188 : RECIPES. 
FOR CANKER-RASH. 
Make a strong tea of fever bush, saffron and snake-root, - 
equal parts, Sweeten it with loaf sugar, and take one-half 
gill every hour till the rash comes out. Then give light doses 
of the Indian Physic every hour till it operates thoroughly. 
Then stop and give a little Cordial for a few days, and bathe 
frequently with a wash made of one ounce alum, one ounce 
salt and one-half ounce saltpetre in one quart of water. 
FOR RICKETS. 
Take two. ounces buck-horn root, two ounces ginseng, fifty 
grains saltpetre, rubed together, one pound raisins put in one 
quart wine, steep twenty-four hours, and take a wine-glassful 
_ Morning and evening. 
_FOR SICK HEAD-ACHE. 
ake a tea-spoonful of pulverized maple or birch charcoal 
in molasses every morning, and wash it down with tea; or 
drink a table-spoonful of gin, and drink Mayweed tea freely, 
morning and evening. 
FALLING OF THE BOWELS IN CHILDREN, 
_ Put them to their place and annoint them with the oil of 
. eggs. Roast one egg and lay it on as hot as can be 
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FOR TOOTH-ACHE. 
Burn a sheet of clean white writing paper on a clean white 
plate, and take up the oil with clean cotton and put it on the 
