Title

To stop vomiting

Date

1694/1795

Description

A treatment for vomiting made by boiling rosemary, lavender, spearmint, wormwood, cinnamon, and clove with red wine.

Transcript

Rx a quantaty of Rosemarey Tops as much of Lavendere tops as much Spearemint as much wormwood 3 nutmegs the like Quanty of sinemon as much Cloves: all small beaten boyle them all in claret wine upon a quick fire & aply them to the throate of the party

Subject

See all items with this valuerosemary

See all items with this valuelavender (Lavandula)

See all items with this valuemint (herb)

See all items with this valuenutmeg

See all items with this valuecinnamon

See all items with this valuecloves

See all items with this valuewormwood (Artemisia absinthium)

See all items with this valuered wines

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See all items with this valuediseases

Contributor

Ochsner, Elizabeth

Le, Vincent

Grimm, Stephanie

Bakir, Mehtap

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.