The Elwes Family
Recipe & Remedy Book
Medical & household receipts of the Elwes family
probably of Colesbourne Park, Gloucestershire, c. 1828 to 1840
Bought by the present owner about 20 years ago in Burford, looked at occasionally, and now at last brought to life...
You will find the complete transcription below, but first some notes...
About the manuscript
A household receipt book of 77 written pages (the last is blank), mixing medical remedies with recipes for cooking, preserving, brewing and household tasks such as stain removal, and the making of ink, paint and limewash.
The book was compiled over a long period and in several hands. The early pages are in a neat, regular hand; later entries vary in hand, ink and size, some are added in pencil, and two receipts (pages 71 and 75) are written on slips of paper pasted in.
Dating
The last section supplies the only dates in the book: “1828” (pages 54 and 55, including a cough “which Sus. & Emily had very bad in the Spring of 1828”), “March 1829” (page 59), “Feb 1830” (page 62), “Novr 38” (page 72) and “1840” (page 73). Most entries therefore seem to have been made in the late 1820s and 1830s, with additions to about 1840.
The earlier pages are consistent with this. Sir Richard Croft M.D. (page 19), the royal accoucheur, died in 1818, so his note on infant teeth may have been copied from an older source. The practitioner called “Mr Clarke” on page 35 (and probably “Mr Clark” on page 49) seems to be the same man as “Sir C M Clarke” on pages 74 and 75. If he is Charles Mansfield Clarke, the London accoucheur who was made a baronet in 1831, the change of title fits the order of the entries, but this identification is a suggestion only.
The household
The last section also shows that the book belonged to, or was kept for, an Elwes family (see the next section for a probable identification). Entries mention “Mr Elwes” (page 55), “Mrs Elwes” (page 49) and “Mrs E.” (page 59). Page 58 is signed “Emily Elwes”, and “Mrs T H Elwes” and “Mrs T H C Elwes” appear on page 75. Children are named in several remedies: Sus. and Emily (pages 54 and 62), Margaret, “nearly 3 yrs old” (page 53), and Charlotte (page 61). Several entries are written for a “child 5 yrs old”.
A note on page 48 records a man cook at 51 Curzon Street, Mayfair, “recommended by Mrs Dixon”, which suggests the family had London connections.
Probable identification: the Elwes family of Colesbourne
The book was bought in Burford, and the names in the book fit closely with the family of Henry Elwes of Colesbourne Park, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Henry Elwes married Susan Hamond (1784 to 1832), daughter of Anthony Hamond of Westacre, Norfolk, at Westacre on 8 June 1813. Susan brought the Congham estate, near King’s Lynn, to the marriage, and the family divided its time between Congham House and Colesbourne. Their nine children were Susan, Emily, John Henry (1815 to 1891, later of Colesbourne), Catherine, Maria, Robert (1819 to 1878, of Congham, the painter), Charlotte Ann, Margaret and Frances.
• The children: “Sus. & Emily” (page 54), “Emily’s cough Feb 1830” (page 62), Margaret “nearly 3 yrs old” (page 53) and Charlotte (page 61) match four of the nine children. Margaret, one of the youngest, would have been a small child in the late 1820s.
• Emily Elwes, who signs the note on the harvest bug (page 58), would be the second daughter.
• Mrs Elwes (page 49) and Mrs E. (page 59, March 1829) would then be Susan Elwes, born Hamond, and Mr Elwes (page 55) her husband Henry.
• Mr Seager, by far the most often quoted adviser, is probably Charles Dagge Seager (1779 to 1844), a surgeon who practised for many years in Cheltenham, about seven miles from Colesbourne, before retiring to Clifton around 1840.
• Miss Hammond (pages 1 and 23) is very likely one of Mrs Elwes’s own family, the Hamonds of Westacre; the book simply spells the name with two m’s.
• Lord and Lady Walpole (page 27): the Hamonds were descended from the Walpoles, so this looks like a family connection on the Norfolk side.
• Mrs Fountain (page 27) may be one of the Fountaines of Narford Hall, a neighbour of Westacre (not yet checked). Keppel and Rous are also East Anglian gentry names, but too common to prove anything.
• Gloucester Jelly (page 38) is a fitting local receipt.
• Not yet explained: “Mrs T H Elwes” and “Mrs T H C Elwes” (page 75). These are probably a wife of a later generation or of another branch, which would suit the later date of the Sir C M Clarke entries.
If this identification is right, the book was probably begun by or for Susan Elwes at Colesbourne (and perhaps Congham) in the late 1820s, and continued by the family after her death in 1832 into the 1840s.
People named as sources
• Medical men: Mr Seager (by far the most often cited, probably Charles Dagge Seager of Cheltenham), Mr Joy, Mr Clarke / Sir C M Clarke, Mr Clark, Mr Ware, Dr Perry, Dr Kirkman, Dr Willis, the late Dr Warren, Sir Richard Croft.
• Others: Miss Hammond, Mrs Rumbold, Mrs Dixon, Lord and Lady Walpole, Mrs Fountain, Mrs Hollings, Mr Keppel, Stratton, Mr Gale Townley, Miss Markham, Lady Rous, Mrs Leach, Mrs Kennett, Miss Mackay, Mrs King, Miss Mulligan, Lady Somers, Mrs Money, Mrs Brown, Beavan, Borton, Nurse Jones, Miss Holdsworth. Several of these readings are uncertain (see below).
Editorial conventions
• Original spelling, capitals, abbreviations and punctuation are kept (for example powder’d, desert spoonful, Bowells, Apetite, Hadock, Vinnegar).
• Page numbers in square brackets are the transcriber’s. Only the opening pages are numbered in the manuscript, and the count continues from there.
• Words struck through in the manuscript are shown struck through.
• Editorial notes, interlinear insertions and marginal notes are given in grey italic square brackets.
• [?] marks a doubtful reading.
• Names of contributors, usually written at the right-hand end of an entry, are kept at the end of the line or heading where they appear.
• The symbol ʒ (a dram) is kept where the writer used it (page 34).
• In general, changes have been made to layout only where sense would otherwise be absent.
Readings still uncertain
• Page 5: “Rape oil”, possibly “Grape oil”.
• Page 14: “Carrots chop [?] & slice”, possibly “scrape”.
• Page 16: a line and a half struck through in the Ginger Wine receipt cannot be read.
• Page 23: “Tamaric”, probably turmeric.
• Page 27: “from the basis”.
• Page 29: a faint pencil name at the foot of the page, possibly “Kink Wrottham”.
• Page 32: “the Powers of Amber”.
• Page 34: “Mr Gale Townley”.
• Page 37: “Miss Markham”, written in the margin.
• Page 39: “Mrs Leach”.
• Page 40: “Mrs Kennett”.
• Page 48: “Mr Thane”.
• Page 54: “Miss Mulligan”.
• Pages 60 and 61: “Beavan” and “Borton”.
• Page 63: “every 3 hours”, where the figure has been altered.
• Page 67: “put bason on the table” (Gaufres); the first figure in the Marlborough Pudding is partly lost.
• Page 69: “9 gallons” (Ginger wine), where the figure has been altered.
• Page 75: the name and figure at the foot of the pasted slip are partly cut off.
Other notes
• Pages 59 and 62 each begin with an entry that has no heading. It is possible that a leaf is missing before each, or that the writer simply began without a title.
• Page 51 refers to an “Infusion of Calumbo on the other side”, marked with a cross; this matches the Colombo root receipt marked with a cross on page 49.
