The way My Lady Kent gave it to Mr Sheldon

Item

Title

The way My Lady Kent gave it to Mr Sheldon

Date

1694/1795

Transcript

Rx small perles Red Corall the Eyes of Lobsters or Craw fish or Crabes Eyes hartshorn calcined with Amber of each alike black tipes of the Claws of great Crabs equall to the weight of all the rest beat Clean them finely make it in to balls with jelly of hartshorne of what size yo pleas where in you have infused a Small quantity of Saffron - - then set them to dry in the Shade The Vertues. it is good agt all malignant and pestilentiall diseases Small pox Measlles feavours melancholy diseases & dejection of Spiritts it is all so a good Sudorifick. - to a man give 20 or 30 gr Child[inserted above: to a] 12 gr -

Contributor

Le, Vincent
Grimm, Stephanie
Nagham, Abu-Nader

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.