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by Markham, who ftiles it the " mnTor and 

 " mafler of all medicines/' and pretends it will 

 cure all inward difeafes. Every writer, almoft, 

 has made fome variation from the original, af- 

 fefting to have his ovv^n cordial ball. Mr. 

 Taplin, I think, has not been fortunate in his 

 attempted improvement of Dr. Bracken's ball. 

 I will match Bracken's turmeric, againit Tap- 

 lin's Turky figs, over the courfe, for the price of 

 both articles. There is moreover fomerliing 

 tautologous (if I may be allowed the expreihon 

 in medicals) in heaping anifated balfam upon 

 anifeed, and oil of anifeed ; behde introducing 

 ■ anifated balfam of fulphur, after correfting 

 Bracken for the ufe of brimftone. But hce 

 Junt nugcB. 



Bracken's BALL. Anifeeds, carra way-feeds, 

 and greater cardamons, fine powder, of each 

 an ounce ; flower of brimftone two ounces ; 

 turmeric in fine powder, one ounce and a half; 

 faffron in powder two drachms ; fugar candy 

 four ounces; Spanifli juice diffolved in hyffop 

 water two ounces ; oil of anifeed half an ounce ; 

 liquorice powder one ounce and a half, wheat 

 flower a fufhcient quantity to make it into a 

 fl,ifF pafte, by beating all the ingredients well 

 in a marble, not a brafs mortar. This is the 

 common cordial ball, and I believe defervedly 

 moft in repute. 



I refer my reader to what I have faid on 



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