer,
on agitating the tube A diminution of 15 pr.
Ct took place. Quere. could that be owing to the Nitric 
Acid formed by the admixture of the Oxigene with 
the Arote of the Atmospheric Airs.

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August 1st 1803 9 oClock P.M.
Writers on Chemystry say that Phosphorus does not suffer Combustion
in as low A temperature in Oxigenous Gas, as in Atmospheric
Air; with A view to ascertain the truth of the above ascertain the 
following experiments were made.
1st [crossed out] One measures of Atmospheric air was introduced in A Udiometer
tube [crossed] 6 Inches diameter & inverted in A Pneumatic tub:
A piece of Phosphorus of no determinate weight, was fastned
to A Thermometer tube, (by working A hole [in] through the middle 
of the Phosphorus with the tube) & introduced into the empty
space of the Udiometer, A copious production of white fumes
immediately Appeared & filled the whole of the empty space,
which depressed the water in the tube 5/100 parts of the measure; in 
about 1 [crossed out] hour & a half the [crossed out] empty space appeared
perfectly transparent & the Phosphorus appearing to yield 
no more Vapour the experiment was considered as finished
& the water had risen 21/100 parts of A measure. the whole effect
being produced by the spontaneous combustion of the Phosphorus,
A Candle being during the experiment about nine 
Inches distant from the Udiometer tube: A considerable
2nd" portion of the Phosphorus remained unconsumed.
Into the same tube, one measure of Oxigene Gas obtained
from Manganese & Sulphuric Acid was [crossed out] thrown up, & the 
Phosphorus remaining from the first experiment introduced

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introduced immediately A more copious production of fumes appeared, 
the water was depressed 8/100 parts of the measure, & in A few 
moments A violent Combustion ensued breaking the part of 
the thermometer tube to which the Phosphorus was attacked,
the inflamed Phosphorus at the same time falling into the 
water was extinguished & the [crossed out] Water in the tube 
was found risen [crossed out] 80/100 parts of the measure.
3rd August 2nd 9 oClock AM.
the first Experiment was reapeated & the result precisely
similar, the room being darkend by bowing the shutters
4th 12 oClock
The second Experiment was repeated, with the same 
Oxigene Gas, in A few moments the [Oxigene] Phosphorus
took fire, part on melting fell into the Water, another 
part remained attached to the tube. the melted part was 
again introduced into the tube & no more fumes appearing
the residum of Air occupied 21/100 parts of A measure &
was Acetic Gas. for on adding 1 Measure of nitrous Gas
no diminution was perceptible -  

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Method of discovering wheather wine has been adulterated
with any metal prejudicial to Health
Mix equal parts of Oyster shells & crude Sulphure in a 
fine powder, & put the mixture in A Crucible. Heat it 
in A wind furnace & increase the fire suddenly so as to bring 
the Crucible to A white heat, for the space of 15 minutes.
Pulverise the mass when it is [crossed out] cool, & preserve it in 
A bottle closely stopped. - to prepare the Liquor, put 120 grs 
of this powder & 120 grs of Cream of Tartar into A strong bottle;
fill the bottle with common water, & boil for an hour, & then
let it Cool, close the bottle immediately, & shake it for some 
time, after it has remained at rest so settle, decant the 
pure liquor, & pour it into small phials capable of 
holding about 10 ℥ each first putting into them 20 drops 
of muriatic Acid. they must stopped very closely with A
piece of Wax, in which there is A small mixture of Turpentine.
- one part of this liquor mixed with three parts of 
suspected wine, will discover by A very sensible black precipitate, the 
least traces of Lead, Copper &c but will produce no effect uppon Iron 
when the precipitate has fallen down, it may still be discovered wheather
the wine conts. Iron by saturating the decanted liquor with Salt of Tar: by which it becomes black

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Oxygenated Ointment
ꝶ take hogs-lard to tbj melt it over a slow fire, & then add of nitric
Acid (of 32 degrees) ℥ij keep carefully stirring the mixture
over [crossed out] the fire with A glass rod, untill it begins to boil, &
then sets it by to cool.
it is of great benefit in cases of syphilitic ulcers, herpes, &
psora
Unguentum Hydrargyri.
&ʒ take 2 ℥ hogs-lard, VIʒ Mercury VI grs floi Sulphur, hiturate
the process will be compleated in a few minutes -
A Useful treatment for the Dysentery, Scarlatina Anginosa or Canker
Rash - by Dr Perkins of Massachusetts -
&ʒ saturate any quantity of the best Vinegar with common salt: to one 
large spoon fulls of this solution, add four times the quantity of boiling
water; let the patient take of this as hot as it can be swallowed, one 
spoon full every half minute untill the whole is drank, this dose 
for an adult - of necessary repeat the dose in 6 or 8 [crossed out] hours 
joining Plantain Tea or other Cooling drink. after a few doses are 
taken laudanum maybe advantageously added - it is also
useful in Agues, Diarhœas, & yellow fever -

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Urine Experiments on by Crankshatas
Urine is seperated from the Blood by the kidneys, & contains -
several neutral Salts, with more or less animal attractive -
matter. Specific Gravity from 1005 to 1033. by exposure to Air 
it soon runs to putrefactive state with production of Ammonia -
when first voided contains excess of Phosphoric Acid & reddens -
Litmus: in consequence of this excess, it holds in solution more or less
phosphate of Lime which is precipitated by fixt Alki: or pure Amona:
by evaporag: 36 oz. a residum remains of 1 to 1 1/2 ℥. consists of 
muriate of Potassa & Soda, Phospts: of Soda, Lime & Ammo: the 
Phosphoric & Lithic Acids, with animal extractive matter. their 
relative proportions in A healthy state may be nearly as follows
℥ ʒ grs
Muriatic Salts - 0. 1. 0
Phoric - do - 0. 3. 50
Lithic acid & phosphate of lime} - 0. 0. 25
with excess of Acid -}
animal extractive matter - 0. 3. 40
the neutral salts when purifyed by Chrystalization are generally
very fusible, but varis much acording to the greater or less proportion
of Phosphoric Salts. more particularly the Phosphate of Ammoa:
on which in A great measure their fusibility depends, instead of 
melting this saline matter sometimes decrepitates when suddenly
heated, owing to excess of muriatic salts, of these muriate
of Potash is most prevalent, & easily distinguished from muri:
of Soda 

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of Soda by its Chrystalizing in some degree by Cooling, &
afording Cream of Tartar on adding Acid of Tartar
in recent Urine Ammonial Galls bear a small proportion, in a 
state or Putrid state they are more abundant. Phosphate of 
ammoa: is the principal with sometimes Muriate of Ammoa:
A Lithic Acid & Phosphate of Lime in a great measure deposited after 
Urine hath stood some time & become Cold, the quantity of first varies
greatly: that of the last nearly the same, in the proportion of 1 grain
to 2 Ounces. they may be easily distinguished, by disolving them in 
twice their weight of Nitrous Acid, diluted with A little water, &
evaporating to dryness: the Mass when hot will assume a 
beautifull deep rose or Crimson colour when the Lithic Acid is 
present, but continue White, even when heated to redness or 
only have A light greenish tinge, when there is nothing but Phosphate
of lime. their relative proportions may be assertained by 
the mixed mass for some time to a red heat in A Crucible, when the 
Lithic Acid will either burn out or evaporate, leaving the Phosphate
in A pure state. - pure Ammonia & fired Alkalies, -
dropped into healthy recent Urine, produce a slight Cloud, consisting
principally of Phosphate of Lime; about 2 grs may be obtained in 
this way from 4 oz of Urine, lime water throws down a precipitate
which is much more copious for reasons that must be obvious

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Nitrous acid to healthy Urine, produces a slight effervescence & gives it more 
or less of A redish colour, but produces no precipitation, in general dropsy or Anascara
this re-agent produces a milkiness, & in some instances a Coagulation, similar
to what would take place if added to the serum of the Blood when Bile
is mixed with this fluid, as in Jaundice the Acid renders it green; A similar
effect is produced by the Muriatic, & in some degree by the Sulphuric acid 
for this purpose however the Muriatic is to be prepared -
the principle of tune, or infusion of Oak bark, detects animal mucilage
or Jelly, & the quantity of Coagulation thrown down will in general bear a 
certain proportion to the extractive matter. four oz of healthy urine
afforded in this way a precipitate of about 4 grs - Syvin remarks
that in every case, were the Action of the Stomach & organs of digestion
is much impared, this infusion produces a copious precipitate.
Corosive muriate of Mercury has no immediate efect on recent healthy urine
but in every case of increased action of Vessells, more particularly
of the inflamable kind, a greater or less milkiness, & a whitish precipitate
is instantly produced it likewise in some degree Coagulates
dropsical Urine - Effects similar but not so striking are produced
by Alum.
Muriate of Barytes detects Phosphoric salts 4 oz healthy
urine yield with this re-agent a precipitate of 13 grs equivalent
to about 24 or 25 grs of Microcosmic Salt, consisting of such a 
mixture of Phosphate of Soda & Ammonia as are usually melt
with in the Urine. - Sulphate of Iron hath a similar effect 

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but is not so certain, as any excess of acid might prevent the 
seperation of the Phosphate of Iron.
Nitrats of Mer: & Silver are decomposed by Phosphoric &
Muriatic salts & in some degree by extractive matter, they 
therefor can be of little use as re-agents -
Acetite of Lead is decomposed by Muriatic & Phosphoric Salts
with the last is form an insoluble precipitate; but the Muriate of 
led may be disolved by 18 or 20 times its weight of hot water. this 
Circumstance affords a ready method of determining their relatig
proportions; for if we precipitate a given quantity of [this] Urine by 
this substance, dry the precipitate & then digest it in 20 times its 
weight of distilled water, what remains must be Phosphate of Led &
the quantity taken up will indicate the proportion of Muriate of 
Led. 4 oz healthy Urine treated in this way yielded 31 grs this being 
digested in distilled water 7 grs were taken up, the remaining 24 grs 
were found to be Phosphate of Led, equivalent to 23 or 24 grs 
of Microcosmic salt, as was determined directly by experiments.
It must be observed, that the Urine employed in these trials should
be recent, & not kept for any lenth of time, as it is well known 
that ammonia is soon produced, which would render the
results extreamely uncertain. 

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The proportion of extractive matter may in some measure
be determined by an of infusion of Oak Bark or rather Galls;
The quantity of The Phosphoric Salts, by the Muriate of Barytes or Acetite of 
Lead; the Muriatic salts by Acetite of Lead; the 
proportion of Phosphate of Lime, by pure ammonia or 
any of the Alkalies, & the Lithic Acid by the process already
described. (see A)
In Morbid states of the Urine, the Coagulable part of the serum
is detected by the Nitrous Acid, & even by heat; Bile by the 
Nitrous or muriatic acids; & the condition accompanying
Rheumatism & other inflamatory Complaints, by the 
Corrosive Muriate of Mercury & sometimes by Alum.
Mr. Kentish's Linament for Burns.
Flor: Zinc: ℈j} the part affected to well embrocated with 
Ung: Cer: Alb: ℥j}
Spirits of Turpentine, Spirits of Vine, Brandy &c whilst the 
Linament is preparing of Common yellow Basilicon & Spirits
of Turpentine [crossed out] to be renewed once in 24 hours
after the third day supuration commences when the Flor:
Zinc &c is to be employed - 

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November 11 1803
No attempts have yet been made to account for the 
[The] Anomalous results afforded by A mixture of Nitrous Gas &
atmospheric Air: it appears to me to arise, from Nitric Acid
being formed when the mixture is slowly made, & Nitrous 
Acid when the mixture is made with rapidity. to render 
the manner in which Nitric Acid is formed in one case &
Nitrous acid in another intillegable let us supper one measure of Nitrous
Gas introduced into the Udiometer in 32 usual manner, divided
into Strata & distinguished by the letters A. B. C. D. &c &c  
let us also suppose one measure of Atmospheric Air added to ye 
Nitrous Gas & similarly divided, & the two Airs suffered to unite 
slowly as recommended by Authors, but as A last terms become
necessary for A clear explanation. let the Strata be assumed
to 26 which will include the Alphabet & leave us Z for 
the last term. then, the order of the Series for the nitrous Gas
being A. B. &c begining from the surface of the water in the 
Udiometer tube, we shall have the Series of the Atmospheric 
Air Inversely vizt. ʒ [crossed out] y, X, &c 

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March 26th 1804
The number of Oxygenating process which are carried on in the Arts
Together with the quantity [of Oxygen] consumed by nature; would 
quickly diminish the quantity of Oxigene existing in the Atmosphere,
unless the means Nature employs to reproduce it were 
commensurate with its destruction. hitherto Chymist have 
supposed that Vegatation assisted by the direct says of the Sun 
afforded the quantity which is momentarily abstracted; but the 
Experiments of Profes: Wodhouse prove that no Oxigene Gas 
is evolved from plants enclosed under Bells filled with water 
unless the water contains Carbonic Gas, & in that case he 
supposes the Carbonic Gas is decomposed, its Base unites as 
nourishment to the Plant, whilst the Oxigene of the Carbonic
Gas is set at liberty; & as the Water with which plants are suplyed by 
nature in the form of Rain cannot be supposed to Containe
Carbonic Gas: whence then results the quantity which is 
momentarily reproduced to suply the Wasted. is it not probable
that mankind have hitherto been erronous in supposing
that the remains of Vegetation, Dung. Compost, Manure,
&c &c putryfied in or when spread over the ground? is 
it not more probable that instead of putrifying these remain
of Vegetation Dung &c &C are mearley reduced to A Carbonatious
State 

28)
To mend broken Glass to Stand fire 
Take minium & powdered Glass sifted, mix it with Varnish
add yellow Ochre so as to colour it. Spread it on linnen
& lay it over the fracture -
ꝶ: Pul: Herb: Digital gr. xij.} to take 3 ea day for Asthma
Cons: Rosar: - q.s.} Ru
ut ƒ Pil: - xij}
Oxymuriate of Pottash
The formation of Muriate of Pottash in the process of preparing the 
Hyper oxymuriate of Pottash does not appear to be satisfactorily
explained.
Berthollet supposes that the Oxymuriatic acid Gas is decomposed,
during the process, one portion of the Gas loosing the whole of its Oxygene & is reduced,
to Simple Muriatic Gas, whilst the other portion combines with the seperated
Oxygene & is thus converted to Hyperoxygenated muriatic Acid.
If Berthollet is correct in the above conjuncture, it will follow, that Oxygene Gas &
Muriatic Gas each seperately evolved can combine on Mixture; an effect 
which is contradicted by experiment.
So it not probable that Muriatic as well as Oxygenated Muriatic Gas are evolved
[crossed out] at the same time during the effervescence of the Muriatic
Acid & Manganese, & that each in their disengaged state, combines.

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with the disolved Salt according to the laws which governs their respective
affinity.
An attentive observance of what takes place during the above process
will render the above conjecture highly probable.
"When Muriatic Acid is added to Manganese an Action takes place &
Oxymuriatic Gas is evolved, & the temperature of the Mixture is raised
in proportion to the Strenth of the Acid employed. but the Action is not 
with the whole of the Muriatic Acid employed, but only with the lower
stratum or as much as is in Contact with the Manganese; the supernatant 
Acid remaining inert until the whole or part of the Acid of the 
Substratum is abstracted, in fact it appears probable that the parts of the 
supernatant Acid are brought into Action only in proportion as parts of the substratum
are converted into Oxymuriatic Gas, from whence results, that 
the increased temperature arising from the Action of the substratum of the 
Muriatic Acid & Manganese, must cause the Muriatic Acid of the 
supernatant Acid, to raise along with the Oxygenated Muriatic Acid, &
both acids passing together into the saturating Vessell. each [crossed out] must 
combine with the Pottash in propertions, dependant on their respective
affinitys, the muriate of Pottash formed remaining in solution whilst
the Oymuriate Chrysalising falls to the bottom of the [crossed out] Vessell
further, it appears highly probable that the proportion of Muriatic
Acid Gas evolved during the process, considerably exceades the Oxymuriatic
for the following reasons. Muriatic Acid consists of 

30)
Muriatic Acid Gas combined with water. 100 parts of the strongest
Muriatic Acid which can be obtained & whose specific gravity is 
1. 196 was assertained by Kirvan to containe 25. 28 Recel Acid 
consequently 100 parts of the strongest Muriatic Acid consists of 
74. 72 parts Water & 25. 28 Acid. [crossed out] but as the whole of the acid affused
over the Manganese, cannot come into Contact with that substance
at the same time, its Action cannot be simultaneous, but sucessive,
& as the water with which the Acid is combined remains after the 
Acid is driven off it is highly probable that before the process is half
finished the remaining Acid is too much reduced in strenth to be capable
of disengaging any Oxygene from the Manganese.
To under the above oppinion more inteligable, let us suppose 500 parts of 
Muriatic Acid, are affused over any quantity of Manganese, & that the 
five hundred parts of Acid are divided into 5 Strata of 100 parts each;
distinguished by the letters A B C D E. & that the first stratum only
is in Contact with the Manganese, now 500 parts of the strongest Muriatic Acid [is] are composed
of 373. 60 Water & 126. 40 Acid according to Kirvan. consequently each of 
the Strata would be composed to 25. 28 Acid & 74. 72 Water.
hence the decreement of Strenth of the Muriatic Acid on 
the above supposition would be as follows. vizt.

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at the commencement of the process there would be 
126. 40 Acid 
373. 60 Water
after the Stratum A was deprived of its Acid there would remain
of Acid 101. 12 of Water 373. 60
after the Stratum B &c - do 75. [84] do - 373. 60
- C & - do 50. 56 - 373. 60
- D & - 25. 28 - 377. 60
E & the remainder would be water with 
which the whole acid was combined
Diarhœa
ꝶ adult Child
Creta pp: - ℈ ij ℈ij 
pub: g: arab: - ʒviij - ℈ij - ℈ij ℈ij ℥j
Aq: fluv: - ℥vss - ℥xij ℥iij
Sp: vini -} ʒxij ʒij - ʒj ʒi ℥jss
Sacar alb:} 
xlviij
Ol: Cinnam - gtt. viij - gtt - [crossed out] gtt. ij ʒss
liq. ladan: gtt. xxx gtt. x ♏︎
A table Spoon full every half hour untill
sleep [crossed out] is induged or ease A procured. A tea spoon for A Child

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Indeliable Ink
Nitrate Silver ʒ jjjj} when the Solution is Clear add to 
Water - ℥ jjjj}
drops of an infusion of Galls, made by pouring a gill of boiling 
water on 2 drams of powdered Galls - disolve 1 ℥ of Pearl ash
in 4 ℥ measure of water, let it stand until the Solution is A
linnen to be moistened with Sol: Pearl ash 
Gonorhœa Injection
ꝶ Vitr: Alb - gr. x 
Sac: Sat: - gr xv 
G. Arab: - ʒ - jj 
Aqua - ℥ - v iii ♏︎:
ter in die
Diarhœa
ꝶ Creta ppt: ℥ iij
Gum: Arab - ʒ iss 
L. Laud: gt - xij
Aq: font - ℥ iij ♏︎. two tea spoons full every
two hours until Complaint removed or sleep produced
[Stewart?] P: -
Opium Friction
ꝶ. Opii subtitissime pulv: ℈j M J. 104 vol 2.
Adipis Suill: - ℥ iij 
Camp: - ℈ss ♏︎: divi: chartalus duas. 

