338 RECIPRS. 
FOR RHEUMATISM. 
Drink the tea of garget root strong enough to physic you ; 
‘or take a portion of the Indian Physic; or salts and oil of 
anise, (say twelve drops on sugar,) till you have a thorough 
‘physic, then take wild black cherry tree bark, cider, and bur- 
dock roots, steep the bark and roots (one pound each) in two 
quarts water, strong; make the tea after steeped one-half_ 
cider, and take a wine-glassful three times a day, fasting. 
CURE FOR CANCERS. 
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Apply nitric acid to the edges of the cancer with a gold 
‘wire, and after several days, if the part becomes very much 
inflamed, subside a few days. Then apply the acid till the 
diseased part peals off. The cure is completed by a salve | 
made of equal parts of castile soap, beeswax, mutton tallow 
and turpentine, stunygred te together, and dress with it twice a 
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SWELLED LEGS. 
Bathe every morning in cold water, and take a purge twice | 
a week ; or take wormwood, southern wood, rue, and honey, ~ 
equal parts, steep them together, and apply them hot as a 
FOR SICKNESS Ly ‘THE: MORNING. 
Eat nothing after six o’clock in the evening, take a tea- 
_ spoonful of Health Bitters as you go to bed, and one swallow 
: cold water as you rise in the morning—fifteen minutes 
half —— of Health ciesgaeed ; 
