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- Collection: The Huntroyd Receipts. Folio 2. The Medicine Pages.
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Folio 2. Page 52. Verso
For Eruptions in the FaceBoil a good handful of red Speedwellor Pauls betony in three pints ofWater & drink a quarter of a pint three times a day- or you maychop the herb small & put as muchof as can be well wetted into abottle of Brandy- you…
Folio 2. Page 53. Recto
A Receipt for a Decoction which will sweeten the Blood and banish the Scurvey by DegreesOf Sinkfoil, or five leaved Grass } Betony } Wood Sorrel, or Cuskose Grass } Violet Leaves and Wild Strawberry Leaves}Take each a large handfull, and boil them in…
Folio 2. Page 54 . Verso
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Folio 2. Page 55a. Recto
To dye Buff or OrangeArnatto well boiled, with a small quantity of Flemish Ashes & a little Allum- it must be Strained through a Cloth- let the Things you wish to Dye remainin while they are deep enough- it will fixthe color better to boil them…
Folio 2. Page 55b. Recto
Rasberry VinegarTake of fresh rasberries what quantity you ple==ase (determinable by the quantity of vinegar youpropose to make) put them into an earthen jarr& pour on them of the best of white-wine-vinegar justenough to cover them. Stop the jarr…
Folio 2. Page 55c. Recto
Infusion of GallsTo a quart of rain water or any soft water puthalf a pound of finely powderd GallsOne once and a half of Gum Arabic powderdA quarter of a pint of lamp spiritsLet them stand together corkd up for at least a month. They may stand as…
Folio 2. Page 56. Verso
Nutritum for burns & a very great drier & disperser -fortaking-Saturnine PlaisterRheumatic PainCure for the Ague20 grains Ipecacuahna at Night20 grains Jalap- or an equally ┌powerful┐ dose of Rhubarb in the morning3/4 ouncez of Bark the Night…
Folio 2. Page 57. Recto
Burns - things Evil- fistulas Inflammations & curdling of the milk- abcesses & ulcers in the breastserisepilas- piles- chilblainscontractions- whitloes- festers- itch - ruptures- gangrene- FomentationsAccidental and rheumatic…
Folio 2. Page 58. Verso
Vegeto-mineral water1 against inflammations2 against fluxions of the membraneof the tympanum, & occasional deaf--ness- adding to the drops of the extractdouble the number of camphorated bran--dy or common brandy-3 for cleaning wounds &…
Folio 2. Page 59. Recto
For Cough or Cold2 Oz of expresse'd juice of horehound1 pt milk sweetene'd with honeyBlue Stone of Vitriol 1 dram Verdigreese- 1 dram Roche Allum- 1 dramWhite Copperas- 1 dram Boile'd in a Quart of Aliquordown to 3 Gills-for a bruise or crush or…