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Opium Friction
ꝶ Zinc: Opii} - ℥vj 
Ol: Oliva:} a - 
M. J. P. 108. vol 2
vit Ovar: q: s: -
Heart Burn in Pregnancy ︎M. J. 206 - no 2
ꝶ. Magne: testæ - ʒi
Aq: pur: - ℥ vss
Spt. Cinmam: - ʒ iij 
Aqua: Ammon: [pure] ʒ ƒ ♏︎. 2 or 3 Spoons full occasionally
Ague M J. 239 -
ꝶ. Pulv: Cinchona flava - ʒ x
Tinc Opii - ʒ j
Pul: Pimento, vel piper nig: ʒ jss ♏︎. make into an Electuary
& take the whole in 24 hours - to commence with the Cold fire
vide page 31 Diarhœa. M J v 12. 103
ꝶ. Creta ppt: - ℈ iv - ℈ j - ij 
pul: g. arab: - ℈ ij - gr - x - ij 
Aq: destil: - ℥ vss - ℥ j - ℥ ij 
Aq: Cinnam - ℥ iss - ʒ ij - iv 
Sp: Cinnam -} aa - ʒ ij - ʒ ss - j 
Syr: Simpl:}
Tinc: Opii - gt- xxx table spoon full after ea: stools xxv.

34)
Artificial Mush. in Hooping Cough
Three drams & a half of concentrated Nitric Acid are gradually
dropped on one dram of rectified Oil of amber, which is previously
poured in A wine glass when the mixture is agitated it grows hot 
& emitts offensive fumes, against the inhalation of which the 
opperator must be on his guard. after having stood 24 hours
the compound acquires a resinous appearance, at the bottom
we find A strongly Acid fluid, but on the top A yellowish
resin, resembling Musk in its fragrance. this resinous matter
must be repeatedly washed first in cold then in hot water,
until its Acid taste is compleately removed, thus we obtain 
A substance which is equal in flavours as well as in its 
Medical properties, to the genuine natural musk, which is 
perfectly soluble in Spts. of Wine, which like other resins,
can be precipitated by water, & which always retains the Scent
acquired by this simple process -
triturale 10 grains in a morter with A few Almonds &
dilute with 5 or 6 ℥ of water - 2 tea spoons for A 
Child 1 or 2 years old every 2 hours, & in A rising
proportion to older Children & -
M. J. v 1. 178 

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Epilepsy
& powder of valerian - ʒ ss.
magnes: Alb.
Sal: Ammo. (sing) - gr. vj
Ob: Cajeput - gt. iij
lycoperdon (Toad stool) - fr. ij ♏︎. p. D. M J. v 1. 181 -
gradually increase the last
Tape Worm - Saline Draught.
disolve 2 ʒ Salt of tartar in 12 ℥ of water.
dilute 4 ℥ of Acid of Lemons in 20 ℥ of do.
each solution to be keep in seperate bottles. of the former
mixture, the patient takes first half a tea cup full, & 
immediately after it A whole tea Cup full of the latter.
the Dfts. to be continued intill every hour or 2 untill the 
Tape worm moves - then Jalap. Seamonium, or Aloes 
with A proportionate addition of Callomel, to accelerate 
the opperation. M J. v 1. 182
Embrocation for Rheumatism
Spt. Terebinth - ℥ i
Tinc opii} aa - ℥ ss -
Spt. Camph}
Ol. Succin}

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Rush's Bilious Pills
ꝶ. Gum: Al: sod: - ʒ ij.
Callomel ppt: - ʒ ij.
Gum Gambog - ʒ ss.
Ol: Menth: - Gt. v. ƒ. ♏︎. c aqua - et divid -
in Pill lxxx. -
[crossed out] - Purge
ꝶ Gum Manna - ℥ ij.
Fol: Senna - ʒ iij.
Sal: Glaub: - ℥ ss.
Dispepsic H - pro Car -
ꝶ Pulv: Rhei - ʒ ss.
Colum:
Magnes: Calcinal (aa) - ʒ iss. ♏︎: ƒ: p: vj ♏︎. J E. Sum
Friction Oppi
ꝶ. Tinc Oppi - ʒ ij.
Camph: - ℥ ss.
Ol: Oliv: - ℥ ij.
Vitil Ovi: - q. s. ♏︎. M J. v 3. 103

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Injection for the Piles. M J. v 3. 335
ꝶ. Tinc Ferri Muriati - ʒij.
Tinc Opii - ʒij.
decoct hordei - ℥iv. ♏. ƒ. enema bis de dei injiciend
Sore Ear. Cros: by Phy: - found injurious & ordered to be 
withdrawn.
ꝶ. Sachar: Saturni -
Vitriol Alb: - āā grxv.
Aq: fluvial - ℥iv.
Laud: Liqui: - ʒij ♏︎. to be spread over A Pultice
Stimulating Plaster
ꝶ Blistering plaster - 2 drams.
~ Gum plaster - 1 Ounce. melt them
A Threat: Pulmo: affec: et Dyspep: M J. v 8. 49.
ꝶ. G. myrrh pulv: - ʒi.
Kali propar: ʒss.
Ferri Vitriola: - gr xv.
G. Camp: (sp. v. sub:) - gr viij
hæe contunde in massam, et divide in pilulas xviij. quarum tres 
quatuorve simul adultis sumendæ sunt.
N- were Camphor is improves A few drops of Alchohol may be substituted

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Gloucester Jelly
ꝶ. Hord: perlat. Sago, Orizœ, rad, Eryng. āā ℥j. cogue in aqua
puræ ℔ vj ad ℔. iij. colat. liquor addend. lact. recent. ℔ j
sachar. alb q.s. capiatur ad libitum.
Inj: Gonor: M J. v. 3. 214
ꝶ Callom: pp 
~ Pul: g. Arab: ā ʒij.
Aqua - ℥viiss. ♏︎.
Diseased Liver
ꝶ Callomel: pp:
Ipecacu: ā gr i.
~ Sapo: - grij. ♏. ƒ piluae. ƒ♏. s. et repet p.r.n.
Mode of preparing Gelatine
ꝶ of the finest & most transparent Glue - ℔ 3 -
common water - to 15
melt & clarify it with white of eggs, & filter it through cloth, to which add sugar
evaporate the whole on A slow fire, till the whole quantity of water be 
reduced 4/5; there will remain in the mixture equal quantitys of the [mat????]
sugar, gelatine & water ℔ 3. run it on A glass plate, or china dish; & in
the commencement of A shivering fill, take from 8 to 12 drams in 
three doses in intervals of 10 minutes; & ocuring the intermittant
from an ounce & a half to two ounces are to be given every four 
or six hours. M J V to 326

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Note
A Gentleman who had been salivated for to cure A Chancre, went 
to the yellow Springs in Virginia during the yellow Fever of 1805, after drinking
the water, his mouth became sore, with other symptoms of Salivation -
notwithg two months had elapsed since he left off taking mercury & was 
pronounced cured by his Physician - query. was it the Iron Sulphur
or both combined that produced the effect October 14th 1805
Martial Sulphurett of Potass
ꝶ. Sulphur
Pottash a equal parts
~ Iron filings one half part. ♏︎. & melt the whole 
in A Crucible when the combination is compleated
turn the contents of the Crucible on A marble Slab
previously greased.
Carbon. M J. v 1. 280
ꝶ lini: Electu: - ℥ iv.
Carb: Sod: - ʒ ij.
Carbon - ʒij. ♏︎: from 1/2 to 1 & 2 ℥ pro: dosis
Tincture of Artificial Musk M J. v 4 235
2 drams disolved in 8 ℥ of alcohol
~ 9 years 12 drops} three times a day
6 do 10 do} 
x adult - 20 do vide page 34 for manner of preparing
v 5. 138 -

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Psora - M J v 7. 520 -
ꝶ Calx Hydrar. Alb - ʒij
Ceruss: Acetal Alb.
Kali. pp: - āā - gr x 
~ Ung: Simpl: - ℥ ij ♏︎. cum Essent. Bergam. et Lavan
aa gtt. xx ƒt Linn: omni noct. utend. h.s.
ꝶ. Calx Hydrar. Alb - ʒj idem
Callomel pp: - ℈j
Lac: Sulph: - ʒij
Essent [crossed out] Lavand. et Bergam: aa gtt. xxv Adeps Suilla
℥ ij ♏︎. applicatur omn: noct. h.s. 
Cutaneous & sacrfy eruptions of the Head & extending
behind the Ears of Children
ꝶ. Creta pp. - idem
Calx Hydrar: Alb: - aa ℈j
Ceruse Acetat: - ℈j
Ung: Hydrar. Nitrat: ʒij 
Adeps Suilla - ℥ij ♏︎. Application omni 
noct: ho.

41
Dr Marcus on Venereal Complaints M J V 9 271
ꝶ Aqua Cinnam: C. Vino - ℥ iij.
Corros Subl: - gr. iv.
Tinc: Oppi: - ℈ ij. ♏︎. Cap. xl. @ [crossed out] lxxx bis de 
terve in die - . Salivation never observed to succead the above.
ibeda, in Scabies
three ounces of fat, & one dram of Sp. Nit fumans; sprinkling
the ulcer with Charcoal - 
Anodyne Virtue of Camphor in A Case of 
painful Menstruation. - I Ring -
Camphor: gr. X
Sachar. - X ♏︎. to be taken in a little water 
on the accession of the pain. M J. v 4. P. 155 -
Wis: pro Rosol: Jaundice & supression of brim
Sal: Nitri - ʒ ij 
Gum: Arabic - ʒ j
Ol: Juniper - gt IV [iij]
ƒ. D. viij Sing: one to be taken every hour & half in water
A Case of Hydrocephalus, Child four years of age 
ꝶ Callom: ppt gr iij. Opi gr. ss. Creta ppt. gr. ♏. ƒ. pulvis h.s.
sumendus 

42
Shining Liquid Blacking
ꝶ. 3 pints of Vinegar
1/4 ℔ of Ivory Black
A Tea [spoon] Cup full molasses
x 1 oz sweet Oil
1 oz Sal: Acid. ♏︎. the two oils to be mixed together &
let stand about half an hour, then stired up with the 
other ingredients.
Piles 29th. March. Moon 8 days
Pulvis Antispasmodicus. Gonorhœa Falk 328
ꝶ. Nitri Purificate - ℥ jj
Cinabar: Antimo: ʒ jj
Callomel: P:P: - ℈ j Lavigentur simul Cinabar et mercurius
dulcis super marmos cum pauloto aqua, donec fiant pulvis impalhabibs
hunc more præscripto exeicatum nitro admisee, diende fiat pulvis
in viginti quatuor partes æquales dividendus. 
Capiat unam bis di die, sive prore nata admisciendo, seil,
balsamici cujus libet quantum sufficial ut fiat haustus exigures;
sive utcunque aleter in vehiculo quovis edoneo - if it gripes 3 or 3 drops Essen Oil Popper [illegible]

43
Injectio contra Acrimoniam. Gonor: ut Flu: Alb:
ꝶ. Callomel: P:P: - q. libel, lœvigetur cum paululo aquæ super -
marmor donce fiat subtilissimus, ita ut prompte suspendatur in 
aqua, deinde in case idoneo, aqua multa affus circumagitetiur;
postea reponatur dum aqua limpida fiat; aquam offunder et gradatim
mercurius exiccetur. Murcuries dulcis hiyus scrupulum unum
misce cum aquæ uncia una et in Priala servetur: - to be shaken
previous to using once twice thrice as occasion requires
Tinctura Analepticum. Restoraiva Tincture
ꝶ. Balsa: Canaden: - ℥iij. qure? is this annalognorte the 
Gum: Guiac: - ℥ss. nostrum advertend?
Sp: Vinos: recetip: - ℔. mensuram. Digerantur simul lene
calore, sapius agitando; decinde facibus subsidentibus, tincturam limpidam
effunde vive percola. huic adde olei mentha piperitidis essentialis
drachmas duas (et si purum vit oleum coibunt statim) hujus
tincturæ cochleare minimum in Cyatho vini aquæ vel hauster
secundum artem facto cum paululo syrupi balsamici pro libitre
bis vel ter de die capiendum.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Mortifications
Musk & Vol: Alk aa gr x Conserve Rosar: ♏︎. ƒ: Bolus Capiat terve de die.
Ulcerated Leg Vol 9. 203 

44
Pilulæ Catharticæ. Anthetmentic Cachexy
ꝶ. G: Gambrogiæ:
Sac: purificat sing - ʒj
Callo: PP: - ℈j
Olei: Cinnam: gt - ij ♏︎. fiat pulvis subtilis, denique
cum paululo aquæ formentur inde pilula quadraginta, involvenda
in pulvere cinnabaris factiti puri lagati.
Ceratum contra Acrimoniam
ꝶ. Mercu: Corros: rubri - ℥ss - ʒj
Callomel P.P - ℥ij - ʒjv
Sachar: Satuv: - ℥j - ʒjj
Cera Alba - ℥iiij - ℥j
Olei olivar: optim: - ℥ [crossed out] vj - ℥jss
Essen: Berga: - gt - xx Lavigetur [crossed out]
Mercurius dulcis corrosivo mistur super marmor planum cum
paululo aquæ, ut fiat pulvis subtilissimus; exsicca, misce cum 
saparo Saturni, iterumque lavigetur Liquafiat cera cum oleo igne
leni,insperge pulverem, adde essentiam, et agitentur sims
omnia donec frigescat ceratum. - this is A substitue
for all Salves wheather kept as specific Secrets, or made public -

45
Tincture contra Acrimoniam
ꝶ. Spiritus Venosi rectifi: - ℥viij
Bal: Canadens: - ℥j 
Gum: Guiai: - ℥j
Olei e sassafra: - ʒij 
Mur: Corros: Sublima: - ℈j. Solve mercurium in 
Spiritus Vini dimidio, in reliquo solvantur simul balsamum
Canadense et guiacum. fæcibus subsidentibus, liquores limpide
per inclinationem effundantur, misce et oleum adde.
Coibunt statim si oleum non sit impurum. doses mane
et nocte x a xx gts. in Cyatho Vini ut aqua 
Injec: pro Gonorhoea
Vitriol Alb: - g xxx ij
Liq: Lauda: - ℥ss.
G: Arabici - [crossed out] ʒij 
Aqua - ℥iv ♏︎:
To Stop Salivation
Kali sulpuratum gr v iij every two hours 
in a little water
v 5. 133

46
Menses Superior
ꝶ Limat: [crossed out] Ferri: - ʒvj
Gum: Ammon: - Cort: Cinnam - ʒij
Sapon Venet: āā - ʒij
pulv: aromat: - ʒjv
Aloes - ʒss
Syr: q.s: ƒ: p: Mediocres - XXX vj 
one every day
Haustus Salino -
ꝶ Kali - gr. xv
aq: pura - ℥iij
aq: pura - ℥iij
Aciduli Vitriol qs. aa satural in haust precedent
Solders
~ Gold, hard fine gold 1 part 1/2 or 1/4 fine silver.
{Silver, hard fine silver & brass = parts.
{soft the above with 16 of Zinc.
Pewter, 16 tin 8 lead & 4 bismuth.

47
July 14th. 1806 Mem -
When Nitrous Gas & Atmospheric Air are thrown up the 
Udiometer, Nitric or Nitrous Acid are formed, acording
to the manner in which the mixture is made: if the 
two airs are suffered to combine slowly, Nitric Acid 
is formed; but if the tube is agitated immediately
after the airs come in contact, nitrous Acid is formed
by the Nitric Acid which is formed at the moment
of Contact, absorbing the remainder of the Nitrous
Gas, & thus forming Fuming Spirit of Nitre, on [crossed out]
Nitrous Acid of Commerce - hence the anomalous
results in Udiometrical Experiments.
Storm weather Glass
If the weather is to be fine, the substance of the Composition will
remain at the bottom, previous to rain, snow, or sleet, the substance 
will rise gradually, having small starts in motion before A Storm
or extraordinary high wind, the substance will be partly at the top 
in the form of A leaf & the liquid heavy & in formentation.
The effect of the composition is not at all lessened by the Glass
being shook or carried in the pocket. it should be Keep in A Room
without A Fire & near A window.

48
Led water.
ꝶ. Sacchar: saturn. ℥ss. - ʒj - 10 or 15 grs ʒj
Solve in acct: pur: ℥jv - ʒviij - 1/2 ounce ℥j
et adde aq: fluvi: ℔ ij. - ℥vj 1/2 pint Graham
General Inflamation M J. v 13. 507
ꝶ. Sal: ammon: crud. - ʒij
Aq: pura - ℥ij 
Acetum com: - ℥ij 
Spt. vin Camphor - ʒiij ♏︎ ƒ lotio proum
Fistulous Sinus's M: J. v 15. 324
ꝶ. Aq: Calcis - ℥jss
Tinct Canth. - ʒiij 
Tinct. Opii - ʒj ♏︎. ft. injectio
Stone & Gravel
ꝶ Tinct. Opii - ℥ss 
Aq: Kali pur.} āā ʒij ♏︎ 25 or 30 drops
Sp. tereb -}
in milk ter de die when most in pain accompany'd
by Warm Bath vol 15 M P J. page 35 

49
Gold -
Nitro Muriatic Acid - Sol: Sulp. Iron. Sol: Nitrat Tin.
purple precepitale of Casius 
Silver
Nitric Acid. - Mur: Acid. Mur: Soda.
{100 gr. cont. 73 pure Silver
Platina
Nitro-muriatic aacid. - {Sol: mur: ammonia.
{precepitate red
Copper
A drop nitric Acid. - with A feather spread on the blade
of A Knife. - copper Colour remains
Iron
- Prusiate of Pottash, - blue precipitale
Succinate of Ammo: precip: Ozid.
Tin
Nitro mur: of Gold - precip: purple
Pottass. in excess redisolves.
Mur: acid. - [crossed out] deoxyegenizes Sol: indigo instantly
Colour from Blue to Green

50
Lead
Solutions - Sulp acid - precip: insol:
Nickel
Nitric & mur:
Sulph: slowly -
Zinc
Acid mineral - Ammo: precip: white instanly
redisolved.
Antimony
to distinguish from Bismuth - Bis: solub: in
nitric acid - Ant: with difficulty -
opid Ant: precip: by water white 
Sol: galls. light yellow
Bismuth
Nitrate does not disolve in water, imparts a white color
Arsenic 
Solutions. - Cuprum Ammoniacum
precipitated, light orange coloured by Sulphuret fammni
green by Ammoniated Copper

51
Cobalt.
Solutions - green colour by evaporation & heat
Manganese
Muri: Acid. Oxy: Mur: Acid gas -
precipitated from sol: by Ammonia
Cramp in Stomach.
Artificial Pyrmont water M J V 1. 50 
ꝶ limat ferri - ℥iij 
Cremor. tart - ℥v
Aqua - Spints boil the whole for 4 
hours in an Iron Pott, or untill reduced to one half 
- filter through linnen or Cotton & preserve the whole in A bottle will stopped
Dysentery, Piles, Diarhœa &c 
Ipecaciuanha - ʒiij 
bruised & boiled in A quart of Water to A Pint,
or 10 or 20 grs Tartar - emetique in A Pint of Water
administered as an injection M J V XV. 87 -
highly spoken of by Doctr Clark the author!
Wound with loss of parts M J V XV. 98 -
ꝶ. Pulv nitri ℈ij aq: molis ℥ [crossed out] jv ft solutio

52
Ague
ꝶ. Ammo: pp - ʒij Cons: Cynosbat q.s ut 
fiat massa in Pilulas XXiV dividend. ij to be 
taken quater in die quotidie. omitt conserve &
substitute ʒij pulv: gummi arabici with q.s. syrup
sinplicis. M J. V XV. 333
Basilic Powder -
Callomel, Scamony, Oxid of Antimony āā -
dosis 2 gr, @ 1 year increasing 1 [crossed out] gr. for ea year
Gleet & Leucorrhœa - M. P. J V XV. P 419
see vol
ꝶ Tinc: Cantharid: - ʒiss @ ij. iiss: @ ℥ss @ ℥j -
Sp: Lavend: com: - ℈j 
Aq: font - ℥vij ♏︎. C. coch: minus mane et ver
Carters solution as A common dressing to lacerated
wounds -
Mur: Ammo: ʒij 
Acet. Aceti-℥ijvj
If Sal:Amms: crud  ʒij
Aq: Pura - ℥ij 
Acetum com: ℥ij 
Spt: Vin. Camp: ʒiij ♏︎ ƒ. l. pro. usw. M. J. V. 13. 507 

