To break an Imposthume in the Eare or for a Noise in the head
Item
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Title
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To break an Imposthume in the Eare or for a Noise in the head
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Date
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1694/1795
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Description
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A poultice for treating ear abscesses or tinnitus made from wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), southernwood (Artemisia abrotanum), onions, and brandy.
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Transcript
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Rx Southernwood & wormwood chop it small & put it into a little Brandy betwen too dishes then slice a small sharp onion into it and sett the dish upon the fire to warme gently often turning it in the dish that it doth not grow dry at night when you go to bed put thereof into a thin Clout lay them to your Eayer bynd them on and upon that side all night
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Contributor
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Abu-Bader, Nagham
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Le, Vincent
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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.
