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74. A remedyfor weakness in the urine vessels, for children 

 that cannot hold their icater. 



For those so troubled, take good red bark two ounces' 

 one quart of wine, steep the bark in the wine !24 hours; 

 let the patient drink a table spoonful if two or three years 

 old, if older, a little more at a time. Or, red beech bark, 

 taken off a green tree, dry it well, pulverize it fine, and 

 use the same way. 



75. For the nose bleed. 



Take the common nettleroots, dry them and carry them 

 in the pocket, and chew them every day. Continue this 

 three weeks. 



76. To cure a consumptive cough or pain in the breast. 



Take a spoonful of common tar, three spoonfuls of hon- 

 ey, three yolks of hen's eggs, and half a pint of wine; beat 

 the tar, eggs and honey well together, then add the wine, 

 and beat all well together in a dish, with a knife or spoon. 

 Bottle it up fit for use. A tea spoonful is a dose, morn- 

 ing, noon, and night, before eating. Drink barley tea for 

 constant drink. 



77. For iveaMij obstructions in the female sex. 



Take hearts ease herbs, spikenard roots, with the pith 

 out, a small part of blood root, turkey root, wild liquorice, 

 a few roots of white pond lilies, a good parcel of female 

 flowers, so called. It often grows by the sides of ponds, 

 and has a leaf and blossom some like cowslips — but it 

 grows single, one root or stalk by itSelf, and some smaller 

 than the cowslip; the leaves are green, and the blossom is 

 yellow. This is one of the finest of roots for the female 

 use in the world. Take double the quantity of this, and 

 equal parts of the others, make a syrup of them; boil 

 them in fair water until all the substance is out, strain it 

 off, sweeten it with honey, add as much rum to it as will 

 keep it from souring. Drink half a gill going to bed every 

 night. This will strengthen the system, and throw off all 

 obstructions. It is best for any person so complaining, to 

 wear a thick piece of flannel on the small of the back. 



78. For children troubled iviih worms. 



There are many things helpful to children troubled with 



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