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Medicine containing Hemlock

No 60
Take quantities of dry hemlock leaves
sew them between two pieces
of linnen to make a flexible mat-
-trass- let it boil a few minutes
in water -squeeze it out and ap-
-ply to the affected part-
it must be re’applied every
2 hours -

Emmollient Applications
to abate inflammations
Flannels wrung out of a decoction
of Mallow flowers- or elder flowers-
or chamomile- or wild
corn poppy- or bags filled with
them and boile’d in Milk & water

Charlotte Starkie

Gillespie Family

1782 to 1808

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Take quantities of dry hemlock leaves
sew them between two pieces
of linnen to make a flexible mat-
-trass- let it boil a few minutes
in water -squeeze it out and ap-
-ply to the affected part-
it must be re’applied every
2 hours -
Flannels wrung out of a decoction
of Mallow flowers- or elder flowers-
or chamomile- or wild
corn poppy- or bags filled with
them and boile’d in Milk & water

Poison Hemlock; Conium maculatum is a highly poisonous biennial herbaceous flowering plant in the carrot family Apiaceae, native to Europe and North Africa. Socrates was said to have taken it and died as a result. While it was once popular as a medicine it is known to be highly toxic and potentially lethal, so it must be avoided under any circumstances.

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