A Plaster of Tachamahac Spred

Title: A Plaster of Tachamahac Spred
Date: 1694/1795
Description: A medicinal treatment using tacamahac, a resin from the balsam poplar tree, to help with a range of ailments, including defluxion. Also aids memory.
Transcript: A Plaster of Tachamahac Spred it on leather and apply to the Navel. Stops the fits of the mother to the Side sup[illegible] Spleen to the Temples Strengthens the Brain and memory and stays all defluction.
Subject: See all items with this value resin; See all items with this value leather; See all items with this value medicinal plants; See all items with this value remedies (health)
Contributor: Abu-Bader, Nagham; Le, Vincent; Grimm, Stephanie
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.