CHAP. XIX.Of Antiscorbutic Water.
TheScurvy being a Disease very common inEngland, this Antiscorbutic Water will be of great use.
Take of the Leaves of Water-cresses, Garden and Sea Scurvy-grass, and Brook-lime of each twenty Handfuls; of Pine-tops, Germander, Horehound, and the lesser Centory, of each sixteen Handfuls; of the Roots of Briony and sharp-pointed Dock, of each six Pounds; of Mustard-seed one Pound and a Half. Digest the whole in ten Gallons of Proof Spirit, and two Gallons of Water, and draw off by a gentle Fire.
This is a good Water for the Purposes expressed in the Title,viz.against Scorbutic Disorders. It is also good in Tremblings and Disorders of the Nerves.