A Plaster of Tachamahac Spred

Item

Title

A Plaster of Tachamahac Spred

Date

en 1694/1795

Description

A medicinal treatment using tacamahac, a resin from the balsam poplar tree, to help with a range of ailments.

Transcript

A Plaster of Tachamahac Spred

A Plaster of Tachamahac Spred it on leather and apply to the Navel. Stops the fits of the mother [t]o the Side sup[illegible] Spleen to the Temples Strengthens the Brain and memory and stays all [defluction].-

Contributor

Abu-Bader, Nagham
Le, Vincent
en Grimm, Stephanie

Source

en Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Publisher

en George Mason University Libraries

Rights

en Public domain. There are no known restrictions.