The Great Palsey water Duches of Bu [Buckingham]

Item

Title

The Great Palsey water Duches of Bu [Buckingham]

Date

1694/1795

Description

A recipe for the treatment of palsy, using peony, celandine, lavender, and loaf sugar, "approved by her Grace the Duchess of Buckingham."

Transcript

The Great Palsey water Duches of Bu [Buckingham]

The compound watter of Pyany, 4 ounces 4 ounces of the Compound watter of Sallindine 6 ounces of Coumpou[text loss] watter of Lavander: mix a pound of Lofe] shuger or lett it desolved in it take a spounfull night, morning- approved by her Grace the Duches of Buckingham

Subject

perennials (flowers)
neurological disorders
compound water of peonies
compound water of celandine
compound water of lavender

Contributor

Caylor, Karmen
Grimm, Stephanie
Le, Vincent

Source

Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Publisher

George Mason University Libraries

Rights

Public domain. There are no known restrictions.