To Make an Ointment for a Scald head

Item

Title

To Make an Ointment for a Scald head

Date

en 1694/1795

Transcript

To Make an Ointment for a Scald head

Take a pound of fresh butter & a quart of strong ale & a good quantity of wormwoods boyl all theas to gather till it lookes green & then strain out the wormewood & let & let it stand till it be cold & thn render it for yr use when you use it you must shave th hare and anint all over the head with ointment & let thm wear the same cloath thrice a day with it

Probatum Et a me G: Spencer E: com Eloraci

Contributor

Caylor, Karmen
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.