them all together in a glaſſe gourd, either in aſhes or Balneo, and there will diſtill both water, and Oyle, which ſeparate and keep by it ſelf.
All theſe kinds of oil of Camphire are very good againſt putrefaction, fits of the Mother, paſſions of the heart, &c. A few drops thereof may be taken in any liquor, or the breſt be anointed therewith; Alſo the fume thereof may be taken in at the mouth.
Take of the beſt white Sugar-candie, imbibe it with the beſt Spirit of Wine ten times, after every time drying it again, then hang it in a white ſilken bag in a moiſt cellar over a glaſſe veſſell that it may diſſolve, and drop into it. Evaporate the water in Balneo, and in the bottome will the Oyle remain.
This is very excellent in all diſtempers of the Lungs.
Take of yellow Anber one part, of the powder of flints calcined, or the powder of tiles two parts; mingle them, and them into a Retort, and diſtill them in ſand; The oyle which is white, and clear, which firſt diſtilled off, keep by it ſelfe, continuing the diſtillation as long as any oyle diſtils off; then let both oyles be rectified apart in a good quantity of water.
The ſalt of Amber, which adheres to the neck of the Retort withinſide, being gathered let be purified by ſolution, filtration, and coagulation according to art, and be kept for uſe.
After this manner may be made Oyles out of any Gummes which may be powdered.
Take of Myrrhe bruiſed, of Bay-ſalt, of each fix pound, let them be diſſolved in ſixty pints of ſpring-water and be diſtilled in an Alembick, or copper Still according to Art.
