Ioannis Vuieri medicarum observationum rararum Liber I

a certain Countess exhibited this potion with success some times: Take: Rhubarb, lesser centaury, that which is commonly called rhapontic, of each half a drachm; anise seed, licorice, of each two drachms, reduced to powder, let them be passed through with the expressed juice of a handful of Damascus flowers, as they call them, boiled in water; hence, with a sufficient quantity of sugar, a long syrup should be made, from which one spoonful is drunk morning and evening.

I wished to add here an unpleasant and almost abominable potion in Eastern Phrygia, held as most certain in the cure of scurvy, so that everyone might see that natural power exists even in excrements: which, however, we do not admit into use, because other more pleasant things, and not so abominable, can be used by a more certain reason, and a more delightful mode of cure is observed. Take: A measure of Rhenish wine of six quarts (each quart weighs four medicinal pounds); roots of good and fresh greater radish diligently pounded in a stone mortar, three drachms, which should be macerated for a whole hour separately, mixed with a part of said wine in a small pot: the liquid strongly expressed through linen should be mixed with six quarts of said wine: then into another portion of the same wine, put separately, bull's dung and also goose dung, an equal quantity of three large nuts, and likewise leave it for an hour: after a strong expression from thence, let it be poured into the first wine. From thence, take: Nutmeg, cloves, of each two drachms, pounded separately, and tied in linen, let them be suspended in said wine, and let the drink remain in that manner for twenty-four hours. Then as often as