Recipe Book compiled by William Ordway
Level of description
Fonds
Reference code
A.1996.0005
Date
10/8/1737 - 1745
Scope and content
Formula book compiled possibly by William Ordway. The book contains recipes for Aqua, Aqua Mirabilis, Almond Cream, Asthma, Bite of a Mad Dog, Bitten Draught, Colic, Consumption, Cough & Chin Cough, Cordial Water, Cinnamon, Cheese, Cement, Diet Drinks, Diascordium, Dropsy, Daffey Elixir, Drinks instead of Beer, Eye Sores, Fever. Fits, Flu, Fish Sauce and Milk Water for a Fever, and cures for Gout and Ricketts. The book also has examples of handwriting exercises in the front pages.
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Not Permitted
Language
English, French