53
dwts grs dwts grs
12 " 0 - 0 " 0 require from 5 to 4} times its weight of 
11 " 0 - 5 " 6} Lid 
10 " 12 - 8 " 9} Hopson 414
9 " 18 to 9 " - 12 " 13}
8 " 6 " 7 " 12 - 13 " 14}
6 " 18 " 6 " 0 - 14 " 15}
3 " 0 " 1 " 12 - " 16}
1 " 12 " 0" 18 - " 20}
24 grs. gold with 48 grs. Silver & 240 grs. pure led
if Silver contains 1/20 of Copper 4 1/2 led. if 2/10 11 parts. -
[Three drams ipecacuanha bruised & boiled in A quart
of Water to A Pint, to form an Injection - or.
ten to twenty grains Tartar - emetic, in A Pint of water
Diarhœa or Inflamatory state of the Rectum.]
page 51
Cancerous Lip M J V. 1. 285
ꝶ Antimo: tartari: ʒj 
Aqua - ℥iiij 

54
Egani Pills for Calculous concretions M J V 16. 511 
ꝶ Soda testa - ʒj 
Capsicum [q.s] - ʒij 
Oleum Essen. qv. -
Sapo - q - S at ƒ. pillulæ 20 3 to 6 in 24 hours
An Infallible Remedy for Hæmorhages of Nose
ꝶ Sachari Saturni - ℥j
Vitrioli martis - ℥ss
scorsim terantico in mortaris vitrio, adde Spiritus vini 
uncias octo. ♏︎. 10 to 12. gutta - 10 @ 12. under 20 14 to 15 
adult 20 gt. quator in dies - in A spoon full of wine or Brandy
M. J. - V 16. 191 
Kenneth's Linament for Burns
ꝶ Spt. terebinth-℥iv
Ol. lini sinc Ign: ℥ ℥ ij M. M J V16. 3/3
Tetter nitratus 
20 or 30 grs hydrargyrus nitratus ruber to 1 oz linnamen
Sperma Ceti -

55
Blanchards Varnish
Disolve Gum Elastic in five times its weight of Spirits of 
Turpentine, by leaving in digestion during three or four 
days. - to 1 ounce of that solution add 8 ounces of [crossed out] drying
linseed oil, & use it warm. -
Itch M J V. 7. 293 -
ꝶ. Hydrarg: Muriat - gr. x.
Calcis Hydrarg: alb: - ʒj 
Adipis Suill. - ℥iij 
Essent. Bergamot - ʒj ♏︎. ƒ. unguentum
Preperation of the True Copal. Varnish -
Take two parts of Copal reduced to A fine powder, & washed 
repeatedly in water to free it from woody fibres; introduce
it into A flaske & pour over it four parts of pure Oil of 
rosemary; digest the mixture in A gentle heat for three 
days or longer, after which add as much highly rectifyd 
A spirits of brim as is deemed necessary, & suffer it to remain 
undisturbed until the impurities subside; then 
decant the Varnish M J V 14. 382
Opthalmia 
Mucilage of Quince seeds dropt into the eye, is 
said to give immediate relief. M J. V 16. 283 

56
Varnish for Warnscot. Cane Chairs &c -
Disolve 1 quart Spirit of wine 8 oz. gum sandract, 2 oz seed lac, &
4 oz of resin; then add 6 oz Venice Turpentine, if varnish 
not red enough more lac, - less Sandract,& A little Dragon 
A Cement that will stand the action of Boiling - water
or Steam -
Take 2 oz of Sal Ammoniac, 1 oz of flowers of Sulphur, &
16 oz of Cast Iron filings or borings. mix all well together
by rubbing them in A mortar, & keep the powder dry.
When the Cement is wanted for use, take one part of the 
above powder, & 20 parts of clean Iron borings or filings, &
blend them intimately, by grinding in A mortar. wet
the compound with water, & when brought to A convenient 
consistence, apply it to the joints with A [crossed out]
wooden, or blunt Iron Spatula.
By A play of affinities, which those who are at all acquainted
with Chemistry will be at no loss to comprehend, A degree of 
action & reaction takes place among the ingredients, & between
them & the Iron surfaces, which at last causes the whole 
to unite as one mass. in fact after A time, the mixture 
& surfaces of the flanches become A species of Pyrities (holding
A large portion of Iron), all the parts of which where strongly
together.

57
Preperation of the true Copal Varnish
[Take two parts of Copal, reduced to A fine powder, & washed
repeatedly in warm water to free if from the woody -
fibres; introduce it into A Flank, & pour over it four 
parts of pure oil of Rosemary digest the mixture in A 
gentle heat for three days, or longer, after which add as 
much highly rectifyed Spirits of wine as is deemed necessary,
& suffer it to remain undisturbed until the impurities 
subside; then decant the Varnish. M J V 14. 382
twice recorded. vide Page 55 -
Tests
of Albumen - saturated Sol. Alumin. Boiling oxy-mur: Mercur
Jelly - " Sal: Galls, Tan -
[crossed out] Mucus - Aqua. lithargyri Acetata.
Bostoc's Analysis of Animal Fluids, M. J. V 14. 263 -
White Lead M J V 14. 383
Domier proposes the following method to make white Led. disolve 
Litharge in weak nitric - acid, & precipitate this solution with 
prepared Chalk. the precipitate washed & dried affords A Ceruse 
as white as Snow.
Gold English Standard
1 dwts. contg 24 grs should containe 22 pure & 2 Alloy 
1 oz - 430 - 440 - 40 - "
1 ℔ - 57 bo - 11 oz - 1 oz " -
1 oz - 20 dwts - Silver - 18 dwts 12 grs. & 1 dwts 12 grs
1 ℔ - 12 oz - 11 oz 2 dwts - 18 dwts 37 Sil. 3 Copper

58
James's Powder M J V 15. 294
Pully says in 19 parts are contained
Oxyel of Antimony - 7 parts
Phosphate of Lime - 4 or 
Sulphate of Pottash - 4 1/2 
Tree Pottash contg - oxyd of [crossed out] antimo 37/19 -
To recompose this powder take 
Sulphate of Antimony - 2
Calcined Phosphate of Lime - 1 1/2
Nitrate of Pottash - 4/7 1/2
These substances are to be pulverised, mixed & triturated; they are 
then to put in A Crucible, which is to be closed, & strongly heated.
During this opperation, the oxygene of the nitric Acid, acting on 
the sulphur of the Antimony, converts into Sulphuric Acid, 
which unites with A porition of the pottash, & forms Sulphate of 
pottash, the rest of the free pottash retains antimony oxydated
at the minimum. the white powder which remains in the 
Crucible is the same as that known by the name of Dr James
powder

59
Dying Black. -
100 ℔. Logwood, 12 ℔. of Gum 6 ℔ of Galls, are boiled in A proper
quantity of water, for some hours; after which about 6 ℔.
of Verdegris & to to of green Vitriol are added & the liquor
keept just simmering, or of A heat A little below boiling.
the above is sufficient for two Suits of Hatts of 10 Dozen. ea.
the liquor being refreshed @ each suit with A small quantity
of the ingredients. - & suits - Lewis Com Arts 428
Hooping Cough - Relfs Gazette June 17. 1807
Dissolve 1 scruple of Tartar in A Gill of water, add ten grains
of finely powdered Cochineal, & sweeten with white sugar.
give an infant 1/4 of A table spoon four times a day; & 
from 4 gears & upwards A table spoon full may be taken
French Hospital Chalybeat wine &c Desceult. 2V/383
Steel filings - ℥iiij 
Course powdered Bark - ℥ij 
Cloves - ℈j infused Cold for four days in 
four pints of white wine, to which add two ounces of Brandy -
A good Laxative powder.
Ten grains of Jalap, twenty grs of cream of tartar, fifteen
grs of ginger - mix Amer. Mechan. Mag. V 2. 224

60 - Croup or Cynanche Trachealis. M J V 1. 83
Archer of Hartford County Maryland makes A strong decoction of 
the Polygalia Senega Lin. by boiling half an ounce of Senka
root in coarse powder in eight ounces of water to four. of this he gives 
A tea spoon full every half hour or hour, as the urgency of the symptoms
may require, & at intervals A few drops to keep up the 
stimulus, until it acts either as An Emetic or Cathartic he then 
it in smaller doses so as to keep up the stimulus of the Seneka, in 
the mouth & throat.
When the disease is advanced & breathing difficult, he gives Callomel
freely & frequently rubs Murcuril ointment on the throat & contguous
parts, so as to affect the glands of the Throat & mouth as 
quickly as possible -
Epilepsy M J. V 1 - 180
ꝶ powder of Valerian root - ʒss 
Magnes: Alb -
Sal Ammo: āā - grs. vj 
Ol. Cajeput - gtt. iij recommend to add a 
grain or two of the dust of Lycoperdon to each dose & gradually
to increase the last article - rep: pro: re nata 

61
Professor Cerillo's Mercurial ointment for Rheumatism
M J V 1. 385
ꝶ Mer subl. Subtitiss. pulv. - ʒj
Oxung. porc. - ℥j
teratur per hor. un. et demid ut ƒ. tenguent drachmas demit on the 
sole or soles of the feet every evening previous to going to bed.
Cheyne & Home
Spt: Tereb: - ʒij 
Mel dispum: - ℥j - two teaspoons full morning & evening had 
uncommon effect in promoting urine, & relieving Ischias M J V 1. 385
Hæmorhoids by Hadriani & Mynsicht M J V 1. 393 
ꝶ Carbonis - ℥j
Rhabarbari Electi - ʒij ♏︎ - Cujus usus est, ut aegrotus de indusio
viri trito sumat particulam, camque in uno latere paululum
propriarsua saliva humectet, de pulvere hoc aspergat, & ita superimponat
toties repetendo quoties opus, donec condylomata & hæmorhoides
illæ caecæ dispareant, quod brevi tempore evenit.
- Yellow colour of Muriatic Acid 
To free Muriatic Acid from the Iron which causes its yellow
colour, Goettling adds to every pound of Muriatic Acid free
from Sulphuric Acid. half A dram of dry Prusiate of Pottash.
The fluid soon assumes A Blue colour, & afterwards becomes 
as transparent as pure water, depositing at the bottom of the Vessell
A considerable quantity of Prusian Blue. the clear liquor is 
distilled untill about one ounce remains
M J V 2. 389

62
Gum Water Cox
Gum arabic - ℥j
Sugar - ℥ss
Spring water - ℔ij
Allum Water
Roach Allum - ℥jv 
Spring water - ℔ j boil till disolved ib -
Juice of Garlic, will recover faded or rusty Silver ib.
Spt. of Rosemary, will recover faded water Colours ib. 
Compound Charcoal Powder M J V 8. 478
ꝶ Carbon - ℥iijss 
Acid Sulph: gtt xxiv. it will purify 3 1/2 to putrid
water, without communicating any sensible acidity, it destroys
the astringent principle & renders venous liquors colourless
Forms of Collyria
Svr. Corros: subl: grs- vj ardent spirit of any kind
& pure water of each vj ℥ - ♏︎ keep the Eye constantly 
moistened with A Cloth dipped in its 
up 

63
No 2. Laudanum a teaspoon full; ardent Spirits of any kind,
Vinegar, water, of each 4oz ♏︎ & - the last best M J V 7. 216
3 Allum 1 ʒ water 8 ℥ -
4, 5 & 6 may be made similar to No 3 by equal proportion of 
[crossed out] nitrate of Pottash, sulph: of Zinc; or Acetate
of Lead -
7 Goulards extract, A teaspoon full; vinegar, water of ea 
℥ iv ♏︎ -
8 Vinegar, pure water pars eq: -
9 & 10 when none of the above articles can be obtained salt
or even Cold water may serve as an imperfect substitute
Diarrœa M J V 12. 104
ꝶ Creta pp - ʒxviij
pulv: g: arab: - ʒjx
Sacchar. alb - ʒijj
pulv: cort: cinnam ℈ij 
Opii purif - ℈j ♏︎ as much as will lay on a fire
penny piece for A Child
NB Opii in too great A quantity. 10 grains sufficient
Hembel gr 

64
M Ex. V 2nd-
Vomit - [crossed out] Ipecacuanah
ꝶ Ipecac - ℈j
Antim. tart. - gr jj
Aq. font - ℥ij F mist emetic.
Captertiam partem, et post quadrantem par horæ, repet,
coch. min. 1 omni decem minuta usque ad vomitionem -
2. Cox
Opthalmi.
ꝶ Tutæ pp & Sacs Aloes and ʒiij, loaf sugar ʒij 
Rose Water & Genuine white Maderia Wine and ℥vj
mix & digest for one month in a gentle B: M:
I take it every day. - decant for use. -
Phar. C. (bo)
Collyrium
ꝶ Opii in pulversam triti gran j 
Camphoræ - gran ij
Aquæ ferventis [crossed out] ℥jv
The Opium & Camphor are to be rubbed together, the hot 
water then added & the liquor then strained through A
fine linnen Cloth.

(65
Rue 64. No. 55
Cough Mixture
ꝶ Vinum Antimo: tartari: - ʒij
pulv: g: arabici - ʒj
Aqua fluvial - ℥vj
Laudan: - gtt - .xx. ♏︎
two table spoonsful to be taken every two hours for 
recent Coughs, pleurisy, & inflamation of the lungs
Influenza M J V 9. 573 1807
To arrest the febrile symptoms
ꝶ pulv: ipecac: comp - grs V ad viij 
Callomel pp - gr. j ad v
pulv: digital - gr. ss. ad ij 
Conserve qs. ƒ bolus. s.s. et rep: bis in die
A few hours after taking the first bolus two table spoons ful of the following
mixture [& repeated] every six hours
ꝶ Sal: nitri - ℈j aa ʒss 
antimon. tartarizat - gr. j ad ij 
Sp: laven: comp: - ʒss
aq: fluvial - ℥viij ♏︎.

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Silver & Copper
11 oz 12 dwts require - 4 d - 8 dwts Copper
11 " 5 " - 6 ' - 15 -
10 " 12 " - 8 ' - 10 oz. 8 -
9 " 18 " to 9 oz - 10 ' - 2 - 2 to 3 oz -
6 " - " " 9 " - 14 ' - 6 - " 3 " -
3 " - " " 6 " - 15 ' - 9 - 6 " -
" - 15 " " 3 " - 16 ' - 11 " 5 " 9 " -
[crossed out] Septr. 14th. 1807
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Agues M J V 12. 340
Snow recommend half a grain of tartar antimo. to be 
taken the moment an approaching paroxysm is felt
& to repeat the dose every ten minutes or quarter of 
hour, it generally produces only nausea, but sometimes
vomiting; it lessens immediately the duration
of the fit & its severity; - he ask wheather the good
effects produced by Arsenick in this disease, does 
not arise from the sickness which it [indeXX] ?
Doctor Priestly's lute to confine [E??es]
The Doctr. says after A variety of trials, he found [nothing]
answer so well as the paste of Almonds [such]
as it is after bill is presed out; it is mixed with 
A little water in which glue is disolved - he observes
that the Glue may be dispensed with -
{Travels by Favyas de St Fond
{vol 2. 344
dwts grs
11. 12 require - 4
11. 0 - 6
10 - 8
9 - 10 &c. Encyclopedia. Essays 
the above objected to by Tiltet as insufficient

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To give wood the polish of Mahogany
Plane the surface & rub it with diluted nitrous
Acid. afterwards 1 1/2 oz dragons blood disolved in
a pint of Spirits of wine, & one third of a pint
of Carbonate of Soda are to be well mixed & filtered.
the liquid in this thin state, is to be placed
on the wood with A soft brush. repeat this process
2 or 3 times at intervales, & rub it when dry, the 
surface will resemble a mirror. Newspaper -
Uterine Hæmorhagies & Flour Albus
ꝶ Alumen testis -
gum Sang: draconis āā pars egal, dosis grs. xxx
every half hour. - said never to fail before 1/2 oz is taken
Edinburger Medical Essays
V. 4. p 36
Receipe for Tape Worm 
Take [crossed out] 2 oz of Tin in powder, in 8 oz Treacle on the first day
1 oz - in 4 oz do - second day
1/2 oz - in - 2 oz de - thrice a day 
1/2 oz - in - 2 oz do - fourth day
give A brisk purge on the fifth day, dose to be diminished
for Children 

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Hooping Cough
ꝶ Sulph: Antim: prœcepit & Sptr. Vine rectificat
pars equales. When mixed in A Copper Vessell,
set it on fire, stirring untill the Spirit is evaporated;
& least any moisture remain, I generally put it A 
few minutes over the slow fire this dried powder is given
from one to five grains three or four times A day; as the 
Age & strenth of the Patient, or the Violence of the disease,
requires. - abates the spasm in two or three days
& promotes expectoration - cures within two weeks 
at furthest. M J V 14. 39 -
- Wen -
A piece of Blue Vitriol (Sulphate of Copper) of the 
bigness of A Pea, boiled with Honey to the consistance
of A Plaster & applied on leather, is 
said to have cured A Wen, on the neck of A 
Wooman - Relph's paper November 4th. 1807
Purge
ꝶ Jalap - gr. iij
Calomel: - gr 1/6 pro dosis ƒ pilua -
Trotter Nervous
Temparament. P 122 

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Henrys Injection for Gononhœa. M J V 9. 53
ꝶ Zinci Acetati - gr viij on x
Aqua fluv: - ℥iv a vj 
or the same quantity of thin mucilage of quince seeds
or a decoction of Linseed, or of Barley. -
Mucilage of Gum [crossed out] Trag: will be as good as any Hembey
Cupellation of Gold 
Six grains are to be cut off, and exactly weighed; also 18 grains
of fine Silver are to be weighed. the two metals are to be cupelled
with about ten times as much lead as the weight of the Gold.
Lawrence's Varnish for Etching
Take of virgin wax & asphaltum, each two ounces;
of Black Pitch & Burgundy Pitch, each half an 
ounce. melt the Wax & Pitch in a new earthen
ware glazed pots & add to them by degrees, the 
asphaltum finely powered. let the whole boil 
till such time as that, taking A drop upon a 
plate it will break when it is cold on bending
it 

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double two of three times betwixt the fingers.
the Varnish being then enough boiled; must be 
taken of the fire; & letting it cool a little, must be 
poured in warm water, that it may work the 
more easily with the hands, so as to be formed into 
balls, which must be rolled up & put into A 
piece of tafety for use - [crossed out] Encyclopedia
Composition for lining Glass Globes
is made of 4 parts Venice Turpentine, one part 
Rosin & one part Bees-Wax: this composition is 
to be boiled, for two hours, then suffered to cool,
(stiring it often during the boiling)
Hooping Cough Rece
Poulson's Paper Feb 22nd. 1808
ꝶ Plumbi acetation - gr v 
Syr. Violæ - ʒij 
Aq. Rosa - ℥ij 
to A Child 4 years old 1 tea spoon. full increased
to 2 - no bad effects ensued

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Wednesday March 7th 1808
Attended at the Glass House to witness an attempt to fuse
pure Platina (prepared & furnished by Jos: Cloud)
with Le high Coal in Mr. Bullands furnace -
the Platina was rendered maleable but not fused
note, I disaprove the manner in which the Crucibles
were prepared, they having no sand intervening
the whole of the heat did not penetrate to the 
Metal, the empty space being A bad conductor
of Heat. - the impatience of the company
made Mr. Bulland stop the experiment in 
3/4 hour. - should have been left in the fire 
at least 2 hours for a fair experiment -
our former experiment was better conducted
Specific Gravity
My Alchohol ,797 
♏︎: Acid - 1,421 -

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Sticking or Court Plaster
Take of Isinglass, 4  oz Turlington or Traumaticum
Balsam 1 oz. melt the Isinglass in about 2 oz of water & 
boil the solution untill a great part of the water is 
evaporated, then add gradually the Balsam stirring
them well together. after the mixture hath continued
a short time over the fire, & spread it, whilst fluid
(with heat) on silk with A camel hair brush.
Hæmorhoids 
ꝶ Bals: Capivi - ℥j 
Pulv: G: Arab:
Sarhar: Alb: āā ℥j 
Spt. Lav: Comp: - ℥j
Aq: Cinnam simpl: ℥vj ♏︎
To take a Table spoon full, Morning & 
evening shaking the Vial
The above is a most filthy composition  S Q pro 13 ℔
to more calculated to produce than relieve
the piles. Hembel P -

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Æther to free from Achohol
Prof. Lowitz, pours æther on dry Muriate of Lime 
after agitating it is distilled; the Alchohol is 
absorbed, & the SQ of the æther is 732 on repeating
the process the S.G. falls to 716 at + 20 o Reamur 
M J V 3. 86
To Blue Iron or Steel Negro Boy 
Delineate your design with Prusic Acid, it will
be green, on exposing it to light or heat it will turn
Blue.
Gold Varnish
2 oz Shell lac, arnotto & turmeric of each one 
oz & thirty grains of fine dragons blood - make 
an extract with twenty ounces of Alchohol in 
a gentle heat. -
Pure Barytes
Doctr Hope makes use of A black lead crucible
to obtain Pure Barytes.

