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Syrup of Lemons

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Source: The farrier's dispensatory. In three parts. Containing first, a description of the medicinal simples commonly made use of in the diseases of horses ... Secondly, the preparations of simples, vegetable, animal, and mineral ... Thirdly, a number of useful compositions and receipts suited to the cure of all diseases. To which is also added, a compleat index of all the medicines contained in the book ... with a table of diseases pointing to the remedies proper in each malady by Gibson, W. (William), 1680?-1750 (1734), narrative-offset-595965.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Lemons: Camomile Flowers one 4 Handfhl, the yellow Peel of Se- * vil Oranges one Ounce

Method as extracted

  1. Mix according to the source passage: But the Rea¬ der may confult the fird Part concerning the Operation of Sim¬ ples, where their Virtues are treated of fingly, as alfo fome of the preceding Sedlions, where the lame Things are exhibited in the Form of Balls and Pow¬ ders, &c. 4 Take Camomile Flowers one 4 Handfhl, the yellow Peel of Se- * vil Oranges one Ounce ; boil 4 them in a Quart of Water, to 4 the Confumption of half a 4 Pint ; pour off the Infulion, 4 and add to it two Ounces of 4 Syrup of Lemons, or fqueeze 4 the Juice of one Lemon into 4 it, and give it your Horfe after 4 he has Itood fome time without 4 eating: Or, II yitilts a 4 Take a Handful of Sage, half 4 a Handful of Camomile ; boil 4 or infufe them, as above dire£t- 4 ed, and add two Ounces of Sy~ 4 rup of Vinegar, or an Ounce 4 of Vinegar, with a little Loaf- 4 Sugar, and a little Spice, Either of thefe may be given to a Horfe that has loft his Appe¬ tite, by Reafon of extraordinary Heat, or after hard Riding, or in a fimple Fever, where the Diforder of the Stomach pro¬ ceeds chiefly from an over-Di- dention of its Veffels.

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Modern safety boundary

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Primary and supporting references

  1. The farrier's dispensatory. In three parts. Containing first, a description of the medicinal simples commonly made use of in the diseases of horses ... Secondly, the preparations of simples, vegetable, animal, and mineral ... Thirdly, a number of useful compositions and receipts suited to the cure of all diseases. To which is also added, a compleat index of all the medicines contained in the book ... with a table of diseases pointing to the remedies proper in each malady — The farrier's dispensatory. In three parts. Containing first, a description of the medicinal simples commonly made use of in the diseases of horses ... Secondly, the preparations of simples, vegetable, animal, and mineral ... Thirdly, a number of useful cPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-595965.
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