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65. For an inflammation in the head. 



Take red beets, pound them very fine, press out some 

 of the juice, let the patient snuff some up into the head, 

 and make a poultice of the beets, and lay it on the mould 

 of the head. For the fever, use rattle snake's gall, cream 

 tartar, and head bitney. Bleed as often as once a day. 

 Physic v.ith deerweed root, or wild mandrake roots, with 

 a little bloodroot. Keep strong drafts to the feet. 



66. To take a film from a person* s eije. 



Take sujjar of lead, make it very fine, take an oat 

 straw, cut it short, so as to be hollow through, dip the end 

 of the straw in the powder, and blow a little of it into the 

 film morning: and ni£;ht. After the film is almost consum- 

 ed. apply to it a drop of hen's fat once a day until it is 

 well. 



67. To ctire a breach or hurst on the body. 



Take four or five snails that crawl about on old rotten 

 wood ; you may often find them under loose bark that is 

 naoist, or on old logs or stumps. Collect a parcel of them, 

 enough to cover the breach, lay them on a linen cloth, 

 bind them on, and repeat it as often as the snails are dry. 

 Let the patient drink Turkey root, cinnamon, cloves and 

 maize, made in a tea or steeped in wine, three or four 

 times a day. This well attended to will perform a cure. 



68. To cure a scirrhous jaiv, or swelled face^ or the scurvy 



in the mouth or teeth. 



Take prince pine and scurvy grass; boil the ai in water, 

 add to it rum and honey, hold it in the mouth as hot as it 

 can be borne, and boil a I^rge quantity of the herbs, and 

 sweat the head over it, 



69. A receipt to mahe the best Turlington balsam. 



This balsam of life is a most excellent medicine in con- 

 sumptive complaints,' and also for weakly females in all 

 stages of life. For a fevery stomach let the patient take 

 13 or 14 drops in a small glass of wine in the morning, 

 fasting. It strengthens the stomach, and kills the fever. 

 It is good for pain in the stomach or side, and nourishes 

 weak lungs, and helps a small hooping cough. This Bal- 



