“942 RECIPES. 
TO MAKE A POULTICE FOR SWELLINGS. 
Moisten rye bread with cold water, lay it on a cloth, and 
sprinkle it with black pepper and ginger. Moisten it with 
vinegar, and put on a laying of bread. Put on the pepper, 
ginger and vinegar and spread on the bread again, and Jay it 
on the swelling. 
SALMONTAG, 
Is good for inflammation, inwardly or outwardly. From 
one to three grains given inwardly, in one table-spoonful of 
cold water, is a dose, and dissolved in cold water and used 
outwardly. It neutralizes the gastric juice taken inwardly, 
and gives action to. the nerves when used outwardly. 
FOR DROPSY IN THE HEAD. 
Give large doses of the Indian Physic, and wet a cloth of 
three or four thicknesses with liniment profusely, lay it on 
the crown of the head, and bathe the temples frequently with 
it. After the physic operates, give the Slumbering Drops 
three or four times a day, fasting, and every three or four 
so give barley water freely. 
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DIABETES, 
Cut two weather's bladders fine and put them in one quart 
good wine, shake it together a few days, strain, and take a 
tea-spoonful three times a day, one-half hour before eating. 
You may add one-eighth ounce oil of anise eut in brandy. 
STIFF JOINTS. | ang 
Bathe with soft soap and vinegar frequently. 
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