The Early Modern Matter of Fecal Medicines

Whilst perusing some seventeenth century recipes for medicines I stumbled across a few curious ingredients. Granted, many of the ingredients found in Johanna St. John's recipe book - aside from now common herbs and spices like cinnamon or saffron - might look odd to the modern eye. Some of the...

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Main Author: Cey, Jonathan
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:French
Published: The Recipes Project 2012
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art
anthro-se
Sperm whale
Online Access:http://recipes.hypotheses.org/552
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spelling fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:10670/1.4pz9ti 2023-05-15T18:26:40+02:00 The Early Modern Matter of Fecal Medicines Cey, Jonathan 2012-12-11 http://recipes.hypotheses.org/552 fr fre The Recipes Project 10670/1.4pz9ti http://recipes.hypotheses.org/552 The Recipes Project art anthro-se Blog post https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6947/ 2012 fttriple 2023-01-22T17:26:58Z Whilst perusing some seventeenth century recipes for medicines I stumbled across a few curious ingredients. Granted, many of the ingredients found in Johanna St. John's recipe book - aside from now common herbs and spices like cinnamon or saffron - might look odd to the modern eye. Some of the ingredients that struck me were spermaceti (sperm whale fat); the sole of an old but clean shoe, burnt to ashes; a crab's eyes, and the black tips of its claws. As I read I couldn't help but assume that. Other/Unknown Material Sperm whale Unknown
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The Early Modern Matter of Fecal Medicines
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description Whilst perusing some seventeenth century recipes for medicines I stumbled across a few curious ingredients. Granted, many of the ingredients found in Johanna St. John's recipe book - aside from now common herbs and spices like cinnamon or saffron - might look odd to the modern eye. Some of the ingredients that struck me were spermaceti (sperm whale fat); the sole of an old but clean shoe, burnt to ashes; a crab's eyes, and the black tips of its claws. As I read I couldn't help but assume that.
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