RECIPES. 325 
VEGETABLE ELIXIR. 
Take one-fourth pound pulverized gum myrrh, one-fourth 
pound Cayenne, one ounce camphor gum, one ounce saltpetre 
and one ounce salt, dissolved in one gill of cider vinegar; put 
the gums and Cayenne into one quart fourth proof brandy, 
shake them well together, let them stand one hour, then add 
the saltpetre, salt and vinegar. One table-spoonful will cure 
a pain in the stomach or bowels. If put on the head, wet a 
cloth of three or four thicknesses and lay on the crown of the - 
head or back part, and snuff it up the nose. Hold some in ~ 
the mouth for the tooth-ache. It will eure swelled joints, 
strains, cramp, or any swelling, tetters, warts and a Z, 
bathing the afflicted part with it. 
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FOR WORMS. 
Pulverized tansy and sage, mixed with molasses and given 
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~ to children, will prevent worms and kill them; onions and 
rue, jammed together and given, is soot or poland pew- — 
ter, mixed 5 ee ive 2 
Seer “or spirits of tansy 
taken on sugar; or pulverized poplar bark mixed with molas- 
‘ses, small doses every two hours. Ten drops spirits of tansy 
is a dose. 
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FOR DYSENTERY. 
Take six eggs, six ounces loaf sugar, three ounces gum 
Arabic, pulverized, and stir them all together in three gills ~ 
brandy or gin. ‘ake one-sixth part ‘of it every two hours. 
A child must a less. If dry, drink balm tea. 
