Remarkable Good Saline Draught

[ Remarkable Good Saline Draught ] Sarah Creighton Wilkins

Contributors
Contributor Role
Compiler
Contributor Name
Sarah Creighton Wilkins

Date: Late 18th or early 19th century; exact date unknown.

Publication Format
Manuscript

Type
Drink
Medicine

Ingredients
salt of tartar
sal soda
water
lemon
lemon juice

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 saline draught.


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Remarkable Good Saline
             Draught
20 Grains of Salt of Tartar
6 to 10 Sal Soda
quarter of a pint of Water
Mix these altogether & then pour
in a Table spoonful of Lemon
Juice & take it in the E'vervescent
State
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