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make a tea with all or either of them, and add 

 one third as much of No. G, with a little No. 2; 

 both the eyes several times in a day; and every 

 morning put your face in cold water, open and 

 shut your eyes till well washedj and repeat this 

 tilla cure is effected. At the same time take 

 the tea to clear the system of canker. 



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Poultice: Make a strong tea of raspberry 

 leaves, or the leaves of sweet weed; or No. 3; 

 take a cracker pounded fine, and slippery elm 

 bark pulverized, with ginger, and make a poultice 

 of the same. This is to cure old sores, felons, 

 and for bad burns, scalds, and parts frozen. 

 Apply this poultice and renew it as often as eve- 

 ry twelve hours, and wash with suRp sudsateve- 

 ry renewal; wetting it in the interim with cold 

 water, or a tea of raspberry leaves, till it dis- 

 charges; then apply tlie salve till a cure is ef- 

 fected, m 



Bilious ChoUc. The name of this complaint 

 is erroneous, for bilious, means the bile and no 

 one ever heard of a bile cholic, or pain caused 

 by gall, as it is a friend to health and never cau- 

 sed disease or death. This pain is caused by a 

 disordered state of the stomach and want of di- 

 gestion; the stomach is filled with canker,which 

 gets into the narrow passage from the stomach, 

 when the action of the bowels cease; after the 



