Nr. 31

On the 6th of this month a male slave complained to me about diarrhea. I found out that he had dysentery so I gave him medication to make him throw up: an emetic and a big pill (prescription 14).

Prescription 14:  the size of a nutmeg, three times a day in case of a dysentery, diarrhoea which carries off the food undigested lientery after first having cleansed the body

R/ Misce fac bolus [mix and make a fatty substance]

• Conserva rosarum rubrarum  [rose hip conserve; against scurvy]: ℈ II
• Crocus martis adstringens [a kind of saffron]
• Cornu cervi usti [burnt cornu-cervi]
• Sanguis draconis [dragon’s blood; a bright red resin that is obtained from different species of a number of distinct plant genera: Croton, Dracaena, Daemonorops, Calamus rotang and Pterocarpus; styptic]: ana ℈ ß
• Laudanum opiatum [opium drops, analgetic]: gr: II
• Oleum menthae [mint oil]: gutta, plural guttaedropguttae V

• ℈ scruple = 20 grain, so approximately 1.3 g
• ß = ½ of the given amount
• āā en ān: and ānn = ana (Gr.) take an equal amount of all
• gr. = grein ; approximately 65 mg