Quinsey
Item
- Title
- Quinsey
- Date
- 1694/1795
- Description
- A treatment for the condition known as quinsy/quinsey, a potentially life-threatening complication from tonsillitis.
- Transcript
- First let blood under the Tongue then take a quarter of a pint of red wine boyle therein as much Allume as an hasel nut stir the Allume till it is desolv'd sweeten it with honey Gargel your Mouth often here with: in 2 [strikeout] or 3 days it will cure.
- Subject
- See all items with this valuewines
- See all items with this valuehoney
- See all items with this valuealum
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- See all items with this valuebloodletting
- See all items with this valueboiling (cooking)
- Contributor
- Cheston, Jarissa
- Le, Vincent
- Grimm, Stephanie
- 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.
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