For the Splene [spleen]

Title: For the Splene [spleen]
Date: 1694/1795
Description: A remedy for treating the spleen by drinking white wine. Unclear whether this is to address a specific disease of the organ, or if this is a humoral remedy related to melancholy or moodiness ("the humors" or four temperaments).
Transcript: Take the Tongues & quench them five or six times in half a Gill of white wine & drink it of it will sartanly do good
Subject: See all items with this value white wines; See all items with this value diseases; See all items with this value humors (four temperaments)
Contributor: Abu-Bader, Nagham; 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.