IMPROVED. 159 



Water and Oatmeal, with Mafhes and {prinkled 

 Hay, as before advifed. The Powder is this. 



Take of the Lea<vei of the Herb Afara Bacca dried. The 

 half an Ounce', njohite Hellebore, one Drachm. Ponv- Sneefing- 

 der them nvell, and keep them in a Bottle clofe Jiopfd, ^^T^^Ia 

 forVfe. injjje ^ 



Head. 



There are a Number of Recipe's for Colds, both 

 in Solleyfell, Blunde'ville, De Grey, Mr. Markham, 

 and Mr. Gib fin ; but as I have look'd them over, I 

 think they are not any of them worth tranfcribing, 

 or giving my Opinion upon : For Bleeding, Exer- The true 

 cife, good Dreffing, warm Cloathing, and proper Way of 

 Feeding, as before fpoken of, will, along with the ^^'^P^ 

 Ufe of my Cordial Ball hereafter prefcribed, per- 

 form a Cure ; unlefs the Cough be a Confumptive 

 one, or that the Glandules or Kernels, call'd Pitui-- 

 tary or Phlegmy, fituate about the upper Part of the 

 Jaws and Throat, be much infefted. Here follows 

 the Cordial Ball 



Take Annifeed, Cara'voay Seed, and greater Carda- The Cor- 

 fnons finely po^wder''d, each one Ounce ; Flonjoer of^^'^^'^}}^ 

 Brimfione, t^cvo Ounces ', Turmerick in fine Ponjoder,, "* * 



one Ounce and a half', Safron, t'vjo Drachms ', Su- 

 gar-Candy, four Ounces ; Spanifi; fuice diffclved in 

 HyJfop-fVater, (or for nxiant of fiuch, Raiti-JVater 

 nx'ill do,) t^'O Ounces ', Oil of Annifeed, half a?i 

 Ounce', Liquorice-Pon.vder, one Ounce and half i 

 Wheat-Flour, a fufiicient ^antify to make it up into a 

 ftiff Pafie by heating all the Ingredients 'well in a. 

 Mortar. 



I have not made any material Alteration in this 

 Cordial Ball from my Prefcription in the Pocket- 

 Farrier, feeing I could not do it to Advantage ;. 

 only when the Mafs grows dry by keeping, it may 

 be proper to beat it up again with fome fweet Fto- 



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