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Recipe or Medicine for poison, Oily Emulsion, Arabic Emulsion and Aromatic Fermentation

In obstinate Coughs, two ounces of
the syrup of Poppies- may be added-
The dose is two tablespoonfuls 3 or 4
times a day

Oily Emulsion.
Soft Water 6 Ounces, paregoric Elix'r
2 Drams; Florence Oil, an ounce.
shake then,together, & add of simple
Syrup, half an ounce. A table-spoon-
-ful may be taken every two or 3
hours-

Arabic Emulsion.
Sweet Almonds blanche'd, 1 oz
Gum arabic, half an Ounce, fine
Sugar. 5 Drams; barley Water 2 Pints.
Dissolve the Gum in the barley Water
warme'd; when the water is cold pour
it by degrees on the Almonds & Sugar
first & beat together, continuing to
grind the whole that the liquor may
grow milky- it is to be straine'd
through' a cloth- it is useful in strangeness
& heat of Urine

Aromatic Fermentation
Jamaica pepper half an ounce- red
Wine a pint- boil them a little & strain
the liquor- useful in pains of the Bowels
& flatulent Cholics-

Charlotte Starkie

Gillespie Family

1782 to 1808

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In obstinate Coughs, two ounces of the syrup of Poppies- may be added- The dose is two tablespoonfuls 3 or 4 times a day

Oily Emulsion.Soft Water 6 Ounces, paregoric Elix'r 2 Drams; Florence Oil, an ounce. shake then,together, & add of simple Syrup, half an ounce. A table-spoon- -ful may be taken every two or 3 hours-

Arabic Emulsion.Sweet Almonds blanch'd, 1 oz Gum arabic, half an Ounce, fine Sugar. 5 Drams; barley Water 2 Pts. Dissolve the Gum in the barley Water warm'd; when the water is cold pour it by degrees on the Almonds & Sugar first & beat together, continuing to grind the whole that the liquor may grow milky- it is to be straine'd thro' a cloth- it is useful in strangeness & heat of Urine-

Aromatic FermentationJamaica pepper half an ounce- red Wine a pint- boil them a little & strain the liquor- useful in pains of the Bowels & flatulent Cholics-

"Florence oil" is olive oil made in Florence.
"Paregoric Exilr" is camphorated tincture of opium, also known as tinctura opii camphorata.

Methodist church founder John Wesley suggested a tincture of 6oz salt water, two drams of volatile aromatic spirit, and ounce of Florence oil and half an ounce of sugar- but suggested replacing the volatile spirit with a mixture of camphor and opium for better results! Needless to say I can't recommend you trying to make or ingest this poison. It could kill you. I did say that the well-to- do, in some cases, had some excellent ways of killing themselves and their children and needless to say he was not a physician or doctor.

Syrup of Poppies is another name for Opium. It is potentially lethal. The 'Leeds Intelligencer' on Tuesday 12 July 1791 (p3), reporting the death of a baby from a misjudged dose of the medicine, said that; "...opium, laudanum, nay even Godfrey's cordial, syrup of poppies, and poppy tea, are deleterious poisons, and there is reason to fear that the lives of some, and the constitutions of many children, fall a sacrifice to such medicines, when imprudently administered."

"Strangeness & heat of Urine" possibly refers to cystitis and urinary infections.

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