Cooking -- Early works to 1800; Formulas, recipes, etc. -- Early works to 1800
Take a quarter of an ounce carocostinum with half a pint of white wine
being steep’d in it all night the next morning drink it blood warme
it will give 6 or 8 stools or this take ruebarbe w^{th} red currants
beaten together.
164. _To Harden sore Nipples._
Take borace a quarter of an ounce and beat it small and in it a little
more than half a pint of milk then put it over the fire and when it is
dissolved and almost ready to boyle then take it off the fire and put
in a little allom in powder put in little more than will make it turn
into small curds that it looks pretty white then strain it through a
cloth from y^e curds and keep it for your use you cannot err in putting
in ye borace for the more you put in ye more healing your way of useing
it is to bathe your nipples as hot as you can suffer it mornings and
nights and lay a cloth wet in it 2 or 3 times double upon the nipples
being first singed you must bathe them a quarter of an hour at a time
and lay on the wet cloth as hot as you can suffer it.
165. _For the Biting of a Mad Dog._
Take filings or scrapeings of pewter Garlick and venice treacle beat
them together very well in a morter till they come to be like a poultis
lay it on y^e bitten place. Moulins Re:^{ct}.
166. _For a Child troubled with man wormes which often occasions
Convulsions._
Take notice when you fear fits to lick in a morning fasting the childs
forehead if it taste salt then it hath man wormes then anoint the
navell and stomach with oyle of wormwood 3 days before and 3 days after
the full of the moon then make 2 playsters of Galbanum & lay one to the
stomach and the other to the navell if it should have convulsion fitts
give it 3 drops of juice of rue 3 times just before ye fit comes and to
sweeten the mouth give it what you please.
167. _Another aproved for Convulsion Fitts._
Take a good sound nutmeg the same weight in cloves and likewise of mace
breake these spices very small and boyle them in a quarter of a pint of
strong aquavite till it comes to the consistence of methridate Spread
half of this on a scarlet cloth & apply it to y^e Stomach this usually
cures at once but never fails at twice when a fitts comeing.
168. _Cracknell Paste._
One pound of flour one pound of fine Sugar 2 yolkes and one white of
an egg half a quarter of a pound of butter 2 spoonfulls of rose water
colliander seed prepared make it up with thick cream.
169. _Jumble Paste._
2 pound of flour half a pound of Sugar the yolkes of 7 eggs colliander
seeds prepared make it up with thick cream.
170. _Dr. Burgesses Re:^{ct} against Ye Scurvy._
Take a quarter of a pound of Gwacombewood and boyle it in a pottle of
fair water till it comes to a quarter take thereof a mouthfull rowling
it to and fro a little time then put it out and presently take another
mouthfull & swallow it then take another & rowle it on your mouth a
quarter of an hour do thus 12 times a day.
171. _For the Stone._
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