[ [Latin] Elixir ] William Paine
Date: This recipe is from a notebook dated 1782. | 1782/01/01 to 1782/12/31
Source:
William Paine Papers
Institution: University Of New Brunswick
| Source Origin: Loyalist Collection
| Reference: MIC-Loyalist FC LFR.P3W5P3
These recipes are on page 11 in what is catalogued as a medical tract, a pharmacopoeia in Latin, dated 1782. Reel 1. Image courtesy of the American Antiquarian Society.
Elixir.
Elix. Aloes, PL
Elix. Paregoric. PL
Elix Vitrioli acid. PL
Elix Guajacinum P:L:
Elix: Foetidum __ S__
Rx 1The same recipe for Elixir Foetidum, without the comment about opium or the unidentified word after Castoreum, is found in Pharmacopoea Svecica, Third Edition (1784), 70, https://books.google.ca/books?id=CaZdAAAAcAAJ&pg. Other words that appear after genitive Cast[orei] are recentis or pulveris, neither of which appear indicated here. Cast. Riss [?] ℥ss. G. Assa Fetid’ ʒiij: Opii ʒss. Salis Corn: Cervi: ʒi: Sp’
Vin: Rect: ℥iv. digere per quatriduum
et per linteum cola ________
Elixir Foetidum in scrupulis tribus et
dimidio continet Opii granum unum
Translation
Elixir
Aloes Elixir, Pharmacopoeia Londinensis
Paregoric Elixir, Pharmacopoeia Londinensis
Elixir of Vitriolic Acid, Pharmacopoeia Londinensis
Elixir of Guaiacum, Pharmacopoeia Londinensis
Stinking Elixir
Recipe: Castoreum [Riss?], ½ ounce. Gum of asafoetida, 3 drams. Opium, ½ dram. Salt of hartshorn, 1 dram. Spirit of rectified wine, 4 ounces. Let sit for four days and strain through a cloth.
Stinking Elixir contains one grain of opium in 3½ teaspoons.
Translation and transcription by Winston Black
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