The House-Keeper's Guide and Indian Doctor

1851, and one small book promises ice creams, perfumery, soap, furniture polish, a complete system of doctoring — and model letters for every occasion.

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4 recipes in this part of The House-Keeper's Guide and Indian Doctor.

Rose-water

On a dry day, gather fragrant, fullblown roses; pick off the leaves; to each peck put a quart of water; put the whole in a cold still, and…

Rattlesnake's Bite

Take green hoarhound tops and pound them fine; press out the juice, and let the patient drink a table-spoonful three times a day, before…

Rheumatism

Equal quantities horse-radish roots, elecampane roots, prince's pine leaves, prickly-ash bark, bitter-sweet root bark, wild cherry bark…

Rose Pomatum

Melt one ounce of white wax with one ounce of mutton suet, and add two ounces of sweet oil. Color the mass with alkanet, and perfume with…

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