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Recipe for Gum Pills and Tincture of Rhubarb.

Bethlem Hospital (Bedlam) in 1735.

Gum pills, Take three, twice a day in
2 spoonfuls of the Liquor, & 2 spoon
-fuls after, this method use'd for 3
months restored a Parson to all ap
-pearance fit only for an Inhabitant
of Bedlam -

Tincture of Rhubarb
Take of Rhubarb ℥ ounce i 1/5 of the lesser car
-damom seeds & Saffron [&] ana, ℥ ounces ii two
of Liquorish root, ℥ ounce 1/5 of french brandy
and make into tincture
Slice the Rhubarb fine -bruise the
cardamon seeds, pull the Safron fine,
slice the Liquorice, then put all together,
close stop it & shaking it 2 or 3 times a
day -
Lady Bs book

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Charlotte Starkie

Gillespie Family

1782 to 1808

Lady B

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Gum pills, Take three, twice a day in 2 spoonfuls of the Liquor, & 2 spoonfuls after, this method us'd for 3 months restored a Parson to all apearance fit only for an Inhabitant of Bedlam -

Take of Rhubarb 1/5 of an ounce of the lesser cardamom seeds & Saffron ana, two ounces of Liquorish root, 1/5 of an ounce of french brandy and make into tincture.
Slice the Rhubarb fine- bruise the cardamon seeds, pull the Safron fine, slice the Liquorice, then put all together, close stop it & shaking it 2 or 3 times a day-
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