Title

For the Scurvey

Date

1694/1795

Description

A remedy for treating scurvy using mustard seed, scurvy-grass, wormwood, and juniper berries steeped in brandy and drunk with ale.

Transcript

Take muster seed scurvey Gras & wormwode of Each half an ounce, half an ounce of juniper Bereys bruse them, mix them all to gether & ty them in a thin - pece of Canvice or bag, put in 2 quarts of the best brandey let it stand 3 days put 3 spounefouls of this in a litele smoale ale & drink it every morning

Subject

See all items with this valuemustard seed

See all items with this valuescurvy grass (Cochlearia officinalis)

See all items with this valuewormwood (Artemisia absinthium)

See all items with this valueberries (plant materials)

See all items with this valuejuniper berry

See all items with this valuebrandy

See all items with this valuebeers

See all items with this valueillness

See all items with this valueremedies (health)

See all items with this valuescurvy

Contributor

Ochsner, Elizabeth

Le, Vincent

Grimm, Stephanie

Bakir, Mehtap

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.