18 NOVEMBER 1955, Page 28

A POPPY-WATER FOR SURFEITS

'Brew ten. gallons of Strong Ale-wort; when 'tis cool, work it with Yeast, and add as many fresh Red Poppies as the Wort will conveniently wet, so that you may stir it daily : Let the Poppies Infuse in this Wort three Days and Nights; then

draw it in a Lim beck as quick as you can, WI the whole is distill'd off: Mix the Small and Strong together, and take a glass at any time, with or without Sugar, after a full or ,disgusting Meal.'

A Collection of above three hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physiek and Surgery by Several Hands. London, 1714.