The medicines
represented on top of the mantle are:
Carb, zinc
(or zinc
carbonate):
Used in the treatment of skin
diseases.
Flex,
asclep
(asclepiadon):
Used to
induce sweating. It would probably have been used
to induce purging and vomiting but not with a great
degree of success.
Cinn (cinnamol
or
cinnamene):
Used as an expectorant.
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