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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An Emulsion for the Piles
A remedy for hemorrhoid treatment using barley water, almonds, and nitre (possibly soda ash or sodium bicarbonate). -
A watter that keeps the body in health
A tonic to preserve overall health. -
A resept for faintnes
A remedy for treating faintness using wormwood, antimony, and chamomile flowers. -
A resept against Madnes [madness] given by Mr Leeds
A remedy to tread "madness" (possibly referring to rabies) using a variety of plants and shrubs, dissolved in ale with pewter, garlic, and mithridate (a kind of panacea). -
a recept for the piles
A poultice for treating piles (hemorrhoids) consisting of a mixture of hot milk and flour on a cloth that is then applied to the afflicted area. -
A Receipt for the Ague
A remedy for treating ague (fever, sometimes malarial) using "salt of steel" (possibly iron chloride or iron salts), allspice, and tree bark (likely cinchona bark or fever tree). -
A Pultis for a Sore breast
Hot poultice to treat sore breasts made from milk, linseeds, sage, and olive oil. -
A preservative in the Small pox
A tonic to prevent smallpox made from laudanum, conserve of roses, and poppy water. -
A poultise [poultice] for a sore brest
A remedy for treating a sore breast, possibly related to breastfeeding. -
A Plaster of Tachamahac Spred
A medicinal treatment using tacamahac, a resin from the balsam poplar tree, to help with a range of ailments, including defluxion. Also aids memory. -
A most Excellent resept for a dry Asma aproved by Doctor Cotes
A medicinal recipe that includes ammoniacum (gum ammoniac) and hyssop water (possibly for asthma). -
A Medecne for the Palsie
A recipe for a medical treatment for palsy made of neatsfoot oil and the caul of an ox. -
A Famous salve for a sor [sore] Breast recommended by Lady Howe.
A method for preparing a salve or poultice for a sore breast (possibly related to breastfeeding), using mutton suet, oil, and rosin. -
A Docter [text loss] Medisin [text loss]
Medicine for unknown purpose using sassafras, juniper, marshmallow, garden cress, elderflower, fennel, and licorice. Describes a recipe for a medicinal drink using a variety of herbs, berries, and roots, steeped in ale. The drink is indicated for daily use or as-needed, though the purpose is unclear due to missing pieces of the manuscript. -
A Bruise, Black or Blewnes or humors settled in any part
A remedy for bruises or other settled humors (swelling?) involving the application of sheep or cow liver. -
[Untitled recipe for brewing a drink with water, sugar, and hops]
A recipe for a drink made by boiling hops with sugar, used for unknown purposes -
[text loss; top of page N125 stained and torn; may be continued]
Appears to be a recipe for a poultice or plaster, using beeswax, pitch, mace (pepper), and turpentine, spread on a sheepskin and worn on the stomach.