• The Hooping Cough receipt on page 22 is a later copy of the Whooping Cough receipt on page 1, both credited to Miss Hammond.
There follows the complete transcription, page by page
[Page 1]
Whooping Cough
Dissolve a scruple of Salt of Tartar in a quarter of a pint of [cold spring, inserted above] water, adding ten grains of Cochineal finely powder’d, sweeten it with loaf Sugar. Give a Child within its first year a tea spoonful four times a day, with a Spoonful of Barley Water after it; at two years old, a desert spoonful four times a day; above four years old, a table Spoonful four times a day — Miss Hammond from Late Dr Warren
For worms
Two drams of Wormseed, forty grains of Rhubarb one large Spoonful & half of Treacle; mix them together & give one or two tea spoonfuls night and morning it should operate as physick twice in the day — If any fever attends the disorder add 40 or 60 grains of Salt of Nitre
[Page 2]
For After Pains
50 Drops of Laudanum into ten tea spoonfuls of warm water & a little pep:permint water — to be taken by two tea spoonfuls at every quarter of an hour till the pain subsides. When Laudanum disagrees the Black drops may be taken in the same way, one drop of which is equal to four of Laudanum.
Salt of Lemon
Equal quantities of Salt of Sorrell (finely powder’d) & cream of Tartar.
For an obstinate Cough
A tea spoonful of Gum Arabic dissolved in a cup of Water 30 drops of Laudanum nine drops of weak Elixir of Vitriol, to be taken every night going to Bed. NB — to make the weak Elixir put two spoonfuls of water to one of Elixir of Vitriol —
[Page 3]
Camphor Julep —
Rub three or four grains of Camphor in a Mortar with a Blanched Almond & a few grains of fine Sugar. When well mixed add by degrees an ounce & half of cold Water stirring it all the time. To make a larger quantity drop ten drops of spirits of wine on ½ an ounce a dram of camphor then rub it in a mortar with a dram of fine sugar & 3 Blanched Almonds & add by degrees a pint of cold water —
Draught for a common Purging —
8 grains of Rhubarb 8 grains Magnesia ½ Ounce simple Cinnamon Water a few drops of Essence of Peppermint & 5 drops of Laudanum.
Strengthening Medicine for poor women
1 ounce Gentian root 1 ounce Gum Arabic in three pints of water to simmer [continued]
[Page 4]
gently till reduced to one quart — a tea cup full to be taken three times a day just warm —
For the Stone
In a raging fit beat Onions into a Pulp and apply them as a poultice to the back and groins, it gives speedy ease in the most racking pain — By way of change drink plentifully of Almond Emulsion or Milk —
Take Morning and Evening a tea spoonful of Onions calcined (by putting them into the oven in White ashes) in a tea cup of Almond Milk an ounce will dissolve the Stone —
For Infants
Fifteen grains of Rhubarb; half a dram of Magnesia, sweet fennel & dill water of each six drams, half an ounce of Syrup of Roses, ten or fifteen drops of the compound [continued]
[Page 5]
spirit of Ammonia — Of this one, two, or three tea spoonfuls according to the age of the Infant may be given two or three times a day
An almost infallible cure for a Milk Sore
Half a pound of Mutton Suet rended [¼ lb of fine White Rosin, inserted above] a quarter of a pint of Rape oil put them all together on a clear fire till all is melted — then a skum will arise when that falls & it begins to smoke take it off, & when it is almost cold beat it till it is very white, put it into a pot & keep it for use. There must be a cloth the size of the breast with a hole for the Nipple it must be dipped in the Salve melted & put on as warm as the patient can bear it morning and night — It will either disperse or break and heal the Sore. If it breaks a bit of Lint dipped in [continued]
[Page 6]
the salve should be put into the wound. The best way of melting the Salve is putting a little bit into an iron ladle & then dipping in the linen. To prevent wasting this prescription spread treacle on rag as above and apply it in a few hours after delivery.
For the Thrush —
½ oz of powdered Borax well mixed in an oz of Honey or treacle, so as to make an electuary, rub it on the child’s tongue and inside of the mouth 5 or 6 times in a day or oftener if required —
For a Cough a pitch Plaister
Take Burgundy Pitch, Rosin & bees wax of each 5 ounces. Melt them, then take three quarters of an ounce of Venice Turpentine and half an ounce of Oil of Mace, melt them altogether [continued]
[Page 7]
over a stove stirring them all the time, taking great care they do not boil over — pour it into Gally pots for use. Spread it upon thin leather cut into the shape of a Heart apply it to the pit of the Stomach the point upwards, till it drops off — In case the cough or difficulty of breathing continues a fresh plaister may be apply’d — NB — scrape a little Nutmeg on it before it is put on —
For Cuts — Cure all
Powder of Tutty
Lapis Calaminaris } each 1 oz
Camphor
in a pint of Rum
[Page 8]
For Worms
One tea spoon of Salt taken in a morng fasting for three mornings at the full & change of the Moon ~
An Injection of Salt & water for small Worms
Steep Raisins of the Sun in Brandy take one Raisin in a morning fasting for nine mornings together at the full & change of the Moon.
Lavement for Worms for a Child 8 years old
Sixty Grains succotrine Aloes finely powder’d one Table spoon full of Salt Honey half a pint of warm Milk one table Spoonful of Oil, to be well beat up together & administer’d as an Injection as warm as new Milk
Milk of Roses
Oil of Almonds ¼ of an ounce
Oil of Tartar 30 or 40 Drops
Rose water 2 ounces
perfumed as you like
[The title “Milk of Roses” is written to the right of these four lines, joined to them by a bracket]
[Page 9]
Godbold’s Syrup
To one pint of White Wine Vinegar put two pounds of the best brown Sugar boil them together till it becomes a Syrup when quite cold add two Table Spoonfulls of Paregoric or one Desert Spoonful of Laudanum to be taken whenever the Cough is most troublesome or when take three tea Spoonfuls three times or four in 24 hours —
For a Cough
Pour upon one pint of fine ground amber Malt 3 Gallons of boiling water, cover it down close & let it remain 24 hours then strain the liquor from the Malt, let it remain over the Stove in a Stew pan till it is of the consistency of a Rob. pour it off into Pots for use. a Spoonfull night & morn
[Page 10]
For taking out Stains.
Take a quarter of a pound of Soft Soap & one ounce of Salt of Tartar mix them well together, rub it well on both sides of the Stain wet it & rub some common salt over it, then lay it out in the air for a few days or a week —
To make Varnish you must use Canada Balsam & Spirits of Turpentine —
To Kill Bugs
¼ Pint of Spirits of Wine
¼ Pint of Spirits of Turpentine
¼ Ounce of Camphor
¼ Ounce of Sublimate.
When mixed for use dip a feather in it & run it along the Crevices & holes in the Valencing, Bed tick, & a few drops on the Bed, Bolster, & Blankets; it will also drive away Fleas
[Page 11]
Pomade Devine.
Take a pound & a half of Beef Marrow put it into an earthen pan full of cold Spring water & change it twice a day for ten days, then drain it well and let it stand twenty four hours in Rosewater. Strain it through a Cloth and add the following ingredients finely powdered
1 Oz of Storax
1 Oz of Gum Benjamin
1 do of Sweet scented Cypress
1 Oz of Florentine Orris
½ an Oz of true Cinnamon
2 Drachms of Cloves
2 Drachms of Nutmegs mix them well with the Marrow & put them into a pewter Flaggon and cover it close. The Flaggon must be suspended in Boiling water and be kept Boiling for 4 hours
[continued]
[Page 12]
then pour the clear off through a cloth into small Gallipots. N.B. it is good for Bruises &c & should be applied with a silver Spoon.
