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Title
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The Worm Pills
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Date
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1694/1795
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Description
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A remedy, likely for the treatment of worms in humans, using "aloes rosatum" (probably a mix of the juice of aloe mixed with rosewater), iron, agaric, sweet mercury, sulphurated scammony, and oil of wormwood.
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Transcript
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[inserted left margin: Rx] of allos, Rosatum pils of Iroh with agerick of each half a Draym, Marcureious dulsious 13 grains SCamoney Sulphererated 4 Graines, Chymicall oyle of wormwode 4 drops make it all up in to [struck: a] pills take 4 of them at Night when you go to bed when tha work drink either water Grewell or Poset drink
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Contributor
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Ochsner, Elizabeth
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Le, Vincent
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Grimm, Stephanie
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Bakir, Mehtap
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Source
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Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
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Publisher
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George Mason University Libraries
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Rights
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Public domain. There are no known restrictions.
