Aneseclent Medcine [medicine] to disolve and bring away the Stone

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Title: Aneseclent Medcine [medicine] to disolve and bring away the Stone
Date: 1694/1795
Description: A medicinal preparation for dissolving stones (probably kidney stones) made from powder from oyster shells, eggshells, ale, white wine. The resulting medicine should be taken with a posset; directions are also given for a liquid made of boiled nettled and broom to aid the medicine that the powder can be taken in.
Transcript: Rx large Oystershells open them & take out the whit powder take quantity of that powder & the like of Egshells take out the Skin calcine both in a Crucible each by it self then beat them to powder & sers them: then take one spounfull of these equally mixt in possit drink of halfe Ale & halfe white wine and drink it puting in to the posset drink an handfull of green- broom & an handfull Nettels & giveing it a boyle when drinkable put in the afforesaid powders a spounfull and drink a draught the broom & Nettles being dieiereticks guid the Virtue of the powders
Subject: See all items with this value eggshells; See all items with this value posset; See all items with this value white wines; See all items with this value oyster shell; See all items with this value beers; See all items with this value nettle (Urtica); See all items with this value common broom (Cytisus scoparius); See all items with this value remedies (health); See all items with this value crucibles; See all items with this value diuretic
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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