Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
Anodyne Fomentation
From Consult me, 1902
Serves 6
Effective for acute pain relief.
A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record
Ingredients
- Take of white poppy-heads, two ounces
- elder flowers, half an ounce
- water, three pints
Method
Boil till one pint is evaporated, and strain out the liquor.
This fomentation relieves acute pain.
If the affected part is very painful, add forty drops of Laudanum, and 30 drops of Tincture of Cayenne.
As published
This recipe was extracted from Consult me (1902) by Robert Kemp Philp, page 17. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
ANODYNE FOMENTA- TI ON — Take of white poppy-heads, two ounces ; elder flowers, half an ounce ; water, three pints
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