An infallible Cure for the Ague

Title: An infallible Cure for the Ague
Date: 1694/1795
Description: A remedy for ague (fever, sometimes malarial) using juice extracted from sage leaf, mixed with vinegar.
Transcript: Take two table spoonfuls of the Juice expressed from Sage well pounded, add an equal Quantity of Vinegar & let the Patient swallow the Dose when the Fit comes on.

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Subject: See all items with this value sage (herb); See all items with this value vinegar; See all items with this value remedies (health); See all items with this value diseases; See all items with this value fever
Contributor: Caylor, Karmen; Le, Vincent; Grimm, Stephanie; Bakir, Mehtap
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.