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Title: Any Budding Chemists/Druggists!?
Post by: roycymru on Friday 17 November 17 10:44 GMT (UK)
Hello

My great, great grandfather William Griffiths, Dyffryn Bach, Pontyberem as well as being a Sawyer/Carpenter was amazingly a druggist/chemist supplying lotions and potions to the people of Pontyberem. Quite where he acquired this knowledge/training from, nobody knows. However, he was in possession of a "A CYCLOPEDIA of DOMESTIC MEDICINE AND SURGERY" within which is a page of recipes, presumably written by William. I was wondering if anyone knew what they might be recipes for!

Regards
Title: Re: Any Budding Chemists/Druggists!?
Post by: PaulineJ on Friday 17 November 17 12:19 GMT (UK)
isn't the "For Psoraisis" a bit of a giveaway?
Title: Re: Any Budding Chemists/Druggists!?
Post by: roycymru on Friday 17 November 17 12:31 GMT (UK)
Now that you say it, Yes, but something I found impossible to decipher from his writing until pointed out. I presume this applies to number 1, how are your deciphering clues for number 2 and 3

Thanks
Title: Re: Any Budding Chemists/Druggists!?
Post by: PaulineJ on Friday 17 November 17 12:36 GMT (UK)
Soft Unguent.

Title: Re: Any Budding Chemists/Druggists!?
Post by: pharmaT on Friday 17 November 17 12:41 GMT (UK)
The first ingredient in number 2 is citric acid, struggling with the writing though.
Title: Re: Any Budding Chemists/Druggists!?
Post by: janan on Friday 17 November 17 12:46 GMT (UK)
Quote from: pharmaT on Friday 17 November 17 12:41 GMT (UK)
The first ingredient in number 2 is citric acid, struggling with the writing though.

Alarmingly I think it says Nitric rather than Citric - comparing the first letter with  N in No 2.
Title: Re: Any Budding Chemists/Druggists!?
Post by: Treetotal on Friday 17 November 17 13:16 GMT (UK)
First two lines I think are Quinine and Acid Sulph(er)

Carol