[ Cure of Cancer ] Dr. William James Almon
Date: Recorded 1815 or later.
Source:
Manuscript Notebook of Dr. William James Almon
Institution: Nova Scotia Archives
| Source Origin: Almon Family Fonds
| Reference: MG 1 / Microfilm Reel 10,045
A recipe from Cornelius Cuyler, Pastor of the Reformed Church in Poughkeepsie, New York specifying dock root used in the treatment of cancerous ulcers, p. 265.
Cure of Cancer
Narrow leaved
dock root, used
as a Cure for the
Cancer_ certified
By Corn. C. Cuyler
Pastor of the
Reformed Church
at Poughkeepsie
State NYork
1815.
Take narrow leaved Dock root, boil it in soft water, wash
the ulcer with the strong decoction warm as it can
be borne, fill the cavity with liquor the liquor for two minutes
then scrape the hulk of the root, bruise it fine, put it on
gauze, and lay it over part of the ulcer, dip a linnin Cloth
in the decoction and put that over the gauze; repeat this
three times in twenty four hours; and at each time let
the Patient take a wine glass full of the tea made of the
Root with one third of a glass of Port wine sweetened
with honey
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