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one pint of molasses, and alum the size of a 

 hickory nut, (pulverize,) and boil this down to 

 one pint ; when lukewarm add one ounce of par* 

 egoric ; bottle and cork tight and it will be fit 

 for use. Take from three to five table-spoonsful 

 a day, before meal — will effect a cure speedily, 

 when all other remedies fail. 



40. FOR DROPSY. 



Take one handful of the bark of dogwood 

 root, one handful of the bark of sassafras root, 

 one handful of fox-grape vines, burnt into coals 

 or ashes, (should they be impossible to get, oth- 

 ers will do,) one handful of rusty iron, all to be 

 put into one quart of strong vinegar, and boiled 

 down to one pint. Strain, then take one stock 

 glass full in the morning before eating, until a 

 cure is effected. 



41. FOR GRAVEL. 



Take pea root, or perhaps better known as 

 *'man-under-ground," found in grain fields with 

 vining tendrils, sometimes covering a pretty good 

 Fized portion of ground, having a flower resem- 

 bliiig morning-glory, but white. In order to get 

 the root, dig down two feet or two feet and a 

 half, and you will come upon a very large sized 

 root, of \iliich take half a pint of the root; sliced 



