To turn ye Child right in Labour [labor]

Item

Title

To turn ye Child right in Labour [labor]

Date

en 1694/1795

Description

A medicinal recipe for a paste to be used in childbirth, possibly using agrimony, to turn a breech birth.

Transcript

To turn ye Child right in Labour

Rx an handfull Egrimy Stamp it and lay it to the Womans Navell.

Contributor

en Ochsner, Elizabeth
en Le, Vincent
en Grimm, Stephanie

Source

en Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Publisher

en George Mason University Libraries

Rights

en Public domain. There are no known restrictions.