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Cough - Mixture 
Stro. pro Speck -
[ꝶ Pulv: g arab:}
Glycirhiz:}
Elix. Astmat:}
[crossed out]}
Oxy: Scillæ:} aa - ℥j
Vin: Antimo: - ℥ss 
Aqua - ℥vjjj ♏︎ A large spoon
full every hour -]
Cough Mixture, by Stronge
ꝶ Pulv g arab:} àà [crossed out] ʒij 
Swe. Glycirhiz:}
Elix: Paregor:}
Oxym: Scillæ}
Spts Nitri dulce
Vin: Antimo: aa - ℥ss 
Aqua - ℥vjjj ♏︎ A large
spoon full every hour -
Cement for Knives 
1 Bees wax 1 fine brick dust stirred in & 4 
parts rosin -

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Patent Shot -
P. Daniel's
Specification of Patent
To one thousand pounds of soft Lead take twenty
pounds of Orpiment reduced to A very fine powder.
melt them together in an Iron pot, covered & loomed
with Clay, which keep in fusion till its bubling
has subsised. Melt the Lead of which you intend
to make your shot in A furnace & to every hundred
to. add six pounds of the above composition & mix 
them well together; let a small quantity drop from 
the lip of A ladle into water, if the shot produced
hath A tail add more of the composition by small 
quantitys at A time, untill the drop is A perfect
sphere. the shot are formed by [crossed out] pouring the 
above mixture into an Iron or Copper Collender 
drilled full of holes of the size you intend your 
shot, should the mixture run through the holes
in A stream, cover the bottom of the Colander
with the drop of the lead. - for making the 
smallest sizes the Collander should be about 
12 feet above the water, for the next size about 
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so that for the largest size the Colander must be 
160 feet. - the water in the Tub must be keept 
cool by A stream of cold water passing through it.
The shot are then dryed & removed into A Cylinder
which is turned round & removed into A Cylinder
which is turned round untill they are sufficiently
polished. after which they are thrown on an inclined
plane, from which the perfect Shot root, to the 
bottom, the imperfect on the contrary are thrown 
on one side, & returned to the melting pots -
The perfect shot are then thrown on sifters made 
of Brass or Copper & drilled to the sizes required
the Colanders for the finest shot must be as fine as 
a small horse hair & should contain 2500 holes,
the larges must be 2/10 Inches diameter & contain
100 holes, the intermediate sizes must be proportioned
to the sizes in use. - A Man 
can cast A Ton of Shot in eight hours 
dated 31 March 1804 -

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Characteristic differ: of Pottash & Soda Gaudon 
Pottash precipitates Alumina from A
Solution of Alum water - Soda does not
vol 31
Composition for making Muffles. Philo May 190
Two parts Pipe Clay & one Sand, such as is used 
by Bricklayers, sifted & mixed to A proper consistence
The coarser parts of Stour bridge Clay with 
1/8 Pipe clay, ib.
Two parts Dutch Black lead one part Pipe clay. ib.
Nitric Acid & Alum at one process. Chaptat Vol 4. 75
too parts Argil, 50 Nitrate of Pottash & 50 Sulphuric
acid at 40 degrees of concentration; on distilation
afford Nitric acid & the remainder lixiveated afford
Alum of the best quality.
Sulphuric Acid 
A 7 or 8 of Purifyed Nitre, to the weight of 
Sulphur employed. Chaptal Vol 3. 40

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Nitric Acid Chaptal vol 3. 59. 
Chaptal adds lime to decompose the Muriate of Magnesia,
in the distilation with Bolar - earths which does
not decompose the Muriate of lime. -
Scarlet Dye Johnson Animal Chemisty
quercitron vol. 2. 269
Bancroft found that 14 oz of Tin in a mixture of 2 ℔.
Sulp: Acid with 3 ℔. of Muriatic Acid, was the best 
solution. the ♏︎. Acid is first poured upon a large
quantity of granulated Tin, in A large Glass receiver
& the S. Acid afterwards added & slowly. these Acids
being mixed are left to saturate with the tin; this 
solution is more rapidly promoted by A sand heat.
1 ℔ quercitron to 30 or 40 ℔. harv.
put the Cloth in a Tin vessell nearly filled with water. &
8 ℔. ♏︎. Sulphuric Sol. Tin. the liquor is the boiled
turning the Cloth for 1/4 hour - Cloth taken out, 4 to 
Cochineal 2 1/2 quercitron & in powder. - finished 
in about 15. or 20. if crimson or Rose wanted bark
omitted. - Citrat of Tin!

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Rus pro Boul - fitts
ꝶ Rhabar. pulv - ℥iss 
Cort Oran: - ʒi 
Brandy one pint macerate a day or two near 
the fire, & take A Table spoon when a day 
passes without An evacuation
ꝶ. Zinci flores - ʒjj
Sapon - ʒi 
Syrup q.s. fiat Pilula 40. one to be taken 
Morning noon & night with the occasional use 
of the above tincture {after 6 Months fills returned slightly
{patient directed to take 10 a 15 drops Oil 
{Succimun
In Germany
Copper Silver Lead 
1 with 30 requires 128
1 15 96
1 7 64
1 4 56
1 3 40
1 1 30
1 1/3 20
1 1/15 17

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Aiken Die Chemis
Silver Copper Lead Copper Silver
23 with 1 requires 96 = (4x24) hence 1 with 23 requires 96
22 - 2 - 144 = (6x24) - 1 - 11 - 72
20 - 4 - 192 = (8x24) - 1 - 5 - 48
18 - 6 - 240 = (10x24) - 1 - 3 - 40
16 - 8 - 288 = (12x24) - 1 - 2 - 36
14 - 10 - 336 = (14x24) - 1 - 1 2/5 - 33
12 - 12 - 384 = (16x24) - 1 - 1 - 32
10 - 14 - 432 = (18x24) - 1 5/7 - 30 x
8 - 16 - 480 = (20x24) - 1 - 1/2 - 30
6 - 18 - 528 = (22x24) - 1 - 1/3 - 29 x
4 - 20 -576 = (24x24) - 1 - 1/5 - 28 x
2 - 22 - 624 = (26x24) - 1 - 1/11 - 28 x
Woulfs Method of freeing Ether from Sulphur Acid:
Fill 3/4 of A Bottle with the impure Ether, add 
A little water & a portion of slacked lime agitate
the bottle with violence, & keep it some time in water 
before taking out the Cork if the smell of Sulphureous 
acid be not removed, add A little more lime & 
agitate A second time. decant off the Ether &
redistill the same. 
Aikens Dict. art Ether (400)

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Tuching Gold Aikins Chemical Dic 
Pure Nitrous Acid of whatever strenth, will not act 
in any very decided manner, upon the Alloy & Copp
& Gold, when this latter mettal is as much as 2/3 (i 
16 Carrats) of the mass, hence this process is chiefly
of use in the lower mixtures. but if A small portion
of muriatic Acid is added to the Nitrous, the 
activity of the menstrum is so much increased,
that any mixture below 3/4 (in 18 Carrats) wil 
be acted on, consequently the power of this operation
is much extended. the best Acid for tuching is 
recommended by Vauguelin to be 98 parts Nitre 
Acid of 1,34 S:Q; 2 parts Muriatric Acid of 1,173 SQ
& 25 parts of Water.
Gold Alloyed with so little as 1 Pr- Ct of Platina
& cupelled in the usual way of 3 parts Silver, diffen
from Gold & Silver alone.
1st. In requiring A much greater heat for the compleat 
fusion of the button, especially at the 
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the button remains flat, like A piece of money & its surface
knotty.
2nd" Even when the button is well fused, its edges are much 
thicker & more rounded than in common Gold essays,
its colour duller & tending to yellow, & especially it 
appears remarkably & entirely crystallized on its 
surface. this power of Platina in giving a decided
Crystallized form to Gold or Silver alloys in which 
it enters is very characterized.
3rd" In the Cupellation, as soon as the last portions
of lead are worked off, the button appears somewhat
party, is scarcely iridescent, & especially it does 
not lighten or assume suddenly A brillant
metallic look, but remains dull & tranished.
These appearances encrease with the quantity of
Platina in the Alloy, but when it amounts to about 
10 Pr C. the colour of the Alloy is so debased & whitened
as readily to be distinguished from that of pure or 
standard Gold, by simple inspection.
Lute to keep Crucibles Air tight 
Borax 1/10 part 
Brick bust & Clay pars egal - 
Water q.s.

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Acetic Acid
Mix & put into A retort two parts Acetited Soda, with  
eight parts of dry Chrystalized Acidulous Sulphate of 
Soda, Pottash, & distill with A gentle heat. the process
goes on spedially even in a gentle fire, & two parts of 
a very strong Acetous Acid are obtained. by this 
method no contamenation of Sulphuric Acid is to 
be feared. this acetous - acid in a temperature
of about 38 or a little higher than freezing water shorts
either into fine arborescent feathery crystals, or else
into A confused striated mass & [m] remains unthawed
till about 59° - it is inflamable when 
gently heated & A lighted paper held to its surface
Lowits Crells Annal. Aikens diet
Acid of Amber 
Lowitz makes A saturated solution of the acid in 
in hot water. then adds half its weight of well burnt
& finely pulverised charcoal: he then passes the 
solution through A charcoal filter & obtains the 
Acid perfectly white. [Crete Chem Annal] 1793

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Tin Solder
[62]
3 parts Tin & 1 part of Lead. Eneg: Method: Arts & Met.
Specific Caloric, to Estimate
The general formula for estimating the specific
Caloric of bodies from the temperature resulting
from the mixture of two substances at unequal
temperatures, whatever be their respective quantities,
is the following, but is convenient that one of these 
substances be water, as it is the standard of comparison,
& its specific caloric is therefore reckoned as = 1.
[crossed out] Multiply the weight of water by the 
difference between its temperature before mixture
& that of the mixture itself. also multiply the 
weight of the other substance by the difference
between its temperature & that of the mixture.
divide the first product by the second, & the 
quotient will express the Specific Caloric of the 
other substance, that of water being 1.
for example, suppose 20 oz of water at 105° be 
mixed with 12 oz of spermaceti oil at 40°, &
the temperature after mixture be 90°, then
multiply

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multiply 20 by 15 (the difference between 105 & 90°)
= 300: & multiply 12 by 50 (the difference between 40
& 90°) = 600: & 300 divided by 600 will give 1/2 or .5
which is the specific caloric of oil, compared to 
that of water, which is 1. the same rule holds when
water is the colder of the two.
The above rule gives the Specific Caloric of equal
weights of the two substances: to make it apply to 
equal bulks, the specific caloric of the substance compared
with water must be multiplyed by the Specific
Gravity. thus in the above instance, if the specific
gravity of the oil be .92 the Specific heat for equal
bulks will be only. 46, for this convertion into equal
bulks is in fact the same as diminishing the weight
the weight, when oil is the subject of experiment.
therefore when the comparison of equal weights is 
converted into that of equal measures or bulks; those 
substances that are lighter than water will have 
the number expressing the specific caloric
diminished, & those that are heavier will have it 
increased. 
Crawford on
Heat

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-Carmine
Into A 14 Gallon boiler of well tinned Copper, put 10 Gallons
of distilled or very clear river or rain-water (spring water
will not answer the purpose). when the water boils sprinkle
in by degrees A pound of fine Cochineal previously ground
in A clean stone mortar to A moderately fine powder
keep up A moderately ebullition for about half an 
hour, then add 3 1/2 ℥ of Chrystalized carbonate of Soda:
in a minute or two afterwards draw the fire, & then 
add to the liquor 1 1/2 ℥ Roman Alum very finely
pulverized; stir the mass with A clean stick till 
the Alum is disolved, & leave it to settle for 25 minute
draw off the clear liquor with A Glass syphon, & 
seperate the sediment from the residue by straining
it through A close linen cloth. replace
the clear liquor in the boiler & stir in the whites of
two eggs previously well beaten with A quart of 
warm water; then light the fire again & heat the 
liquor till it begins to boil, at which time 
the albumen of the eggs will coagulate & combine 
with the earth of the alum & the finest 
part of the colouring matter: this sediment
over

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is the Carmine, & being seperated by filtration,
& well washed on the filter with distilled waters is
to be spread very thin on an earthen plate & slowly
dried in A stove: after which it is ready for use.
Lake 
to residue left after the above seperation, and 
2 ℔ of Pearlash & return it into the boiler together with 
the dregs of Cochineal, & boil the whole gently for half 
an hour, then draw the fire & after the sediment has
subsided drain off all the clear liquor into an earthenware
vessell. then pour upon the sediment A 
second Alkaline by prepared by disolving a 
pound of Pearl ash in two gallons of water, & boil
this also upon the dregs for half an hour, by which 
process the whole of the colouring matter will be 
exausted. seperate by filtration the liquor from
the dregs & return both the alkaline solutions
into the Copper. when this bath is as hot as the 
hand can bear, add by degrees 3 ℔ of finely
pulverized Roman alum, observing not to 
add a second portion till the effervescence
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the whole of the Alum has been put in, raise the fire
till the liquor simmers, & continue it at this temperature
for about five minutes, at which time if a little is 
taken out & put into A Wine glass it will be found 
to consist of A coloured sediment diffused through
A clear liquor. after standing A while the greater part 
of the clear supernatant liquor may be poured off,
& the residue being placed on A filter, will there deposite
the coloured lake, which is to be well
washed with distilled or rain water, then 
left A few days covered with linnen to keep
of the dust, after which it may be made 
in small lumps & cautiously dried in A 
stove. A 1 ℔ of good Mexican Cochineal by the 
above process will [crossed out] afford 1 1/2 oz good 
Carmine & 1 1/4 ℔ good lake. {Alyon Coursde Chem
{tomb 2. 174 Aikens
-Decomposition of Muriate of Soda
7 parts litharge to 1 part of Muriate of Soda
with frequent additions of water to prevent 
consolidation, filter &c Vanquelin an Chem 31
Aikens Diet.

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-Muriate of Barytes La Grange an Chem tom 47
Project equal weights by spoon full at A time of dry muriate of Lime &
Sulphate of Barytes in A Crucible heated to 
whiteness let the whole remain in quiet
fusion for a few minutes. pour it out while
hot, & it will be a grey or slate coloured hard
sonorous mass very deliquescent disolve it 
in about six times its weight of boiling water
& filter - evaporate the clear solution till a 
pelicle appears appears on the surface, then 
set it by to chrystalize. & evaporate the 
remaining liquor for a further crop &c.
General rules for Chemical judgement are three in 
number, & the same which Newton established for 
Philosophical reasoning.
1st" No more causes should be admitted, than are 
sufficient to account for A Phenomenon. if 
the cause assigned exist, then consider if the effect 
be 

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be really produced by that Cause.
2nd" Natural effects of the same kind, aught always to 
be accounted for by the same cause. (ie) like 
causes produce like effects. -
3rd" Those properties which are found invariably to 
belong to bodies, on which we have made experiments,
must be considered as universal. appertaining
properties of all other bodies, & should 
be assigned to them, although we have not experimented
on them. expla" A Stone in -
American posseses gravitation, therefore A 
stone in Europe must also possess gravitation.
Chemical truths will not always admitt mathematical
demonstration, but its [crossed out] evidence
is founded on the laws of nature, & we may be sure 
that what hath been once found true, will always
be so, provided the conditions are the same.
Chemical reasoning is purely inductive.
Chemical Action is mutual, the Acids act on 
Marble & the marble act on the Acids.

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Attraction must not be confounded with collection,
in the latter the integral parts have no sensible adhesion.
Aggregation & collection must also be distinguished
from mixture a mixture always contains -
constituent parts of a different nature.
Nitric Acid 
100 Nitrate of Pottash 50 Sulphuric Acid 18 Manganese
Tartarous Acid
132 ℔ Cream of Tartar add Chalk untill no more effervescence
ensue, pour over 105 ℔ water & 109 ℔
Sulphuric acid, filter & Chrystalize. [Tart]
it hath been lately found that the largest dose
of Laudanum may be taken with safety when 
mixed with this Acid.
Fulminating Silver. - disolve Silver in 
Nitric Acid evaporate to dryness, on 50 grains
of the day mass pour 1 oz of nitric - acid and the 
same quantity of alchohol, an action takes
! (much caution necessary on adding Alchohol to Nitric Acid)

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& a white powder is precipitated which is fulminating
Silver, this should be made in very small quantitys
as the least motion of its parts or heat, will produce
A violent explosion (the most violent poison which the metals afford)
Prusiate of Pottash. take common Prusia Blue 
boil it with carbonate of pottash as long as it is discoloured;
drop into the same A solution of sulphate
of Copper as long as A precipitate appears, decant
the supernatant fluid, & boil the precipitate
with Caustic Pottash untill the liquor is clear.
Ladies Smelling Bottles one part very strong 
Alkohol 3 muriate of ammonia & 3 lime distill.
Prusiate of Potash, To two parts of potash add one 
of hoofs, horns, hides, or decayed blood &c. fuse the 
whole together in an iron pot or crucible till all 
the matter is in fusions when fused pour it into 
water hot or cold.
disole two parts Sulphate of Iron & one of Allum
in A sufficient quantity of water to which add the 
former lexivium untill no more precipitate
is formed, should the precipitate be too green
add more Allum or very dilute marine acid.

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Oxalic Acid.
3 oz loaf sugar, 3 oz water & 3 oz sinle aqua fortis. at 
212° in a water bath for 3 hours: then 3 oz of Aqua
fortis & in 3 hours repeat again - evaporate &c
by adding potash in excess you obtain oxal: of Potash
Spirit Furnace of Lowits. Nicholson Die
over the flame of a spirt lamp that will hold 1 1/2 oz 
it is placed in A cylindrical tin furnace fominches
high & three in diameter, with air holes, & a cover
perforated to hold a silver crucible; which is of 
pure silver & hold 2 1/2 or 3 oz - spatula the same 
as soon as the matter is boiled dry, he pours in as 
much hot water as he used at first, & repeats 3 or 4 
time. - he reduces saphire in the above method,
To preserve butter
1 part nitre 2 coarse salt & 1 sugar, rubed to a 
fine powder - one part of the above to 16
parts butter - & to remain a fortnight before using 
the butter will have a fine marrowey [f]tase.

