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 -
Subject
red coral See all items with this value
Crustacean eyes See all items with this value
Hartshorn (“calcined with amber”?) See all items with this value
Great crab claws See all items with this value
Jelly of hartshorn See all items with this value
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.