Title

A resept for faintnes

Description

A remedy for treating faintness using wormwood, antimony, and chamomile flowers.

Transcript

Take half a dram of [strikeout] Salt of wormwood 2 drams of Antimony Diafretick 5 drams of Camomile floures pouded Mix these to geather in Sirup of Elder & take of it 4 times a day a knife point full at a time

Subject

See all items with this valuewormwood (Artemisia absinthium)

See all items with this valueantimony

See all items with this valuechamomile

See all items with this valueSambucus nigra (elderberry)

See all items with this valueillness

See all items with this valueremedies (health)

Contributor

Ochsner, Elizabeth

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.