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M J. V 1. 281 95
ꝶ hydrargy: phosphoratum gr - jv 
pulv: cort: cinnam - gr - xjv 
sachar: alb - ʒss ♏︎ divide in 
vjjj pars equales - one every morning & evening
- if salivation succeads discontinue
Ink by Watts for their Copying Press
4 quarts rain water - 1 1/2 ℔ Allepe Galls -
1/2 oz green Copperas - 1/2 ℔ gum arabic -
4 oz rock Allum pound & infuse 6 week or 2 Months
then strain through linnen Cloth & keep it well 
corked - Repertory of Arts -
Ink - Rarbancourt -
8 oz Galls. & 4 oz logwood boiled in 12 ℔ water 1 hour
or untill one half is evaporated. the liquor then percolated
through a hair sive & 4 oz vitriol. 3 oz g. arab;
1 oz S. Copper & 1 oz S. candy added, stir the whole 
- then lett it stand 24 hours. - pour from sediment.
{I have tried this - it will not do: the N Ammo: attracts
{moisture & delequates.}
! Nitrate of Ammonia as A substitute for Nitre
in fabricating Gun powder. try it! Hembel jr-

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M J V 9. 232
Ganglions
The linimentum bituminis ammoniatum of 
the Pharm: Chirurg: will sometimes remove them
Lock Jaw
Aurora June 22. 1809
A strong solution of Pottash [is] applied warm
is said to be infalible in preventing Lock Jaw
To Destroy Buggs
2 grs Cantharides in 1 oz Spirits
Alston
Worms 
ꝶ C. Cervi ust} aa - ʒij
Seammo:}
Callom: - ʒj
pulv. stani - ʒij ♏︎. 8 or 10 grains
according to the Childs age 
Opodeldock
Hungary water 1 pint; Castil - soap sliced, 3 oz; Camphor
1 ℥; let them stand together in A glass closely stopped, til 
the soap & camphor are entirely dissolved in the 
Hugary water.

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Excellent Bitter Tincture
Take gentian root & orange peel dried, each 2 ℥;
Cochineal bruised ʒss; infuse them in A quart
of French Brandy for 3 or 4 days, then strain off 
the liquor for use. this is A very pleasant & wholesome
bitter, & may be used occasionally to provoke an 
appetite & assist digestion.
Ink
Sumach leaves - ʒxij 
Sul: Iron - ʒ jv 
g: arab - ʒij 
water 1 pint infuse 24 hours near a fire
Spirit Lavender Compound Speak
Aq Lavand: Wb. aq: Cinnam ℔ 2. Ol Aurant, Ol Rovis:
Ol. Caryophil. āā ℈ij Ras Sant. Rub ℥ ij -
℔ -
Ol Lavand ℥j Ol. Caryophil. Ol Nuc Moscha āā ℈ij 
ol Cinnam gtt. xij S. commun C. j -
Mistura Curmin
Mug: alb. ℥ijss Laud liq ℥jss Sal Tar ʒij Ol menth
Piper ℈ij Aq font: ℔ 2 pr Sac: Alb. p. ♏︎ -

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Copal Varnish (Martins)
Melt 4 oz Chio Turpentine, add 8 oz Amber finely
powdered & sifted stir them well for 1/4 hour then add
1 ℔ Copal in small pieces stir - then add 4 oz more 
C. Turpentine & give warm oil turpentine - boile
a little - in about 1/2 hour 2 oz finest Colophony
- boil when fluid as water - lett cool a little 
- add 24 oz nut of linseed Oil made drying, & hot 
boil & incorperate well - add 1 quart Ol. turpent
hot - boil add 1 pint more all hot -
- strain through linnen -
Hooping Cough Pouben 11 Septr 1809 
1℈. Salt of tart in A gill of water, ten grs Cochinea 
sweetin with white sugar, give an infant A ten 
spoon-full 11 times a day - 
Fulminating Mercury
On 2 gros of turpith min. pour ℥i of alkohol, & add at 
2 different times 10 gros of Nit: acid. Turpith will
turn grey, wash &c Other ☿ oxides will do.
Brugnatilli Phil May. vol xvj p 185 

99
Mosely divides the Disease called Hydrophobia 
in 1st" Hydrophobia, or the dread of Water.
2nd" Dyscatoposis L difficulty in swallowing & choaking
3rd" Rabies, or Convulsions, attended with Spitting &
foaming at the mouth.
he orders 1 ℥ Unguentum Mercurial fortius to be 
well rubbed in & about the Neck & throat - then 
gives the following Draught
ꝶ Julep e Camphora - ℥ij 
Sp vol: Aromat - ʒi 
Rad Valerian recent pulv. ʒss ♏ ƒ. haustus 
to be repeated every hour - & he gives an 
instance of A Cure. after four frictions, in A woman
whom he thought bitten by A mad dog, after symptoms
of Hydrophobia had commenced but before 
Dyscatoposis appeared. Poulsons paper Sept 14th. 1809
Scutellaria Galaricutata. or vulgarly Scullcap is said 
to be effectual in preventing Hydrophobia from the 
bite of a mad dog. - about 2 oz of the herb made into 
tea, in different portions is said to be sufficient if
timely administered Relf. Sept. 26. 1809

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Retention of Urine - Turner
Sal Nitri - ʒij 
Sal. Vol: Succini - ʒi 
Creta pp - ʒij 
Sacar alb - ℥ss ♏︎. as much as will lie on a 
12 p Cent 2. 3. or 4 times a day. drinking Marshmallow or 
Tea after each dose
Iris Pseudacorus. or yellow water fley. or Flower de luce the fresh
root Cathartic. when perfectly dried it looses the property & become
powerfully astringent. the roots when roasted are used for Coffe by Skerimshire -
Lime hath been used to blow rock's in the proportion of one 
part slacked lime to 2 of Gun powder
Memoir of the Bath Socirty
Baine says 3 oz to 16 oz - Repertory new series v 6 P 319 
Arsenic has been given by Nerrias in hooping Cough - dose 
one drop daily to Infants; & to Children under seven years of 
age two droops, repeated according to the state of the Symptoms
Syphilis
The Oxi muriate of Pottash gives rise to inflamation in 
some constitutions.
It is said that sweet oil contains A considerable 
proportion of the Oil of white poppy. ? is it the latter 
which makes sweet oil so somniferious.

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M J. V 1. 186
A solution of Salt of Tartar is said by Doctr. Mitchel to cure 
Venereal Chancres; they are to be [crossed out] touched with the solution.
Hydrargyrum Phosphoratum in Syphilis. M J V 1. 281.
Hydrargy: Phosphor. - gr - jv 
pulv cort. cinnam. - gr - xiiij
sachar. alb - ʒ - ƒ ♏︎ divide in viij parts 
one to be taken morning & evening unless salivation take 
place, when it ought to be discontinued. some patients
will bear from one to two grains without inconvenience.
Method of giving to Malt Spirits the flavour of 
Brandy. Repertory of arts Vis. P 79
Into two quarts of Malt - spirits, put three ounces & a half
of powdered charcoal & four ounces & a half of ground 
rice. let these ingredients remain about 15 days,
taking care to agitate them frequently during that 
time; filter the liquor, & its flavour will be found 
very much improved.
Saunders wood, said to afford the best colour 
for Brass Varnish

102)
Composition for Shaving without the use of Rasor
Soap, or water. by Marcus Hyman Ref y v 10.
Mix one pint & an half of clear lime water, two ℥
gum arabic, half ℥ of Isinglass, an eight of an ℥ of 
cochineal, 1/4 ℥ of turmeric root (made into powder),
1/8 ℥ of roach allum, 1/8 ℥ Salt tartar, 1/8 ℥ cream of 
tartar, together; boil & stirr for 1 hour, & be careful
it does not boill over, strain through A sive & add
2 1/2 ℔ Iron pumice stone, finely pulverised, mix 
the whole together with the hands, into one cake, by 
the assistance of the white of two eggs, well stirred up.
Then divide the Cake into 12 smaller ones; dry 
them in the open air for three days; put then in 
an oven [for] of a moderate heat for 24 hours, when 
they will be compleately dry & fit for use. apply
them with A gentle friction to the beard, & they 
will produce the compleate effect of shaving.
Gootting uses A paste, made of Flour & Gypsum 
to lute an apparatus, for preparing liquid
Ammonia. 
Repertory of arts V. 10 p. 76.

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Cold Vat for dying Cotton Blue Auor. Oct 25. 1809
12 ℔ best Indigo
18 ℔ green copperas
24 ℔ quick lime
The lime must be very small & well sifted & the quicker
it is the better - mix the whole ingredient well 
together, & stir the mass every quarter of an hour for 
two days, - allow it to settle & tis fit to dye cotton
yarn the fastest blue that is. 
These proportions are for a vat of about 150 gallons.
Hufeland administers Muriate of Barytes in 
Scrophutous diseases, the Goitre, affections of the 
eyes, the Itch, Tatters, &c the following is his method
of administering it.
A Drachm of the Salt is disolved in two ounces
of any distilled water, such as that of balm, strawberries
or any other, to which add half an ounce of 
syrup of orange peel, of cherries &c. For an adult,
the dose is from 40 to 60 drops of this liquor, four 
times a day, in A glass full of ptisan of sarsaparella
or dulcamara.
over 

104)
In other cases it is administered with extract of 
Opium, or disolved in distilled water, & extract of 
of cicuta or hyoscyamus added, especially in affections 
of the eyes.
The dose may be increased according to the state or 
strength of the Patient. -
Ink?
Logwood - 1 oz 
Powdered Galls - 3 "
Green Vitriol - 1 "
water - 1 to 2 quarts
White Varnish Gren V. 2 P 76
2 1/2 oz Sandarac, 1 oz Mastic, 3 1/2 oz Spt. of [crossed out] Turpentine,
disolve in 1 1/2 oz of Alkohol. - Watins l'art du Peinteur,
Doreur et Verniseur -
v To give Malt Spirit the flavour of Brandy
In 2 qrts of M. Spirits put 3 oz 1/2 powdered charcoal &
4 oz ground rice; shake every day for 15 days, then 
filter through paper. 
Poulson Octob 14th. 1809

105
Common Salt & sifted wood ashes, equal parts, made 
into A paste with water, makes a good cement for Iron
flues &c better than most other compositions, & may 
be applied when the flue is hot or cold. Iron filings
& vinegar will do as well. ℔ -
~ To preserve Butter
Common salt, 2 oz Nitre & loaf sugar each 1 oz, rubbed
into A fine powder - this not only keeps butter 
sweet, but gives it A fine flavour. ℔ -
~ Analysis of Wedgwood's Pyrometric Pieces, in 
Philo: Magazine vol. 9. 153
found to Contain. Silex - 62.2
Argil - 25.
Lime - 6 -
ox. Iron - .2
Water - 6.2 
~ Sequin dissolves 16 parts common allum in 24 
parts water; chrystalizes; & thus obtains 14 parts
of alum equal to the Roman, & 2 nearly equal
to that of Liege. ♏︎ n. J v 23, 30 oz

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Indeliable Writing Ink
Disolve 1 oz pure silver in nitric acid, chrystalize
& disolve the chrystals in eight times their weight
of distilled water.
Disolve 1 oz gum senegal & 2 ʒ white glue in 2 ℥ distilled
water. mix this solution with three ʒ of pure 
carbon - I mix both together.
Mordant.
Disolve 2 oz of white glue & as much isinglass, in 6 oz 
of Alchohol & as much distilled water - this solution
will be made in two days. the B.M. is made use 
of for the purpose; & care must be taken to stir 
the two kinds of glue from time to time.
after the whole is disolved it must be filtered
through flannel, in order to keep back all its 
mucilaginous particles. the liquid thus 
filtered, & preserved in A bottle well corked
is then ready for use.
If the linnen is impregnated with the above 
mordant, & the ink then applyed it will
compleately dye every thred without spaeading

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Emplastrum Podgricum.
Opii
Sapo. Venic āā ℥ij Emplas: diachylon ℥viij ♏︎.
S. A. To be laid pretty thick on gouty & other swellings.
5 grs. Hemblock in a pill 3 times a day said to 
cure Syphillis, without Mercury: a cooling purge 
being occasionally taken. Woodwil Medi: Botany
A decoction of Black alder berrys, shumac & honey
said to be a good wash for a lip inflamed by 
chewing woorm-wood -
Worms
Spigilia gr - xij
Jalap - gr - v - for children of 4 or 5 years
thrice a week -
Hæmorgage. 34 Shil-mag: 129
Acetate of Lead in doses of 2 grs. twice or thrice a day 
appears to be almost A specific in Hæmorgage.
Inverted Uterus after delivery
Tire Opii, liquor vol. Cornu cervi aa gtt in any cordial

108)
Fetrifuge. 13 N J. 214
The Gizzard of Pullets. after cleansing, rubbing & washing, are 
whiped dry, then left to dry between sheets of paper, assited
by a gentle stove heats when thoroughly dry, they are reduced to 
powder, which is of a whitish grey ash colour, yielding in the 
mouth a kind of mucilage & possessing a slightly salt & bitter taste
This powder admistered twice a day (morning & evening) in doses
of twenty four to thirty six grains, in a glass of any agreeable liquor
sweetened.
The efficacy of this remedy as a diuretic & apperient was so 
efficatious, that it rarely requires being repeated more than 
twice or thrice.
A wholesome regimen is all which is required, carefully avoiding
exposure to Cold & moisture particularly whet feet.
(Ib) ~ Chronic Opthalmia by Doctr Jordens
Butyr. insuls unc jv, mereur præcip. rubr. dr ij intime
mistis, adde aceti lythargyr: unc jss tere donec omnis humiditas
dispareat. as much as a small pea to be put in the 
corner of the eye on going to bed, wash it away with cold 
water next morning, in bad cases apply it twice a day.
Calculus Complaints by Brande PM. 35 155
Brande administers 15 to 20 grs Magnesia night & morning
to Patients labouring under Paleuli, composed of [crossed out]
Uric & Phosphoric acids. - Patients radically cured
in two weeks -

109
A Warm stimulating plaster, for a sprained hip Joint G M J. 234
Emplast: commun: ℥j pulv: euphorv. emp: canthaird āā ʒj ♏︎. aplic:
~ M J 9. 290 Doctr. Schwarts of Verden, recommends the following mixture
in obstinate [crossed out] taenia Petrol ℥ss. essent: assiafoetid. ʒvj ♏︎. xl guttæ
quator in diem.
G M J 388 Dr Henning give Phosphoric acid gtt. x in half a tea cup of water 
to arrest uterine hæmorhagias. A Ladie thirty one years. who had always
suffered irregularities found relief after the second dose.
A Blacksmith woman by sudden fright was seized with uterine hæmorhagia
which threatened premature delivery was cured in one day in ʒij 
of Phos: acid in doses of 10 to 15 gtt.
A woman in Child bed was attacked the third day after delivery with 
violent hæmorhagia. He found the patient cold, pulse hardly perceptible
& blood gushing out of uterus, she was cured by Acid Phosphor ʒss
aq. cinnam ℥jv Syr. rub, idae ℥j. d.s. every two hours a table 
spoon full was taken.
The Phos: acid singularly serviceable in scorbutic hæmorhagics
Cancerous Ulcers.
Hemptine a Physician of Janche employ a solution of caustic
potash in Cancerous ulcers. He disolves five or six grains in four 
ounces of distilled water, & washes the ulcers three or four times a day.
Potash thus employed does not act as A caustic & hath no action
on the sound parts, applied to the tongue it barely leaves
the impression of a common lixivium.
Elephantiasis
Doctr. Matius of Sunmam gives Arsenic in combination
with black peper & g: arab: so that the patient took from one to two 
grs each day, with much mucilaginous drink archives de Deco: 156 

110
Rheumatism
Soda pp - ℥j
Aqua - 1 qrt.} A glass full 3 or 4 times a day.
or as often as the stomach can bear it. - relieves in 3 or 4 days
Emplastrum vesicatorium porpetuanam mite Janini
Serpentine ℥vj. mastic in powder ℥vj melt them in a gentle
heat, add ℥jss pulv canthar. subtle. euphor  ℥j in powder
m.s.a. it may be continued from 8 to 12 days.
Ungent for Itch
Red precepitate -
Venice turpentine} aa ℥i 
Lard -} ℔j 
Gouland's Lotion
Amyg. Dulce - ℥jv 
- Amar - ℥iij 
Aq marab - ℔ xij 
Acet Sat - ℥ii 
Mer cor sub - ʒiss
Spt vin rect - ℥ij ♏︎ -
Quincy Hæmorhoids & Dysentric
Lemery says Acet: Lead in two to four grains is effectual
in stopping them. Also in Uterine fluxes &
excessive menstuation.

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Purge
Y Ol: Ricini: - ℥ij
Pul: Gum: Arab: ʒiij 
Aqua Cinnam ℥ij ♏︎.
Zinc Opii by Ecard, which is cheaper
& does not precipitate so easily as the common precipitation,
& wherein the quantity of Opium is more 
accurately determined.
ꝶ Opii Optim - ℥ij 
Caryophyllosum - ʒi 
Aq: Cinnam - ℥viij
Alcho: vini - ℥ jv.
Opii Caryophyllis in pulverem tritis, qua cinmamomi
cum alchohol permixta affunditur, vitrum
bene clauditur. Digestione per vj dies in locacalido 
continuata. Tinctura exprimatur
clarificatur. - Ten grains of this tincture
contains one gr. of Opium, if good opium has 
been employed.
MJ V3. 582
Spermaceti mixture. Take spermaci & refined
sugar āā ʒij; rect. Spt. vini, thirty drops; yolk of egg a 
very smal quantity; distilled or common oil half pint.
The sperm: & spirits are first rubbed together a short time;
the sugar is then added, & the triburation continued
sometime longer, then the egg & lastly the water M J. V 3. 515

112 
Mercurial Ointment M J V 3. 581 
De Larenay rubs one dram of rancid sweet oil with 
one ℔ of mercury the oxidation takes place in a short 
time. The lard is afterwards added by degrees
Tartar emetic M J 3. 582 -
Lartique combines cream of tartar with grey oxide of 
antimony. The preparation thus obtained, is of more 
equal strenght, than the tartat emetique obtained in 
the common way Journal des Pharmacien No 10. 122
Doctr Handel of Mentz, recommends the following remedy,
as a very powerful sedative in toothach, occasioned by
corrupted or hollow teeth; upon the application of which, the 
excruciating pain almost entirely cease -
ꝶ. Ol: hyosciam - ʒj 
Opii thebiac - ʒss
Extrac belladon} aa gr. vj 
Caphora -}
Olei cajeput -} aa gtt. viij
Zinc Cantharidum} Redigatuo in formam opiat.
Ippeca - gr jii
Opii - aa gr. iij.
Nitre - g vj in 2 doses Mr Ars -
Bart -

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opt Mrs. Ar. by Bar
ꝶ. Moschi ppt - gr. ʒj
Pul: Q. Arab - ʒij 
Sacahar Alb - ʒjj 
Aq: Menth ppt - ℥i 
- Comma - ℥ ij  ♏︎ 2 or 3 tea spoon
p r n -
Stone & Gravel. M J. v 15. P 35 W Goodwin
ꝶ Zinc Opii ℥ss. Aq. kali pur. Spt. terb: aa ʒiii ♏︎.
25 or 30 drops to be taken in milk three times a day, when 
in most pain: occasionally using the warm bath.
The above was singularly efficacious in the case refered to.
The inhabitants of uper Canad cure the marsh or lake fever by 
the fungus called agaric; which grows on beach trees.
The following was found very efficacious in the above fevers
ꝶ Pulv: cort Peruviani ℥j Columbae, Capsici Cayenensis sigeg
ʒij Tere simul ut fiat pulvis. Drachma, ex cyatho vine lusitanic.
rubri, quater in dies vel saepuis sumenda M J. 15. 449 
Croup
Sulphuret of Pottash in doses of 10 grs. in a little 
honey, morning & evening: is said to be a specific -
dose diminished as the disorder abates -

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Hysteric 
ꝶ assafoetid
G Myrrh āā ʒi 
Camphor - ʒss
Sapo Castil - ʒij ♏︎. fiat Pilula - l -
two to be taken before the fits comes on &
to be taken occasionally -
Dropsy M J v 13. 288
Doctr Blachly gives the following receipe as highly 
efficatious in the cure of dropsy, by external application.
ꝶ Saponis, aceti, et Spt vini ana partes æquales. The 
whole body is to be rubbed with it at bed time, as long
as the patient can bear the application, occasionally
giving him brandy or wine. This remedy, joined to 
the other remedys of dropsies, cures generally in two 
or three applications; the water disapearing by 
perspiration. Oedematous legs bound up, a .
with the mixture plentifully rubbed on them, are reduced in Size.

