Originalrezept:
Boil three Handfuls of Ground-Ivy, which is also known by the Name Allhoofe, in a Bottle of White-wine, (having first cut the Herbs small) till it is near half consumed; then, after you have strain’d it, put six Ounces of Sallad-Oil, and boil it again till it thickens like an Ointment, with which, when you want to use it, being warm’d, you anoint the Head of the Patient in the Seam eight or nine Times, then apply the Ground-Ivy as you do a Poultiss, taking good Care to secure it well on by tying.
N.B. This Receipt cur’d Threescore Persons successively, in then Days Time.
Übersetzung:
Lady Huntingdons Mittel gegen den Wahnsinn (Raserei)
Transkription:
Marlene Ernst
Zitierempfehlung:
Marlene Ernst (Transkription): "Lady Huntingdon’s Receipt to cure the Frenzy", in: Mrs. Eales Compleat Confectioner (1718-1742), Teil 2, S. 103,
online unter: https://www.historische-esskultur.at/rezeptforschung/?rdb_rezepte=lady-huntingdons-receipt-to-cure-the-frenzy (25.11.2024).
Datenbankeintrag erstellt von Marlene Ernst.