The Duchess of Northumberland's Little Book of Poisons, Potions and Aphrodisiacs
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The Duchess of Northumberland
Jane Northumberland is married to the twelfth Duke of Northumberland and is mistress of Alnwick Castle. The earls and dukes of Northumberland have lived in Alnwick Castle for seven hundred years. The Duchess has spent the last fourteen years creating beautiful public gardens in the grounds of the castle and, because of her fascination with and knowledge of poisons, has created the world-famous Poison Garden. Alnwick Castle and the Alnwick Garden are the most popular tourist destinations in the north of England, attracting more than 800,000 visitors each year.
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The Duchess of Northumberland's Little Book of Poisons, Potions and Aphrodisiacs - The Duchess of Northumberland
Apothecaries’ Measures
= ounce = 8 drams = 31.1g
= dram = 60 grains = 3.89g
gr. = grain = 64.8mg
ana = same amount of each
CONTENTS
Title
Introduction
Edith Beale’s Book of Recipes, 1576
For Sleepe
To Purge the Heade of Melancholie
Of Stinkinge Breathe of the Nostrelles
The Stinckinge of the Mouthe
To Make Heare Growe
For the Colde
A Medicine for a Sore Brest
For a Bathe
To Make Gratia Dei
A Sirupe to Purge Choler and Melancholie
To Make a Man or Woman Sleepe
To Make Manus Christi
To Make a Good Bathe for Women that have Softe Fleshe and Harde Brestes
Stone, Crampe, Freckles
Giddines
A Medicine for the Colde
An Electuary to Cause a Man or Woman to have a Good Memorye
To Make Teethe Whyte
Of Terrible Dreames and Feare in the Sleep
Chafinge of the Skinne
A Water for all Maner of Spottes, Pimples, Tetters Readnes and Wormes in the Face or Other Partes of the Bodye
Oyle of Frogges
To Make one Vente Downewarde
For the Fever
Against the Plague
For the Stone in the Reines
For the Strangurie
To Kill Wormes in the Handes and the Feete
A Graunge Water
For the Canker or Anye Wounde
For St Anthoines Fire which Gathereth Round about a Sore Like a Ringe
For a Man that Hath a Bone Broken in his Heade
For Men that be Broken
To Slea a Canker Worme
To Kill the Goute Wheresoever it be
For a Sore Legge that Hath Bene Longe Sore
A Medecine for to Drincke for the Morfewe
A Sirupe for the