A poultise for a sore brest

Title: A poultise for a sore brest
Date: en 1694/1795
Transcript: A poultise for a sore brest

[strike out] 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 thm boyl thm 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
Subject: mallow; chickenweed; groundsel; ale hoof; hounds tounge; spearment; elder; smallage; plantain; See all items with this value milk; rose leaves; mutton suet; See all items with this value oatmeal; See all items with this value plantain; See all items with this value Glechoma hederacea; See all items with this value suet; See all items with this value celery
Contributor: Abu-Bader, Nagham; 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.

Media: http://wizwah.gmu.edu/oberle/files/original/923ac5bcf34c649b29b8d47d36931408.jpg