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Francis Smith medical recipe book, 1704
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131 A medicine for a fellon of any finger Take as much bay salt as an egg wind it in gray paper lay it in ye embers a quarter of an hour then then beat it in a morter very fine then take ye yolk of a new laid egg beat it with this pouder until it be very stiffe spread it upon a cloth lay it upon the place twenty four hours and so dresse it three times. For a pin and web in the Eye Take ye white of an egg beat it to oyle put thereto a quarter of a spoonfull of English honey, half a handfull of the inner rind of a yound hazel half a handfull of daisie leaves beat them together in a morter and put thereto one spoonfull
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131 A medicine for a fellon of any finger Take as much bay salt as an egg wind it in gray paper lay it in ye embers a quarter of an hour then then beat it in a morter very fine then take ye yolk of a new laid egg beat it with this pouder until it be very stiffe spread it upon a cloth lay it upon the place twenty four hours and so dresse it three times. For a pin and web in the Eye Take ye white of an egg beat it to oyle put thereto a quarter of a spoonfull of English honey, half a handfull of the inner rind of a yound hazel half a handfull of daisie leaves beat them together in a morter and put thereto one spoonfull
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