Folio 2. Page 70. Verso
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Folio 2. Page 70. Verso
Subject
Medicine called Saturnine Plaister or Goulard.
Description
keep stirring till it is dissolved-
take your vessel off the fire &
and continue to work it till it is brought
to a consistency-
For Tetters & all cutaneous eruptions
Saturnine Plaister
12 pounds lb of Wax- melt it -
add 3 pounds lbs ½ of oil of olives- when
the oil & wax are well incorporated
add eight ouncez Goulard which you
must pour in by degrees, taking care
to keep the whole stirred with a
spatula, add to this 2 drams
of Camphor which you must dissolve
with the rest- Take the kettle
off the fire & dip a linnen
of the length and breadth
you think proper- this plaister
is good for weakness & Rheu-
-matic pains- The part must
be first washe’d with the {.} water
& gently rubbe’d -
take your vessel off the fire &
and continue to work it till it is brought
to a consistency-
For Tetters & all cutaneous eruptions
Saturnine Plaister
12 pounds lb of Wax- melt it -
add 3 pounds lbs ½ of oil of olives- when
the oil & wax are well incorporated
add eight ouncez Goulard which you
must pour in by degrees, taking care
to keep the whole stirred with a
spatula, add to this 2 drams
of Camphor which you must dissolve
with the rest- Take the kettle
off the fire & dip a linnen
of the length and breadth
you think proper- this plaister
is good for weakness & Rheu-
-matic pains- The part must
be first washe’d with the {.} water
& gently rubbe’d -
Raised (superscript) letters are lowered, contractions are expanded, and added letters italicised retaining the apostrophe. Illegible or lost text {.....} dots for letters .
Creator
Charlotte Starkie
Publisher
Gillespie Family
Date
1782 to 1808
Rights
Site licence
Relation
Continued from Folio 2. Page 71. Recto
Format
Handwritten text on a page of a paper document
Language
English
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Paper Document
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keep stirring till it is dissolved- take your vessel off the fire & and continue to work it till it is brought to a consistency-
For Tetters & all cutaneous eruptions
the oil & wax are well incorporated add eight oz Goulard which you must pour in by degrees, taking care to keep the whole stirred with a spatula, add to this 2 drams of Camphor which you must dissolve
with the rest- Take the kettle off the fire & dip a linnen
of the length and breadth you think proper- this plaister is good for weakness & Rheumatic pains-
The part must be first wash’d with the water
& gently rubb’d -
For Tetters & all cutaneous eruptions
Saturnine Plaister
12 lb of Wax- melt it- add 3 lbs ½ of oil of olives- when the oil & wax are well incorporated add eight oz Goulard which you must pour in by degrees, taking care to keep the whole stirred with a spatula, add to this 2 drams of Camphor which you must dissolve
with the rest- Take the kettle off the fire & dip a linnen
of the length and breadth you think proper- this plaister is good for weakness & Rheumatic pains-
The part must be first wash’d with the water
& gently rubb’d -
Tetters is any of various eruptive skin diseases, such as herpes, eczema, and impetigo. It is not a technical description.
I guess this Saturnine plaister would cost around £800 to make .
Msr. Thomas Goulard had quite powerful incentives in his promotion of lead salts as a medicine He was charging customers what, in today’s prices would be about £80, for a gallipot of this poisonous muck. The medical profession such as it stood at the time, were able to ask leading questions about this form of treatment and some were noticing that there were poisoning effects behind the use of lead ointments. One can assume the gullible public were unaware of such bickering behind the scenes and continued to kill themselves with it. He was a quack doctor.
I guess this Saturnine plaister would cost around £800 to make .
Msr. Thomas Goulard had quite powerful incentives in his promotion of lead salts as a medicine He was charging customers what, in today’s prices would be about £80, for a gallipot of this poisonous muck. The medical profession such as it stood at the time, were able to ask leading questions about this form of treatment and some were noticing that there were poisoning effects behind the use of lead ointments. One can assume the gullible public were unaware of such bickering behind the scenes and continued to kill themselves with it. He was a quack doctor.
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Charlotte Starkie, “Folio 2. Page 70. Verso,” The Huntroyd Receipts, accessed October 21, 2026, https://huntroyd.co.uk/items/show/119.
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