[Latin] Haustus Anodynus

[ [Latin] Haustus Anodynus ] 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

Symptoms
pain

Ingredients
mint water
alexeterial
Thebaic tincture
spring water
volatile succinic salts
cantharides tincture
crocus syrup
tamarind tincture
manna
tartar emetic

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 17 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

Haustus___

Haustus Anodynus

Rx Aq: Menth: . . . . ℥i.

            Alex ** ʒi

            Tint Thebaic Gutt. xxx M[isce]

            Haustus Diureticus

Rx Aq Font: ℥iss. Sal: Succin: Volat: ℈j

Tinct: Cantharid. Syr: Croci: an’ ʒj:

M[isce]. fiat Haustus sexta quaque Hora sumend’

            Haustus Aperiens

Rx Tinct: Tamarind: ℥j. Mannæ ℥ij: Tart.

Emet Gr. ij: Aq Fervid: ℥viij: M[isce]___

Stent simul per horam. deinde cola___

Da ℥iij secunda quaqua Hora donec alvus responderit

 

Translation 

            Drinks

Pain-Relieving Drink

Recipe: 1 ounce of mint water

1 dram of alexeterial [water] [?]

30 drops of Thebaic Tincture. Mix.

            Diuretic Drink

Recipe: 1½ ounces of spring water, 1 scruple of volatile succinic salts, 1 dram each of tincture of cantharides and crocus syrup. Mix, let a drink be made and taken every sixth hour.

            Aperitive Drink

Recipe: 1 ounce of tamarind tincture, 2 ounces of manna, 2 grains of tartar emetic, 8 ounces of hot water. Mix. Let these stand together for an hour, then strain. Give 3 ounces every second hour until the bowels respond.

 

Translation and transcription by Winston Black