[Treatment for unknown malady]

[ [Treatment for unknown malady] ] Daniel Harris

Contributors
Contributor Name
Daniel Harris

Date: Circa 1800. | 1800/01/01 to 1800/12/31

Publication Format
Manuscript

Type
Medicine

Symptoms
coppery taste
tender gums
torpid bowels

Ingredients
small powder
juniper berry tea

Places
Hants County
Nova Scotia
America

Source: Densmore Family Papers
Institution: Nova Scotia Archives | Sublocation: No. 19R | Reference: MG100 Vol. 134 / Microfilm Reel 15,185

Description

A description recommending a small powder, perhaps also accompanied by juniper tea, to treat an unknown disorder. Side effects of the treatment may include torpid bowels, tender gums, and a coppery taste in the mouth. Image courtesy of the Nova Scotia Archives, MG100 Vol. 134 No.19R, Microfilm Reel 15,185.


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Take one of the small powders every six hours 
and tomorrow evening put the blister on place
where I showd you be sparing of your diet
and drink as little as possible, you can
drink some of the tea of Juniper berries
two or three times a day.
If you find a copperey taste on your mouth
or you gums become tender You had better 
leave off for a day or two. If the bowels are
a little torpid you may be satisfied with
a Motion in two days
                                 Daniel [Harris]