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127 Coughs - Whooping Nothing so so necessary as often repeated, gentle Emetics - & constant change of air. Excellent recipe for a cough, or any cold caught by the sudden changes of the weather Take - 4 ounces of Angelica root - or seed 4 ounces of Wood Botany - (not the root) (or four ounces of wood sage) a handful of dried Baum - boil these together in a quart of water till reduced to a pint, then add as much liquid narbonne honey as it will make it very sweet indeed - of this take [[underline]] 3 table spoonfuls [[/underline]], at least [[underline]] 3 or 4 [[/underline]] times a day, especially at bed time. drink for my Girl by Dr Pitcairn Janry 19th 1809 in her cough one ounce of Blanched Almonds, pounded very fine in a pint of Water of cold Water then strained.
