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Francis Smith medical recipe book, 1704
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Earthen pot of a gallon make a hole in the bottom of it which stop with a cork and a rag and tie a string about the cork into which pot put five pints of pure Oyl olive and 3 pints of Spring water boil this half a quarter of an hour - then melt Eight Ounces of yellow wax in a skillet which put to the Turpentine in the pot take it of the fire and stir them together -- till they be well mingled then.. pluck out the cork and let the water into a platter and the Oyl and turpentine into the wax in a Large bason and set them over the fire stirring them well then pour all out into a Large Earthen pan and when it is through cold melt it again
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Earthen pot of a gallon make a hole in the bottom of it which stop with a cork and a rag and tie a string about the cork into which pot put five pints of pure Oyl olive and 3 pints of Spring water boil this half a quarter of an hour - then melt Eight Ounces of yellow wax in a skillet which put to the Turpentine in the pot take it of the fire and stir them together -- till they be well mingled then.. pluck out the cork and let the water into a platter and the Oyl and turpentine into the wax in a Large bason and set them over the fire stirring them well then pour all out into a Large Earthen pan and when it is through cold melt it again
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