[ A Receipt for the Whooping Cough ] Sarah Creighton Wilkins
Date: Late 18th or early 19th century; exact date unknown.
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 whooping cough remedy, including instructions for children.
A receipt for the Whooping Cough
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½ an once of Cantharides
{...} ¼ Paragoric Elixir
¼ once Simple Tincture of Bark
1 once & ½ Simple tincture of Bark
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35 drops 3 times a day for a Child
a Year Old. 160 or a desert spoonful
for a Child 4 or 5 Years Old
It is necessary that 2 or 3 Emetics
be given previous to this receipt
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