To draw out an Imposthume without incision

Title: To draw out an Imposthume without incision
Date: 1694/1795
Description: A plaster for treating abscesses made of leeks and lard.
Transcript: Rx the whites of 2 leeks put them into a white Cloth and rost them in ashes but not to much: Stamp them with a little hogs grease in a morter Spred the plaster very thick and apply it changing of it every hower till all the matter be come out which will be in three times applying bury[illegible] plaster
Subject: See all items with this value leeks; See all items with this value lard; See all items with this value mortar; See all items with this value abscess; See all items with this value remedies (health)
Contributor: 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.