For Hams
One pound & a half of Bay Salt one Do — Do — of Coarse Sugar or treacle. 3 oz Salt Petre for 2 Hams & a Chap — rub them first very well with the Salt Petre then with the Bay salt let them lay 2 or three days (rubbing them well every day) till the Salt begins to melt then cover them well with the Sugar & treacle, baste them 3 or 4 times each day with the Pickle in which let them lay a month or six weeks then dry them.
N.B. No Common salt used
[Page 13]
[“& for Piles” added above the heading]
Fruit Draught Dr Perry
To a Tea cup full of Barley water add the Fleshy part of three or four Tamarinds, sweeten it with half an ounce of Manna boil it altogether strain it off & take it warm when going to bed ~
A Beverage for those who are heated or who cannot take Wine or Malt Liquor
12 Sweet Almonds blanched, 3 Lumps of Sugar beat together in a marble Mortar when made smooth add a Pint of Barley water in which you must dissolve a quarter of an oz. of Gum arabic then strain the whole thro’ a strainer, it will only keep a day. a Tea-spoonful of Brandy is sometimes added to it
[Page 14]
Dr Kirkman’s Salve for Bruises Inflammation Wounds & Burns
Simple Diachylon 4 ounces, prepared Chalk 2 ounces, best french Oil of Olives Three ounces, Vinegar 2 ounces Melt the Diachylon in the Oil add the chalk & when very nearly cold mix the Vinegar well in till quite cold & thoroughly incorporated ~
Very good Lavender Water
Oil of Lavender
Ess. of Bergamot } each one Dram
Ess. of Ambergrease 30 Drops
Oil Rhodium 6 Drops
Half a pint of Rectified Spirit of Wine
Carrot Soup
Take 6 or 8 large Carrots chop [?] & slice them thin, then pass them over the fire with four sliced Onions some [continued]
[Page 15]
slices of Ham & a piece of Butter the size of an Egg till they become quite brown, after which stew them slow in strong Broth till they are quite tender then rub them thro’ a fine hair sieve till the Soup is a proper thickness ~
Elder flower wine
To six Gallons of Water put 18 lb of Lump Sugar boil it well together have ready picked better than a quarter of a Peck of Elder flowers when the liquor is almost cold put them into it add seven lb of Raisins of the Sun six spoons full of Syrup of Lemon & 4 or 5 of Yeast beat it well in as it works & in a day or two stop it up, in six months (or sooner if fine) bottle it, stir the Liquor well before you put in the Syrup of Lemon
[Page 16]
Black berry Jelly
Take Black-berries before they are [quite, inserted above] Ripe when turned, pick them & put them into a Pot tie them down close & put them into a Kettle of Water let them stand over the Fire till they are reduced to a Pulp then strain them & to a pint of juice put a lb of powder Sugar boil it to a jelly & take the quantity of a large Nutmeg every night going to bed, The above has been known to have been of great service in the Stone & Gravel
Ginger Wine
7 Gallons of Water 7 lb of Lump Sugar one [several words struck through, illegible] ounce Raced Ginger well bruised boil it one hour, then add the white of four Eggs well beaten to clarify it, skim it when boil’d, then strain it into a Tub & let it stand till cold then put it into a vessel with the Juice & Peel of 7 Large Lemons cut very thin a Spoonful of Yeast on the top, stop [continued]
[Page 17]
the Cask close; in a fortnight it will be fit for Bottling & in a nother fortnight fit for drinking
N.B. half the quantity of Lemon Peel is an improvement & double of Ginger
To preserve Strawberries Whole
Get the finest Scarlet or Carolina Strawberries with the Stalks on before they are too ripe, lay them separately on a Dish & sift twice their weight of refined Sugar over them then take a few ripe Strawberries crush them & put them into a Jar with their weight of refined Sugar, beat them small cover them close till they are soft & the Syrup is come out of them then strain them thro’ muslin into a pan boil & skim it well, when it is quite cold put in yr whole Strawberries & set them over the fire till they are milk warm, then take them off [continued]
[Page 18]
& let them stand till they are quite cold then set them on again & make them a little hotter do so several times till they look clear but do not let them boil when they are cold put them into Jelly Glasses with the Stalks downwards & fill up yr Glasses with the Syrup tie them down with Brandy papers keep them in cold dry places
Receipt for Heartburn Lozenges.
4 oz of Chalk, 1 oz of Crabs Eyes 5 Scruples Bole ammoniac, 1 oz of coral, 5 Scruples Pearl, 5 Scruples of nutmeg, add a lb white sugar candy, mix them into a Paste with 3 Spoonsful of Water, roll it & cut it into cakes, save some of the ingredients to make it up with, let these be dried in the air, the fire will spoil them —
[Page 19]
Sir Rd 9 5 7 3 2 2 3 7 5 9 Croft
0 6 8 4 1 1 4 8 6 0 M.D.
[Two rows of figures showing the order in which the teeth appear, upper and lower jaw.]
The Teeth of Infants are generally cut in the above order, & while they are about it, it is absolutely necessary to keep their Bowells more than usually open so that they have at least three or four motions every day, for children who cut their teeth with relaxed Bowells are for the most part free of all other complaints, Sometimes even when the Bowells are open the motions acquire a very offensive smell & appear very foul, in which case from four to eight Grains of Scammony with Calomel should be given as a purge, & may be repeated about every five or seven days while the motions continue foul & offensive ~ Whenever a child from five to about thirty months old or till such time as it has got twenty teeth becomes more than [continued]
[Page 20]
usually irritable the mouth ought to be examined when should the Gums be inflamed or one or more teeth be partially thro’ the Gum Lancet ought at all events to be used, as that can never do any real injury & may keep off symptoms of the greatest possible danger Children who cut their teeth with confined Bowells are liable to Fits & whenever one is apprehended the Gum in the order of the next teeth that ought naturally to come or at any other part that appears swelled or inflamed should be immediately Lanced & the child should be put into warm water & take a teaspoonful of antimonial wine every ten minutes till it vomits, it should have a common Injection given immediately it comes out of the Water & an hour after it has done vomitting it should take a full dose of Scammony with [continued]
[Page 21]
Calomel. From five to ten months four Grains of the Scammony with Calomel is a proper dose & afterwards two grains may be added for every six months, Castor Oil, Manna Magnesia Senna or the following kind of sweet meat will do to keep Childrens Bowells in a relaxed state
Rect. Boil one ounce of Senna Leaves with a Drachm of Ginger in a quart of water till you are only able to strain off a pint add two ounces of Manna & the same quantity of Prunes or french Plums & boil the whole to the consistence of a preserve picking out the Stones & Skins of this a tea-spoon full may be given once or twice a day as occasion may require so as to cause the Bowells to act three or four times a day ~ When the Bowells act more than six times ['a day', crossed though] in 24 hours from [continued]
[Page 22]
ten to twenty drops of Dalby’s carminative may be given in Arrow root or Rice Gruel every six or eight hours & will generally allay the Irritation
4 Grains of Scammony contain
1 of Calomel
1 of Sugar
2 of Scammony
The Quantity to have well mixed in a Phial
2 Drachms of Calomel
2 Drachms of Sugar
4 Drachms of Scammony
N.B. keeps well when close corked
Hooping Cough
Dissolve a Scruple of Salt of Tartar in a Gill of [cold spring, inserted above] Water add ten grains of Cochineal finely powdered. Sweeten it with fine Sugar. Give to an Infant the fourth of a Table Spoonfull four times a day; To an Infant [a Child, inserted above]
[Page 23]
2 or 3 years old & upwards Half a Spoonfull may be given. The relief is immediate & generally cures in four or five days. & from four years old & upwards a Spoonfull may be given four times a day Miss Hammond
Malagatany Soup.
