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together, or feparately, with the addition 

 of the White of a new-laid Egg* 



208. The Duchefs de la Vrilliere's Mouth- 

 Water* 

 Take Cinnamon, two ounces ; Cloves, 

 fix drachms ; Water CrefTes,. fix ounces ; 

 frefh Lemon. Peel, an ounce and a half; 

 Red Rofe Leaves,, an ounce - r Scurvy Grafs, 

 half a pound ; Spirit of Wine, three pints* 

 Bruife the Spices, cut the Water CrefTes 

 and Scurvy Grafs fmall, and macerate the 

 whole in. Spirit of Wine, in a bottle well 

 corked, during twenty-four hours ; then 

 diitil to drynefs in a vapour-bath, and af- 

 terwards redtify the diftilled Water,, hy 

 repeating the fame procefs* 



This Water ftrengthens the gums, pre- 

 vents the fcurvy,. and cures aphtha, or 

 little ulcerations in the mouth* It is 



ufed 



