Traditional medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.
Subject
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Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Receipt book
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065349106]
Identifier: 6385
Scope and content
A receipt book of 94 food recipes and four medicinal recipes; all but the final leaves written in a handsome calligraphic hand. Recipes include desserts, quick breads, some meat dishes, drinks, and pickles; individual recipes include ones for rusk, blanc mange, puffert, calves' feet jelly, and other dishes. Medicinal recipes include medicines for indigestion, cholera morbis, the summer complaint in children, plus three others. Also one newspaper clipping.
Dates:
1790-1800.