To preserve the Eyes from the Smallpox
Item
- Title
- To preserve the Eyes from the Smallpox
- Description
- Remedy to prevent smallpox from damaging the infected person's eyes. Made from plantain, eyebright, rosewater, camphor, and saffron.
- Transcript
- Rx of plantan Eybright and Rose watter each 2 Spoonfulls camphyr & 2 Saffron 2 grains mix them well togeather and Anoint the Eyelids
- Subject
- See all items with this valueplantain (Plantago lanceolata)
- See all items with this valueeyebright (Euphrasia)
- See all items with this valuerose water
- See all items with this valuecamphor
- See all items with this valuesaffron
- See all items with this valueremedies (health)
- See all items with this valuesmallpox
- Contributor
- Ochsner, Elizabeth
- 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.
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