310 RECIPES. 
- THE DROPSY. 
Take four ounces mandrake root, two ounces dwarf elder, 
two ounces milkweed, two ounces juniper berries, steep in 
two quarts water, strain, and add one pound loaf sugar— 
scald it well together, and add one pint good Holland gin. 
Take one table-spoonful every hour till it operates thorough- 
‘ly. Then boil one pound burdock roots, one-half pound 
sarsaparilla roots, one-half pound dwarf elder berries, one- 
half pound balsam boughs, one-half pound milkweed, one- 
half pound spignard, all in two gallons of soft water, 
thoroughly ; strain, and add one pound loaf sugar to every 
quart, scald, and add one quart of gin, well tinctured with 
juniper, to every gallon ; add one-eighth ounce sassafras oil 
eut in alcohol. Take one table-spoonful three times a day. 
After the physic operates, follow this up and it will cure. 
gr Ae : 
Take two ounces mandrake root, one ounce butternut buds, 
one ounce blood root, one ounce beef gall (dried), two ounces 
slippery elm bark, two ounces castile soap, all pulverized to- 
_ gether, and pill with rye flour and molasses, Take one pill 
_ every four hours. 
Take four ounces rosemary blossoms or leaves, four ounces 
wild turnip, four ounces sweet elder bark or blossoms, and 
two ounces saffron—boil down in one quart water, and wash 
the afflicted part with it. Add one-half ounce camphor gum, 
one-fourth ounce saltpetre, and drink one table-spoonful three 
times a day, fasting. 
