RECIPES, — 103 
_ SCORBUTICK SORES. 
Put half a pound of lignum vite shavings and one-half 
ounce of senna into an earthern pot that holds six or eight 
quarts of soft water. Shut the pot close and set it in a ket- 
tle of cold water and put it over a fire till it has boiled three 
hours. Let it stand in the kettle till cold, and drink daily a 
half-pint of new milk, warm, fasting, and at night wash with 
it a little. In three months all the sores will be dried up. 
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FOR A HIGH FEVER:  _—T’ Rg 
If delirious, use cold bathings, give a little port wine after 
plunging. It is safe and sure in the first stages of any fever. 
Or apply warm lIamb’s lungs to the head. 
FEVER WITH PAIN IN THE LIMBS. 
Take twenty drops of the spirits of hartshorn in a cup of 
water twice a day—or take it in chamomile tea; or take a 
hemlock sweat, and drink lemonade afterwards. 
FOR A BROKEN SHIN. 
Bind on a plaster of balsam; beeswax and mutton tallow, 
equal parts, melted together. 
FOR A SCALD HEAD. 
" Annoint it with barbadoes tar, which is petroleum or rock 
oil. 
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PHLEGM. 
To prevent or cure, take a spoonful of warm water the first 
thing in the morning as you get up. 
