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which have the fame qualities with the 

 A?nerican anemone. 



The following remedy was much in vogue 

 a^ainft the tooth- ach which is attended with 

 a fwellihg : They boil gruel, of floiir of 

 maize, and milk j to this they add, whilfl: 

 it is yet over the fire, fome of the fat of 

 hogs, or other fuet, and ftir it well, that 

 every thing may mix equally. A, handker- 

 chief is then fpread over the gruel, and ap- 

 plied as hot as poffible to the fwelled cheek* 

 where it is kept till it is gone cool again. 

 I have found, that this remedy has been 

 very efficacious againfr. a fwelling ; as it 

 ieiTens the pain, abates the fwelling, opens 

 a gathering, if there be arty, and procures a 

 good difcharge of the Pus. 



I have feen the Iroquefe boil the inner 

 bark of the Sambucus Canadevfu, or Canada 

 Elder, and put it on that part of .the cheek 

 in which the pain was moil: violent. This, 

 I am told, often diminifnes the pain. 



Among the Iroquefe, or Five Nations, 

 upon the river Mohawk, I faw a young In- 

 dian woman, who, by frequent drinking of 

 tea, had got a violent tooth-ach. To cure 

 it, fhe boiled the Myrica afplenii folia, 

 and tied it, as hot as (lie could bear 

 it, on the whole cheek. She laid, that 



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