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Dix, Elijah, 1747-1809. Formulary of Elijah Dix, 1768. B MS b61, Countway Library of Medicine.

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Contains medicinal formulas recorded by Dr. Elijah Dix in 1768 while he studied medicine with Dr. William Greenleaf, a druggist in Boston, Massachusetts. Included are recipes for pills, electuaries, elixirs, ointments, and powders, using ingredients such as camphor, opium, oyxmel (honey and vinegar), and vitriol (sulphuric acid). There is also an index to the compounds at the end of the volume.

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R for Emp Diai [Simplex] take Hogs Lord [el??] Lyth Auri ely pulverizo ad water a pail full and keep stirring to prevent burning and keep ading it of [fatte] of it boiles away [v] boil till it comes in to a plaster take [v]cool it in water [v] make into emp R for Emp [Smutu] Red Load [????] Hogs Lord [eli?] Yellow wax [zij] [Sopo] Cafhb [??] melt the Lord wax load with water the ad the sope [v] boil all into a plaster R for Emp Epispasto take Emp melilot elij [?ix] pour gundar [z??] in winter [v] a [eli] in the Sumer Serdinth common [elifs] melt thef [v] when almost cold Stir in conthorides finely pulveriz [el?] and keep stirring till cold enough for a plaster

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