Title

For sore nipples

Transcript

Get a sheete of leafe gold: it will cost 4d or 6d. Cutt as much as will cover the nipples & lay it all over them & it will cleave & heale. if a child suck the party: let it be laid on assoone as the child hath done sucking. & then keep yr child as long as you can conveniently from sucking: but whan yr child sucks it will doe the child good you may lay more leafe = gold on: as you see cause. [inserted bottom: & to dry up the Milk Nothing beter thn Sea Cole ashes sifted & Lade in a bagg to the Brest often shifted

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.