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The Family Physician: Chemist

If I was to tell you how these valuable oils are made, it would be of no use to you, as you do not know the art and work of the Chemist, it is therefore sufficient that I speak of their virtues, and also at the same time inform you where they are to be had and procured--This useful oil expelleth all wind out of the body, and also the stone and gravel, terms and urine; it removes all fevers, jaundice, dropsy, gout, and cholic; it cures the gonorrhoea and all pains in the reins, for which it is a specific; it opens all obstructions of the liver, spleen, gall, and lungs, and cures ulcers and tumours in those places. It helps all diseases of the head, as vertigo, megrim, convulsions, &c. it provokes sweat, and expels both plague and poison. Use it both inwardly and outwardly to one scruple, as the oil of carraways. The Oil of Rosemary.

It hath all the virtues of the oil of cinnamon, nutmegs, carraways, and juniper berries; besides which it is much more powerful than any of them, strengthening the brain and memory, fortifying the heart, resisting poison, and curing all sorts of agues; it is absolutely the greatest strengthener of the sight, and restorer of it also, if lost; it makes the heart merry, and takes away all foolish phantasms out of the brain. It cleanseth the blood, cures the tooth-ache, easeth all pains, and takes away the cause which hinder conception: it hath a very grateful taste, and hath so many virtues that I can never express them all, or give it its due commendation. Use it to 15 drops as you do the oil of carraways.

A remedy for a loading and stuffing at the stomach, causing a loss of appetite.

R. Calomel, ppt. gr. xx. Ext. Cathart. 3ss. m. ft. pilul. No. x. capt. duas altern. noct.

If you cannot read this excellent prescription, the Chemist can make it up for you.

A remedy for all cold aches and pains in the bones, limbs, or joints, occasioned by rheumatism, gout, or accidents.