feed, and half an ounce of turmeric, in 
FOR FAM 
This receipt generally cures the worft of colds in twoor 
three days, and if taken in time may be faid to be almott 
. an infallible remedy. It is a moft fovéreign and balfamic 
cordial for the lungs, without the opening qualities which 
endanger freth colds by going out. It has been known to 
cure colds that have been almoft fettled in confumptions, 
_ jn lefs than three weeks. 
For a PUTRID SORE THROAT 
Take of the beft Peruvian bark, in grofs powder, “one 
gunce and an half; Virginian Snake root, three drachms ; 
boil them together in three quarts of water to one quart; then 
Strain the liquor, and add two drachms of elixir of vitriol, 
take a large tea-cupful of it every third hour. To every 
dofe you may add a finall quantity of brandy if you chufe it. 
The fteam of the following ingredients received into 
the throat through a funnel every hour will do a deal of 
fervice. 2 
Take vinegar, one pint; honey, Half a pound; myrrh, 
in powder, half an ounce; Boil them well together, and it 
as fit for ufe. 
Blitters applied to the throat, and behind the ears, aré 
equally as beneficial in this difeafe, in cafe the pulfe and 
fpirits are very low. If a vomiting continues, take four 
table fpoonfuls of lemon juice, and put to it one drachm of 
falt of tartar; white fugar, half an ounce; mint water, « 
three ounces : mix them very well together. The dofe is a 
table {poonful every hour.—This is the famous faline julep 
fo much approved of by the faculty, as an antidote againft 
vomiting and ficknefs of the ftomach. After the difor- 
der is fubdued, the patient fhouldtake a few purges of 
xhubarb, fenna, or the like. But on the contrary, whilft 
the putrid: ulcers remain in the throat, and a violent 
Joofenefs fhould come-on, it mult be checked, by taking 
twotea-fpoonfuls of diafcordium, two or three times a-day. 
ALE ror tHe INWARD PILES. Vas 
‘Take half an ounce of black pitch, and boil it in @ pint 
of good ale, till it comes to half @ pint, then, drink it off 
blood warm. 
This, though a fimple remedy, has proved very ef. 
fetual in many ftubborn- cafes, where other things of 
much greater expence has proved abortive. ~ 
ALE For TBE hence? , 
Take one quart of ale, end add ta at two ounces of. 
quer the fire about @ quarter of am hour, 
This may be fweetened with coarfe fugar- aeits: plat 
of it at adofe; to be taken every mornmg- fy 
VOMITING DRAUGHT./ 7 | 
Take of ipecacuanha, in fine powder, tewenty five ains 5 
elexiterial water, half an ounce; compound Jpirit of laven- 
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der, half a drackm; fyrup of orang?-peel, o drackm : 
mix them for ufe. 
2 4 
DRAUGHT ror tae DROPSY. he | 
Take of peppermint water, one ounce; foaple cinnamon 
water, half an ounce; Jpirituous cinnamon water, tee 
drachms ; thebatic tindture, forty drops ; lye of tartar, helf 
a drachm; /yrup of marfh-maliows, ome drachm: mix them 
together for a draught. 
This is the medicine which cured a perfon labouring 
under an afcites and tympany at the fame time, where 
the pain was very fevere, attended with great thirft, and 
thick, high coloured, urine, rendered in fmal! quanti. 
ties, The ftrong purges increafed thediftemper. Soap, 
 lixivial falts, balfam of gilead, nitre, and the like, all 
proved abortive. This draught brought unexpected re- 
lief, by procuring reft, and caufing a copious difcharge 
of water, By repeating the medicine for fome time, 
every eight hours, and then only twice a-day, and after 
ufing corroborants, or medicines that produce ftrength. i 
of body, &c. the cure was perfectly completed. Vis } 
; For CONSUMPTIONS. A’. Vs : 
Take leaves of comfrey the greater, Solomon's feal, and 
pimpernel each four handfuls, liquorice root two ounces; ine. 
file them cold for taelve days. in two gallons of line watery, 
andstake off the clear liquor for ufee 
* ‘This is very eafily made, and is much better than if 
it were to be diftilled, It is of excellent ule in ch . 
fumptions as proceed from. a tharp thin blood ; efpecially 
in thofe who have been injured by a certain bad difeate, , 
or have any hereditary remains of {crophulous or leprous . 
humours. It mut be drank for about forty days toge~. 
‘ther, to the quantity of a quart or two every day, ee 
the ftomach can bear fo much. It will allo ri ait 
utmoft fervice to wafh foul ulcers with. 
DECOCTION For INWARD DECAY. é 
Take ground-izy, frabious, and coits-foot, cack two hands. 
fulss byffop, one handful; elecampane root, one ounce 5 li- 
guortce, four ounces; agrimony, four handfals : boil theme: 
together in nine quarts of barley water wll shcy come to aboubt 
ag Silos then frain it for ufe. a. 
\ ‘This peétoral can be depended on in coughs.and 
tions of the lungs. | 
: or BREATH. 
Take of the milk of gum ammonia, fix ounces 
|: “This. promotes expector 
and relieves thole who ace th 
juitly efteemed for its feryie 
fal pee “A fpoonfal is to be taken four or. 
| five times every day, and in particulas every morning. 
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