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TO CURE A GATHERED BREAST

4 ingredients 1 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

145
Calories
1g
Protein
16g
Fat
0g
Carbs

Counts 2 of 5 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 2 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Walnut 1 walnut half (4g) 26
Brandy not in our table 0
Mutton not in our table 0
Tallow not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • half pint linseed oil add half pint brandy
  • a piece of castile soap as large as a walnut
  • a piece of mutton tallow
  • half pint brandy

Directions

1

To half pint linseed oil add half pint brandy, a piece of castile soap as large as a walnut, a piece of mutton tallow and beeswax. Stew them together, and when cold spread it on brown paper, and apply it to the breast. To be kept on until all hardness is dispersed. Cocoa butter is very fine also.

By Gibson, Marietta Fauntleroy Hollyday, "Mrs. C. H. Gibson." · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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