A Cure for a Hard Dry Cough
January 19th, 2017
Take of each one table-spoonful — spermaceti grated, honey, and peppermint water; mix all together with the yolks of two eggs in a gallipot. A tea-spoonful to be taken on the tongue, and allowed to be swallowed slowly as it dissolves.
Source: A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes, C.E. Francatelli