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Taeniæ.
Doctr Schawts of Verden, recommends the following
mixture against any obstinate case of taenia: -
ꝶ Petrotsi ℥ss essent asafoetid: ʒvj mist. four times 
a day forty drops. What is most curious, he often 
tried the ingredients by themselves, but saw no effect
except when they were combined. -
For Suppressed Hæmorhoids. Hartman
ꝶ Aloes socot. ℈ij Pulv: Ipecac: gr jv. Hispard ℈j 
fiant pil. singulæ pond gr jv. five to be taken for 
a dose. -
In deficient Hepatic Secretions the following pills 
have been found singularly advantageous. M. J vol 8.  172 
ꝶ Sapon ven. pulv rab. aloe soccet. āā ℥j. pulv: aromat 
℥ss. Syr: zinz: q.s. ft mass et form pill. x ij ex singulo.
drach.
Soda used as A Poultice in Buboe.
Disolve 1 ℥ of Chrystals of Soda in a quart of water,
& apply it with crumbs of bread; at the same time 
taking three table spoons full of this solution three 
times a day - M J V 9. 267

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Syphillis 
Doctr. Marcus says, The most efficatious prescription
in veneral complaints was a mixture of 3 oz. of aq cinam. c 
vino, 4 grs. of corrosive sublimate, & 2 ℈ of tinc opii, of 
which from 40 to 80 drops were to be given two or three 
times a day. Salivation never Known to follow the 
administration of this remedy, which even agreed with 
a weak constitution & digestion. (twice) vide page 41 
~ Doctr. Henning of Terbst. says Phosphoric acid is 
very effectual in Hemorhagies: he [gives] prescribes
ten drops to be taken in half a tea cup full of water every 
hour. or Acid Phosphor: ʒss. aq cinmam: ℥js syrup
rub. idaci ℥j D.S. every two hours a table spoon
full.
Agues. M J. V 11. p 129 
Walter Scott recommends the following formula
as remarkably successful in curing the above 
complaint.
ꝶ Cuprum. ammon. ℈j mic.panis ʒij Syr. cort.
curant. q s. ♏︎. ƒ. pill no xx jv Cap 1 vel 2-3./sensim
augendo dosin/hora decubitus quotidie.

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Excoriated Niples, Ulcerated Herpes &c
Professor Hufeland highly praises the Flores Zinci in 
excoriations & cutatneous ulcerations, & has employed them with 
great success in painful excoriations of the nipples, in ulcerated
herpes, & in the obstinate remains of an inveterate itch. He 
generally uses the following unguent: ꝶ Ungt. pomat. ℥j. flor 
zinci. semin lycopod. aa ʒss. ♏︎. This ointment he orders to be 
applied three times a day spread on pieces of soft linnen.
Foul Ulcers
In foul ulcers with callous edges Peck uses the following 
solution with great success. - Argent. nitrat. grs ij.
aq: ferventis ℥j. tinc opii ʒij ƒ. solut. - The ulcers
are covered with lint wet with the above solution & a 
bandage of thin flannel constantly worn. In 
three or four days, a disposition to sloughing appears,
& the cure is effected with the following ointment. -
Hydragy. nitrat. rub ʒi. pulv opii 
ʒss. tere simul & misce sedulo sum ung. res. 
flav. ℥j. ƒt ung.
Ferguson extolls Sulp. of soda pultice for Chancres
ꝶ Sulph. soda ℥ [crossed out] j. Aqua [crossed out] ℔ iv mixed with the 
soft part of bread & aplied cold; renewed six times
a day. The same disolved to a thin mucilage he says
is among the first injections M J. v 10: 500

118
Rheumatism
Disolve 1 ℥ of carbonate of soda in a quart of water
[&] take a small glass full two or three times during
twenty four hours: or oftener if the stomach will bear
it. Relief is generally obtained in three or four days
& the recurrence of the paroxysms prevented by the 
occasional use of the solution.
Infallible Plaster for removing Corns
ꝶ gum ammo.
Cer: flav: - aa - ℥ij 
Cuprum a cetal: - ʒvj. ♏︎: s. a.
In a fortnight the plaster to be renewed if 
corns not removed. Cooper Sugg. Dict 223 
Mr. Cuming says White Vitriol is a specific 
in Ague. He administers it as follows. After
the primæ viæ have been thoroughly cleansed by 
means of an antimonial emetic, I begin by 
giving the patient two or three grains in the 
day during the intervals of the fit, in this formula
up 

119
ꝶ. pulv: zinci vitrol. gr. ij vel iij cons. rosæ. q. s. ft 
bol. no iij capt. ager. j. 2d. a vel 3 tia. quaque
hora, ut opus fuerit, et augeatur dosim gr j 
in dies. I never had occasion to give more 
them five grains in the day. When given in the 
shape of a bolus, I always order it to be washed
down with half a cupfull of any proper dilutent.
The cure affected in three to seven days.
M J. V 10. 497
Hooping Cough. Sublief M J V 14. 39
ꝶ Sulp: antim: præcepit. & spt. vini rectific partes
equalis. When mixed in a copper vessel, set it on fire,
stirring untill the spirit is evaporated. The dried
powder is given from one to five grains three or four 
times a day according to the age & strength of the patient
or violence of the disese requires. In two or three 
days it abates the spasm & considerably promotes
the expectoration, & cures within two weeks at most.
Retention of Urine M J V 17. P 250
In a violent case John Charles Collins found, (on the authority
of Mr Cline) Tinc. ferri. muriati produce immediate relief.
ꝶ in doses of gtt. v every 5 or 6 minutes in a little wine & water.
in less than half an hour the patient voided his urine as usial

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Tinctura Anodyna antimonialis
ꝶ Vini antimonialis ʒiij. tincture thebaica ʒj ♏︎. doses x gtt-
once in four or six hours, as the effect may indicate, for concussion
of brain. Broomfield's cases V 1 P 18
Fever & Ague 
15 drops of laudanum & 30 drops of spirits of hartshorn
taken on the accession of the chilly fit is said, never to 
fail cureing. I Rogers friend -
Tinea Capitis by James Barlow M J. P. 496
ꝶ Kali sulphuratum (recens porperat) ʒiij.
Sapo Alb. Hispan. ʒjss. Aq Calcis ℥viiss. Spt.
vinos rect ʒij ♏︎. ƒt lotio pro tinea capitis.
By bathing the head a few times morning & evening
& suffering the parts to dry without wiping the scabs
will decorticate & peel from the head (scalp) & leave
the parts underneath perfectly healed; & this without 
shaving the head or cutting the hair. 
Scarlatina
Doctr Thornton says 25 drops Tincture of Fox glove
given every three hours day & night is a specific in the
complaint. - Bioren's almanach for 1814

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~ Sum Singultus which continued five days successively
After [crossed out] æther, opium, camphor, musk, magnesia, &
other absorbants had been tried without effect, the following
mixture relieved almost immediately.
ꝶ Mistur Camphorat. ℥iij tinc lavend. Comp. Spt.
Ammon. Comp. aa ʒiv ♏︎. fiat mistura, cujuscap.
cochl. j ampt. frequentur indies vel pro re nata.
Scarlet Fever
John Ayrey Brathwaite Surgeon in London, us says
oxygenated muriatic acid is a Specific in the above complaint.
He gives one dram of Ox. mur. acid mixed in 8 ounces of water 
every 12 hours by patients from 14 to 20 years; in doses of  ℥ss
℥i ℥iss & jj as the patients age or strength admitts. To 
younger patients smaller doses, as half a dram or ℈ij to 
8 ounces of water. It is absolutely necessary that the one dram
should be kept in the dark, wrapped in paper to prevent
the deoxidizing effects of light.
To prepare the ox mur. acid, put 2 oz by measure of distilled
water into a narrow tabulated bottle with a ground stopper;
add as much muriatic acid of Specifi. grav. 1170 & shake 
the vial; then add 2 drams of ox. mur. of potash, & stop 
the vial, which is to frequently shaken during [two or] three 4

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days. [crossed out] If the bottle is not strong the stopper should be 
loose, having a string or bladder loosely tied over it, to prevent
its being ejected from the bottle: the whole process should 
be performed in the dark. - He also found it 
usefull in Angina maligna & other diseases arising
from a deoxygenation of the blood Tilloch 18. 130
Doctr. R J Thorntons fumigation powder
Nitre four pounds; sulphur two pounds; southernwood, juniper
berries, of each three pounds; tar & myrrh a pound & a half.
Tilloch 19. P 74 -
Pradier's Remedy for the gout. 
Balm of Mica - 6 ℥
Red Peruv. bark - 1 ℥
Saffron - 1 ℥ss
Sarsaparilla - 1 ℥
Sage - 1 ℥
Rectified Alcohol 3 ℔s.
Journal de L'empire 
Paris Decem 13th 1812
Aurora Monday
Feby 7th. 1814
Disolve seperately, the balm of maca in one third of the [crossed out]
alchohol; strip the other indgreidents in the remainder
of the alchohol for 48 hours; filtrate & mix the two 
liquors. 

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For uses mix the solution with twice or three times the quantity
of lime water, shaking the bottle at the time of using its 
Aplication
Prepare a pultice of ground flaxseed, which is to be spread very
hot, & about one inch thick, on a napkin, to wrap the part affected -
the pultice should be very [hot] glutinous. When it is intended to 
envelope both the legs & feet up to the knees, a proportionate 
quantity of flaxseed must be used. When the poultice is prepared
& as hot as the patient can bear it, spread over its 
surface about two ounces of the liquor in such a manner 
as to be equally distributed without being imbibed; the 
poultice is then to be bound round the leg or foot, & to be 
completely covered; enveloping the whole with flannel
or waxed silk, to preserve the warmth of the application.
The poultice is not changed oftener than once in 12 or 24 
hours. - Signed Gme. Pradier.
Bite of Rattlesnake
Fowlers solution ʒij. laudanum gtt. x. peppermint water 
3 table spoons full, (lime juice one table spoon). The draught 
repeated every half hour, for four successive hours. In the 
mean time the parts were fomented with a linnament
compared of oil of turpentine & spts. hartshorne, each 
a table spoon full; olive oil 2 do. - Cathartic
injections were given two or three times.
Aurora April 26. 1815

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Compound pills of Galbanum. Excellent in Hysteric's
Galbanum -
Œpoponax -
Myrrh -
Sagepenum āā gr - xx vij 
assafœtida - gr - x iiij 
ferrubigo - ℈ jv -
Syrup Zingiber q s. ƒ. p. xl. take 4 at 12 oClock, & at 
7 in the evening. Thorntons Family Herbal
Diarhœas 
ꝶ Rhubarb in powder
Colombo - do - equal parts, 3 grains: to be given
every 3 hours, most excellent &c -
ꝶ Rheubarb - gr iij 
Opiate confec - gr 6: every 4 hours -
ꝶ Rheubarb - grs xv 
Compound powder of scammony - grs v:
To be taken at bad time for costive habits.
ꝶ
Compound tincture of Rhabarb - ʒ ij 
tincture [crossed out] catechu ʒi 
tinc. Opii - gtt - x make a 
draught, to be taken 3 times a day in looseness.

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Thornton 416
ꝶ Sliced rheubarb - ʒij
Colombo
gentian
vind of orange āā - ʒss
raspings of quasia - ʒss 
Coriander bruised - ʒij 
boiling water - a pint: make an infusion,
& take half a wine glass occasionally when costive. Excellent in 
gouty habits.
Cough Thornton 437
ꝶ Spermaceti disolved in white egg - ℈j
Syrup of Tolu - ʒij 
Cinnamon water - ʒiij 
Milk of almonds - ʒxj 
♏︎. draught, to be taken four times a day - 
Consumption 443
Compound tincture of benzoin - gtt - 40 
Purifyed honey - ʒ - j 
rose water - ℥ - j 
tincture of opium - gtt - iij ♏︎
draught, - four times a day - said to be excellent!

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Tincture of Snake-root. LD
Snake root bruised 3 oz; proof spirits, two pints: digest for seven
days, & strain. Two drams of the above tincture, with ten grains in 
powder, & five drops of laudanum, every three hours, stopped a 
mortification, which could not be arrested by any other means 
ꝶ [Tincture of] snake root bruised
Contrayerva - āā - ʒiij
boiling water - ℥xij
macerate for 2 hours, & strain off; then add,
Tincture of snake root - ℥ij
syrup of ginger - ʒij 
For a mixture, of which two table-spoon full are to be taken
every three hours. In low stages of fever, confluent smallpox,
when sores threaten gangrene, & the powers of life appear 
sunk. Thorntons family Herbal. 745 -
Fumigation Powder
Cascarilla reduced to a coarse powder,
Camomile flowers,
aniseed, of each equal parts - ℥ij 
Put some hot cinders on a shovel, sprinkle this gradually
on it, & fumigate the chamber of the sick. It takes off smell,
if it does not keep off infection. - 807

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Diarhœa 
Catechu in powder - grs - xv 
purified alum - " - iij 
conserve of roses - ʒ - ss 
Syrup of white poppies q.s. ƒ bolus h.s.s.
ꝶ. Culv catechur 
Cort. simaroub
Cinnam āā ʒij 
Aq: bul - pint - i macerate for 4 hours in a covered
vessel & strain. ꝶ. of the above strained liquor - ℥ vij 
Comp. tinc: of cardamoms - ℥i
Confec: Opiate - ʒi ♏ƒ
mixtura. sumend cochelaria duo. quatorve de hodu.
excellent in diarhoeas & fluxes of all kinds - 
ꝶ Camphor (reduced to powder by adding a few drops of spt wine) grs 8
Antimonial [cross out] powder " 3
Conserve of orange peel, as much as is sufficient: Make into a bolus, to be 
taken every 6 hours. Low nervous fevers
ꝶ Camphor,
Russian castor,
Musk, of each reduced to powder, 5 grains; syrup of white 
poppy, as much as is sufficient: make bolus, to be taken three times
a day. This is given in the last stage of putrid fever, when hiccough
comes on. 

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Sambucus Nigra, Elder
An infusion of the inner bark of the trunk in wine, or the 
expressed juice of the berries in the dose of half an ounce or 
an ounce, is said to purge moderately, & in small doses to prove
an efficacious deobstruant, capable of promoting all the fluid
secretions. The expressed juice, inspisated to the consistance of a rob, proves a 
an useful aperient medicine, promotes the natural evacuations,
& if continued for a sufficient length of time, does considerable
service in various chronical disorders. The young
leaf buds are strongly purgative, & act with so much violence,
as to be deservedly accounted unsafe. The flowers are 
very different in quality:
Scilla Maritima.
ꝶ Take of the recent [sqill] squills dried, in powder. gr jv 
Crystals of tartar in powder - ℈j 
make a powder, to be taken night & morning in a cup of barley
water, sweetened with a lump of white sugar. This is excellent
for a dropsey -
ꝶ 2. Conserve of squill - ʒss
Callomel - gr jj 
purified Opium - gr ƒ ♏︎.
bolus to be taken every night going to bed. Given in pituctions
astmas & dropsey.
ꝶ 3 Tincture scille - gtt - 20 a 31
Cinnamon water 
rose water - ʒ vj ♏︎
three times a day. Asthma & dropsey

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Inflamation of the Eyes 
Thornton says, that he has with himself & others, frequently cured
the most violent inflamation of the eyes by the vapour of boiling 
water. Family Herbal. article Ruta Graveolens (Rue) P 435
Cough v P 125
[ꝶ spermaceti dissolved in white of eggs - ℈j
Syr: Tolu - ʒij 
Cinnam. water]
Stomachic Medicine
Rasping of Quassia - ʒij 
orange peel - ʒiij
lemmon peel - ʒiiji 
boiling water - ℔ j
let this remain for 4 hours in a closed sauce pan, then strain
off. The dose is three table spoon fulls, at 12. 7 & bed time. A very
fine stomachic medicine.
ꝶ. shavings of quassia - ʒij 
boiling water - pint j. let this remain in a close 
vessel untill cold, when strain off, & add to the strained liquor,
Compound tincture of cardamom - ℥ij 
" - spt. of lavender - ℥jv 
powder of rhubarb - ℈j:
Take 3 table spoon fulls an hour before dinner, to create an 
apetite.
ꝶ Infusion of quassia (as in last prescription) - ℥j
aq. Cinnam - ʒjv
Comp spt of ammo. - [ʒjv] gtt 20
Coeta pp - grs 2 
make into a draught to be taken at twelve & 7 every day. This relieves sickness
& qualms in pregnancy.

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Asthma & Cough Thornton
ꝶ oel. amygdale - ʒvj 
lac. amygdale - ℥v 
aq. rosar - ʒij 
g. arab 
Sacarum pp. āā ʒij let be well rubbed together, & take 
two table spoons full four times a day & a tea spoon full upon 
coughing -
ꝶ lac. amyg: - ℥i 
Syr. toluta - ʒij 
aq. mar - ʒij 
tinc. scylla - gtt. x vj ƒ. L. four to be taken during 
the day. An admirable medicine in cold, consumption & asthma
Diabetes & Lientery
Doctr" might says: [crossed out] Citric acid saturated with muriate
of soda is a specific in those complaints Thornton Fam. Herb 662
Dimsdale's worm powder
ꝶ calomel, comp. powder of crabs claws, of each equal parts,
3 grains; tartarized antimony 1/8 or 1/10 pro dosis
Mortification
8 grs musk & 5 of volatile salt of amber in the form of 
pills every 3 hours. Domestic Ency: v 3. P 142.

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Hemorhages
Prof. Stark of Jenna, recommends the following styptic 
powder; which according to his experience, has proved uncommonly
efficacious in suppressing profuse uterine hemorrhages,
namely: Peruvian bark ʒij; cinnamon, ʒii lapis haematitis
(qure ferre oxide) ʒss; loaf sugar, ʒij: let these 
ingredients be reduced to a fine powder; a teaspoon full
of which is to be taken every hour, or oftener, in chamomile
or balm tea. ♏︎ have no doubt of its efficacy Domes: Ency. v 5. 62 
For wounds one of the most successful styptics, however, is 
prepared by mixing one part of the caustic volatile alkali,
with three parts of water; if this fluid is applied to a fresh 
wound, it effectually checks the flowing of blood both from 
large & small vessels. (ib) 62 P - 
Dysentery Aurora Augst. 10. 1814
The root of Cat-tail (a flag) bruised & boiled in milk is said to be an 
Indian specific. One spoonfull every hour is sufficient for 
a child, a purge being promised if the complaint preexisted
any time - meat prohibitted but ripe fruit allowed.
Basilic Dowder
Mer: dulce ppt, Antimo: Diap. Lat: Resin Jalappi pulv. aa 
℥ij dose 2 gr. for 1 year, encreasing 1 gr for each succeeding year 

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Doctor Grey's Tettor ointment
Take 1 handfull of sharp pointed dock-root,
1 do- inner bark of elder -
1 do of Chamomile -
Bruise them well & stew them in p ℔ of butter or 
lard, & then strain the liquor -
Add 1 Spoon full of sutt & one of tar - strain &
when cold add 1 Spoonfull of flower of sulphur.
The part affected to be previously well washed with 
1/4 oz of blue vitriol disolved in 1 gill of vinegar.
B The part affected must be well drawn with Cabbage
leaves, or, well pulticed & well washed every morning
with hard soap, previous to washing with the vitriol,
the washing should be continued every time until the 
smarting ceases.
Cure for Cancer. recommended by Cornelius C Cuyler. Paster of Reformed
Dutch Church, Poughkeepsie. Aurora Augt 19. 1814
Take the narrow leaved dock root, boil it in soft water, wash the ulcer with the 
strong decoction, warm as it can be borne; fill the cavity with the liquor for 
two minutes, then scrape the hulk of the root, bruise it fine, put it on gauze
& lay it over every part of the ulcer, slip a linnen cloth in the decoction & 
put that over the gauze; repeat this three times in twenty four hours,
& at each time let the patient take a wine glass of the tea made of the root,
with one third of a glass of port wine [crossed out] sweetened with honey.
B the Cancer was on the [crossed out] tongue for 2 years.