Take a quarter of a pound of Butter boiling them it first, then add half a pound of Flour boiling them together for ten minutes constantly stirring them, add four quarts of veal Stock one head of Celery, 2 Onions, 6 Cloves, a bundle of sweet herbs a few Mushrooms ½ an oz of Curry Powder & ¼ of an oz: of Tamaric, a slice or two of lean Ham, boiling them together then rub the Ingredients through a Sieve adding the Juice of as many Lemons as will take off the richness & give it a pleasant flavour. Cut a chicken or Rabbit in small pieces & fry it in butter then add it to the Soup [continued]
[Page 24]
boil it for a ¼ of an hour over a very slow fire just before you serve it up — N.B. a Dish of boil’d Rice must be sent to Table as for a Curry ~
For the Heart-burn
Take of Magnesia prepared Hartshorn or of prepared Chalk which you prefer 4 oz:
The blk. Tips of Crabs claws prepared 2 oz:
Cinnamon in fine powder ½ oz
Refined Sugar in fine powder 3 oz:
Mix the whole well together & make them into Lozenges with Mucilage of Gum Tragacanth — according to Art —
Clear Bullace Jelly or Cheese
Put the Bullace in a pot tie them down with a piece of Cloth put the pot in cold Water over the fire & boil them till the Stones are bare then put them in a Sieve, let them stand to drain run the juice thro’ a Jelly bag, to one pint [continued]
[Page 25]
of Juice put ¾ of a pound of Loaf Sugar & boil it half an hour pretty quickly then pour it into the shapes before the Jelly is cool. Mrs Rumbold
For Worms
40 Grains of Rhubarb
2 Drams of Wormseed well bruised in a Mortar mixed with a Table spoon full & a half of Treacle a half a Tea-spoonful to be taken night & morning early for a week then left off for a Week & again resumed for a week & so on till there is a visible improvement in the patient’s appearance. Should the above dose be too active it may now & then be omitted. ~
For Children
4 Drops of salvolatile in a teaspoonfull of food very thin for a child from a month old & upwards may be given 3 or 4 times a day when uneasy & restless if the child
[continued]
[Page 26]
should be costive the salvolatile should be given once a day in [a teaspoonful of, inserted above] Syrup of Rhubarb & the other times in a tea-spoonful of thin food. ~ Mr Seager
For a Blow or Strain put two Table spoonsful of Spr. of Hartshorn into a pint of water & wet the part twice of 3 times a day. Mr Seager
Mrs Dixon’s adhesive Plaister
Cut a piece the size of the Boil & put it on, do not take it off till it breakes, while the Boil is discharging take it off wipe the Boil & put it on again after that is done let it remain on & it will heal it —
[Page 27]
Convulsion Powder Ld Walpole
If a Child is ailing & you can scarcely tell what is the Matter with it give it 2 Grains once in a day, or twice if it is very ill, if it has fits give 4 Grains every six hours till the Fits cease, & then lessen the quantity & give it twice a day, then once till you can leave it off. —
Lady Walpole has given this to an Infant of a day old. —
To a Child of six months old six Grains may be given, to a Child of a year old eight Grains ~
Pot-pourri Mrs Fountain
Rose leaves gather’d dry, Lavender & Orange flowers nearly dried in the Shade from the basis [?; possibly “bushes”], these are to be put into a Jar in layers with a slight sprinkling of Salt between each Layer, stir them well every day & in about 10 days add pounded Cloves
[Page 28]
Nutmegs a little Cinnamon a small quantity of the Calamus aromaticus & any of the Odoriferous Woods, such as Sanders, Rhodium, pounded Orris Root a few Bay leaves & two or three Grains of Musk. ~
For the Kings Evil Scrofula or any impurity of the Blood —
Pare or Scrape very clean 4 lbs of the Root of Yellow Dock and boil it in a Gallon of Water till tis reduced half and the Root is quite soft strain it thro’ a Coarse Cloth and put to this quantity one pound of Treacle. Give to a Grown Person a Wine Glass full twice a day, the first thing in the Morning & last at Night & when the person is used to it three times [continued]
[Page 29]
a day, & to a Child half the quantity. — The Yellow Dock is the Common Dock every Labourer knows it. —
A Cooling Medecine for an Infant from ½ a year to two years old when cutting Teeth
Spirits of Mindererus 2 Ounces
Infusion of Senna 2 Drams } mixed
Antimonial wine 8 Drops
take 2 small spoonsfull twice a day for a child under a year, two dessert for a child above a year.
N.B. Infusion of Senna is made with a quarter of an ounce of leaves & two ounces of boiling water a few caraway seeds or Ginger ~ Mrs Hollings
For Sore Heads
Flower of Sulphur 6 Drams
mixed in 10 Drams Hog’s Lard
[Signature or name at foot of page, fainter hand, uncertain: possibly “Kink Wrottham”.]
[Page 30]
Common Green Paint
One Gallon of Linseed-Oil
One pound of Litharge
One pound of Red Lead
One pound & half of Whiting colour’d with Lamp Black & yellow Ochre ground in Oil, then to be thin’d for use. This will stand all Weather ~ Mr Keppel
For a place when the Skin is rub’d off & it does not heal. Mix with Spermaceti Ointment as much chalk or Whiting as it will bear, spread it on Rag & put on the sore — Mr Seager
[Page 31]
To make Anchovy Butter
Bone, wash, & pound four Anchovys they must be well pounded boil some Parsley rub it thro’ a Sieve with 2 ounces of of fresh Butter Mix it all well together & make it into Pats.
Cut Slices of bread very thin strew salt thinly over them & put them in the oven to be sent to table with the Cheese
To take the muddy taste from Pike or other fish. Fill the mouth of the Fish with crumb of Bread sew it up & take it out again when sent to Table.
[Page 32]
Embrocation for a Sprain
2 Ounces of the Powers [?] of Amber
2 Do of Hungary Water
2 Do of Spirits of Wine
1 Dram of the White Spirit of Lavender
1 Dram of Spirit of Nitre dulcified
12 Drops of Tincture of Saffron
To be rubbed well on the part affected twice a day
High House Ginger bread
2 lb Flour
1 lb of Butter
1 lb of Sugar
2 oz: Sifted Ginger Lemon Peel to your taste & as much treacle as will make it the thickness of Pound Cake drop it on Tins with a spoon & bake it ~
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To make Rusks
Take 1 pint of new Milk & ½ a lb of Butter, melt them together take enough flour to make it rather stiff with 3 yolks of Eggs & a Table spoon full of Yeast, let it lay rising 3 hours roll it out & cut them out with a mould, put them into a slowish Oven till they are of a pale brown then split them & put them into the Oven till they are dry to your liking. Stratton
Sauce for Pike
4 Table spoons full of Water
2 Yolks of Eggs with one tea-spoon full of fine flour beat well together, a small table spoon full of Essence of [continued]
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Anchovy, 2 small Onions one Table spoon full of thick cream, grate a very small quantity of Nutmeg, the last thing add the squeeze of a Lemon, when put on the fire stir it all the time to prevent its oiling. Mr Gale Townley [?]
