Title

To turn the Child right in Labour

Date

1694/1795

Description

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

Transcript

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

Subject

See all items with this valuelabor (childbirth)

See all items with this valuepoultices

See all items with this valuechildbirth

See all items with this valueagrimony (Agrimonia)

Contributor

Ochsner, Elizabeth

Le, Vincent

Grimm, Stephanie

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.