A Docter [text loss] Medisin [text loss]

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Title: A Docter [text loss] Medisin [text loss]
Date: 1694/1795
Description: Describes a recipe for a medicinal drink using a variety of herbs, berries, and roots, steeped in ale. The drink is indicated for daily use or as-needed, though the purpose is unclear due to missing pieces of the manuscript.
Transcript: Take of the Roots of [text loss] alows Dwarf Elder smallag[text loss]rce Radish aspara Gras of Each 2 ounces -- of Licokirrise one ounce of Sasaph wood 4 ounces of the Top of Marshmallows & pilly tary of the Wall of each 2 handfuls -- of Chervile Gard on Cresses black & white Maden hair of Each 4 handfuls & a half, of Eldar & Broom floores of Each one handfull of Burdock & sweet fenill seed 3 drams of Wood Lice washed 400 juniper Berys 6 Drams Cut small the Roots & hearbs Bruse ye Berys & Seeds & put them all into
& put thm all in to 3 Gallens of moderat Ale when it hath wrought well & begins to Clear you may Draw it into botels & use it for yr Comon drink or drink a pint of it fasing in the Morning as Much as 4 in the after Noon the Same at Night before you goe to bed ad to these 2 ounces of Raisons Stoned put all into a fire Canvace bagg with a Stone to Sink thm with
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Contributor: Grimm, Stephanie; Ochsner, Elizabeth
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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