A Gentle Emetic for a child
One Grain of Emetic Tartar one Ounce of Antimonial Wine one ʒ every ½ hour till it vomits
For a Sore breast [“Salve”, inserted above] Mr Seager
20 Grains Antimonial Powder
½ an ounce of fresh Lard
Medicine to be taken with the above Ointment
2 Tea spoonsful of Salt
1 of Magnesia every morng
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Mr Clarke’s Pattern for a Warm Bath the Seat made of solid Wood
[A small pen sketch of the bath follows, with a seat labelled “solid seat”.]
For a Person with a sick weak Stomach no Apetite
3 Grs Rhubarb
1 Gr Ipecacuanha } twice a day
For a cold, sore throat, & fever
one ounce of Epsom Salts one Gr. Emetic Tartar, [the next words are marked for insertion here:] dissolved in ½ pint of Water one or two spoonsful to be taken every 2 or four hours according to the age of the Patient Mr Seager
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For a cold & Cough attended with fever or more of an influenza Mr Seager
Syrup Squills
Sweet Spirits of Nitre } Equal Parts
Mindererus’ Spirit
a small tea-spoonfull to a child 3 or 4 yrs old three times a day & so in proportion to elder children & Adults
For a fever white Tongue with pain in side &c &c
Rhubarb 20 Grs
Calomel 3 Grs } every other night for 3 nights
2 Spoonsful Epsom Salts & one of Magnesia every morng. Mr Seager
[In margin: “Mr Joy”] For a Cold 30 Drops Antimonial Wine 20 of Camphorated Spirits in a Dram [“ounce”, inserted above] & half of Water at night
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For a Sprain or Bruise
Hot Salt & Water applied to the part often — Dr Willis —
For Spasms in the Stomach
a Bag of Hot Salt will afford almost immediate relief in preference to Sand or any thing else. — [In margin: “Miss Markham” [?]]
For a fresh wound apply Laudanum better than any thing. —
Rag dipt in Hot Mutton Suet & hung up till dry
For cold & Fever
10 Grs Rhubarb & 5 blue pill at Bed time
1 Table spoonfull Mindererus’ Spi:
1 Tea spoonfull Sweet Spi. Nitre } in a wine glass of water bedtime
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Gloucester Jelly
one ounce of Rice
one ounce of Sago
one ounce of pearl Barley
one ounce of candied Eringo Root
Boil them in a quart of Water till reduced to a Pint. Take a Tea cup full frequently more diluted mix with Wine at Dinner. Lady Rous
Breakfast Cakes.
Take three pounds of Flour into which rub six ounces of Butter, Two spoonfuls of yeast, two eggs, and as much new milk as will make them into a light paste. set them before the Fire to rise one hour. Roll them out, and lay them on Iron sheets before the Fire, covered with Flannel half an hour to rise — then bake them in a quick oven. NB. Small loaves may be made the same only baked [continued]
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in round tins as are also those with currants. Mrs Dixon.
Eye Water Mr Ware
Spirits of Mindererus ½ ounce
Elder Flower Water 2 ounces
Laudanum 15 Drops
Spunge Cake Mrs Leach [?]
Take nine Eggs, & their weight of fine powdered & sifted sugar (loaf) the weight of five Eggs of fine sifted flour, the flour must be dried well by the fire add a very little Lemon peel chopped very fine divide the whites from the yolks of the Eggs wisk the whites till they become a thick stiff froth, break the yolks with a knife fill the pan ¾ full bake the Cake ½ an hour ~
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The Queen’s bread pudding Mrs Kennett [?]
Take a sufficient quantity of bread for one pint of Milk, which pour upon the Bread boiling hot, let it stand till cold beat up four Eggs eight large bitter Almonds a little Lemon Peel Nutmeg & half a Glass of Brandy
To cure Beef or Pork.
Three Gallons of Pickle strong enough to bear an Egg, add ½ a pound of Salt Petre a ¼ of a lb of Alum, three pints of good treacle & one ounce of Pot ash mixed well, Pack the Beef & put on the Pickle cover it close & in about 3 weeks it will be fit for use, Great care must be taken to observe strictly the proportions of the Ingredients N.B. The Meat is not to be salted but packed as it comes from the Butcher.
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For the Rheumatism
Powder’d Bark two Drachms
Gum guaicum powder &
Golden sulphur of Antimony [“each”, inserted above] } half a Drachm
Mix & then divide it into 8 Powders one powder to be taken twice a day in a Glass of Port Wine
To have young Potatoes in Jany.
Take the common Ox Noble Potatoe pull off the young sprouts continually during the summer, Take the fine riddlings of Tanner’s Bark & mix it with the Earth in Septr plant the Potatoes whole in Boxes four layers of potatoes & Earth alternately keep them in a dry covered place there will not be any herbage from the sets & in Jany the young Potatoes will be fit for gathering. ~
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To make Yeast
The following method of making Yeast for bread is both easy & expeditious Boil one lb of good flour a quarter of a pound of brown Sugar & a little Salt in two Gallons of Water for one hour When milk warm bottle it & cork it close, It will be fit for use in 24 hours, one pint will make 18 lbs of bread ~
For Cough occasioned by irritation in the Wind Pipe Mr Seager
A Teaspoonfull of Syrup of Squils in two Table spoonfulls of Milk of Almonds three times a day.
Twelve almonds skinned & beaten up, a little white Sugar in six ounces of boiling water to make the Milk of Almonds.
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Receipt for Scotch Hare Soup
Cut the Hare in small pieces wash it clean in a little water, take three Pounds of Mutton, and make it into Stock, boil with it a turnip, and a Carrot, then put in the hare, Shred a few onions, & Celery, & put amongst the Soup, mix the washings with the blood, and put it in about two minutes before the Soup is taken off, & let it boil before taking off, if there is too little blood, dredge in a little flour; Strain the washings thro a sieve before using.
To make excellent Rolls. —
Warm 1 oz butter in ½ pint milk, put to it a spoonful & ½ of small beer yeast & a little salt; put 2 lbs of flour in a pan & mix in the above, let it rise an hour knead it well make it into rolls & bake it in a quick oven. —
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French Rolls. —
Rub 1 oz butter into a pound of flour mix 1 egg beaten in a little small beer yeast, and as much milk as will make a dough of a middling stiffness. Beat it well, but do not knead it, let it rise & bake it in tins. —
Black Ink.
Rain water 1 quart
Gum Arabic 1¼ oz
Nutgalls pounded 1¼ oz
Green Copperas ½ oz.
Put the gum into Water in a Pipkin set it on a slow fire, keep stirring the liquor till the gum is dissolved, then put in the other ingredients & let it boil 5 minutes let the whole stand 2 days & draw it off for use. —
To bake Pike, Tail of Ling, Small Cod or Hadock.
