Lady Munson an excellent resept for Dropsy & Scurvy

Item

Title

Lady Munson an excellent resept for Dropsy & Scurvy

Date

1694/1795

Transcript

Lady Munson an excellent resept for Dropsy & Scurvy

Take a Gallon of New ale put in to a Spiket pot put to it 2 ounces of Mustterseed bruised a litle a Lemon Stuck with Cloves Let it stand 3 or 4 days when clear drink this of a bout 1/2 a pint fasting and as much at 4 in the after Noon

Contributor

Ochsner, Elizabeth
Le, Vincent
Grimm, Stephanie

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.