Health and Medicine
Item set
- Title
- Health and Medicine
- Date
- 1694/1795
- Source
- Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
- Publisher
- George Mason University Libraries
- Rights
- Public domain
Items
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         To Make Mrs Fleetwoods Surfeit Watter                        A recipe for surfeit water (liquid medicine for indigestion). To Make Mrs Fleetwoods Surfeit Watter                        A recipe for surfeit water (liquid medicine for indigestion).
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         To make Extract of Saturn                         A recipe for "extract of Saturn," also known as a basic lead acetate, made from vinegar and litharge of gold (a mixture of litharge, or lead(II) oxide and red lead). The purpose or use of this is not indicated. To make Extract of Saturn                         A recipe for "extract of Saturn," also known as a basic lead acetate, made from vinegar and litharge of gold (a mixture of litharge, or lead(II) oxide and red lead). The purpose or use of this is not indicated.
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         To Make by it mineral water                        A recipe for mineral water using extract of Saturn (or basic lead acetate), French brandy, and rainwater. To Make by it mineral water                        A recipe for mineral water using extract of Saturn (or basic lead acetate), French brandy, and rainwater.
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         To Make an Ointment for a Scald head                        A remedy for treating ringworm using butter, ale, and wormwood. To Make an Ointment for a Scald head                        A remedy for treating ringworm using butter, ale, and wormwood.
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         To Make All Sorts of Wines & Stiled Water                        A section header for recipes of wines and stilled waters. To Make All Sorts of Wines & Stiled Water                        A section header for recipes of wines and stilled waters.
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         To Make a Perfumed water                        A recipe for aromatic water using a mixture of herbs, flowers, and spices steeped in a vessel. To Make a Perfumed water                        A recipe for aromatic water using a mixture of herbs, flowers, and spices steeped in a vessel.
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         To M Take of the heat of the liver                         Two recipes for drinks to cure the liver: one made from a mixture of herbs and breast milk, the other made from rabbit liver and alcohol. To M Take of the heat of the liver                         Two recipes for drinks to cure the liver: one made from a mixture of herbs and breast milk, the other made from rabbit liver and alcohol.
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         To kill Bugs and worms in horsis [horses]                        A remedy for de-worming horses using milk, honey, and salt water. To kill Bugs and worms in horsis [horses]                        A remedy for de-worming horses using milk, honey, and salt water.
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         To increase flesh or Cure a Wound                        An ointment that promotes wound healing made of dragon's blood, aloe succotrina, and olibanum. To increase flesh or Cure a Wound                        An ointment that promotes wound healing made of dragon's blood, aloe succotrina, and olibanum.
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         To heal without a Scar                        An ointment for preventing scarring made from elder buds, elder leaves, and white sugar. To heal without a Scar                        An ointment for preventing scarring made from elder buds, elder leaves, and white sugar.
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         To dry up milk                        Two methods for drying up breast milk (presumably after weaning a breast feeding child) by applying soaked cloths; one with alum, and the other, diachylon . To dry up milk                        Two methods for drying up breast milk (presumably after weaning a breast feeding child) by applying soaked cloths; one with alum, and the other, diachylon .
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         To drive out the Measles                        A remedy for measles made of pimpernel boiled in milk. To drive out the Measles                        A remedy for measles made of pimpernel boiled in milk.
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         To draw out an Imposthume without incision                        A plaster for treating abscesses made of leeks and lard. To draw out an Imposthume without incision                        A plaster for treating abscesses made of leeks and lard.
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         To desolve the Stone                        A medicinal treatment for dissolving stones (probably kidney stones) made from distilled cow dung. To desolve the Stone                        A medicinal treatment for dissolving stones (probably kidney stones) made from distilled cow dung.
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         To desolve a hard Brest                        A poultice to dissolve a hard breast (breast lump?) made from honey, brandy, and wax. To desolve a hard Brest                        A poultice to dissolve a hard breast (breast lump?) made from honey, brandy, and wax.
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         To Cure the biting of a mad dog                        Directions for treating a bite from a dog with rabies, using cupping and a poultice made of leeks, wormwood, onions, salt, butter, and honey. To Cure the biting of a mad dog                        Directions for treating a bite from a dog with rabies, using cupping and a poultice made of leeks, wormwood, onions, salt, butter, and honey.
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         To cover a Naked Bone with Flesh                        Recipe for an ointment to put on exposed bone that includes oil or roses, ginger, and honey of roses. To cover a Naked Bone with Flesh                        Recipe for an ointment to put on exposed bone that includes oil or roses, ginger, and honey of roses.
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         To Cause urin presently                         A remedy to promote urination made from juniper oil and parsley water. To Cause urin presently                         A remedy to promote urination made from juniper oil and parsley water.
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         To break an Imposthume in the Eare or for a Noise in the head                        A poultice for treating ear abscesses or tinnitus made from wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), southernwood (Artemisia abrotanum), onions, and brandy. To break an Imposthume in the Eare or for a Noise in the head                        A poultice for treating ear abscesses or tinnitus made from wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), southernwood (Artemisia abrotanum), onions, and brandy.
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         To asowage the pain of any Scald how great so vever                        Poultice for treating scalds with a poultice made of cloth dipped in rennet. To asowage the pain of any Scald how great so vever                        Poultice for treating scalds with a poultice made of cloth dipped in rennet.
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         Tincture sena                        An infusion of senna and cardamom in brandy for unknown use. Tincture sena                        An infusion of senna and cardamom in brandy for unknown use.
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         This Resept  Good a Gainst infection                        A cure for various illnesses made from a mixture of herbs, long peppers, ginger, nutmegs, aqua vitae, Venice treacle (Theriac), and the cure-all mithridate. This Resept  Good a Gainst infection                        A cure for various illnesses made from a mixture of herbs, long peppers, ginger, nutmegs, aqua vitae, Venice treacle (Theriac), and the cure-all mithridate.
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         The Worm Pills                        A remedy, likely for the treatment of worms in humans, using "aloes rosatum" (probably a mix of the juice of aloe mixed with rosewater), iron, agaric, sweet mercury, sulphurated scammony, and oil of wormwood. The Worm Pills                        A remedy, likely for the treatment of worms in humans, using "aloes rosatum" (probably a mix of the juice of aloe mixed with rosewater), iron, agaric, sweet mercury, sulphurated scammony, and oil of wormwood.
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         The way My Lady Kent gave it to Mr Sheldon                         A recipe for a remedy for a wide variety of physical illnesses and depression; can also be used to induce sweating (presumably to rid the body of harmful substances). Made of pearls; red coral; the eyes of lobsters, crawfish, or crabs; hartshorn (male red deer horns); crab claws; hartshorn jelly, and saffron. The way My Lady Kent gave it to Mr Sheldon                         A recipe for a remedy for a wide variety of physical illnesses and depression; can also be used to induce sweating (presumably to rid the body of harmful substances). Made of pearls; red coral; the eyes of lobsters, crawfish, or crabs; hartshorn (male red deer horns); crab claws; hartshorn jelly, and saffron.
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         The use of this oyntment is this:                        A method for using an ointment of unknown composition, used to treat a range of ailments including wounds, burns, kidney stones, worms, poisons, ulcers, or fistulas. This entry may refer to an immediately-preceding entry in the Recipe Book which has been cut from the original manuscript. The use of this oyntment is this:                        A method for using an ointment of unknown composition, used to treat a range of ailments including wounds, burns, kidney stones, worms, poisons, ulcers, or fistulas. This entry may refer to an immediately-preceding entry in the Recipe Book which has been cut from the original manuscript.