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Antimonial Powder of the london Dispensary
Oxid: Antimo: pulv - gr iij.
Glycyr. pulv: - gr vij
Mucil. g: arab: - gr j ƒ. bolus statim sumendus.
Sore Throat. Thrornton Family herbal P 140 
Decoction of bark ℥ vij. tincture of myrrh ʒij, purified
nitre ʒiij. make into a gargle. This is a sovereign method
to disperse a tumified gland, or common sore throat.
Decoction of Bark
Pulv cinchon ℥i, aqua ℔ jss. boil for 10 minutes in a 
covered vessel then strain. il
~ Scarlet Fever Thornton A 1815
25 gtt. tinc foxglove, every three hours day & night, by this 
simple means he saved 17 Children in a boarding school
For the Piles Mr Palmer by J [crossed out] Glentworth
1/2 oz Cream Tartar. 1/2 oz Sal Nitre. 1/2 oz Jallap. 1 oz Cinitive
Electuary. mix with a small quantity of molasses, sufficient
to make it up into pills, & take for a dose the size of a common
marble - it is best to take it in the morning fasting to 
prevent being disturbed in the night. - take it twice
or thrice a week untill a cure is effected
Cranes Bill. Geranium Maculatum is said by Docr
Mease to restrain hemorage from a divided artery
It is vulgarly known by the name of Crow-foots 

134 A
[In a number of instances, I have found the 
following the best Cough Mixture of all those which 
I have known tried by others as well as myself
ꝶ Pulv: g: arab
Suc. glycirhir aa ʒij
Elix: paregor aqua ℥vj
Oxy: Scillæ āā ʒij heat untill the suc: glycir:
is disolved: then add Elix: paregor: vin: antimo -
āā ʒij. A table spoon - full every hour, soon 
relieves the patient. Hembel jr -
ꝶ Pulv g. arab:
Pulv glycirhiz: aa ʒ. ij 
Aqua - ℥ vj 
Heat untill the pul. g. arab & glycirhiz are disolved:
Then when cold, add Spt. nitre dulce Eliz paregor: vin. antimo: Oxy=
Scillæ aa ʒij. A Table spoon full every hour soon 
relieves the patient, Hembel jr - Vide P 141] 
Hæmorhoides
In a costive habit take 5 grs of sulphur & half the quantity
of Rheubarb two or three times a day. D Ency V 4. P 270
It has been recently discovered by an eminent Spanish
Physician, that the white of eggs diluted with water, is an antidote to 
against Cor: Sub: & lump sugar against verdigrise 

134 b
[ꝶ Pulv: pulvter of g arab
- Glycirhiz āā ʒij 
Aqua - ℥ vj disolve by heat,
then add Eliz. paregor. vin Antimo. Syr. Scillæ
Spt. nitri dulce āā ʒij. A table spoon full
every hour. tea spoon for a Child]
In Medical & Physical Journal vol 6 P 527 et 7. Walter Scot MD 
mentions two cases of suppression of urine which were removed by 
the following application: aq. ammo. ol. terebinth. aa ℥j with which 
the pubis is to be well embrocated. - A blister applied to the same 
part was found equally efficacious.
M J. vol 8 P 198 Edward Thornhill Luscomb mentions that 
in cases of hæmorrhagies, from sloughing or gangrenous wound
where no persure or styptics were effectual: he found 
the hæmorrhagy effectually restrained by pledgets dipt
in a solution of Antimo: tartarisat: in the proportion
of four grains to an ounce of water.
Fourteen parts Carbo: Soda & 12 Cream of tartar, furnishes
one of the mildest purges; namely Rochelle Salt.
Domes: Ency v 5. P 6

134 c
Styptics
Alumen - ℥iss. g: kino ʒiij finely pulverised
& incorporated.
One of the most successful styptics is however, one part 
Caustic vol. alkali & three water; if this fluid is applied
to a fresh wound, it effectually checks the flowing of blood,
both from large & small vessels.
Professor Stark of Jenna recommend in profuse Uterine
hæmorhagics: Pulv. Peruv: ʒij Cort: Cinnam: ʒj; lapis hæmats 
ʒss. let the ingredients be reduced to A fine powder; a tea  
spoon full of which is to be taken every hour, or oftener in 
Chamomile gr baum tea.
In slight wounds, powder of g. arab sprintald on the wound
& the muscles compressed until a bandage is applied is a 
very effectual remedy. Ency. Domest vol 5 [P] as 
Cement for Glass or Steel.
Take 5 or 6 bitts of mastic, big as peas, dissolve them in alchohol.
Dissolve as much Isinglass (previously soaked in water) in 
Brandy or Rum, as will make 2 oz by measure of a strong 
glue, warm it & incorporate with it by rubbing 2 or 3 bitts of 
glabbareum or ammoniacum & then the mastic solution.
Keep the cement in a bottle well stopped, & gently warm 
it before using - J Cox.

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Soda Water
For a tumble full of water, take 30 grs Super carbo:
of Sod & 25 grs of tartarous acid.
~ Remedy for a Whitlow
Mix in a phial, one teaspoon full of tincture of opium, a dram of 
camphor dissolved in an ounce of Spt. of wine, & twenty drops of 
extract of saturn. Keep a linnen rag a constantly wet with 
the above on the finger.
French Remedy for the Dysentery.
Take 2 nutmegs grossly powdered, twenty pepper corns, & the same 
number of cloves, an ounce of bruised cinnamon, & 1 oz of -
oak bark from an old tree grossly rasped. Boil the whole in 
3 quarts of milk, till it has diminished a fourth part; then, straining
the decoction, divide it into 4 equal parts, & give the patient
one portion every six hours, day & night. If the appetite be lost,
so that the patient is unable to eat, his milk will afford sufficient
nourishment. The first quantity taken warm appeases
the pain & griping; & the same is to be repeated the second & third days.
This remedy cures, in 3 or 4 days, the flux of blood & of the belly, however
violent. It does not cure suddenly; but softens & strengthens
the bowels by slow & sure degrees. In the mean time, if the 
patient should wish for food, it may be taken by him in 
moderation.
universal Receipt book 

136
Genuine preparation of the famous Chymical liquid
for Boot tops &c
Mix, in a phial, 1 ʒ of exmuriate of potash with 2 oz of distilled water
& when the salt is dissolved, add 2 oz of muriatric acid. Then, shaking well
together, in another phial, 3 oz of rectified Spirits of wine with half an ounce
of the essential oil of lemmons, unite the contents of the two vials, &
keep the liquid thus prepared closely corked for use. This liquid
should be applied with a clean spunge, & dried in a gentle heat;
after which the boot top may be polished with a proper brush, so 
as to appear like new leather. This composition will not only
restore the colour to leather, but all spots caused by ink, grease
fruit stains &c will be completely removed by it.
Universal Receipt book
West India Lozenges for the Piles
Take 4 oz fine powdered loaf sugar, 202 flour of sulphur, & a sufficient
quantity of the mucilage of gum tacamahaca dissolved
in red rose water to form the whole into a paste. Make it 
up into lozenges of what form & size you wish, dry them before
the fire, or in an oven after the bread, &c has been drawn. Of 
these, take about one dram daily. This is found to be a 
most valuable remedy for that distressing complaint.
Tenia
Lime of Sulphur ʒiij - Spanish soap ʒi - lime water ℥viii
rectified Spts of wine ʒij ♏︎. Docr Chapman

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Turkish or Armenian Cement for glass, stone &c -
Dissolve 5 or 6 pieces gum mastic of the size of large peas, in spirits of 
wine. In another vessel, dissolve as much is in glass in rum or 
brandy as will make two ounces of strong glue, adding two small 
bitts of gum galbanum or ammoniacum, which must be 
rubbed until dissolved, then mix the two with a sufficient
heat; keep the cement in a well stopped vial. When to be used,
set the bottle in hot water. - The article to be cemented should 
be warmed before the application of the cement. - It is 
said to be one of the most valuable cements in the world.
Hooping Cough Ewel
ꝶ Tinc Cortex Peruv: - ℥jss
Elix: Paregor: - ℥ss
Tinc Cantharidies - ʒi given in small doses
three or four times a day. (i e) 8 to 10 droops & gradually increasing
until stranguary comes on.
Itch Lotion Do 
Corrosive sublimate - ʒi
Crude sal ammoniac - ʒij 
water one pint & a half - 
Colic Weems stole this from Doctr Cayley in M J vol 15 P 338
6 gres Opii with 20 Calomel in a bolus & 1/3 taken every two 
hours, if the first fail to operate A specific according to Doctr
John Weems of George Town. Confirmed by James Ewell 

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Putrid Sore Throat
Infuse two table spoons full of Cayen-pepper & a tea spoon full of 
salt in half a pint of boiling water, adding thereto the same quantity
of warm vinegar. After standing about an hour, strain the liquor
through a fine cloth, & give two table spoons full every half hour.
The above was found A specific at St Christophers where 
the putrid sore throat prevailed as A universal contagion
amongst the Children after every other method failed
Dyspepsia, Spasms of the Stomach M J V 15 -
Alex Marcel MD uses oxyd of Bismuth, prepared by 
precipitation with water; in doses of six grains four 
times a day with 15 grs pulv: tragacanth compos.
Febris Intermittens M J V 15. P 333
Philip Rainbird gives as et Specific. Ammo: prap: ʒij 
com. cynosbat. q s ut fiat massa in pilulas xx jv divided
Two of these pills to be taken quater in die quotidie
without any regard to the stages of the intermittent.
A scalding in voiding the urine is often felt from the above
substitute for conserve. pulv. gummi arabic ʒij with 
q s syrupi symplicis, which obviates the inconvenience

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SMM Haemoptisis
Pulv. Alumin. Eup ℈ij pulv g arab. ʒij Aq Font ℥v T Laven Comp.
1 ʒij. ♏︎ A Table spoon full immediately & every hour while bleeding
continues.
Tol Senna ℥ss. Manna Opt ℥j Crem Tart ʒij ♏︎. Pour a pint of 
2 boiling water on the medicine. - Cover till cool - strain, & let 
a wine glass full be taken every hour till it operate.
Conf. Empl. Visecator. ad 6 per 6. to be applied to the brest.
3 Acet. plumb. ℈j Pulv g arab. ʒi Pulv opii grs iiss. divid in
Chart x.
After purging medicine has operated, let one of the powders
be taken in preserve, & repeated hourly, if necessary. -
4 G. arab ℥j. Let it be dissolved in a pint of boiling water, &
let a wine glassful be taken every hour about, with the 
powders, which are to be given in half the dose.
5. Sal Glauberi ℥j Crem Tartar ℥ss Anti. Tart. gr ƒ. -
Let the medicine be dissolved in half a pint of warm water,
& let a wine glassful be taken every hour till it operate.
6 Pulv Doveri grs viij to be taken at Bed time after the 
bowels are relieved.
7 Misture Salin ℥v A Table spoonful every 2 hours -
previously giving 5 drop of Laudanum - [illustration] omitted

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Dry or Malignant Itch Domestic Ency V 3 P 399
Mr. Grille found 6 parts Manganese & 16 parts hogs lard
formed into an Unguent, an effectual remedy, it cured
in the course of a few days - the bowels were kept open by 
mild purges. 
Cramp of the Stomach
Magistry of Bismuth is said to be one of the most powerful
antispasmodics. When cautiously administered, in doses 
from half a grain to one grain, in simple water, repeated
every half hour, or oftener, according to circumstances, it afford 
speedy relief in the most excruciating pains; & is in this respect
of superior efficacy to the celebrated flowers of zinc: But
both medicines require caution
Chlorosis
Prepared steel (rust of iron) 1 oz Powder of P Bark 1/2 oz mix 
& divide into 12 doses. one of which to be taken morning and 
evening in syrup. The same composition may be taken 
in the form of pills, made up with syrup of rheubarb,
two to be taken three times a day. Mease D. Ency v 2. P 124

141
Warners Gout medicines
ꝶ Opii ʒvj Sal tartari Castil aa ℥ss. nux moscha ʒi Camphor ʒiij. saffron ℈ij.
Spt. Sal. Ammo. dulce ℥jx. Digent for ten days in a sand heat.
then decant. dose 30 or 40 gtt. in a glass of strong mint [crossed out] water
if pain does not abate in one or two hours take 20 gtt more & drink
sage. tea at pleasure. -
In a number of instances. I have found the following the best Cough
mixture of all those which I have known tried by others as well as myself
ꝶ Pulv: suc: glycirhire} āā ʒij 
- g. arab. -}
aqua - ℥vj 
Dissolve by heat. then add 
Eliz. paregor - ʒij
vin: antimo} aa - ʒij
Syr: Scillæ}
Spt: nitri dulce}
~ For an adult; a table spoon-full every hour is a dose -
For a Child a tea spoon full is sufficient every hour -
[crossed out]
A ʒ of Sulphur & A ʒ of Cream of Tartar is A gentle & effectual
purge in cases of Hæmorhoides -

142
Lees New London Pills 
Pulv Aloes xij ℥ " Scammoney 6 oz. Calomell ppt 5 oz. Gamboge
pulv 4 oz. Jalap 3 oz. Sap. Castil 1 oz Syrup Buckthorn 1 oz 
Mucilage g Arab 7 oz. ♏ ƒ ♏ pillulæ.
When [crossed out] this is well incorporated, it take of this mass two
drams & an half & divide into 24 pills.
Cough
Spt Nitri Dulce 
vin Antimo āā ℥ss 
Tinc Scillæ - ʒiij 
Cr. ƒ. 139.
7 March 5th 1818
Supposed Eau Medicinal
Tinc white Hellebore - 1 ʒ vinous tinc of opium ʒss ♏︎
for the Gout: Supposed the Eau Medicinal. by Joshua G White
of Savannah
In a Case of Dyspepsia in a Lad 
Magistry of Bismuth grs jjj
Sacar Alb - ℥jss divid in doses x ij 
& one taken morning noon & night afforded speedy relief
Medical by Cox? at Philada 
In cramp of Stomach from 1/2 to 1 grs in simple water repeated
every half hour or oftener according to circumstances, affords relief in the 
most excruciating pain; but like Zinc require caution &c 

143
Gonorhoea T. for alb -
Spt. nitri dulce. - ℥ss
Blas. Copaiva - ℥i 
laudanum - gtt - 50 ♏︎.
30 drops 3 times a day
Chlorosis 
After a gentle purge of Aloes or Rheubarb. D. E - v 2 p 124 
Feni rubigo - 1 ℥
Pulv Chincon - 1 ss ♏︎. et ol. in doses xii quarum
sumend unes mane et vesper - Syr - make pills with 
Syr - rheubarb -
ib 254
Convulsive Cough of Children {arising from excess of 
{Confectionary &c
A Child of one year may take occasionally a large tea spoon full
of syr. squills & rose water aa j ℥. pow. rhub: gr jv; ipecacuan:
gr jj the dose may be repeated every half hour, for three or four 
times, till it produce vomitting; in child. of 2 or 3 years the 
dose may be increased, but, never to exceed a desert spoon full 
French Remedy for Dysentry.
Take two large nutmegs grosely pounded, twenty pepper corns, & the 
same number of cloves. an ounce of bruised cinnamon, & an ounce
of oak bark from an old tree, grosely rasped. Boil the whole in three
quarts of milk, till it has diminished a fourth part; then straining
the decoctin, divide it into four equal parts, & give the patient
one portion every six hours, day & night. If the appetite be both, this 
will afford sufficient nourishment. This remedy cures in 
three or four days the flux of the belly & blood however violent.
It does not cure suddenly, but oftens & strengthens the bowels by 
slow & sure degrees. Universal receipt book p 88 

144
Adhæsive Plaster.
Cera Flav - 2 1/2 ℔ - 1 
Emplas: Common - 10 ℔ - 6
Pix Burgund (Dutch) - 2 1/2 ℔ - 3
Gum Sarcocolla - 3/4 oz - 4 C T. 1811
Itch Ointment A Taylor
4 1/2 ℔ Suet - ℥j 
2 ℔ Lard - ℥ss
19 oz venice Turpentine - ʒij grs 7
12 oz white Preœcpitate - ℈ jv 
1 oz Corro Sub - grs grs vij 
1 oz Ess Lemmon - "
1 oz Ol Lavender the above will Sill Eighty Boxes "
Blistering Plaster
Dutch Burgundy Pitch ℥ xviij
Sweet oil ℥ss
Cantharides - ℥jv 

145
Doctr Trips Balsam
Bals Cannada 6 parts
Ol Amygdale - 4 "
" Anise - 3 "
Tinc Bals Tolu - 8 "
of The Tinct of Tolu [crossed out] of the Ed. Disp.
To be shaken when taken. For an [d] adult 10 to 20 gt.
Fishers or Neipers Pills
Pulv g arab
" Rhei āā 1/4 ℔
" Gamboge ℥i 
" Scammony ℥iss ♏ ƒ pills pond 2 gr ea  A Certain Cure for Fever & Ague in 12 hours
Pulv Cort Cincon ℥i 
Rad serp vergin ʒi 
Sal Tart ℈ii ♏︎ divide in 6 powders
I take one every 2 hours when the fits is off 

146
Churchs Cough Drops
2 ℔ Gum Benzoine
2 ℔ Bals Tolu
7 ~ ℔ Gum Opii
3 oz Ol Annis -
4 or 5 oz Rad Sant Rub
10 Gats Spt wine Stand 10 or 12 days to digest
Logans Plaster
5 parts Deacolon
1 " Burgundic Pitch
2 " White Lead
Ink
ꝶ Gall Aleppo - ℔ ij
Gum Mimos Nilot - ℥i
Sulph. Ferri - [crossed out] ℥vj
Aqua fluv - 2 [crossed out] Galls.
ditto
Gall Aleppo - ℥iij 
Rasp Logwood
vitriol virid
Gum Arab - aa ℥i 
Aqua - ℔ ij 
Digest for 10 or 12 days 

147
Ink Messr. Wetherile
2 ℔. Galls} 
8 oz Copperas}
1 oz Gum Arabic}
2 Galls Water}
By Van Mons 
Galls - 4 ℥
Sulp iron calcined to whiteness 2 1/2 ℥
water 2 pints. infuse in cold water
for 24 hours. then add G Arab 10 ʒ preserve 
in A Stone Jars
Worms
ꝶ Spigelia Myralan - ʒjv 
Fol: Senna - ʒiii
Aqua - ʒviij digere
A Wine glass every hour until it operates
Cough D. Emlen
ꝶ Pulv g: arab - ʒii
Aqua - ℥iv 
Acet Scilla - ℥ss
Sacar Alb - ʒij 
R Opii Comp. ʒiss ♏ ƒ sump pectoral
A Table spoon full to be taken when the Cough is urgent
Chorea Sancti Viti J Hart
Gentian - 2 oz 
Cort Aurant - 1 "
Iron fillings 1 " 
Sound Cyder - 1 quart. Digest three or four 
days. Give a wine glass by tea spoons in the 
hours of A Day 

148
Spasmodic Astma & Hooping Cough
ꝶ Pulveris Ipecacuanhæ radius gr. iij 
- Soda Subcarbonas - gr. xij 
- opii - gr. i 
Fiat pulvis octavæ quaque hora 
sumendus.
In habitual Costiveness.
ꝶ Pulveris Rhei - ʒjss 
Saponis - gr. xv 
aqua - q s.
At fiant pilulæ viginti quator.
Sumat hes vel quator pro re nata
Costiveness arising from a deficiency
of bile in the intestinal canal
Acetate of Ammonia 
in 
Opthalmia 
When diluted with rosewater
holding in solution
A [little] small portion opium, it is an 
excellent collyrium in 
Chronic opthalmia; & still
more diluted, is occasionally
used as an injection in the 
commencement of gonorhoea.
Intermittens after the stomac 
& bowls have been cleared
ꝶ. Ferri Tartarizati - 9
Pulveris Columbæ - ℈i 
Fiat pulvis quarta quaque hora 
sumendus. -
In Amenorrhoea with a langu 
pulse.
Pulveris foliorum Sabinæ
- Zingibar - aa gr. vi 
Soda Boratis - gr. xv 
fiat pulvis bis die sumend.
Chorea.
Ammoniated Copper has been 
given with advantage in Chorea,
after a course of purgatives, combined 
with digitalis & myrrh
dose 1/4 gradually increased to grs v [crossed out]
twice a day, either simply made in 
pills with crumbs of bread, or combined
with valerian.
Dyspepsia, Hysteria, Scrophula
and Mesentric obstructions.
ꝶ Ferri ammoniati - ʒi 
Extract Aloes 
- Gentian aa ʒss
Contund simil, it divide massam
duas ter quotidie - [illustration] in pilulas treginta, quarum sumat
All the above extracted from Momrons London P [crossed out] Despensator

149
Muriate of Ammonia in indolent tumors, gangreen
scabies, chilblains & as at gargle, in cynanche.
ꝶ Muriate of Ammo ℥i. Aqua ƒ. ℥ jx. with ƒ. ℥i of Alchohol
Owing to its stimulant qualities, it forms an excellent
discutient.
Oat Gruel.
Put 3 oz of grits which have been washed into four pints of 
water, & boil slowly until the water be reduced to one half 
then strain through a scarce to seperate the undissolved
parts of the grits from the gruel.
Hoarseness from relaxation. Cullen
A Syrup made by infusing one dram of scraped horse-radish
in two ounces of boiling water, in a covered vessel, and 
adding double its weight of sugar. of this Syrup a teaspoonfull
is to be swallowed leisurely, & repeated at intervals
Itch. Bateman 209
ꝶ. Potassæ Subcarbonatis - ℥ss - Med. Garnth V 1. Part b 
Aqua Rosa - ℥i 1835. 6. Page 883.
Hydrargy. Sulphurati rubri - ℥i 
Olei Essent. Bergamot - ℥ss -
Sulphuris Sublimat - 
Adepis Suillæ - āā - ℥ix. Misce secundum artem.

