: RECIPES. 3 
CANCER PLASTER. ° 2 
Take two ounces alum, one ounce rock salt, two ounces sal 
soda, two ounces honey, one gil] strong vinegar—dissolve all 
together, and thicken with wheat apes Change the plaster 
every ee 
FOR DIABETES. 
Take two ounces ginger, two ounces anise seed, two ounces 
wintergreen, two ounces black cherry tree bark, steep all to- 
gether, strain, and add one-half ounce alum, one-half pint 
brandy, and one pound loaf sugar. Take a << 
three times a day. aa ‘aes 
SYRUP FOR ks IN TRAVAIL. 
Take four ounces of the flowers and leaves of mallows — 
steeped in one pint water, strain, and add one pound loaf: 
sugar, one pint port wine, and one-half ounce saltpetre, 
Take one large tea-spoonful three times a day. — 
CANCERS OR SWELLINGS, 
Take one pound tobacco, one pound white beet root, boil | 
well together, strain, simmer it down, and add one-half pound 
fresh butter made from the first milking, two ounces turpen- 
tine, and two ounces beeswax. When cooling, add one-half 
ounce spirits of wine. 
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Sprinkle with pulverized blood root, and dress the sore 
with the cancer plaster. 
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