[Sca-cooks] plague recipes

[johnna holloway]

You might start with
these from Digby, Kenelm, Sir, 1603-1665.
Title: Choice and experimented receipts in physick 1675

Precautions and Cure, Against the Plague cruelly raging. > The Pomeambar.
• ... ling Reed, &ounce; j.Rhodium Wood,Yellow Sanders,Juniper,Cedar, an
&dram; vj.Lavender flowers,  ...
Precautions and Cure, Against the Plague cruelly raging. > The sweet
sented Pestilential Liquor.
• ...  Galangal, sweet keed,Zedoary,Wood of Rhodium,Juniper, an. &dram;
x.The leaves of dryed Scordium ...
Precautions and Cure, Against the Plague cruelly raging. > The moist
Fume for the Kings Bed-Chamber.
• ... d Bark of Cinnamon, &ounce; j.Sweet Garden-Reed, &ounce;
ij.Rhodium Wood, Juniper Wood, an. &ounce; j. ss.Yellow of Citron-Peel,
Benzoine, an.  ... plus at least another 5 or 6 cures for plague--

These are of course precautionary recipes. Cutting and pasting these 
texts between screens and databases makes one silly at times.

There are as I said recipes that are titled "For Plague" which are what 
recipes for cures to plague like diseases. Recipe titles are funny. I'd 
suggest a browse through the four volumes of Alessio if you feel the need.

Johnnae


Stefan li Rous wrote:

> Can you give me more info about these recipes for the plague? While I do 
> have some information on period poisons, I don't have any period recipes 
> for the plague. :-) Although I guess throwing diseased animals over a 
> city walls with siege engines can be considered a bit of biological 
> warfare.
> Stefan
> --------
> THLord Stefan li Rous