RECIPES, 345 
TO MAKE BILIOUS PILLS. 
Take twelve ounces pulverized Turkey rhubarb, four ounces 
saltpetre, three ounces Epsom salts, twelve ounces castile soap, 
four ounces syrup of buckthorn, one-half ounce oil ‘of anise 
cut in alcohol, or eight ounces pulverized anise seed, eight 
ounces gum Arabic; mix them all well together, and if not 
moist enough soften with molasses, and make them into pills 
as big as a large pea; take one to four for a dose, and repeat _ 
‘the dose every four hours till they-operate. Or take eight 
ounces pulverized gamboge, six ounces aloes, four ounces 
castile soap, four ounces anise seed pulverized, two ounces 
saltpetre, eight ounces Epsom salts, two ounces mandrake 
root, pulverize all together and moisten with rectified spirits 
of wine, el them as above, and take them i in the same way. A 
TO HEAL FRESH WOUNDS OR SPRAINS IN THE STOMACH. 
Pound wormwood leaves, moisten them with alcohol and 
Jay on sores, sprains, weak joints-or wrenches in the stomach. 
Steeped in spirits or water, is good to take inwardly. Use it 
freely for six or eight days, or longer if necessary, => 
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z NERVE OINTMENT. 
Take equal parts of neat’s foot oil, spirits turpentine, brandy, 
oil of John’s-wort and beef’s gall, simmer them well together, 
anoint the afflicted part and bathe it in. 
FOR THE TOOTH-ACHE, 
Take the powder of wild celandine, put it on and in the 
tooth several times; it will cure the tooth, and cause it to 
drop out in a few days. 
