Medicinal Drink

[ Medicinal Drink ] William Trueman

Contributors
Contributor Role
Compiler
Contributor Name
William Trueman
Contributor Role
Compiler
Contributor Name
John Trueman

Date: The manuscript is dated 1750, 1771-1772. | 1750/01/01 to 1772/12/31

Publication Format
Manuscript

Type
Drink
Medicine

Ingredients
wine
camphor
ale
beer
mustard seed

Places
New Brunswick
Yorkshire

Source: John and William Trueman Notebook
Institution: Mount Allison University Archives | Source Origin: Trueman Family Fonds, 1750-1931 | Sublocation: 1. Trueman family notebooks, account books, diaries, and artifacts. 1750, 1771-1883. | Reference: Accession 0102

Description

Instructions for making a medicinal tonic and topical treatment for treating unspecified ailments. The recipe is on folio 8r. Image courtesy of Mount Allison University Archives.


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Transcription

Sperels of wine ^andcamfar

2 Penneworth in
3 Pints of alle or bear
a nunce of muster seed
bruse it and ty it in 
a Lenen Rag put in
a yearthen pot bole it
Half a way Take 3 Tea
pot full a day at morn
ing and at 10 and [4]
afternune 2 doses of
Juleper and bleed twise
2 weaks bathe the p ^lase 
with a bin rag and 
Leave it on