FAMILY PHYSICIAN. AB 
eases of the skin, scrofulous sores, a e 
gout, mercurial diseases, and venereal c 
plai int. It may be taken in decc 1e OU 
of the bruised root to two quarts oe water, boil- 
ed down to one, a pint to a quart to We drank 
in the — of the day, as the stomach will 
ear. r it may be combined with s 
gussece, guards = ——- articles of a like 
nature, in ot tion 0 
Sassaf 
The bark of sassafras has a fr: : 
and a very agreeable spicy 7 anes “The 
leaves, and pith abound with a large quantity 
of mucilage, which is useful in dysentery. A 
very small quantity of the pith infused in a glass 
of water, gives to the whole a ro py consist- 
ence, like the white of an egg, art is an excel- 
lent application to sore eyes.. The bark bruis- 
ed, and formed into a poultice with meal, is a 
powerful teed applied to mortifying La 
dec 
ers ion or in 
ttcaasiielle sae imp arene: tone of the ston 
mach and bowels, in ‘humors are 
in a ee state, The “oil Spied to Caonsi 
wens, and inflammations apes the s <—s itis ~ 
said, will generally cure them. nfl ee 
a 
tion an mortification of ie hawaii it would 
no doubt be equally as a = 
Savine. : rt 
The ore, of savine are — externally, ne 
in the form of powder or infusion, to warts, ca~ 
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