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Saturday 12 November 2005

Treatment for a scald: Sunday's quotation

'I ha' scalded my leg ... run for some creame and sallad oyle.' ...
''Tis but a blister ... I'le take it away with the white of an egg, a little honey, and hogs grease.'

1631 Ben Jonson, Bartholmew Fair act 2 scene 5

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Contributed by Andrew Dalby. Posted at 23:43
Categories: Prescriptions, Quotations