[Latin] Gargarimata

[ [Latin] Gargarimata ] 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
barley water
alum powder
honey
Egyptian honey
Peruvian bark

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 16 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

             Gargarismata –

            Gargarisma commune

Rx Aq: Hordeat: li. i.

Alumen Pulv: ʒiss

Mellis _ _ _ _ ℥iss M[isce]

            Gargarisma Antiseptica  1Correct Latin would be “Antispeticum”

Rx Mel Aegypt: ʒij:

Aq Hordeat: lb ij: M[isce]

2a __

Rx Decoct. Cort Peruv: li j:

Pulv. Alumen: . . . . . . lb ʒj [sic] M[isce]


Translation

            Gargles

            Common Gargle

Recipe: 1 pound of barley water.

1 ½ drams of alum powder

1 ½ ounces of honey. Mix.

            Antiseptic Gargle

Recipe: 2 drams of Egyptian honey:

2 pounds of barley water: Mix

            Second

Recipe: 1 pound of Peruvian bark decoction:

1 pound dram of powdered alum. Mix. 

 

Translation and transcription by Winston Black