[Latin] Enemata

[ [Latin] Enemata ] William Paine

Contributors
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
Dysentery

Ingredients
starch
spring water
Theriac of Andromachus
olive oil
Thebaic Tincture
linseed infusion

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 13 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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Transcription

            Enemata.

Enema Dysentericum.

Rx Amyli. ʒij: solve coquendo in Aq:

Fontanis ℥vij et adde Theriaca

Andromachi ʒiiss M[isce]. F[iat] [?] Enema

statim post sedem injiciendum___

            Enema Dysentericum oleosum

Rx ol: olivarum ℥iv: Tinct Thebaic

ʒij: M[isce] ---

            Enema Anodynum__

Rx Infus. Lini: ℥viij: Tinct Theb: ʒi M[isce]

 

Translation

            Enemas

Enema for Dysentery

Recipe: 2 drams of starch: dissolve by cooking in 7 ounces of spring water and add 2 ½ drams of Theriac of Andromachus. Mix. Make [?] an enema to be injected immediately after stool.

Oil Enema for Dysentery

Recipe: 4 ounces of olive oil, 2 drams of Thebaic Tincture. Mix.

Pain-Relieving Enema

Recipe: 8 ounces of linseed infusion, 1 dram of Thebaic tincture. Mix

 

Translation and transcription by Winston Black