https://huntroyd.co.uk/files/original/4/80/F2P34V.JPG 9e781bce9e96f499f4fc665491632ddc https://huntroyd.co.uk/files/original/4/80/F2P34V.1.JPG 64dc0f08534508d40b2b49584e3657e2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Huntroyd Receipts. Folio 2. The Medicine Pages. Subject The topic of the resource The "medicines" of Folio 2. Description An account of the resource Page 32 was the final recipe page in the folio. The folio was then turned upside down and writing started from the other end.  In a normal book this would be Page 78. Page 78 is the rear cover of the folio. The pages will still follow on from Page 32 but we will show them the right way up to make it easier to read. <h2 style="color: red; text-align: center;">DANGER!<img src="https://huntroyd.co.uk/files/original/skull.jpg" alt="DANGER" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="276" height="260" />Do NOT under any circumstances try out any of these "medicines". The plants and ingredients may be toxic or fatal.</h2> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gillespie Family Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Gillespie Family Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1782 to 1808 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Site licence Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Paper documents Relation A related resource The Huntroyd Receipts. Folio 2. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Gillespie Family Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. To add skull image <img src="https://huntroyd.co.uk/files/square_thumbnails/skull.jpg " alt="alt text on image " style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="any" height="any" /> Text Any textual data included in the document Less formal version of text of document but not a transcription. This box is more fluid in useage. Can look pretty. Glossary <img src="admn image link " alt="alt text on image " style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="600" height="any" /> <center>Itch</center>Rub the parts affected with an ointment made of 2 oz flowers of Brimstone, crude sal ammoniac fine powd[e]’d, 2 dr[am]s- hogs lard or butter, 2 oz & a half a dram of essence of lemon- about the bulk of a nutmeg may be rubb[e]’d on the estremities at bedtime twice or thrice a week- before using the ointment the patient if of a full habit shou[l]d bleed or take a purge or two- & during the use of it during the use of it take of it every nights & morning so much cream of Tarter & flour of Brimstone as will keep the body open- <center>Tender Eyes</center>Complaints of the eye may be relieved by a Spruce or burgundy pitch plaster between the shoulders <center>Mercurial purging pill</center>Purified Quicksilver & Honey each half an ounce- rub together in a mortar till the globules are estinguish[e]’d- add Castile Soap 2 drams-make into the <img src="https://huntroyd.co.uk/files/fullsize/skull.jpg" alt="alt text on image " style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="200" height="188" />This is the first instance of a reference in the folio of the popular practice of blood letting. By the time of the Renaissance, blood-letters (often barbers in Europe), had the practice down to a science of sorts. Zodiac charts determined the best times of year for letting blood from different parts of the body.      Medical tomes distinguished between diverting blood flow (bleeding the right arm to staunch a bloody left nostril, for example) and encouraging it (bleeding the foot to draw menstrual blood down). The barbers used lancets and fleams -- small double-edged blades that came with pocket-sized, often tortoiseshell carrying cases.      When George Washington died after falling ill with laryngitis his physicians bled him heavily, one after the other. The president gave up more than two litres of blood during the procedures and died a day later. Historians dispute whether it was the loss of blood or other complications that actually killed him. A Burgundy Pitch Plaister is made from a yellowish brown or reddish brown hard viscous resin obtained as an exudation from the Norway spruce and used formerly in medicinal plasters . <img src="https://huntroyd.co.uk/files/fullsize/skull.jpg" alt="alt text on image " style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="200" height="188" />This mercurial medicine is quite frightening, even if the metal mercury is less toxic. It is made to disperse the stuff as finely as possible for best absorption.      Mercury chloride, also known as calomel or mercurous chloride, has been used in traditional medicine as a diuretic, topical disinfectant, and laxative.       It has other names  as mercuric chloride or corrosive sublimate and  was also used to treat syphilis (along with other mercury compounds), although it is so toxic that sometimes the symptoms of its toxicity were confused with those of the syphilis it was believed to treat. It is also used as a disinfectant.      Blue mass, a pill or syrup in which mercury is the main ingredient, was prescribed throughout the 19th century for numerous conditions including constipation, depression, child-bearing and toothaches.      In the early 20th century, mercury was administered to children yearly as a laxative and de wormer, and it was used in teething powders for infants. The poisoning is unpleasant. The psychological symptoms associated with mercury poisoning inspired the phrase "mad as a hatter". Toxic effects include damage to the brain, kidneys and lungs. Symptoms typically include sensory impairment (vision, hearing, speech), disturbed sensation and a lack of coordination. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper document Paper document Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Folio 2. Page 34. Verso Subject The topic of the resource Medicine using Mercury, and to cure Itch and treat tender eyes. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Gillespie Family Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Site licence Language A language of the resource English Description An account of the resource Itch Rub the parts affected with an oint- -ment made of 2 oz flowers of Brimstone, crude sal ammoniac finely powde’d, 2 drams - hogs lard or butter 2 oz & a half a dram of essence of lemon- about the bulk of a nutmeg may be rubbe’d on the estremities at bedtime twice or thrice a week- before using the ointment the patient if of a full habit should bleed or take a purge or two- & during the use of it take of it every nights & morning so much cream of Tarter & flour of Brimstone as will keep the body open- Tender Eyes Complaints of the eye may be relieved by a Spruce or burgundy pitch plaster between the shoulders Mercurial purging pill Purified Quicksilver & Honey each half an ounce- rub together in a mortar  till the globules are estinguishe’d- add Castile Soap 2 drams-make into the Continued on Folio 2. Page 33. Recto. Raised (superscript) letters are lowered, contractions are expanded, and added letters italicised retaining the apostrophe. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Charlotte Starkie Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1782 to 1808 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Handwritten text on a page of a paper document Type The nature or genre of the resource Paper document bleed blood letting burgundy pitch cream of Tarter crude sal ammoniac essence of lemon flours of Brimstone flowers of Brimstone hogs lard plaster purge spruce