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.