BOTANIC PHYSICIAN. 
_ Boil one pound of oats, and a large handful of succory, in six 
_ quarts to three ; and add half an ounce of nitre, and half a pound of 
sugar. Dose, two gills a day. — ; 
_ This liquor, (which should be kept close,) is used in all fevers, 
_ pleurisies, colics, and obstructions. It is highly extolled as a pre- 
servative in an unhealthy season, and is said to prolong life, when 
: | _ taken for a time in the spring, dog days, and autumn. erage 
: Five finger leaf tea is excellent in night sweats and debility arising 2 
-. Dandelion and sorrel, in decoction, is said to break the worst fe- 
vers, : 
a  Sckchendfal of fish worms ina pint of spirits. Dose, a small glassful 
as the fit comes on. This is powerful in quelling the paroxysm ; 
but tonics are necessary to complete the cure. 
__. Toprevent the ague, take ten or twelve grains of black pepper 
_ daily. Persons in exposed situations would profit by attention ta 
For InrcamMarory, Purrip AND OTHER Fevers. 
For Yellow Fever.—Take plantain juice, a wine glassful every 
_ ten minutes till the fever intermits, which usually takes place in 
__ two orthree hours. Keep the patient in a free air, and let him drink 
camomile tea, or water without limit, On the intermission of the 
_ fever, give a smart purge. 
__ To create a sweat in spotted and similar fevers, take potatoes, 
_ fresh out of the earth, without washing ; roast or boil them, till they 
can be mashed, and apply them in bags hot to the feet and sides: 
Vinegar may be added. . 
‘ In all putrid and epidemic disorders, buttermilk, either fresh or 
boiled, taken freely, will be found inferior to no other means of 
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_ For an antiseptic jn putrid fevers, when the circulation is rapid, 
_ and the heat of the body greatly increased, draw a strong infusion | 
_of good i malt in boiling water, strain it off, and add to a pint 
of it while milkwarm, two table spoonsful of the best yeast, and a 
ble spoonful of Muscovado sugar ; keep it warm and when it is in 
brisk fermentation, give the patient a wine glassful every hour, or 
ifthe symptoms are urgent, every half hour. This has frequently 
saved, in the last extremity, $~ | 
_ ‘The same infusion may be used for injection. — 
For the plague, and malignant and infectious fevers, the free in 
1al and external use of sweet, or olive, oil, is productive of the hap- 
effects. As a substitute, the following mixture may be employ= 
