Elizabeth Fairfax Cookbook

Health and Medicine

Item Set

Items

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  To make Spirit of Urin
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  To Cure the biting of a mad dog
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  To break an Imposthume in the Eare or for a Noise in the head
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  To draw out an Imposthume without incision
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  A preservative in the Small pox
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  To preserve the Face from pittying
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  To preserve the Eyes from the Smallpose
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  When the Small Pox strik in again & the Party is in great dainger of death
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  To Cause urin presently
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  To take the fire out of a Wound
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  To increase flesh or Cure a Wound
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  To heal without a Scar
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  A Plaster of Tachamahac Spred

  A medicinal treatment using tacamahac, a resin from the balsam poplar tree, to help with a range of ailments.
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  Aneseclent Medcine to disolve and bring away the Stone
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  To desolve the Stone
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  For the Same

  Another treatment for the condition known as quinsy/quinsey, a potentially life-threatening complication from tonsillitis.
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  For the Same

  A treatment for the condition called quinsy / quinsey, a potentially life-threatening complication from tonsillitis.
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  Quinsey
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  To renew wasted Kidneys
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  A sure and perfect way to Cure the plague to full of tokens and St Anthonys fire
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  Against Obstructions
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  [Flugeny?] water twenty drops in Milk water given to the woman hastens her Labour
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  To drive out the Measles
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  For Aches the Old

  A recipe for unclear purposes, using chamomile oil
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  The way My Lady Kent gave it to Mr Sheldon