A Cordiall Water A Garland of Odd and Old Receipts to Assuage the Ills of Man & Beast

M.F.K. Fisher's A Cordiall Water is a collection of remedies, elixirs, restoratives, and fortifiers interspersed with autobiographical anecdotes from her life in California, France, Mexico and Switzerland. These recipes deal with commonplace ailments - warts, nosebleeds, cures for cats, aging skin, and hangovers - and a surprising list of ingredients.