[ A Receipt for the Hooping Cough ]
Date: 1771/03/26
Source: Nova Scotia Gazette
Institution: Nova Scotia Archives
| Source Origin: Nova Scotia Newspapers on Microfilm
| Reference: Microfilm Reels 990, 8162, 8163, 9466
Instructions for a whooping cough treatment to be spread on brown paper and applied to the abdomen. Vol. 1, No. 30. Microfilm Reel 990.
A Receipt for the HOOPING
COUGH.
Communicated by a Person
of Distinction.
TAKE
Oil of mace, half an
ounce.
Old tallow candle, about
an inch and an half.
Saffron, a penny worth.
Best French brandy, a
quarter of a pint.
Let them just simmer to-
gether over the fire, in a new
earthern pipkin. Cut a piece
of brown paper in the shape
of a heart; spread this oint-
ment on the paper, and apply
it to the stomach, the shar-
pened end of the paper up-
permost. Anoint the sto-
mach, night and morning,
with this ointment, still keep-
ing the paper on.
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