A poultise [poultice] for a sore brest

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Title: A poultise [poultice] for a sore brest
Date: 1694/1795
Description: A remedy for treating a sore breast, possibly related to breastfeeding.
Transcript: [strikeout] Take malowes Chickenweed grounsell ale hoof hounds tonge leaves in the Sumer roots in the Winter spearmint Elder leaves Smalage plantain an handfull of every one Wash and chop them boyl them Get milk thicken it with gross oatmeal beaten when it is almost boyled put in a good handfull of red rose leaves & some Mutton suet shred small & boyl it a little longer till it be thck so use it hot every day - - after this use a searcloath
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Contributor: Abu-Bader, Nagham; Le, Vincent; Grimm, Stephanie; Salahuddin, Shafiya
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.

Item sets: Fairfax Cookbook; Health and Medicine

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