The Phisbillia watter to drink for the party

Title: The Phisbillia watter to drink for the party
Date: 1694/1795
Description: A recipe for a fistula treatment; includes green broom and molasses.
Transcript: Take two of the quarts of watter & 2 handfuls of Green Broom Lilynamity wood slise in all half a pound, boyll thm to geather til 4 quarts of the watter be consumed then drain & sweeten it with 2 pounds of Treakle drink it with yr Constant drink it sweeten the Blood & dryes sharps humers when you have any Runing sore: if the fore do not dijest well put a little fat made from a Wood fire & mix in the yellow salve to does it.
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Contributor: Cheston, Jarissa; 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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