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Francis Smith medical recipe book, 1704
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and then spread it on a fine linen cloth and lay it upon the place six or eight days Dr Eaglestones cure for the small pocks or measles Take a art of ale or beer and seethe it in a skillet and put thereto a good handful of fennel and six figs scraped and cut in pieces two spoonfuls of aniseeds and a little Saffron put all these to the drink and let them seethe together till the Liquor be more then half Consumed and in the Seething scum it cleand and strain it into a bason and when it is cold make a posset of the same drink. Drink this often warm and it will cause the disease to come forth
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and then spread it on a fine linen cloth and lay it upon the place six or eight days Dr Eaglestones cure for the small pocks or measles Take a art of ale or beer and seethe it in a skillet and put thereto a good handful of fennel and six figs scraped and cut in pieces two spoonfuls of aniseeds and a little Saffron put all these to the drink and let them seethe together till the Liquor be more then half Consumed and in the Seething scum it cleand and strain it into a bason and when it is cold make a posset of the same drink. Drink this often warm and it will cause the disease to come forth
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