A resept against Madnes [madness] given by Mr Leeds

Title: A resept against Madnes [madness] given by Mr Leeds
Creator: Mr. Leeds
Date: 1694/1795
Description: A remedy to tread "madness" (possibly referring to rabies) using a variety of plants and shrubs, dissolved in ale with pewter, garlic, and mithridate (a kind of panacea).
Transcript: [inserted left margin: first let Blood] Take 4 quarts of Strong Ale put to it Rue wormwood & Cardus of Each half a hand full 2 ounces of filed pewtter & 4 ounces of Garlick boyll all to geather untill half be consumed thn strain it and desolve in it 4 ounces of Methridate, give three Larg Spounefulls 3 mornings to geather and it [strikeout] bit blistter the place & keep it open untill the full Moone or Chang and then repeat the Same quantity 3 mornings to geather
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Contributor: Ochsner, Elizabeth; Le, Vincent; Grimm, Stephanie; Salahuddin, Shafiya
Source: Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Publisher: George Mason University Libraries
Rights: Public domain. There are no known restrictions.

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