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Francis Smith medical recipe book, 1704
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227 To Stay a Looseness yt happeneth in Child-bed First in ye water you mean to use - quench a bar of steel sundry times then take yt inward barks of ye stoe of ye brambles of ye young Oak of Each a like quantity if you use 3 pints of water a pretty handful of Each bark will Serve finely scraped when they are well boiled yt one pint is wasted Strain your Liquor and make it into Almon milk with unblanched Almons finely grown then with well boiled Ivy thicken youre milk and Other Rice broth and [Scason?] it with Sugar and Cinnamon finely beaten let ye party for bear drink eat there of once in two or three hours a little at once as her stomach will serve.
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227 To Stay a Looseness yt happeneth in Child-bed First in ye water you mean to use - quench a bar of steel sundry times then take yt inward barks of ye stoe of ye brambles of ye young Oak of Each a like quantity if you use 3 pints of water a pretty handful of Each bark will Serve finely scraped when they are well boiled yt one pint is wasted Strain your Liquor and make it into Almon milk with unblanched Almons finely grown then with well boiled Ivy thicken youre milk and Other Rice broth and [Scason?] it with Sugar and Cinnamon finely beaten let ye party for bear drink eat there of once in two or three hours a little at once as her stomach will serve.
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