hell-broth

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Two centuries ago there was a prescription for scurvy containing "stercoris taurini et anserini par, quantitas trium magnarum nucum," of the hell-broth containing which "guoties-cumque sitit oeger, large bibit."

From Medical Essays, 1842-1882 by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

In Ireland itself, moreover, the hell-broth of agitation is kept constantly seething to the inevitable detriment of recuperative effort, which cannot do its full work without security for the future.

From Irish History and the Irish Question by Smith, Goldwin

I went down into the same hell-broth of sweat and confusion.

From Jaffery by Locke, William John

Now there is only one man more—and after that, one more tub to be lowered—and the hell-broth is cooked once again, and will come streaming forth.

From Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

It was incredible that this hell-broth was Church Cove.

From The Altar Steps by MacKenzie, Compton