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mouth, and letting it dissolve there, then removing it, and 

 applying it again in a few seconds, and swallowing the 

 saliva, I have, says Dr. Thornton, for many years pre- 

 vented a sore throat from forming. 



FOR PUTRID SORE THROAT. 



Take of decoction of bark, six ounces ; diluted vitriolic 



acid, one drachm ; honey of roses, one ounce. Make 



into a gargle ; to be used, mixed with port wine, fre- 

 quently during the day. 



FOR INFLAMMATORY SORE THROAT. 



Take of nitre, two drachms ; honey, four drachms ; 

 rose-water, six ounces. Mix. To be used frequently. 



Another. Take of spirits of salts, twenty drops ; honey 

 of roses, half an ounce ; water, four ounces. Mix. 



PILLS FOR RHEUMATISM. 



Take of guaiacum (gum resin) powder, and soap, equal 

 parts, one drachm ; oil of juniper, four drops. Make 

 into twenty-eight pills ; take two four times a day. This 

 is an admirable remedy. 



OINTMENT FOR THE SAME. 



An ointment of stramonium, made by gently boiling 

 six ounces of the recent leaves (bruised) in a pound and 

 a half of fresh hogs' lard, till they become crisp, is in high 

 repute as a remedy for this disease. The size of a nut- 

 meg, Dr. Turner, of Philadelphia, has found to remove 

 rheumatic pains, r.fter electricity and powerful liniments, 

 with internal remedies, had totally failed ; and Dr. Zol- 

 liokofFer says, that he has known the stramonium oint- 



