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Health and Medicine
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An Excelent Resept for mouth water
A recipe for a mouth rinse made from sage, sweet briar leaves, and alum. -
An excelent medisin for the Cholick
A recipe for a remedy for colic made from powered acorns. -
An Emulsion for the Piles
A remedy for hemorrhoid treatment using barley water, almonds, and nitre (possibly soda ash or sodium bicarbonate). -
against the stinging of a snake
A recipe to cure a snake bite using bay salt (sea salt), soot, and grass. -
Against Obstructions
A remedy for intestinal blockages made from ground ivy and ale. Pennyroyal and French lavender is also listed as remedies for this. -
A watter that keeps the body in health
A tonic to preserve overall health. -
A sure and perfect way to Cure the plague to full of tokens and St Anthonys fire
A remedy for the plague made of powered European Ivy berries, to be taken with white wine, or with liquids such as plantain water or cardus water. -
A Stumach [stomach] or surfiet [surfeit] water
A recipe for surfeit water (liquid medicine for indigestion). -
A resept for faintnes
A remedy for treating faintness using wormwood, antimony, and chamomile flowers. -
A resept against Madnes [madness] given by Mr Leeds
A remedy to tread "madness" (possibly referring to rabies) using a variety of plants and shrubs, dissolved in ale with pewter, garlic, and mithridate (a kind of panacea). -
A reseit for a Diate [diet] drink
A recipe for a drink containing a mixture of herbs and ale. -
a recept for the piles
A poultice for treating piles (hemorrhoids) consisting of a mixture of hot milk and flour on a cloth that is then applied to the afflicted area. -
A Receipt for the Ague
A remedy for treating ague (fever, sometimes malarial) using "salt of steel" (possibly iron chloride or iron salts), allspice, and tree bark (likely cinchona bark or fever tree). -
A Pultis for a Sore breast
Hot poultice to treat sore breasts made from milk, linseeds, sage, and olive oil. -
A preservative in the Small pox
A tonic to prevent smallpox made from laudanum, conserve of roses, and poppy water. -
A poultise [poultice] for a sore brest
A remedy for treating a sore breast, possibly related to breastfeeding. -
A Plaster to ceep [keep] a [woman] [text loss]
A process for making a medicinal substance using a range of tree gums or resins including mastic, Elemi, Benjamin (gum benzoin), Burgundy pitch, dragonsblood, and troches (dried cakes or lozenges) of alipta muscata, as well as bole armeniac, lead oxide, quince oil, Venice turpentine, beeswax, Himalayan balsam, and lavender oil. -
A Plaster of Tachamahac Spred
A medicinal treatment using tacamahac, a resin from the balsam poplar tree, to help with a range of ailments, including defluxion. Also aids memory. -
A most Excellent resept for a dry Asma aproved by Doctor Cotes
A medicinal recipe that includes ammoniacum (gum ammoniac) and hyssop water (possibly for asthma). -
A Medecne for the Palsie
A recipe for a medical treatment for palsy made of neatsfoot oil and the caul of an ox. -
A Famous salve for a sor [sore] Breast recommended by Lady Howe.
A method for preparing a salve or poultice for a sore breast (possibly related to breastfeeding), using mutton suet, oil, and rosin. -
A Docter [text loss] Medisin [text loss]
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. -
A consumsion [consumption] water
A recipe for a medicinal drink to cure consumption (tuberculosis) using snails, "fair water," milk, and spearmint. White sugar candy is recommended as a sweetener. -
A Bruise, Black or Blewnes or humors settled in any part
A remedy for bruises or other settled humors (swelling?) involving the application of sheep or cow liver.