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SWAIM'S VERMIFUGE

8 ingredients 3 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

126
Calories
0g
Protein
14g
Fat
1g
Carbs

Counts 2 of 3 ingredients — the other 1 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
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Spirit 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

  • one ounce
  • three quarts of decoction
  • ten drops of the oil of tansy
  • five drops of the oil of cloves
  • one tablespoonful at night
  • a quart of rectified spirit
  • two ounces
  • cloves

Directions

1

Worm seed, two ounces; valerian, rhubarb, pink root, white agaric, senna, of each one ounce and a half. Boil in sufficient water to yield three quarts of decoction. Now add to it ten drops of the oil of tansy and forty-five drops of the oil of cloves, dissolved in a quart of rectified spirit. Dose: one tablespoonful at night.

2

FAINTING. (Syncope.)

3

Immediately place the person fainting in a lying position, with head lower than body. In this way consciousness returns immediately, while in the erect position it often ends in death.

By F. L. Gillette and Hugo Ziemann · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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