Tar water

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Tar water was a quack remedy popular in the mediaeval period, consisting of pine tar and water.

By all accounts it was foul-tasting and of course entirely ineffective, so died out, but enjoyed a brief resurgence in the 18th and 19th Century; it was heavily promoted by Bishop Berkeley notably in his book Siris (1744).

It is mentioned in Great Expectations: young Pip and his brother in law Joe were often force fed it by Mrs. Joe.

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