[ A Good Saline Draught ]
Date: Recorded sometime in 1818. | 1818/01/01 to 1818/12/31
Source:
Manuscript Notebook of Sarah Creighton Wilkins
Institution: Nova Scotia Archives
| Source Origin: MacDonald Family Fonds
| Reference: MG 1 No. 1 / Microfilm Reel 10,618
A recipe for a saline draught, dated and likely obtained from another source.
A good Saline Draught. 1818.
1 once & ½ Lemon Juice
1 dram Salt of Wormwood
2 Scruples of Nitre
Tincture of Columbo 2 drams
Simple Mint Water 4 onces
Take this every 6 hours
3 large spoonfuls at a time
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