A Famous salve for a sor [sore] Breast recommended by Lady Howe.
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Title
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A Famous salve for a sor [sore] Breast recommended by Lady Howe.
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Creator
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Lady Howe
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Date
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1694/1795
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Description
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A method for preparing a salve or poultice for a sore breast (possibly related to breastfeeding), using mutton suet, oil, and rosin.
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Transcript
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[inserted top left margin: fo the 52 April 16th 1774]
Take one pound of mutton Suet; half a Pound of White Rosin and half a Pint of salad oil: First cut the Suet very fine & set it over the fire to g[text loss] as much out of it as you can, then clean it off and put it into an earthen Pipkin and put in the oil & Rosin which must be beat very fine Boil it 'till the scum falls & it begins to smoke; then pour it into a clean cold Pipkin and when it is a little cooled beat it up 'till quite cold & white. When it is to be used melt some in an earthen Pipkin over the Fire & have ready a piece of fine old Cloth the size of the whole Breast & dip into it & put it on as hot as it can be borne twice a day Let one piece be quite ready to put on before the other is taken off that the cold may not get to the sore
This receipt is very simple and has done many wonderful curs when very eminent medical advice has failed
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Contributor
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Caylor, Karmen
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Le, Vincent
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Grimm, Stephanie
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Bakir, Mehtap
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Source
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Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
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Publisher
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George Mason University Libraries
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Rights
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Public domain. There are no known restrictions.
