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Recipe or Medicine for Vinegar Clyster and Common Decoction.

Vinegar Clyster
So made by mixing three ounces
of Vinegar with 5 of water gruel-
It answers all the purposes of a
common Clyster, with the peculiar
advantage of being proper either
in inflammatory or putrid disorders
particularly the latter-

Common Decoction.
Cam [om]mile flowers 1 ouncez- Elder
flowers & sweet fennel seeds of each
half an ounce- water 2 Quarts- boil them
a little and then strain the decoction-
This is chiefly intended as the basis
of Clysters- it will likewise serve
as a fomentation- Spirit of Wine
may be added as the case
may require-

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Charlotte Starkie

Gillespie Family

1782 to 1808

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Vinegar ClystersSo made by mixing three ounces of Vinegar with 5 of water gruel- It answers all the purposes of a common Clyster, with the peculiar advantage of being proper either in inflammatory or putrid disorders particularly the latter-
Camommile flowers 1 oz- elder flowers & sweet fennel seeds of each half an ounce- water 2 Qts- boil them a little and then strain the decoction- This is chiefly intended as the basis of Clysters- it will likewise serve as a fomentation- Spirit of Wine may be added as the case may require-

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