RECIPES. — 143 
CANCER IN THE MOUTH. 
Boil two ounces of the leaves of succory, plantain and 
rue, with two ounces of honey, one-fourth of an hour—gar- 
gle with this wash every ten minutes—infallible ; or with one 
ounce of honey, one-half ounce alum, one-half pint of vine- 
gar—boil all together, and wash once an hour with it. Or 
dissolve one ounce of blue vitriol in one pint of water and 
gargle with it. Afterwards hold sweet cream in the mouth. 
This speedily cures Shingles. Or take one ounce of sulphur, 
one-half ounce pulverized alum, mix both well with a 
and apply it every hour. 
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"Por CANOER IN ANY OTHER PART. 
Apply red onions bruised, and lay on as a poultice two or 
three times a day; or make a plaster of alum, honey and 
vinegar, equal parts, with wheat flour—change it for three or 
four days every twelve hours. It often cures in that time : if 
not, continue the plaster. Or pound the leaves, flowers and 
stalks of wild parsnip, and apply them as a plaster. Chang 
it every twelve hours. bey cures in few days. 
FOR SETTLED DEAFNESS. 
Take a red onion and take out the core, then fill it with 
the oil of roasted almonds, let it stand one night, then bruise 
and strain—drop three or four drops into the ear morning 
and evening, and stop it up with black wool. 
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“FOR BALDNESS. 
Rub the bald spot with onions every morning and eve- 
ning till it is red, and rub it after _ honey. 
