Making and Knowing
A minimal edition of BnF Ms Fr 640

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For the teeth oil of sulfur

Some people whiten them with confections of aquafortis, however one says that this corrupts them afterwards & causes a blackness on them. One says that oil of sulfur is excellent, but one needs to mix it in this way: take as much clove oil as can be held in a walnut shell, and as much rose honey, & seven or eight drops of oil of sulfur, & mix it well all together. And after having cleaned the teeth with a small burin, touch them lightly with a end little cotton dipped in the aforesaid oils and leave it for a little while, then spit or rinse your mouth with tepid water, and reiterate two or three times. Oil of sulfur penetrates & is corrosive, and the but the clove oil & the rose honey correct it. Therefore use it with discretion.

Wheat oil

Applying it to hair makes it fall out and keeps it from growing back.

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Against the falling sickness

Have fresh crow eggs, either four or five, and the over the space of four or five mornings cook one, and having mixed in it a bit of powdered gentian and a drop of oil of sulfur, give it to the patient. It is believed that the pain will not return.

Against cold gouts

Put Guaiac oil together with oil of sulfur and apply.

Tree flowers

Those that are seen with every new ☾ are hardly profitable. Only two buds need to be left on the graft.