Wash and clean the Fish well, score it to the bone slanting across in [continued]
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several places, then stuff the scores with force meat, or to a pike put the forcemeat inside without scoring it, do it over on both sides with the yolk of Eggs & bread crumbs, put it in a dripping pan and set it in the oven, if a large fish or large tail of Ling it will take an hour or more to bake it, and smaller ones in proportion, the dripping pan must be rubbed with butter before the fish is put in keep basting it with butter every now and then whilst it is in the oven, when it is enough take the liquor that came from the fish with a little gravy a spoonful or two of Walnut or Mushroom Catsup a little juice of Lemon a few shrimps or any thing you may happen to have Stew them altogether a while in a pan thicken it with flour & butter put a little into the dish with your [continued]
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fish, garnish your dish as you would do any other fish. —
To cure Hams Miss Mackay
¾ lb Bay Salt, ½ lb common, 2 oz: of Salt Petre 1 oz Black Pepper, pounded together very fine rub it well into the Ham, let it lay skin downwards five days if small, & a week if large, rubbing it well every day, then rub all the Salt quite clean off & rub [“well”, in margin] in one pound & ½ of Treacle still keeping the Skin downwards, let it lay in the treacle one month basting it every day, then soak it in Soft Water 12 Hours (smoke it if you like it) it is fit to dress in 3 months, This quantity does for Hams of all sizes —
N.B. The brine is left in the pan to mix with the Treacle. Not Soaked before they are boil’d [added in a different, darker hand]
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To take out Stains!
one pound of Fullers earth wetted with rain water & dried in the oven — ¼ lb of Starch well pounded — ½ pint of camphorated Spirits of wine, ¼ pint of Spirits of turpentine — to be well mixed together & put into a bottle well corked for use. Some of the above to be gently rubbed on the greasy spot held a short distance from the fire, & well rubbed off with flannel. If on the floor, an Iron held a short distance over the powder when laid on.
For inflammation on the Chest
Take two ounces of White Starch, mix it in a Pint of Spring water, & strain it thro muslin. a small wine glass to be taken in the morning & bed time.
Receipt for Mince Pies.
Take raisins, Currants, Suet, Breadcrumbs, Apples, & Sugar, each 4 lb, which makes [continued]
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24 lb of mince meat, to which is added a pint & a half of Brandy, & a bottle of White wine, Citron, & candied lemon peel, added when the pies are made.
Infusion of Roses.
2 Drachms of Rose leaves, one Drachm of diluted Sulphuric acid. one Quart of Boiling water let it stand in a covered vessel until cold.
Black Dose!
3 Drachms of Soluble Tartar 2 Oz of Senna tea or [“2 Drams of”, inserted above] Tincture of Senna, 6 Drachms Decoction of Aloes 2 Drachms of Spirits of nitre — Half to be taken in the morning & the remainder in 3 hours if necessary.
Mr Thane [?] 51 Curzon Street Mayfair a good Man Cook recommended by Mrs Dixon
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For Violent Pain after delivery
Laudanum 80 Drops Water 4 Table spoonsful, Sweet Spirits of Nitre 2 Drams, mixed together, a Table spoonful to be taken when in much pain If the Bowells are confined give Castor Oil
For Mrs Elwes after miscarriage with a swelled Leg Mr Seager
× 2 Drams of Colombo root half a pint of Boiling Water let it stand one hour & then strain it, three Table spoonsful to be taken three times a day with 20 Drops of diluted Sulphuric Acid
One Ounce of Laudanum in a pint of Mindererus’ Spirit, to be applied on a compress of Linen to the Groin & upper part of the thigh constantly. —
For the Nettle Rash. Mr Clark
[In margin: “Child 5 yrs old”]
One Small teaspoonful of Magnesia & 10 drops of Sal: Volatile in a Wine Glass of Camomile Tea twice a day
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[Written vertically in the left margin: “a dessert spoonful of Ipecacuanha Wine equal to 6 grains of the Powder” and “4 years old give 3 Drams of Spi. of Mindererus, 6 drops Antimonial Wine, & 8 drops of Camphorated Spi. 3 times a day if the Tongue is dry —” followed by “Mr Joy”]
For a common cold a child 7 or 8 years old to be taken at night & once in the day Mr Joy
½ an oz: Mindererus Spirit
12 drops Antimonial Wine
10 drops Camphorated Spirits
1½ oz: Water
If costive give Epsom Salts
Emetic for a child 5 years old
5 Grs Ipecacuanha Powder to be repeat in ¾ of an hour if no effect has taken place
For relaxed Bowells in children about 4 or 5 yrs old
4 Grains Rhubarb 2 of Ginger, in peppermint water; if this has not the desired effect give of Toasted Rhubarb & Ginger each 2 Grains, Laudanum 2 drops twice a day if the motions are accompanied by Mr Joy Mucus [“Mr Joy” also in margin]
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it may be taken in Infusion of Calumbo — Infusion of Calumbo on the other side × [In margin: “Mr Joy”]
For confined Bowells give one Dram Epsom Salts 3 Grs Rhubarb
For white motions 5 Grs Rhubarb & one of Calomel for 5 yrs old
To make Yeast with Hops
Boil an oz: of Hops in 2 Quarts of Water till the strength is extracted, then run it thro’ a Sieve upon as much flour as will make it the thickness of Gruel add 2 table spoonsful of moist Sugar & a small one of Salt — Pour this mixture upon a small quantity of good ale yeast for the first time, afterwards reserve a good tea cup full to make more it answers as well as any other yeast In baking, the right proportion
[continued]
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of this yeast is one cup of it to six of water; allow the bread to rise to the Top of the Pan before you put it in the Oven — In warm weather this yeast must be made once in a week & kept in a Bottle in the Cellar in cold weather it may be kept any where, This quantity makes 24 lbs of Bread ~
Vegetable Chimney Ornament
In Winter an elegant chimney ornament may be formed by cutting the head or thick end of a carrot containing the bud & placing it in a shallow vessel with water, young & delicate leaves will unfold themselves forming a radiated tuft of a very handsome appearance and heightened by contrast with the Season of the year —
Eye water for a violent inflamation Mr Joy for Child
20 drops Goulard Extract in 8 ounces soft cold water
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For a violent cold & pains in the Bones &c
6 Drams Mindererus’ Spirit
30 Drops Antimonial Wine } Mr Joy
20 Drops Camphorated Spr: } twice a Day
One ounce of Water } for an Adult
Lip Salve Mrs King
4 oz of Unsalted Butter 3 oz white wax ¼ oz Storax ¼ oz Gum Benzoin ¼ oz Alcony [i.e. Alkanet] Root one Pippin sliced & 10 Table spoonsful of White Wine let it boil till it is a good color then strain it off — [Added in a smaller hand: “Strained Storax”]
For Margaret when she had a Swelling upon her neck
Two Leeches to the neck & to take 6 Drops of antimonial Wine a teaspoonful of Mindererus’ Spirit & two table spoonsful of Senna tea twice a day, mild Diet no meat Wine or Beer she was nearly 3 yrs old
+ 2 Tablespoons full of Senna tea
[the + refers back to the correction above]
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For thread worms (Ascarides)
½ an ounce of Wine of Aloes
½ a dram of Venice Turpentine
in ½ a pint of thin Gruel
given as an Injection two or 3 times with some days Interval — Mr Seager
Camphor Julep
1 Dram of Camphor Bruised in a mortar with a little Spr. of Wine 1 Pint of boiling water the Teapot or jug to be closely stopped, when cold strain it off, take a wine Glass full occasionally Miss Mulligan [?]
