Folio 2. Page 53. Recto
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Folio 2. Page 53. Recto
Subject
Medicine for a Decoction which will sweeten the Blood, and a salve.
Description
A Receipt for a Decoction which will sweeten the Blood and banish the Scurvey by Degrees
Of Sinkfoil, or five leaved Grass }
Betony }
Wood Sorrel, or Cuskose Grass }
Violet Leaves and
Wild Strawberry Leaves}
Take each a large handfull,
and boil them in 3 Quarts of
Water un’till the Liquor be half
consume’d, then strain it, &
when it is nearly cold, sweeten
with a Quarter of a Pound of Honey
Drink a Gill of this Decoction half an hour before
Breakfast Time every morning-
If the Patient has any scorbutick Sores and Eruptions, wash
them every Morning in cold Spring Water and lay ┌on┐ th’em
Mercury Leaves- provided this Application be not
sufficiently efficacious to compleate a cure a Linnen
Plaister of the undermentione’d Salve,{....} and
succeeded every evening with a fresh One will answer
the Purpose, both as the the Drawing & Healing of the Sores;
during this Application care must be taken to keep the,
Body open.
A reciept for the Salve referred to Above
Roast about 4 pound lb of Loin of Mutton well, then take a Pint
of the Fat and Gravy which it has yielded. & add these to the same
Quantity of Norway Tar, & half a Gill of sweet Oil, and Boil
them all together gently over a Slow Fire for about 4 Hours
Of Sinkfoil, or five leaved Grass }
Betony }
Wood Sorrel, or Cuskose Grass }
Violet Leaves and
Wild Strawberry Leaves}
Take each a large handfull,
and boil them in 3 Quarts of
Water un’till the Liquor be half
consume’d, then strain it, &
when it is nearly cold, sweeten
with a Quarter of a Pound of Honey
Drink a Gill of this Decoction half an hour before
Breakfast Time every morning-
If the Patient has any scorbutick Sores and Eruptions, wash
them every Morning in cold Spring Water and lay ┌on┐ th’em
Mercury Leaves- provided this Application be not
sufficiently efficacious to compleate a cure a Linnen
Plaister of the undermentione’d Salve,{....} and
succeeded every evening with a fresh One will answer
the Purpose, both as the the Drawing & Healing of the Sores;
during this Application care must be taken to keep the,
Body open.
A reciept for the Salve referred to Above
Roast about 4 pound lb of Loin of Mutton well, then take a Pint
of the Fat and Gravy which it has yielded. & add these to the same
Quantity of Norway Tar, & half a Gill of sweet Oil, and Boil
them all together gently over a Slow Fire for about 4 Hours
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Creator
Charlotte Starkie
Publisher
Gillespie Family
Date
1782 to 1808
Rights
Site licence
Format
Hand written page pinned to a page of a paper document
Language
English
Type
Paper Document
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A Receipt for a Decoction which will sweeten the Blood and banish the Scurvey by Degrees
Of Sinkfoil, or five leaved Grass }
Betony }
Wood Sorrel, or Cuskose Grass }
Violet Leaves and
Wild Strawberry Leaves}
Take each a large handfull,
and boil them in 3 Quarts of
Water ’till the Liquor be half
consume’d, then strain it, & when it is nearly cold, sweeten with a Quarter of a Pound of Honey
Drink a Gill of this Decoction half an hour before
Breakfast Time every morning-
If the Patient has any scorbutick Sores and Eruptions, wash them every Morning in cold Spring Water and lay on’em Mercury Leaves- provided this Application be not sufficiently efficacious to compleate a cure a Linnen Plaister of the undermentione’d Salve,{....} and succeeded every evening with a fresh One will answer the Purpose, both as the the Drawing & Healing of the Sores; during this Application care must be taken to keep the, Body open.
A reciept for the Salve referred to Above
Roast about 4 pound lb of Loin of Mutton well, then take a Pint of the Fat and Gravy which it has yielded & add these to the same Quantity of Norway Tar, & half a Gill of sweet Oil, and Boil them all together gently over a Slow Fire for about 4 HoursMercurialis perennis, commonly known as Dog's Mercury, is a poisonous woodland plant found in much of Europe. All parts of the dog's mercury are highly poisonous. It is said that total drying can destoy the poison. The plant has an unpleasant smell but in this receipt it does not say of the leaves are fresh, or not.
Norway tar is pine resin used to make Tar Water.
Tar-water is a Medieval medicine consisting of pine tar and water. It was foul tasting and so slowly dropped in popularity, but was revived in the Victorian era.
Norway tar is pine resin used to make Tar Water.
Tar-water is a Medieval medicine consisting of pine tar and water. It was foul tasting and so slowly dropped in popularity, but was revived in the Victorian era.
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Charlotte Starkie, “Folio 2. Page 53. Recto,” The Huntroyd Receipts, accessed October 21, 2026, https://huntroyd.co.uk/items/show/99.
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