To make the syrope of Mault for a Consumtion

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Title: To make the syrope of Mault for a Consumtion
Date: 1694/1795
Description: A recipe for a syrup to cure consumption (tuberculosis), made from a mixture of herbs, figs, raisins, dates, and brown sugar candy, all boiled in ale.
Transcript: Take ten Gallons of strong Ale vort Boyle in it ground-eivy white-hourhound maidenshaire [inserted above: & [Isone]] liverwort harts tounge & the great dasee Called Ox Eye of each a larg handfull Boyle in the Liquore till halfe be Consumed then straine it through a haire seave & set on the fiare put in it figges & Raisons of the sun [2 words struck out] & a pound of Dates halfe a pound Ellieompany Liquorish Anniseed; Sweet Jenille Seed each 4 ounces Boyle these altogether till halfe be consumed then run the Liquore through a haire sieve then put to it A pound of Brown Sugar Candy & let it Boyle till it be of the Consistance of Syrope Soe keepe it in Bottles for yr use You must friye the hearts & seeds slice the roots & figgs & stone the Oats & Rassons you must remember to [seime] it in Boyleing whilts any [seime]. doe[inserted above: a] Rise For small pox or burns or the pit or Scare or for heates in the Face it is to be made in May
Subject: See all items with this value figs; See all items with this value dates (fruits); See all items with this value liquorice; See all items with this value beers; See all items with this value ground ivy (glechoma hederacea); See all items with this value White horehound (marrubium vulgare); See all items with this value maidenhair fern (adiantum); See all items with this value liverwort (marchantiophyta); See all items with this value hart's-tongue (Protea scolopendriifolia); See all items with this value Oxeye daisy (leucanthemum vulgare); See all items with this value sieves; See all items with this value raisin; See all items with this value anise; See all items with this value sugar candy; See all items with this value candies; See all items with this value medicinal plants
Contributor: Abu-Bader, Nagham; 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.

Item sets: Fairfax Cookbook; Health and Medicine

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