A cordial Caudle

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Source: A complete English dispensatory: containing the general nature and medicinal virtues of all the simples now in use. With the prescriptions of the most approved authors, as well as of the London and Edinburgh dispensatories ... To which is prefix'd, the history of the ... College of Physicians, London; of the principal chymists; of the venereal diseases; of the circulation of the blood; and other ... subjects by Colborne, Robert (1756), paragraph-3552.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• twelve fweet Almonds beaten in a Mortar ; two yolks of Eggs
• Work .them about well together, then ifrain, and add Confedtion 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-w^ater, 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 fufiicient 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
• Sena, four Ounces
• Juniper-berries bruilcd, 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. 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 ;
5. Mix them.
6. Take Sena, four Ounces ;

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