Plaster for a Cough
Beat together 1 oz. each, of bees-wax, white Burgundy pitch, and rosin, 1/4 oz. coarse turpentine, 1/2 oz. oil of mace; spread it on white leather, the shape of a heart; when it flies off, renew it, two or three times.
Source: The English Housekeeper, Anne Cobbett
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Take equal parts of resin and Burgundy pitch, melt in a tin dipper, and when liquid put in a piece of camphor gum as large as an English walnut, and half that, in size, of opium. Stir till all is dissolved, as it will soon be if kept hot, and when none of the gum is visible spread on thin leather or thick drilling. Apply while warm and it will relieve the pain. These are all excellent, tried remedies.
Source: Audel’s Household Helps, Hints and Receipts
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Equal parts burgundy pitch, beeswax and fresh lard melted together.
Source: The Kansas Home Cook-Book
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