A 10" x 6" page that appears to have been removed from a ledger or journal with two entries that appear to be in different hands.
The first is a cure for hydrophobia that entails mixing elecampane root, a puff of madder and a quart of new milk brought to boil in a water bath. This mixture is taken multiple times for several days.
The second is a cure for cancer using white ash branches that have been burned to ash, making a strong lye boil as strong as possible, with lard and flour to make a plaster. Applied to Cancer for 48 hours "the torture endured by the patient is something horrible". This is followed by a half-strength plaster (truncated)
The first is a cure for hydrophobia that entails mixing elecampane root, a puff of madder and a quart of new milk brought to boil in a water bath. This mixture is taken multiple times for several days.
The second is a cure for cancer using white ash branches that have been burned to ash, making a strong lye boil as strong as possible, with lard and flour to make a plaster. Applied to Cancer for 48 hours "the torture endured by the patient is something horrible". This is followed by a half-strength plaster (truncated)