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Mary Carnegie and Susan Gillespie cookbook, 1804-1905

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For [Macked?] or sore Nipples by Dr Thatcher
To dust them [illegible] very often with Magnesia and three or four [illegible] or [make?] Solution of Alum and water - or a decoction of [illegible] Tea applied with two or three folds of Linen for an hour at a time and in the [illegible] the Magnesia If only [Macked?] without the Skin coming off let the [Macks?] be filled with burnt Alum, finely powdered and over them a Linen Rag finely Spread with Cold Cream constantly applied - Great attention to the Bowels - 

For ditto - 
Wash with lime water and dust with Magnesia - JW fosdon - 
Mrs Hutchison recommends dusting with Magnesia, without the lime water to begin from the first. 
For a Sore Throat
A tea spoonful of salt and a tea spoonful of Cayenne pepper to be dissolved in a large tumbler or boiling water then strain it thro' a bit of muslin and gargle three or four times a day - to be used cold - 
JW Hutchison Octber 49

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180 For [Macked?] or sore Nipples by Dr Thatcher To dust them [illegible] very often with Magnesia and three or four [illegible] or [make?] Solution of Alum and water - or a decoction of [illegible] Tea applied with two or three folds of Linen for an hour at a time and in the [illegible] the Magnesia If only [Macked?] without the Skin coming off let the [Macks?] be filled with burnt Alum, finely powdered and over them a Linen Rag finely Spread with Cold Cream constantly applied - Great attention to the Bowels - For ditto - Wash with lime water and dust with Magnesia - JW fosdon - Mrs Hutchison recommends dusting with Magnesia, without the lime water to begin from the first. For a Sore Throat A tea spoonful of salt and a tea spoonful of Cayenne pepper to be dissolved in a large tumbler or boiling water then strain it thro' a bit of muslin and gargle three or four times a day - to be used cold - JW Hutchison Octber 49