Mr Belcham to Capt Hughes for a Cough

[ Mr Belcham to Capt Hughes for a Cough ] Sarah Creighton Wilkins

Contributors
Contributor Role
Compiler
Contributor Name
Sarah Creighton Wilkins
Contributor Role
Author
Contributor Name
Mr. Belcham

Date: Recorded sometime in 1817. | 1817/01/01 to 1817/12/31

Publication Format
Manuscript

Type
Medicine

Symptoms
cough

Ingredients
paregoric elixir
sweet nitre
nitre
balsam of tolu
tolu
water
cold water

Places
Halifax
Nova Scotia

Source: Manuscript Notebook of Sarah Creighton Wilkins
Institution: Nova Scotia Archives | Source Origin: MacDonald Family Fonds | Reference: MG 1 No. 1 / Microfilm Reel 10,618

Description

Recipe for a cough sent to one Captain Hughes.


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Mr Belcham To Capt Hughes

           For a cough.        1817.

1 once Elixir Paregoric
½ once spirit of sweet Nitre
½ once Balsam of Tolu.
Mix & take a Tea spoonful
in a glass of cold Water 3 times
a day or when the cough is
troublesome & always going
to bed.

Annotations
Likely the Sir Richard Hughes who was appointed resident commissioner of the Halifax dockyard in 1778 and simultaneously served as lieutenant governor (Dictionary of Canadian Biography).
An opium derivative used to treat diarrhea, coughs, and pain. (Also Paragoric)
Potassium nitrate in mineral form, known also as saltpeter or saltpetre. (Also niter)
A South America balsam distilled to an oil for use in cough remedies, skin rash treatments, and perfumery.