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Blood Purifier

From Original White House Cookbook, 1887

Serves 8

This is a superior blood purifier and can cure almost any malignant sore.

Presented as published in 1887. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 341. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

two quarts of water that has been boiled and cooled ; let it stand over night and soak ; in the morning set it on the back of the stove, and steep it five hours ; it must not boil, but be nearly ready to boil. Strain it through a cloth, and add half a pint of good gin. Keep it in a cool place. Half a wine-glass taken 'as a dose twice a day. This is better than all the patent blood medicines that are in the market — a superior blood purifier

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