For Cough which Sus. & Emily had very bad in the Spring of 1828
Ipecacuanha Wine 2 drachms
Sweet Spr. Nitre 3 drachms
Syrup of Poppies ½ an ounce
Milk of Almonds ½ a pint
Two Table spoonsful every six hours very good Mr Seager
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[“1828” written at the head of the page]
Cooling drink for a Cough
1 Tea spoonful Nitre in ½ a pint of St Liquorice Tea Mr Seager
For Mr Elwes a bad cold
5 Grs Rhubarb 10 Grs Carbonate Soda twice a day Mr Seager
For the Nettle Rash or Rose
Elder flower water luke warm as an application
A Tea spoon full Epsom Salts ½ a dram of Carbonate of Potass in 3 Table spoonsfull of Water with one Table spoonsfull of Lemon juice once daily for a child 5 yrs old Mr Seager
For a violent Purging Mr Seager
one Drachm of Compound Cretaceous Powder ½ a drachm Carbonate of Soda in 6 ounces of Water Two Tablespoonsfull after every loose motion for an Adult very good
1 Gallon of Spring Water poured upon 1 lb of quick Lime (Lime Water Mr Seager
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To boil Iceland Moss
Put 1 ounce of Moss to one quart of water let it boil slowly to one pint, press & strain the Moss when hot
An alterative for children 12 yrs old
one Dram Epsom Salts } every morning
6 Grs Magnesia } in a Glass of cold
10 drops Antimonial Wine } camomile Tea
For a violent purging (Child 5 yrs old
Pour upon 2 drams of Rose Leaves half a pint of boiling water, in 10 minutes add 30 drops of diluted Vitriolic Acid, strain when cold & add ¾ of an ounce of Epsom Salts & 30 drops Antimonial wine take at first 2 Tablespoonsfull every 4 hours & then a Dessert spoonful 3 times a day
For a Cold & fever give 1 Gr. Calomel 2 grs antimonial Powder 2 nights.
For Asthma [spelt “Astmah”]
4 Grs Galbanum (compound) Pill 2 Pills (4 Grs each) 3 times a day
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Cream Cheese.
One pint of cream made new milk warm then add one large spoonful of rennet, & let it stand till it is set — after that spread a napkin over a small sieve, & pour the same upon it. Let it stand one day, turn it. After two days more put it into a cheese vat with a napkin & make it what size you please. Lady Somers.
Another
Put a quart of thick cream in a napkin, & this in a cloth & bury it 24 hours. Mrs Money.
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The harvest bug (Acarus autumnalis) in some districts, is now (September) very troublesome and disagreable, producing red inflamed wheals and intolerable itching. The best cure, it is said, for the bite, is the Spirit of Hartshorn, but the elder ointment offers the most speedy means of allaying the itching and pain. Tincture of camphor has also been recommended. The insect itself is so very small as to be nearly imperceptible without the aid of the microscope. — Emily Elwes.
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[No heading; the entry begins at the top of the page]
¼ of an oz: Rose Leaves ½ a pint of boiling water add 30 drops of Vitriolic Acid, take 1 ounce every six hours, with 8 Grains of purified Nitre. Mr Seager’s (to prevent Miscarriage) Mrs E. March 1829
Elder berry Wine
Boil ten gallons of elder berries all picked, in 12 gallons of Water for about ¾ of an hour strain off the liquor & press the fruit, to every gallon of Liquor put 2 lbs of moist sugar & ginger in proportion of one ounce to 5 Gallons boil it an hour & then pour it off into an open Tub, when the liquor is cold put into it a Toast spread with yeast & let it stand three days stirring it twice a day, put yr Liquor into a vessel that will just hold it & in a month afterwards add a lb of Raisins to every Gallon Let it stand till Mar. & it will be fit for Bottling & for use — Mrs Brown
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Stone color wash for buildings
To 2 Pecks of fresh slacked lime
Add 1 Peck of Roman Cement
3 Pounds of blue black
5 Pounds of Spanish Umber finely powdered.
Mix them together with strong lime-water for use.
The walls to be well cleaned before the Wash is laid on.
Iceland Moss Jelly
Take Iceland Moss 4 ounces
Isinglass ½ ounce
Water 1 Quart
Sugar to make it pleasant
Boil it to a jelly & strain it Beavan [?]
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For a cough in Windpipe [In a box to the left: “Borton” [?]]
Boil 2 oz: Spanish Liquorice in a quart of water till reduced to a pint & when it is blood warm add a Lump of Nitre take a table spoon full 3 times a day or when the cough is troublesome
A Strengthening medicine for Charlotte when she had a large hard stomach & complained of headach (Mr Seager)
One Grain Rhubarb one grain of Alloes & 2 grains of carbonate of Iron twice or 3 times daily, according to the effect on the Bowels, a wine Glass full of cold camomile Tea to be taken after each Powder
To make Spermaceti [“Goulard”, inserted above] Ointment (Seager
½ an ounce of Spermaceti Ointment with one Dram of Goulard mixed very carefully into it as an application to an inflamed part or Lump
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[No heading]
2 ounces of Lapis Calaminaris in powder (put into a muslin Bag)
For Emily’s cough Feb 1830 Mr Seager
Two teaspoonsful of Syrup of Squills 10 Drops of Ipecacuanha wine three times daily (very good
For Relaxed Bowels in Infants or Green motions
Put one Tea spoon full of powdered Rhubarb & one Do of Carbonate of Magnesia in 2 ounces of Dill-water, shake the Bottle & give the child a small tea spoon of the above 2 or 3 times a day in a little warm water & sugar, when you give it add 3 Drops. Sal. Volatile this is the quantity for a child from 4 to 8 months old — Nurse Jones
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For a cold with fever or sore throat & costive
6 Tea spoons full Epsom Salts 6 Do Do sweet spr: Nitre & one of Do Do Antimonial wine put into a pint of Spring water give 2 Table spoons every 3 [figure altered, possibly from 8] hours till it operates — Mr Seager
For children when costive
a bit of Manna
carbonate of Magnesia
3 drops Salvolatile in warm water
For weaning children
4 oz: lean Veal 1 Quart of Water let it simmer till it is reduced to a pint mix when cold strain it & mix one tea spoon full of cream with it & lump sugar once a day at first for Supper
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Wafers
3 Spoonfuls of flour
2 do of fine Sugar 2 Eggs
A table Spoonful of orange flower water, a little clarified butter mix it up with water
Sponge Cake
12 Eggs, whites left out, 1 lb of best loaf Sug. ½ lb of flour, warmed & sifted, not to be put in untill the Cake is going into the Oven, the Sug to be sifted over the top
To dry Cherries
to 10 lbs of Stoned cherries put 3 lbs of Sug beat & sifted shake the Cherries & Sug well together, set them on the fire & when the Sug is well melted let them boil a little then put them into an Earthen Pot & Cover them close till the next day, then scald them but do not let them boil, & when cold lay them on sieves, put [continued]
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them into an Oven not too hot let them, let them stand all night, turn them & put them in again, let the Oven be of a moderate heat, when they are dry keep them in Boxes dry & close, but no paper between them.
Ginger Cakes.
4 ozs of flour 3 ozs of Ginger 3 do of Sug. 2 oz of Butter, 1 Spoonful of Cream.
