A cordial Caudle

Historical preparation record

This formula was extracted from a rights-cleared historical primary source and is preserved as an archival record. Historical terminology, identity, strength and safety require modern interpretation.

Source: The plain English dispensatory; containing the natural history and medicinal virtues of the principal simples now in use. Also all the compositions in the three dispensatories of London, Edinburgh, and Dr. Fuller; the history of the incorporation of the College of Physicians of London: of the principal chymists; of the venereal disease; of the circulation of the blood; and other important subjects by Colborne, Robert, active 1753 (1753), paragraph-3591.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• twelve fweet Almonds beaten in a Mortar ; two yolks of Eggs
• Work them about well together, then ftrain, and add C'onfe&ion of Al- kermes, two Drams, and Oil of Cinnamon, two Drops
• the Pith of an Ox’s Back out of its Skin, half a Pound
• Rofe-water, and Tent Wine, each a Pint ; ten Dates minced fmall ; twenty four Raifins of the Sun ftoned, and Cinnamon, two Drams ; let them ftand ftewing in a Bath-heat fix Hours, then ftrain, and add to fix Ounces of it the Yolk of an Egg, and Nutmeg and Sugar, a fufficient Quantity to make it pa¬ latable
• Tent Wine, two Quarts ; white Saunders, and Acorn -cups, of each half an Ounce ; candied Eringo-roots, Dates, and Figs, of each four Oun¬ ces
• Archangel, two Handfuls : .Boil to a Quart, ftrain it, and while it is a little warm, add the Y oiks of four Eggs, and white Sugar-candy, an Ounce :
• Sena, four Ounces
• Juniper-berries bruifed, two Ounces

Method as extracted

1. Take twelve fweet Almonds beaten in a Mortar ; two yolks of Eggs ;
2. Take the Pith of an Ox’s Back out of its Skin, half a Pound ;
3. Take Tent Wine, two Quarts ; white Saunders, and Acorn -cups, of each half an Ounce ; candied Eringo-roots, Dates, and Figs, of each four Oun¬ ces ;
4. Mix them.
5. Take Sena, four Ounces ;

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