[ An Excellent Remedy for a Bruise ]
Date: 1784/01/01
Source:
Nova Scotia Calender, or an Almanack [...] by Metonicus 1784 (online), "The Treasure of Health"
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An excellent Remedy for a Bruise
Take of red coral, dragon's blood, Irish slate, and mummy, of
each half an ounce ; of Lemnian earth, and spermaceti, of each two
drachms ; of rhubarb three drachms ; let them all be finely pow-
dered ; give a drachm of it at a time in a draught of Brunswick ale,
after the patient has been blooded.
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