The paraclete, or, family oracle; an important collection of ... recipes; most of which were given / by Henry Jenkins who lived to the ... age of 169 years.

  • Jenkins, Henry, approximately 1501-1670.
Date:
[1810?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The paraclete, or, family oracle; an important collection of ... recipes; most of which were given / by Henry Jenkins who lived to the ... age of 169 years. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    WOUDED TEND.ON. Boil coinfrey roots to a thick mucilage or jelly, and apply it as a poultice ; change it twice a day. TO OPEN A WOUND THAT HAS CLOSED TOO SOON. Apply to it bruised centaury. PUTRID WOUNDS. Wash them night and morning with the warm decoc- tion of agrimony...If they heal too soon, and gather matter, apply a poultice of the leaves powdered, chang- ing it every day till well...Or, apph^ a carrot poultice... But, if a gangrene, or mortification takes place, apply a wheat flour poultice, (after it has been by the fire till it Ixtgins to ferment) nearly cold ; it soon cures. AN EASY PURGE. Drink a pint of lukewarm water fasting, walking after it...Or, eat a soft egg, with a lea-spoonful of suit...Or, infuse an ounce of senna, in a pint of water, with tuo Acruples of salt of tartar for twelve hours, then strain it, and take half of it in the morning. IV'. B. The wild ash is a plant of the very same nature as senna; its leaves taken in double quantify purge as well, and do not gripe .like serma. . ™ make an EXCELLENT EYE WATER. Boil very gently one table-spoonful of white copperas, scraped, and three lable-s[»oonfuls of common white salt in three pints of spring water, when cold bottle it oft' in large phials without straining it, take up tl^ phial gently, and put a drop or two into the eve, morning and evening With a camel hair pencil. N. 13. 1 his will cure redne^ or any soreness whatever. It li ke wise cures pearls, rheums and even blindness sometimes. But if the eye smarts 00 much, add a little more water to it ; this likewise .cures an inflammation. , TO MAKE LIME WATER, n use a pound of good quick lime in six quarts of ^ tug water for twenty-four hours, then decant, and keep lor use. TO MAKE TAR WATER. 0 a quart of the best barbadoes or norwav tar put a ^llon of cold water, stir it well with a flat stick for five three days; pour off the water clear, bottle aud cork it for use.