To preserve Melons
Take a Melon that is quite ripe, peel & quarter it, put it into Cold water & let it stand till quite mouldy, wipe off the mould put it into fresh Cold water over the fire coddle them some time but do not let them boil make a Syrup put the Melon in, boil it a short time, then put it in a preserving Pot, boil the Syrup every other day for a week the last time you boil it put into it the peel & juice of a Lemon & 2 oz of powdered Ginger in a muslin bag, cover it close with a bladder
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Pickled Walnuts —
When the Walnuts are full grown & will admit of a Pin to go through them with ease, they are in good order for Pickling, put them in a strong Brine of salt & water for 8 days to get all the bitter out of them, change the Pickle 3 times to make them a good black, then put them on the back of a large Sieve in the Sun for a day, boil as much Vinegar as will cover them well put about 2 oz of bay salt to a Gallon of Vinegar boil it a quarter of an hour put it over the Walnuts & cover the Jar down very close with a clean Cloth for one 100 of Walnuts put 2 oz of white Pepper, 2 oz of white Mustard seed 4 oz of whole ginger, a stick of horse radish scraped clean & cut in slices, 2 oz of allspice 2 oz of long Pepper, 1 oz of Mace & a few bay leaves Boil all in a quart of Vinegar for ½ an hour, about 5 minutes before you take it off the fire, put a ¼ of a lb of Shalots & 2 cloves of Garlic when cold put it [continued]
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to the walnuts, tie them over with a bladder & leather —
To make Gaufres —
Take 1 lb of fresh butter 1 lb of fine flour 7 Eggs, mix first the Eggs with the butter, put to it a little Salt, sift the flour over the Eggs & butter add to it a Spoonful of yeast mix all with a pint of double cream, work it well with your hands, put bason [?] on the table till Dinner time, have your Gaufres Irons greasy with fat bacon for the first only after they are all made sift some fine Sug over them just before you send them to table, if the Sugar is put over them too soon it will make them soft
Marlborough Pudding
2 oz of candied orange peel shred fine [6?] oz of lump Sug 6 do of butter melted add the yolks of 6 eggs. A good puff paste in the dish — the orange peel put in & the other ingredients over that Bake it half an hour —
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For preserving Mock Ginger
Take the largest Lettuce Stalks you can get, peel them & cut them in lengths, then boil them in a thin Syrup, till tender, with a good deal of Ginger, then make a thick Syrup & give them another boil, put them with the Ginger into an oval jar.
Gooseberry Cakes.
Boil the fruit enough to pulp mix it with pounded Sug till it will roll out put it in a Cool oven to dry
Seville orange Biscuits —
Pound the orange & add the Sugar Roll them out thin, & bake or rather dry in a Cool oven
Almond Rocks —
Take a lb of Jordan almonds cut them in long pieces, take the whites of 6 Eggs, beat them up with 1 lb of fine Sug till quite stiff then mix the almonds in, & lay on wafer paper & bake in a Slow Oven
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Walnut Ketchup —
100 Green walnuts well pounded add 2 lb of Shallots cut fine 1 lb of Salt, & a pint & ½ of vinegar, let it stand covered a week, stir it daily, press it through a flannel bag when it is settled & quite clean, pound pour it off & boil it an hour with 2 Nutmegs sliced 1 oz of mace, 2 oz of whole pepper when cold Bottle but do not cork it for 2 or 3 days —
Dry biscuits.
1 lb of flour, 1 oz of butter & a little salt mixed with new milk, made into biscuits & baked in a quick oven
Ginger wine
9 [figure altered; possibly 2] gallons water, 28 lbs Lump Sug 12 Seville oranges, 12 lemons, 1 lb ginger, boil the Sug & water up an hour, well skimming it, have ready in your cask the Ginger well bruised & the peel of the fruit, put the boiling liquor into the cask, when milk warm, put half a pint of yeast & when it has done working [continued]
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add ½ an oz of Isinglass, bung it down & it will be fit for use in 3 weeks months
Rock Cakes
a lb of flour, 6 oz of butter, 6 oz of Sug & same of currants, mix all together with 2 eggs & a little warm milk, drop some on tins & sift sugar on the top
Lemon Pudding
¼ of a lb of butter put into a Stew pan well [“when”, inserted above in pencil] melted, add a ¼ of a lb of lump Sug. grate the peel of 2 lemons, the juice of 1 beat in 4 eggs, lay paste in the dish
To pickle onions —
Lay them in salt & water 2 days dry them in a cloth & boil them up up in the best Vinegar
Ratafee Cheesecakes —
3 oz of Sweet almonds, 1 oz of and ½ of bitter, blanch & pound fine with the white of eggs, beat the yolk and white of another Egg, & mix [“with”, inserted below] the [continued]
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above 8 ozs of pounded Sug, mix all well together, till they are going to be put into the Oven
To Cure Bacon
[Pencil additions: “3/4” before the heading and “1½ Bay Salt” after it]
Half a pound of Salt Petre & a peck & a half of Salt to a pig of 16 Score — To be well rubbed in the first time, then rubbed in with half a peck of salt every week for one fortnight, to be turned every rubbing, & three times is sufficient. Then hang it up in a Chimney 3 weeks, then put in on a rack until quite dry & then kept in Chaff in a dry place
[The next entry is on a separate slip of paper pasted onto the page]
For A Scald —
One tea spoonful of Goulard Extract of lead in about two tablespoonsfull of cream
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To make Acidulated Kali for colds
5 oz of the finest loaf Sugar rubbed in a Mortar with 10 drops of Essence of Lemon 2 oz & ½ of Carbonate of Soda 2 oz of Tartaric Acid This last should be pounded fine as it is apt to be lumpy & mix all well together & put one large tea spoonful into 4 large Table spoonfuls of Water & take it 3 or 4 times a day. When you feel a cold first beginning & it will seldom fail to stop it.
Keep it in a Bottle with a glass stopper & also tie a paper over the stopper as it loses its goodness by exposure to the air —
Novr 38 4 Ozs Loaf Sugar
2 Carbonate Soda
2 Tartaric Acid
5 Drops Essence of Lemon
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Paste for Chapped Hands
Wash 4 lb of fresh hogs lard in soft & then in rose water, then put it into a Mortar with the yolks of two new laid eggs & a large spoonful of honey & 3 Ozs of Almond powder, beat it well & add a few drops of Essence of Lemon Miss Holdsworth
Marrow Pomatum
Melt down the Marrow by the fire, strain it through a muslin Melt it again three times, beat it well between each melting, the last time add enough salad oil to make it soft, Put a few drops of essence into it & let it stand till it is cold
1840
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For Influenza from Sir C M Clarke
2 Drams of Nitre
2 Scruples Camphor
4 Drams Epsom Salts
The Camphor to be pounded in a Morter with a few drops of Spirits of Wine the other ingredients then added & the whole disolved in a pint of cold water
3 Table Spoonfuls to be taken every four hours by a grown up person, graduating the dose downwards for younger subjects, keeping the patient in bed if in pain
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For a Cough from Sir C M Clarke. by Mrs T H Elwes
Simple Oxymel 2 Drams
Mucilage of Gum arabic 6 Drams
Syrup of Balsam of Tolu 1 Oz
Mix & take 2 teaspoonfuls occasionally when the cough is troublesome
[The next entry is on a separate slip of paper pasted onto the page, in another hand]
Cough Mixture
5 oz of Honney 6 oz of treacle 6 oz of the Best Vinnegar put in a jar and the Jar Put in water Let it simmer Half an hour When Cold Add 2 drams of Ipecacuanha
[At foot of slip, partly cut off: “...rom Mrs T H C Elwes” followed by a figure, possibly “29”]
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For Slight Cholera
8 Grains Rhubarb
8 Grains Magnesia
Aromatic Confection the size of a common nut
5 Drops Essence Cinnamon
5 Drops Laudanum
3 Drops Essence Peppermint
1 Oz & ½ Mint water
For Lumbago &c
Mix Spirits of Salamoniac & Goose Grease well until it forms a Liniment (or Salad oil will do if Goose Grease cannot be had) Rub the back for ten minutes night & Morning, & wear a piece of double flannel over the part that’s painful
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