[Latin] Linimenta

[ [Latin] Linimenta ] William Paine

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Contributor Role
Compiler
Contributor Name
William Paine

Date: This recipe is from a notebook dated 1782. | 1782/01/01 to 1782/12/31

Publication Format
Manuscript

Type
Medicine

Symptoms
rheumatism

Ingredients
camphor
olive oil
cantharides
hartshorn
honey
borax

Source: William Paine Papers
Institution: University Of New Brunswick | Source Origin: Loyalist Collection | Reference: MIC-Loyalist FC LFR.P3W5P3

Description

These recipes are on page 24 in what is catalogued as a medical tract, a pharmacopoeia in Latin, dated 1782. Reel 1. Image courtesy of the American Antiquarian Society. 


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            Linimenta

Liniment. Saponaceum. P.Lond.

                        Volatile P. Lond.

Rx Camphoræ ℥ij solve in Ol Olivarum ℥j, deinde adde Tinct Cantharidum ʒiij

Sp’ C.C. ʒij --- P.L. --- et vocatur linimentum pro Rheumatismo --

            Mella

Mel cum Borace

Rx Mellis ℥i. Pulv: subtilissim. Boracis

ʒi__ M[isce] ___

Mel Aegyptiacum PL

            Rocaceum PL

 

Translation 

            Liniments

Soap Liniment. Pharmacopoeia Londinensis

Volatile [Linament]. Pharmacopoeia Londinensis

Recipe: 2 ounces of camphor, dissolve in 1 ounce of olive oil, then add 3 drams of tincture of cantharides, 2 drams of spirit of hartshorn. Pharmacopoeia Londinensis. and it is called a liniment for rheumatism.
 

            Honeys

Honey with Borax

Recipe: 1 ounce of honey, 1 dram of very fine borax powder. Mix.
 

Egyptian Honey  Pharmacopoeia Londinensis

Rose [Honey]  Pharmacopoeia Londinensis

 

Translation and transcription by Winston Black