Title

For the Gravill [illegible] Spencer’s Resept

Date

1694/1795

Description

Appears to refer to two different remedies for gravel (kidney stones). The first is mashed garlic infused in white wine. The second calls for a distillation of nutmeg, hawthorn buds, and white wine that is sweetened with marshmallow syrup (a syrup made from the sap of the marshmallow plant combined with sugar and sometimes egg whites).

Transcript

Wild Garlick a quantity pounded in a Morter & infused in a quart of white wine Taken in the Morning fasting Haythorn buds a quantity get an Earthen pot & lay a Lare an inch deep thn a Lare of Sliced Nutmegs which repeat till full fill it up with White Wine & let it Stand [strikeout] 4 days then distill it throw a Cold still sweeten it to yr pallat with Sirop of March Mallows

Subject

See all items with this valueremedies (health)

See all items with this valuegarlic

See all items with this valuewines

See all items with this valuemedicinal plants

See all items with this valuenutmeg

See all items with this valuedistilling

See all items with this valuekidneys

Contributor

Ochsner, Elizabeth

Le, Vincent

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.