The Resept of Clounes Woundwort

Title: The Resept of Clounes Woundwort
Date: 1694/1795
Description: A remedy for fresh wound treatments made by reducing clown's woundwort in boar's grease, olive oil, and beeswax, then boiling in Venice turpentine.
Transcript: [inserted left margin: For a green Wound] Rx 4 handfuls of the hearb stamped & put in a pan. where unto put 4 ounces of Boares Grease half a pinte of oyle olive, Bees wax 3 ounces boyle these [struck: [illegible]]n unto the concumtion of the Juyce, which is knowne by this when the staf doth not Bubele a tall then straine it so set it on the fire againe add to it 2 ounces of venice Turpentine which must boyle in it a litele this you may resarve for your uce
Subject: See all items with this value clown's woundword (Lamiaceae); See all items with this value edible oils and fats; See all items with this value olive oil; See all items with this value beeswax; See all items with this value Venice turpentine
Contributor: Caylor, Karmen; 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.