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THE SICK MAN S COMPANION. 



•cayenne pepper cannot be obtained, the common 

 red peppers may be substituted, or ginger, an- 

 swers a very good purpose, and black pepper 

 may be used to good advantage as a substitute 

 for the foregoing articles, when theyarenot to be 

 had, and may be prepared and administered in 

 the same manner. These four that we have 

 mentioned arc all the articles that we have been 

 able to find that would liold the heat of the body 

 for any length of time; all the other articles that 

 we have tried, are so volatile that they do bat 

 very little good. 



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NUMBER THREE. 



To scour the stomach and howcU, and remove C(inl,cr. 



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No. 3, For Canker. Take bayberry root bark, 

 white pond lily root, and tTie inner bark of the 

 hemlock, equal parts of each, pounded and well 

 mixed together; steep one ounce of the powder 

 in a pint of the boiling water, and give for a 

 dose, a common wine glassful, sweete ned. 

 lu e.'icli pound of the above powder add one 

 <juarter of a pound of the bark of sumach root, 

 finely powdered. ^^ 



If the above cannot be had, take as a substi- 

 ute sumach, (bark, leaves, or berries,) red rasp- 

 berry- or witch-haz!e leaves, marsis rosemary, or 

 or eilj.er of the other articles described under 

 the head of Ko. 3; they are all good for canker, 



