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may be [irt>perly digested, and eoon:^!! has been 

 s^aid, to enable any person to ma!<e use of such 

 articles, as have bt!i ii described, to eQVct llie de- 

 signed object if pi-uperly attended to. Am life 

 depends upon a natural, and constant How of 

 hear; this part of tiie practice is very important; 

 for, un]ej5?9, the food is rci^ularly digested, the 

 vital heaf caiaiot be kept up, and cunsequeiiily 

 Uic animal frame must sini^* 



No, 5. Synipfor thcdi/serUary^ to ^^rcngthcn i\e stomach 



and boicelsy and nj^tore \ctak paticnis, 



4 



J 



The articles used in this preparation, are the 

 baric of poplar, and bayberry, (which have been 

 tlescribed,) peach meats, or meats of cherry 

 stones, susjar and brandy. 



Peach Meats, The meats, or kernels of peach 

 *tones have long been used as meiiicine, and 

 need little to be said about them, except that they 

 arc of great value to strengthen the stomach and 

 bowels, and restore the digestive powers. These 

 articles made into a cordial, with others, (as is 

 directed under numbers five, Part First of this 

 book,) are externally beneficial, and form one of 

 the best remedies known, to recover the uatu- 

 ral tone of the stomach after long sickness; and 

 to restore weak patients, particularly in dyseii- 

 tary. A tea made of the leaves of the peach 



