Bripes, and bilious cholics. The addition of the falt, by 
_ mild gentle ftimulus infures its effects. It likewife de- 
firoys worms, particularly the afcarides, if aflifted with 
a few grains of calomel by the mouth, 
Tue PURGING CLYSTER. 
"Take of the. common  decoétion, half a pint; white foap, 
% Pegs ce; /yrup of buckthorn,-an ounce and.a half. Mix 
them ‘according to art. 
This is penetrating, deterfive, and capable of diffolv- 
ing indurations and grumous vifcidities of the inteftinal 
tube, efpecially in the jaundice, and by ridding the bow- 
els of their concreted contents may prevent an inlamma- 
tion. It is ufeful in diforders of the head, and may caufe 
a revulfion in the feculent vomitings. 
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EXPRESSION or MILLEPEDES 
» Lake of live millepedes, {commonly called wood-lice, ) three 
s ounggs 3 finple fennel-water, one pint ; compound horfe-radifh 
‘water, half a pint. Bruife the millepedes, gradually adding 
to them the diftilled waters; and afterwards prefs out the 
liquor. bee. 
This is an excellent diuretic, fweetener and cleanfer 
of the blood, and a mott efficacidus medicine in all chro- 
nic cafes, that are to be relieved by promoting the urinary 
-difcharges, as are many inveterate ulcers, ftrumas, and 
Acrophulous diforders, and fuch as frequently are the 
: fore-runners of fcorbutic dropfies, from a retention of 
.‘Sfuch humours as obftruét the vifcera, and fill the whole 
habit with water and vilcidities. Hence it is of fingular 
éfficacy in the ftone, jaundice, nephritic pains, dyfury, 
cholic, and afthma. 
AROMATIC FOMENTATION. 
Take of cloves, mace, each one drackm; red wine, one 
pint. Boil them a little, and then ftrain out the liquor. 
” ‘This, applied warm to the abdomen, will be found of 
admirable fervice in cholics, and for relaxed weak fto- 
 machs that are fubje&t to diftenfion from flatulency.» It 
may be ufed to the head with fuccefs in any diforders from 
too much moifture and pituitous defluxions. 
- STRENGTHENING FOMENTATION, 
Take of oak-bark, one ounce; pomegranate peel, half si 
ounce ; forge water, three pints. Boil them till there rematns 
a@ quart of the ftrained liquor ; to which add of roch allum, 
- two drachms.. 
This is proper for 
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to foment fprains, fraCtures, or paralytic aue and will 
“help to check immoderate vomitings. = © | 
os < Tut COMMON GARGLE. Ui 
ma Take of water, fix ounces ; mitre, one drachm ; honey 4 
_ rofes, one ounce. Mix them together. To this gargarifm 
FOR FAMILY USE, 
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||. This is effectual againtt rophulas, the king’s-evil, andl 
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This is proper to cleanfe and fcour the mouth and 
throat from flough, and the phlegmatic matter which 
ftuffs and tumifies the glands. It is alfo good to cool 
pg tere the mouth when fore, parched, and dry with 
ever. 
- EMOLLIENT GARGEE. fli/ 
Take of marfh-mallow Toots, two ounces; figs, in number 
Sour; water, three pints, Boil till there memains one quart 
of liquor, which flrain out for ufe. é ; 
This is excellent to affuage pain and inflammation in 
the throat or mouth, to maturate any ulcer therein, and 
to mollify the bliftered tongue and fauces in a falivation. 
The learned and accurate Sir John Pringle obferves, that 
in The inflammatory quinfey, or ftrangulation of the fau- 
‘cés, Iittle benefit arifes from the common gargles; that 
fuch as are of an acid nature do more harm than good, 
by contraéting the emunétories of the faliva and mucus, 
and thickening thofe humours; that a decoction of figs 
- in milk and water has a contrary effect, efpecially if fome 
fal-ammoniac be added; by which the faliva is made 
thinner, and the glands brought to fecrete more freely ; 
a circumftance always conducive to the cure. 
SALINE DRAUGHT. 
| Fake falt of wormwood, one feruple; lemon juice, hal f 
@h ounce; white Sugar, one drachm, , Mix them together. 
- This is an effe&tual remedy to ftop vomitings, and is 
of fingular ufe in fevers, efpecially thofe of the inter- 
mittent kind, when the bark often fails. It caufes gen- 
i breathing {weats, and may be repeated every five or 
fix 
‘hours occafionally. Wf WY, 9 
- ANTISCORBUTIC INFUSION. 
Take of water-trefoil, two ounces; oranges, half an 
ounce ; boiling water, twe quarts. Let them flandin in~ 
fifion for a night in a clofe veffel; afterwards ftrain the — 
‘liquor, and then add to it of compound horfe-radifh water, — 
half a pint. * a eer "4 d “ie 
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obftinate fcorbutic difeafes. In the rheumatic, 
fical, and cacheGtic, habits it will be of good ferviee. 
likewife gives due warmth to the nerves, which, 
ralytic cafes they are deftitute of. It may e | 
difcretion, and the ufe of it continued accor 
exigency of the diforder. 
INFUSION or LINS! 
= Take of linfeed, two Spoonfiuls 5 ruc 
an ounce; boiling water, three pin _ p abeeres 
fife by the fire for [ome hours, and fr ff wba sa 
3 If'ah ounce of the leaves of colt’s-foot be added to 
* thefe ingredients, it will 
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