Transcribe
Translate
Emma Cornelia Ricketson cookbook manuscript, New Bedford, December 1862
Page 139
More information
digital collection
archival collection guide
transcription tips
How to stop Blood. Ed. Take the fine dust of tea or the scrapings of the inside of tanned leather & bind it close upon the wound & the blood will soon cease to flow - after it has ceased apply laudanum. Cobwebs are also excellent. Tooth-ache. Do. Equal quantities of alum & Salt wet a small piece of cotton (or any other man) causing the powder to adhere & placed it in the hollow of the tooth. For a Cough. Steamboats friend Take 1 pt bowl hops to 1 qt water boil it down to a pint - add to this - 1 oz of manna 1 of Black liquorice - 1/2 oz gum arabic, sweeten with Brown sugar or molasses to taste & take a spoonful, when inclined to cough.
Saving...
prev
next
How to stop Blood. Ed. Take the fine dust of tea or the scrapings of the inside of tanned leather & bind it close upon the wound & the blood will soon cease to flow - after it has ceased apply laudanum. Cobwebs are also excellent. Tooth-ache. Do. Equal quantities of alum & Salt wet a small piece of cotton (or any other man) causing the powder to adhere & placed it in the hollow of the tooth. For a Cough. Steamboats friend Take 1 pt bowl hops to 1 qt water boil it down to a pint - add to this - 1 oz of manna 1 of Black liquorice - 1/2 oz gum arabic, sweeten with Brown sugar or molasses to taste & take a spoonful, when inclined to cough.
Szathmary Culinary Manuscripts and Cookbooks
sidebar
