For a Man | Early Modern Maritime Recipes

[ For a Man ]

Date: 1784/01/01

Publication Format

Type

Medicine

Ingredients

black soap

lime

sheep's leather

Places

Nova Scotia

Halifax

Source: Nova Scotia Calender, or an Almanack [...] by Metonicus 1784 (online), "The Treasure of Health"
| Source Origin: Canadiana | Sublocation: https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.39176/1

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Transcription

For a Man.

Take of black soap, and unquenched lime, of each a like quantity

mix them upon sheep's leather ; apply to the part affected, & it will

consume away by degrees.