— An excellent remedy for a Cold

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Historical use wording: a Cold

Source: The household book of practical receipts, in the arts, manufactures, and trades, including medicine, pharmacy, and domestic economy ... by Reynolds, Susannah Frances; Hall, William E; University of Leeds. Library (1847), paragraph-3423.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• a large tea-cupful of linseed, two pennyworth of stick-liquorice, and quarter of a pound of sun raisins
• Put these into two quarts of soft water, and let it simmer over a slow fire till it is reduced to one ; then add to it a quarter of a pound of brown sugar-candy (pounded), a table spoonful of old rum, and a table spoonful of the best white-wine vinegar, or lemon-juice
• 84:G.— Simplest method of making a Water Bath Get a glazed earthen pot, capable of hold- ing two quarts, take a good sized saucepan, or, if it enn be had, a large sized stew or preserve pan, would be preferable; half fill it with water, and place the earthen pot (which holds the ingredients) in it, which forms at once a water bath

Method as extracted

1. Take a large tea-cupful of linseed, two pennyworth of stick-liquorice, and quarter of a pound of sun raisins.
2. Put these into two quarts of soft water, and let it simmer over a slow fire till it is reduced to one ; then add to it a quarter of a pound of brown sugar-candy (pounded), a table spoonful of old rum, and a table spoonful of the best white-wine vinegar, or lemon-juice.
3. Drink half a pint at going to bed, and take a little when the cough is trou- blesome.

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