252 RECIPES. ; 
| FELONS. : 
Boil pounded blue flag root in skim milk and thicken with 
Indian meal, and poultice thoroughly. Shift often till easy. 
_ Dress with the Cancer Salve. Or take one ounce salt, one 
_ ounce castile-soap, one ounce spirits turpentine, one ounce of : 
the yolk of an egg, one ounce mutton tallow, all melted and — 
stirred together till it forms a salve, and dress with this every 
ight hours for a few days. : 
ERYSIPELAS. 
Take one-half pound dwarf maple bark, four ounces witeh 
hazel bark, four ounces whistle wood bark, four ounces bur- 
dock roots and boil all together in two quarts water. Strait — 
and sweeten with molasses. Drink freely of it till cured. 
= BAD COUGH. 
Take equal parts of white maple, white ash, white oak 
moss, and make into a strong tea. Sweeten with honey and 
' take a wine-glassful three times a day, and oftener if necessary 
PHYSIC FOR BILIOUS COLIC. _ 
‘Take aloes, mace, myrrh, saffron, cloves, cinnamon, anise 
seed, Epsom salts, sunflower leaves, two ounces each; add 
one ounce saltpetre, pulverize all together, and take one tea 
spoonful every six hours till it operates. 
FROG FELON UNDER THE TONGUE. 
Hold weak lye in the mouth as hot as you can bear it, 
with some garlic, and continue using the-lye till well. 
