Feavors, to asswage [assuage] & to Cool the Spirits or blood & settle them

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Title: Feavors, to asswage [assuage] & to Cool the Spirits or blood & settle them
Date: 1694/1795
Description: Various remedies for treating fevers.
Transcript: Desolve Niter in good Strong wine and Smell to it or poure it upon the fripan heated & take in the fume at the Nose. Rx of the distiled watter of wild popy mix it with Rose watter ana: a few Cloves Give Nitter & diascordiu[m] to asswage and Condence the Spirits Use the horstooth Ring and a Garland of periwinkle If the fevour ly much in the head Lay garlick to the Soles of the Feet or Mustard [struck: or] & Vinager -- In purpill Feavours give Couchineil in any Cordiall watter or wine 30 or 40 granes to a Man 6 or 7 yr to a Child of 3 years old 10 to one of 6 years old give it 2 or 3 times keeping the party warm and it will send out the diseas in Spots
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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.

Item sets: Fairfax Cookbook; Health and Medicine

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