Slip 4. Page 3. Recto
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Slip 4. Page 3. Recto
Subject
Recipe or Medicine for a White Decoction
Description
White Decoction
Take of the purest Chalk in powder, two
ounces, gum arabic; half an ounce; Water
three Pints. Boiled to one quart & strain the Decoction.
This is a proper drink, in acute
disease attended with, or inclining to a looseness
& where acidities abound in the stomach or bowel.
It is peculiarly for Children when afflicted with
sourness of the stomach, & for persons who are
subject to the Heartburn. It may be sweetened
with Sugar, as it is used, and two or three ounces of
simple Cinnamon water added to it.
An ounce of powdered chalk mix'd with
two pints of water will occationally occupy
the place of the decoction and also of the chalk
julip
Take of the purest Chalk in powder, two
ounces, gum arabic; half an ounce; Water
three Pints. Boiled to one quart & strain the Decoction.
This is a proper drink, in acute
disease attended with, or inclining to a looseness
& where acidities abound in the stomach or bowel.
It is peculiarly for Children when afflicted with
sourness of the stomach, & for persons who are
subject to the Heartburn. It may be sweetened
with Sugar, as it is used, and two or three ounces of
simple Cinnamon water added to it.
An ounce of powdered chalk mix'd with
two pints of water will occationally occupy
the place of the decoction and also of the chalk
julip
Creator
Charlotte Starkie
Publisher
Gillespie Family
Date
1782 to 1808
Rights
Site licence
Format
Handwritten text on a page of a paper document
Language
English
Type
Paper Document
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White Decoction
Take of the purest Chalk in powder, two ounces, gum arabic; half an ounce; Water three Pints. Boiled to one quart & strain the Decoction.
This is a proper drink, in acute disease attended with, or inclining to a looseness & where acidities abound in the stomach or bowel.
It is peculiarly for Children when afflicted with sourness of the stomach, & for persons who are subject to the Heartburn. It may be sweetened with Sugar, as it is used, and two or three ounces of simple Cinnamon water added to it.
An ounce of powdered chalk mix'd with two pints of water will occationally occupy the place of the decoction and also of the chalk julip
Take of the purest Chalk in powder, two ounces, gum arabic; half an ounce; Water three Pints. Boiled to one quart & strain the Decoction.
This is a proper drink, in acute disease attended with, or inclining to a looseness & where acidities abound in the stomach or bowel.
It is peculiarly for Children when afflicted with sourness of the stomach, & for persons who are subject to the Heartburn. It may be sweetened with Sugar, as it is used, and two or three ounces of simple Cinnamon water added to it.
An ounce of powdered chalk mix'd with two pints of water will occationally occupy the place of the decoction and also of the chalk julip
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Charlotte Starkie, “Slip 4. Page 3. Recto,” The Huntroyd Receipts, accessed March 1, 2021, https://huntroyd.co.uk/items/show/135.
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