RECIPES. 255 
CAN CER PLASTER. 
Take one-half ounce potash wa four ounces turpentine; 
rub them together, spread a plaster, lay it on and keep it 
there till it comes off itself. Apply this plaster from time to - 
time till the cancer comes out. . After that heal the sore with 
any healing salye; soap salve is the best. Take a portion of 
the Reformed Botanic and Indian Physic every eight days, 
and drink freely of the Blood Purifier for three months. 
~ TO CURE GRAVEL 
_ Take one ounce ox-balm root, one ounce sassafras bark, of . 
the root, two ounces gravel root or weed, one ounce juniper 
berries, and put them in one quart good gin. Drink a wine- | 
glassful three times a day, fasting. oe 
ANOTHER. 
Steep gravel weed strong and drink freely of the tea, will 
dissolve the hard stone in the bladder. Or make a tea not the 
roots of Jacob’s ladder, ay drink freely. : 
MENSES (TOO MUCH). 
Steep one pound smooth fire-weed tops in one quart water, 
strong; strain and add one and one-half pint good French 
brandy, and bottle it tight. Give one half table-spoonful 
every hour till stopped. Used as a wash will stop a flow of 
blood in any form. 
WENS. 
Mix salt and yolk of an egg together till it forms a paste, 
and dress once in twelve hours till well. 
