Browse Items (6 total)
- Tags: dram
Sort by:
Slip 4. Page 1. Recto
Laxative absorbant mixturePut one dram of magnesia alba in a mortarwith 10 or 12 grains of the best Turkey rhubarband add to them 3 ounces of common Water; simplecinnamon water & syrup of sugar, of each oneounce.As most diseases of Infants are…
Tags: children, cinnamon water, dram, Durham & Co, Laxative, magnesia alba, purge, turkey, turkey rhubarb, watermark
Folio 2. Page 78. Verso
RheumatismThree ounces of sarsaparilla sliced and bruise’d1 Quart of fine Spirits of wine let them standtogether in a wide mouthe’d bottle close stoppedt3 days by the fire then strain out the li--quor very hard, & add to it 2 ounce oz of…
Folio 2. Page 39. Recto
Spanish Infusion Spanish Juice cut in pieces an ounceSalts of Tartar 3 drams Infuse ina pint of boiling water for a night-to the strained Liquor add an ounce& a half of Syrup of Poppies- A tea cupfull may be taken 3 or 4 timesa day for Coughs…
Folio 2. Page 38. Verso
Paregoric ElixirUseful in coughs- & in the whoopingCough- the dose is 20 drops or more-Chalybeate WineIron Filings 2 Ouncez Cinnamon & Mace each 2 drams Ʌ ┌ Rhenish ┐ wine 2 pints infuse amonth shaking the bottle- strain it off- it is an…
Tags: cinnamon, consumptions, dram, Gum guaicum, mace, measles, nitre, opium, paregoric, Rhenish, rhubarb, sal prunel, spermacetti
Folio 2. Page 37. Recto
Saline Julep is useful in checking Vomiting-Saline Julep Dissolve 2 drams of salt of Tartarin 3 ounces of fresh Lemon juicestraine’d- when the effervescence is overadd of of mint water & common Watereach two ounces; of simple Syrupone ounce -It…
Tags: burgundy pitch, common water, dram, julep, mint, mint water, plaster, powder of, rcommon water, Saline Julep, salt of Tartar, scruple, simple Syrup, wax, whooping
Folio 1, Page 29, Verso
Raised (superscript) letters are lowered, contractions are expanded, and added letters italicised retaining the apostrophe. Raised text┌ ┐Best Lavender Water8 pennyweight of oil of Lavender3┌d┐ram of musk & 3 of Ber-gamot, put into a Quart of…
Tags: bergamot, dram, lavender, musk, pennyweight, spirits of wine