Detergent Gargle

[ Detergent Gargle ] Sarah Creighton Wilkins

Contributors
Contributor Role
Compiler
Contributor Name
Sarah Creighton Wilkins

Date: Recorded sometime in 1814. | 1814/01/01 to 1814/12/31

Publication Format
Manuscript

Type
Medicine

Symptoms
sore throat

Ingredients
red roses
roses
water
boiling water
spirit of vitriol
myrrh
honey

Places
Halifax
Nova Scotia
London
England

Source: Manuscript Notebook of Sarah Creighton Wilkins
Institution: Nova Scotia Archives | Source Origin: MacDonald Family Fonds | Reference: MG 1 No. 1 / Microfilm Reel 10,618

Description

Recipe and instructions for a throat gargle from the Encyclopedia Londinensis, 1814.


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     Detergent Gargle

2 drams of Red Roses infus’d
in a pint of boiling water until {...}
then strain it & add 30 drops of
spirit of Vitriol ½ an once of tincture
of Myrrh & honey
Gargle often as the Throat is {...}
or otherwise
             Encyclopedia Londin[ensis]
1814