Fairfax-Spencer Family Receipt Book

Items

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  Phistillia [fistula] watter [water] which will keep the pipe from growing & desolve [dissolve] ye Lump that is hard

  Describes a recipe for "fistula water," a remedy for treating fistulas using alum, zinc sulfate ("white vitriol"), and bole armeniac (a kind of clay uses as a styptic).
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  Quinsey

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  For a pimpled Face

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  To M Take of the heat of the liver

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  An Excelent Resept for mouth water

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  To Dy[e] a Good Red

  This recipe gives instructions for creating a red dye for wool, using brazilwood.
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  To Dy [Dye] Blue

  This recipe gives instructions for creating a blue dye for wool, using logwood and verdigris.