150
Haustus ex oleo Ricini.
ꝶ Olei ricini - ℥ss
Aqua distillatæ - ℥i
Spiritus myrti pimentæ ʒi
Aqua potassæ Causticæ gtt. xx Misce.
Itch by Doctr. of Jena. Medical Record
ꝶ Tinci Sulph - ʒij 
Aqua flur - ℥ ƒ. lotion
New Mercurial Ointment by Ann of Philo 1819
No 83
The oxide may be prepared by decomposing Callomel with 
A solution of Pure potash; or, which is cheaper, by pouring a 
solution of Nitrate of Mercury into A Caustic Alkaline
Solution. Although the lard will scarcely dissolve more 
than 3 grains of oxide to each drams of lard, yet the quantity of 
of oxide may be more if necessary. The ointment I used was 
merely saturated. The oxide should be first triturated with 
A little lard in the cold, to make the penetration complete
The degree of Heat at which the combination is attempted
is material. At 212 it will not combined; at boo it is 
decomposed & the mercury volatilized. The best heat 
is between 300 & 320 to be continued at bash one hour & 
the ointment stirred until cold.
one dram may be rubbed in completely in 10 or 15 minutes
The use of the ointment is extremely cleanly, the part being 
scarcely discoloured, & where privacy is required, that is of great 
importance.

151
~ Dropsy Medical Comment. v 5 p 184
ꝶ Resin Jalap - gr. viij 
Sal nitr. - ℈j 
- Succin volat - ℈ss Solve resinam in pauxillo ℥ss. ♏︎
ƒ. D. S. Sumat summo mane, reqimine pro pungante 
adhibits, et repetatur atumis diebus.
Plenk's Aqua caustica for venereal warts.
ꝶ Sp. vini rectif 
Aceti vini - aa ℥ss
Mercur. corros. Sub.
Aluminis 
Camphora 
Cærupa aa ʒss. To be applied once or twice
a day with pencil - It removes them when nothing else will
Med. Comm v 5. p 77
Hæmorrhoids
Doct Mr Lean mentions, that, almost immediate relief in a case which resisted
the most judicious treatment for five weeks: by giving 40 drops Tinc.
Digitalis, & that a rapid recovery was effected by repeating 35 drops every
evening & morning. Thomas's Practice p 230 -
Janins Opthalmic ointment
ꝶ Axung ʒij. oxide zinci. vol. armen. ammoniated muriat
mere aa grs xij misce. For Fistula Lachrymalis, it
is to be introduced under the Eyelids: as in Opthalmia

152
Carmine
A mixture of 36 grs of Chouan seed, 18 grs of autour
bark, & as, much alum, thrown into a decoction of 
of 6 gros of pulverised cochineal & 5 ♏︎ of water, give at 
the end of from 5 to 10 days, a red fecula, which when 
dried weighs from 40 to 48 grs. This fecula is Carmine.
The remaining decoction, which is highly coloured, is 
reserved for the prepartion of Carminated lakes.
hugry P 212 english edition 1816 -
ꝶ Hydrarg. nitratis - ʒjv M. Recorder v 3 No 12. 1820
Cerati Cetacei - ʒiij 
Ol. Oliv. - ʒi ♏︎.
This is recommended by Mr. Earle, with the view of stimulating
the ceruminous glands to a more healthy secretion.
with the view of destroying the thickened cuticle, sometimes
formed by a morbid secretion [of] which resembled
runnet whey: he injected A strong solution of nitrat 
arzenti. The Eschars formed were washed away by injecting 
warm water. - It was after the separation of the cuticle
[by] detatched by the Sol; that the above ointment was used 

153
Bard 
Spurred Rye Ergot
one drachm infusesed in half a pint of boiling water. When 
nearly cold, strain through linnen & give the patient one half 
every half hour or pro re nata.
or boil for a few minutes, half a drachm is so much water as to 
have strained four ounces, of which a large table spoon full may 
be given every ten minutes until sufficient effect be produced
In habitual Costiveness Farthorn 131
ꝶ Potass Sulp - ℈j 
Aloes Spic [crossed out] Ext - ℈ij 
Ext Sennæ - ℈j
Pil. Gam. Comp. ℈ijss 
Antim. Tart. gr - ij 
Pulv Seam Comp gr - xij 
Bals Peruv gtt vj 
Tiant pilulæ xxx, quarum capiat j - ij aut plus pro re nata, 
unquam dici, alvo astricta.
~ Habitual Costiveness [crossed out]
ꝶ Sup Tart Potassa twice
Pulv nit Potassa 
Pulv Jalap aa ℥ss 
Lenitive Electuary ℥i
Molasses q s to make a mass

154
Habitual Costiveness
Doctr. E H Smith of N York, recommends 2 ʒ of finely
levigated Carbon, to be mixed with 4 ℥ of lenitive
Electuary, & 2 ʒ of carbonate of Soda. Of this mixture
from half an ounce, to one or two ounces to be taken 
twice or oftener in the course of the day wellich Domes.
Encyclopœdia. v. 2. P. 335.
Costiveness in Hæmorrhois. Thomas Practice 229
ꝶ Eect e Senna - ℥iij
Pulv. Jalap - ʒij 
Kali nitrat. ʒjss
Syr. Spin Cervin sen molasses q s ♏ ƒt Electucerium
de qua sumat magnitudine juglandis pro re nata.
vel
ꝶ Flor: Sulph - ℥i
Elect. e Senna ℥ij 
Crystal tartari ʒiij Super Tart. Potassæ
Syr. Rosa q s ♏ ƒt Electucerium. [crossed out]
Unguent in Hæmorhoidal Tumours
ꝶ Adepo Suil - ℥i 
Callomel. pp. - ʒiij 
Pulv. Opii pp. - ʒiss. ♏ ƒ ungt.
To be frequently applied during the day & forced as far up
the rectum as practicable 
Hembel jr. Im.

A
[crossed out]
Alkalies fixt. to obtain in} 2
Chrystals -}
Allum. method of analysing} 3
by Vauquelin -}
Acid. Sulpheric. obtained from 
the residue of the distilation of Sul:
Ether - 12 
Ague Cure for - 14
do - do - 20
do - 33
affection Pulmonei & Dyspepsic - 37
Ague - 52
Acid, muriatic yellow colour of - 61
Agues - 67 
Æther to [free from Acohol] 74
Acid Nitric & Allum - 78
Acid Sulphuric - 78 
- Nitric - 79 
- Acetic - 84 
- Amber - 84 
Action Chemical - 91 
Acid nitric - 92 
- Tartarous - 92 
Ammonia Nitrate as A} 95
substitute for Nitrate of Pottash}
in Gun-powder -}
Acid Oxalic - 94
Arsenic in Hooping Cough - 100
Allum to purify - 105
Acid phosphor. in hæmorhage 116
Agues - 116 
do. white vitriol in - 118
Antimonial powder - 133
Astma - 148
Amenorhœa - 148

B
Beard. (the human) to extirpate. - 5
Blacking Liquid - 42
Burns Lenament for - 54
Black to Dye - 59
Barytes Muriate - 90
Buggs to destroy - 96
Bitter Tincture - 97
Barytes Pure to prepare - 74
to muriate in Scrop. disease 103
Butter to preserve - 105
Blue to dye - 103
Basilic powder - 131
Boot tops liquid for - 136
Balsam Trips - 145
Cough Drops - 146

C
Cuttery to Grind - 1
Copal.disolve in Spts of Turpintine,} 7
by Sheldrake -}
Copal. to disolve in Alcohol - 8
Camphor, Oil distiled from - 12 
Cement for broken Glass - 28
Cardialgia - 33
Carbon - 39
Ceratum Contra Acrimoniam 44
Cancerous Lip - 53
Caleulous Concretions to disolve - 54 
Cement for steam Engines - 56
Cough Hooping - 59
Chylebeat French Hospital - 59 
Croup - 60
Collyria - 62
do - 63
do - 64
do - 64
Cough Mixture - 65 
Cough Hooping - 69
do do - 71
Do Mixture - 75
Cement for knives - 75
Caloric Specific - 85
Carmine - 87
Cough Hooping - 98
Chancres, salt of Tartar in - 101
Cement In Iron flues - 105
Calculus - 108
Croup - 113
Cornsta ormorve - 118
Cough Hooping - 119
Cough mixture for - 125
Consumption - 125
Cancer cure for by Cuyler - 132 
Cement for Glass & Steel - 134
do Turkish - 137
Cough Hooping - 137
Colic. Opium in - 137
Cramp of the Stomach 140 
Chlorosis - 140 
Cough mixture - 141 
Do - 142 
Chlorosis - 143
do - 147
Chorea Sancti viti - 147
Cough Hooping - 148
Costiveness Habitual - 148
Chorea - 148
Carmine - 152
Costiveness Habitual 153
Do - 154 - 153
do in Hæmorhois 154 

D
Diarhœa cure for - 20
Dysentry - do - 20
Diarhœa - 32
do - 33
Dispepsia - 36 
Dysentry Piles Diarhœa - 51
Diarhœa - 63
do - 31 
Dying Blue - 103
Dropsey - 114
Diarhœa - 124 
Do - 127
Diabetes & Lientry - 130
Dysentry - 131 
Do. french remedy - 135 
Dyspepsia - 138
Do - in A Lad - 142
Dysenteric (French Remedy) - 143
Dyspepsia - 148
Dropsey - 157 

E
Ether - 4
Ether Recification of - 6
Epilipsey - 35
Ear sore - 37
Eruptions, Cutaneous & Surfy - 40
Epilepsic - 60
Emetic Ipecacuanah - 64
Ether to free from Sulphuric 81
Emplastrum Podagricum - 107
Elephantiacis - 109 
Emplas: vesecatorium - 110 
Eyes inflamation of - 129 
Eau Medicinal (supposed) - 142
Ergot - 153 

F
Friction Opi - 32 
Ibedam - 33
Id - 36
Fitts Epeleptic - 80
Furnace Spirit of Lowitz - 94 
Febrifuge - 108 
Fever & Ague - 120 
Fever Scarlatina - 121 
Fumigation powder by Thornton 122 
do - do - 126 
Fever putrid mixture for - 127
do Intermittant - 138
Fever & Ague - 145 

G
Glass A Cement or Solder for - 5
Gonohœa, Injection - 32
do - do - 38
Gelatine how to prepare - 38
Gonorhœa Injec: - 45 
Gleet & Leukorrhœa - 52
Gonorhœa [Henrys Injection] 70
Gold Cupetation of - 70
Glass Globes Composting for} 71
lining}
Gold to tucth - 82
Ganglions - 96
Gout remedy by Pradies - 122
Do - 141
Gonorhœa - 143
Gruel Oat - 149
Gass. Ox muriate - 16

H
Fol: 
Hydrargyri Unguentun nev} 20
method of preparing by Goetling}
Hydrocephalus - 41
Haust Salino - 46
Hæmorhagics to Stop - 54
Heart burn, in Pregnancy - 33
Hæmorhoids - 61
Do - 73
Hydrar: phosphor: in Lues - 95
Hydrophobia, (divisions of by Mosely 99
- do sauletaria Galariculata} 99 
as a preventives -}
Hooping Cough Arsenic in - 100
Hæmorhage - 107
do Uterine. Phosphoric acid in 109
Hæmorhoid Dysentric &c-110
Histericks-114
Hæmorhoid Suppressed - 115 
Hepatic secretion -115
Hæmorhage Phosphor acid in 116
Herpes nipples ulcerated - 117
Hooping Cough - 119 
Hysteric pills for - 124
Hemorhage - 131 
do. Cranes bill in - 133
Hoarseness - 149
Haustus ex oleo Ricini 150
Hæmoplisis - 139 
Hemorhoids - 15 

I
Inks. not effacable by Ox: Mur: Acid 13
Iron to stop holes in by Kastetyn 9
Injection Contra Acrimonium - 43 
Inflamation General - 48 
Itch, Unguent for - 55
Varnish, true Copal - 55
Influenza - 65
Iron to Blue - 74
Ink Copying - 95
- Rarbancourt - 95
Ink - 97 
Isis Pseudacorus - 100
Ink - 104
Inflamed lip. a decoction for - 107
Itch Unguent for - 110 
Ippecacuahna - 112 
Itch lotion for - 157 
Ink Indeliable - 106
Itch Malignant - 140 
" Ointment - 144 
Ink - 146
do - 147
Intermittans - 148 
Itch - 150 - 149
do - 150 150
Injection for Ceruminous} 152
glans by Earl -}
Ink Indeliable - 32

J
James's Powder. substitute for 1
Ink Indeliable - 106. 32
Jelly Gloucester's - 38 
Jaundice & Supression of Urine - 41 
James' Powder - 58
Judgement general rules for} 90
Chemical -}

K

L
Lute Incombustible - 5
Litmus - 15 
Lute Peltitiers - 16
Liver Diseased - 38
Lea water - 48
Lead white - 57
Lutes Priestlys - 67
- for Crucibles - 83
Lues, hydrargy: phos: in - 95
Lock Jaw - 96
Lime of use in blowing rocks - 100
lute by Goetting - 102
Lip inflamed. & decoction for 107 
Lotion Gouland - 110 
Lee's new London Pills - 142 
Laxative a goo et. - 59 

M
Mush Artificial - 34 
do - Tincture - 39
Munstruation, Anodyne virtues} 41
of Camphor on -}
Mortification - 43 
Mensis Supressio - 46 
Muffles composition to make 78 
Mixture Carminative - 97 
Mercury Fulmenating - 98
Musk mixture - 113 
Mortification - 130
Marcus on Venereal Complaints}
41}

N

O
Ointment Oxygenated - 20
do - Mercurial of Cerillo - 61
Opthalmic Collyrium for 64
do - do - 64
Opodeldoc - 96 
oil sweet, not pure - 100
opthalmia Chronic - 108
do. Mucilage of quince seed in 55 
ointment mercurial - 112 
opthalmia - 148
Ointment Mercurial - 150
Do opthalmic - 151 

P
Prusiate of Potash. new method 
of Preparing by Henry - 11
Phospotus experiments on - 17 
Pillule Herb: Digitale - 28 
Pottash Hyper ox-muriate - 28 
Pills, Rush - 36
Purge - 36
Piles, Injic: - 37
Plaster. Stimulating - 37
Potass, marteal sulphuret - 39
Psora - 40 
Pulvis, Antispasmodic - 42
Pululæ Cathaticæ - 44
Powder Basalisk - 52 
Pregnancy, Heart burn in - 33
Powder Charcoal - 62 
Purge - 69
Plaster, Court - 73
Potash Prusiate - 93 
- do - 93
Pyrometer Pieces, analysis of - 105
Purge - 111
Powder Antimonial - 133
Piles [Electuary for] - 133
do. Lozenger for - 136
Plaster Adhæsive - 144
" Blistering - 144
Pills (Neipers - 145
Plaster Logans - 146 
Purge Ol: Ricini - 150 
Pills. Lee's N. London 142

Q

R
Rheumatism embroc: for 35
do - Soda - 110 
do - 118
Rattlesnake Cure for bite - 123 

S
Soap of Woll Chaptal - 1 
Sugar of Beet root Achard - 10
Scarlatina Angenosa cure for - 20
Salivation to Stop - 45 
Sinus Fistulous - 48
Stone & Gravel - 48 
Shot Patent by P Daniel 76
Solders - 46 
Shot Patient - 76
Scarlet Dye - 79
Soda muriate to decompose - 89
Silver Fulminating - 92
Smelling Bottles - 93
Spt Lavend. comp - 97
Syphillis (ox [mus potash] in) 100
do - Hydrargyrum Phosphosatum 101
Spirits of malt. to give the flavour} 101
of french Brandy - 104}
Shaving Composition for - 102 
Syphillis Hemlock in - 107
Sprains Plaster for - 109
Spermaciti mixture - 111
Stone & gravel - 113 
Soda (Poultice of - 115
Syphillis - 116
Sulph. Soda poultice - 117
Scarlatina - 120
Singultus - 121 
Scarlet Fever - 121 
Sambrucus nigre - 128
Scilla clearitima - 128 
Stomachic medicine - 129
Sore Throat - 133 
Scarlet fever - 133
Styptics - 134
Soda water - 135 
Sore Throat. putrid - 138

T
Tinctura Analepticum - 43
- " - Acrimoniam - 45 
Tests of Albumen - 57
- Jelly - 57
- Mucus - 57
Tin Solder - 85
Tetter - 54 
Teniæ - 109
Tinc oppi - 111
Tartar Emetic - 112 
Tooth ach remedy for - 112 
Tania - 115 
Tinc: Anodyne Antimonialis - 120 
Tinea Capitis - 120 
Tincture of Snake root - 126 
Tetter ointment for by Doctr Gray - 132 
Tenia - 136 
Tumours, [(Muriate of Ammonia)] 149


U
Urine experiments on} - 21
by Cruckshanks}
Uterine Hæmorhagy to stop - 68
Urine Retention of - 100
Ulcers. Potash in} - [109]
do Cancerous} - 109
Unguent for Itch - 110
Ulcers foul - 116
Urine Retention of - 118
Unguent in Hæmorhois 154

V
Venereal Complaint, Marcus on - 41
Varnish Blanchards - 55
do - for wainscots Chairs &c 56
Do Copal - 55 
Varnish, Lawrence's for -} 70
Etching -}
Varnish, Gold - 74
do - Copa - 98
do - Sanders woodkin - 101.
do. white - 104
veneral warts - 151 

W.
Wine Lees. substitute for in} - 1
fulling -}
wine to discover wheather adulterated
with Lead Copper &c - 19
Worm Tape - 35
Water Pyrmont - 51
Wounds, Nitre in - 51
do Carters Solution - 52
Water Gum - 62
do - Allum - 62
Wood to give it the polish of Mahogany 68
Worm Tape - 68
Ween - 69 
Worms to destroy - 96
do - 107
do powder by Dimsdale - 130 
Whitloe cure for - 135
Worms - 147