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When the Small Pox strik in again & the Party is in great dainger of death Remedy for smallpox made from what appears to be sheep bezoars soaked in claret wine (the wine is strained before administered to the afflicted). -
To wash any foul or Dead sore Directions to make a heated liquid used to treat sores on the body; includes tanner's oil, sage, and alum. -
To turn the Child right in Labour A medicinal recipe for a paste to be used in childbirth, possibly using agrimony, to turn a breech birth. -
To take the fire out of a Wound An ointment to remove fire (pain?) from wounds made of sheep suet and ground-ivy. -
To take away heat in the face A remedy to help reduce redness or possibly inflammation in the face, using herb-of-grace, sage, bay leaf, and sulfur, boiled together and mixed with butter. -
To take a pin: or web out of the Eye A treatment for the eyes made by mixing celandine with the "juice" of a centipede (possibly a louse) with honey and salt, and dropped into the eye. -
To stop vomiting A treatment for vomiting made by boiling rosemary, lavender, spearmint, wormwood, cinnamon, and clove with red wine. -
To Stay the Bleeding of a vaine that is broken inwardly A treatment for bleeding or "broken veins" (possibly referring to internal bleeding) using juice from the betony plant steeped in milk. -
To renew wasted Kidneys A medical treatment for kidneys made from plantains, elderberries, and white wine. -
To preserve the Face from pittying An ointment to prevent smallpox scars made from spermaceti, almond oil and beeswax or lard. -
To preserve the Eyes from the Smallpox Remedy to prevent smallpox from damaging the infected person's eyes. Made from plantain, eyebright, rosewater, camphor, and saffron. -
To Physic Children after the Small Pox A remedy believed to treat children with smallpox using calomel (mercurous chloride), tartar emetic, "crab's-eyes" (a calcified stone found in crayfish) and sugar. -
To make the Read[text loss] the Ducheys of Buckinham way A recipe for a remedy for a variety of ailments. Recipe includes angelica, tormentil, rue, betony, pimpernel, white wine, saffron, treacle (molasses) wine, Armenian bole, water germander (Teucrium scordium), and mithridate (mithridatium, mithridatum, or mithridaticum). Should be taken with cordial water or maids water (any weak water such as tea); Goa stone may be added. -
To Make the Ladys Easy A medicinal drink to treat an unknown ailment [possibly menstrual or childbirth issues?] using mustard seed, treacle (molasses), and beer, taken for nine mornings. -
To Make the Lady Kents Pouder Recipe for a remedy to cure numerous physical maladies, made from crab eyes, white amber, hartshorn, coral, contrayerva, crab claws, bezoar, and hartshorn jelly. -
To make Spirit of Urin Directions for distilling urine.
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