[Latin] Fotus Communis

[ [Latin] Fotus Communis ] 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

Ingredients
chamomile flowers
spring water
Common Balm
vinegar
crude sal ammoniac

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 15 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

            Fotus Communis

Rx. Flor. Chamæmel ℥ij: coque

in Aq: Fontana q[uantum] s[ufficit]  ______

            Fotus commun: cum aceto.

Rx Fotus communis li iv Aceti li ij:

Misceantur pro fotu

            Fotus cum sale ammon:

Rx Fotus commun li vi: Sal

Ammoniac crud ℥iij: M[isce]

 

Translation

            Common Balm

Recipe: 2 ounces of chamomile flowers, cook in as much spring water as needed.

            Common Balm with Vinegar

Recipe: 4 pounds of Common Balm, 2 pounds of vinegar. Let them be mixed as a balm.

            Balm with Sal Ammoniac

Recipe: 6 pounds of Common Balm, 3 ounces of crude sal ammoniac. Mix.

 

Translation and transcription by Winston Black