An Excellent Ointment to Cure One That Is Burnt with Gun-Powder

[ An Excellent Ointment to Cure One That Is Burnt with Gun-Powder ]

Date: 1784/01/01

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Type
Medicine

Symptoms
burn
gunpowder burn

Ingredients
groundsel
houseleek
goose dung / feces
chicken dung / feces
bear grease

Places
Nova Scotia
Halifax

Source: Nova Scotia Calender, or an Almanack [...] by Metonicus 1784 (online), "The Treasure of Health"
| Source Origin: Canadiana | Sublocation: https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.39176/1


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An excellent ointment to cure one that is burnt with gun-powder.

   Take an handful of groundsel ; twelve heads of house-leek ; of

goose and chickens dung, of each a pound ; bruise the herbs, and

mix them very well with the dung, then take two quarts of bear's

grease, and boil them all together for a quarter of an hour; strain,

and keep for your use.