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Ginger Bread
One oz of grated Ginger put it into a lb of flour well dried, take 1/2 lb of butter and a lb of moist sugar rub them well together pour in a sufficient quantity of cold water to make a stiff paste roll them out thin make them what shape you please bake them on tins in a slow oven
Mr Osley surgeon Pompret receipe for making Imperial Water
Take 2 drachm of cream of Tarter, 2 lb of fine powder sugar boil it for ten minutes with 6 qts of water pour it hot upon two lemons skins when new milk warm add a little yest spread on a thin toast & after it has stood for six days, bottle it for use-
Worm Powder
Senna leaves- Indian pink root- coral prepard of each 6 oz- saffron 1 oz- all these are to be beat well in a mortor to a fine powder- then take 1 oz of this powder and put it into a lb of treacle and give the patient one teaspoonful morning and night- the patient need not alter his diet- or mode of living

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Ginger Bread One oz of grated Ginger put it into a lb of flour well dried, take 1/2 lb of butter and a lb of moist sugar rub them well together pour in a sufficient quantity of cold water to make a stiff paste roll them out thin make them what shape you please bake them on tins in a slow oven Mr Osley surgeon Pompret receipe for making Imperial Water Take 2 drachm of cream of Tarter, 2 lb of fine powder sugar boil it for ten minutes with 6 qts of water pour it hot upon two lemons skins when new milk warm add a little yest spread on a thin toast & after it has stood for six days, bottle it for use- Worm Powder Senna leaves- Indian pink root- coral prepard of each 6 oz- saffron 1 oz- all these are to be beat well in a mortor to a fine powder- then take 1 oz of this powder and put it into a lb of treacle and give the patient one teaspoonful morning and night- the patient need not alter his diet- or mode of living