Robby Raccoon
Trash Digger
Most of you know of the common Magnetic Oil, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and Piso's Cure, all produced for many years; but who knows what was in them? For accuracy's sake, I've retained format and such. " = Same As Above (in reference to amount/oil), just as the writer wrote it.
It is not worth trying to post a picture of, as it is so faint, but here is the recipe for a Magnetic Ointment (assuming similarities) I found in a note-book from 1870 (used into the 1900s for recipes though this is on the earlier side of it) :
1 lb Tobacco
1/2 " Raisins
1/2 " Lard
Soak Tobacco + Raisins over night, Then stew the juice in the Lard.
Above that was also a liniment recipe:
Oil of Cedar 2 oz
Snacel oil (I think) "
Spirits of Turpentine 2 "
Harts Horn 2 "
Camphor 1/2 "
Also, Life Drops:
1 Oz Oil Peppermint
1 " " anice
1 " " Cloves
4 Oz alcohol
2 " Compound Spirits of Lavender
Dose from ten to thirty drops, for pain in stomach or bowels
Cure for Dyspepsia:
3 oz Carbonate of Soda
2 " Substrate (I think) of Bismuth
1 " Malts Pepsine. Mix.
Dose 1 Teaspoonful after each meal.
Liniment for Rheumatism:
1 oz Oil of Spike
1 " " wormwood
2 " " cedar
2 " " organum
3 " " Hartshorn
1 " " (?rum) Camphor
2 " " Tincture Arnica
1 gal alcohol
1 Tablespoon 4 times a day
Cure for Dropsy:
2 oz Gentian Root
2 " (??euassia) Root
1 " Valarian Root
2 Drachms Cochineal
Put in 2 gals of water. Boil down to one gal in a brass or iron kettle then strain + add 1 pt Gin. Dose. Half a wine glass 3 times a day before meals.
Written at a different time as pen turns to pencil:
For Cough or Consumption:
2 Tablespoons Skunk Cabbage Root- grated
1 " Elecamphore
1 " Wild Turnip
Mix with (??pone).
1 Teaspoonful 3 times a day
Piso's Cure
Oil of almonds 1 Dram
" ' Anico 1 "
Balsam of Tolu 1 "
Balsam of Fir 1 "
Alcohol 1 oz
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral:
4 grms acetate of Morphia
2 drams Fine Bloodroot
3 " antimonial wine
3 " Wine of Epiccae(?) (?anna)
3 oz Syrup of Wild Cherry
For Cough and Bronchitis:
1/2 lb of sarsaparilla Root
1/4 " sassafras
1/2 oz Wintergreen Essence
Boil 4 hours in 2 qrts water in a covered tin vessel, then strain + add 2 lbs sugar, 1/4th pint French Brandy
Dose 1 tablespoonful 1/2 hour before meals.
They go on. Apparently butter is a major ingredient in curing Piles! LOL. I'd keep typing them out, but the faded inks ad pencil are difficult to read. It may be worth scanning if ever I modernise to a scanner-printer.
It is not worth trying to post a picture of, as it is so faint, but here is the recipe for a Magnetic Ointment (assuming similarities) I found in a note-book from 1870 (used into the 1900s for recipes though this is on the earlier side of it) :
1 lb Tobacco
1/2 " Raisins
1/2 " Lard
Soak Tobacco + Raisins over night, Then stew the juice in the Lard.
Above that was also a liniment recipe:
Oil of Cedar 2 oz
Snacel oil (I think) "
Spirits of Turpentine 2 "
Harts Horn 2 "
Camphor 1/2 "
Also, Life Drops:
1 Oz Oil Peppermint
1 " " anice
1 " " Cloves
4 Oz alcohol
2 " Compound Spirits of Lavender
Dose from ten to thirty drops, for pain in stomach or bowels
Cure for Dyspepsia:
3 oz Carbonate of Soda
2 " Substrate (I think) of Bismuth
1 " Malts Pepsine. Mix.
Dose 1 Teaspoonful after each meal.
Liniment for Rheumatism:
1 oz Oil of Spike
1 " " wormwood
2 " " cedar
2 " " organum
3 " " Hartshorn
1 " " (?rum) Camphor
2 " " Tincture Arnica
1 gal alcohol
1 Tablespoon 4 times a day
Cure for Dropsy:
2 oz Gentian Root
2 " (??euassia) Root
1 " Valarian Root
2 Drachms Cochineal
Put in 2 gals of water. Boil down to one gal in a brass or iron kettle then strain + add 1 pt Gin. Dose. Half a wine glass 3 times a day before meals.
Written at a different time as pen turns to pencil:
For Cough or Consumption:
2 Tablespoons Skunk Cabbage Root- grated
1 " Elecamphore
1 " Wild Turnip
Mix with (??pone).
1 Teaspoonful 3 times a day
Piso's Cure
Oil of almonds 1 Dram
" ' Anico 1 "
Balsam of Tolu 1 "
Balsam of Fir 1 "
Alcohol 1 oz
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral:
4 grms acetate of Morphia
2 drams Fine Bloodroot
3 " antimonial wine
3 " Wine of Epiccae(?) (?anna)
3 oz Syrup of Wild Cherry
For Cough and Bronchitis:
1/2 lb of sarsaparilla Root
1/4 " sassafras
1/2 oz Wintergreen Essence
Boil 4 hours in 2 qrts water in a covered tin vessel, then strain + add 2 lbs sugar, 1/4th pint French Brandy
Dose 1 tablespoonful 1/2 hour before meals.
They go on. Apparently butter is a major ingredient in curing Piles! LOL. I'd keep typing them out, but the faded inks ad pencil are difficult to read. It may be worth scanning if ever I modernise to a scanner-printer.