Sa et Se eS ae eee —— 
a50° be RECIPES, 
CURE FOR CANCERS. 
Cover the wound first with powdered borax, then take 
equal parts of borax and blue vitriol, pulverize together— 
“melt hog’s dard, beeswax and rosin, say six ounces, and stir 
in four ounces of the powdered borax and vitriol. Spread it 
on linen cloth and Jet it remain three days, and so continue 
till the cancer comes out. After it is out, dust in loaf sugar, 
pulverized, and wash out the wound with castile soap suds 
made of rain or snow water. Dress it with'a salve made of 
fresh butter, beeswax, elder bark and loaf sugar, all steeped 
together and strained. 
: CURE FOR BROKEN BREASTS. : 
‘Take one-half pound mutton tallow, one-fourth pound 
beeswax, one-fourth pound rosin, melt all together, add one 
gill alcohol, and simmer over a slow fire till all‘is mixed. 
Spread a plaster on thin leather or cloth, with a hole for the 
nipple, and lay it on. : 
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FOR SORE EYES. 
Beat the white of six eggs in one-half pint of brandy, and 
let it'stand forty-eight hours—then strain it slowly and bot- 
tle it. Wash your eyes with it night and morning. 
FOR QUINSY, RATTLES, OR SORE THROAT. ° 
Take green frogs one pound, fresh butter one pound, bake 
them well, and strain the oil well—add one-half pound honey 
or snolnsace, and take one-half tea-spoonful every fifteen min- 
utes. Drink sage tea sweetened with loaf sugar and sweet 
cream. Bathe your throat with the oil, 
