Cure for Cancer

[ Cure for Cancer ] Dr. William James Almon

Contributors
Contributor Role
Compiler
Contributor Name
Dr. William James Almon

Date: Late 18th century; exact date unknown. | 1790/01/01 to 1800/01/01

Publication Format
Print

Type
Medicine

Symptoms
ulcers
cancerous ulcers

Ingredients
narrow leaved dock root
soft water
port wine
honey
dock root
linen
gauze

Places
Halifax
Nova Scotia

Source: Manuscript Notebook of Dr. William James Almon
Institution: Nova Scotia Archives | Source Origin: Almon Family Fonds | Reference: MG 1 / Microfilm Reel 10,045

Description

A recipe for treating cancerous ulcers with a dock root decoction applied to gauze and linen; treatment to be accompanied by a glass of port and honey, p. 156.


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                      CURE FOR CANCER
Take the narrow leaved dock root, boil it in soft water,
wash the ulcer with the strong decoction, warm as it can
be borne; fill the cavity with the liquor for two minutes,
then scrape the hulk of the root, bruise it fine, put it on
gauze and lay it over every part of the ulcer, dip a linen
cloth in the decoction and put that over the gauze; re-
peat this three times in twenty-four hours, and at each
time let the patient take a wine glass of the tea made of
the root with one third of a glass of Port wine sweetened
with honey.