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28. A rcmarkabU Plaster to ease the pain of felons, orfroo- 

 felons, or umj such tumour on the hands or feet, or else- 

 ivhere. 



Get a pitch pine knot from an old lo^r, the side next to 

 or in the ground; spHt the knot fine, boil out half a pound 

 of pitch; take four ounces of strong tobacco, boil it in wa- 

 ter, strain out the tobacco, boil the liquor until it is thick, 

 then add the pitch to the liquor, simmer it over a moder- 

 ate heat, stir it all the time till it form a salve altogether. 

 If the swelling be on the hand or finger, lay the plaster on 

 the wrist, if on the foot or toe, lay the plaster on the ancle; 

 or wherever it may be, lay it above the next joint. This 

 will take out all the pain in a short time. Dress the sore 

 v^-^ith any other salve that is best. This cure is infallible. 



29, For the Phthisic. 



Take four ounces of hen's fat and a seed bowl of skunk 

 cabbage that grows at the bottom of the leaves close to 

 the ground, cut it fine, stew it in the fat till it is dry, strain 

 it off. A tea spoonful is a dose to take three times a day. 

 Make a syrup of white swamp honeysuckle blossoms and 

 queen of the meadow roots, sweetened with honey; add to 

 a quart of the syrup, half a pint of brandy; 



30. To cure a Wen. 



Take clean linen rags and burn them on a pewter dish, 

 and gather the oiFon the pewter with lint, cover the wen 

 with it twice a day. Continue it for some time, and the 

 wpn will drop out without any further trouble-. 



31. u4h excellent remedy for the Asthma. 



Take spikenard root two ounces, sweet flag root two 

 ounces, elecampane root two ounces, common chalk two 

 ounces, beat very fine in a mortar, add to it a pound of 

 honey, and beat it well together, A tea spoonful is a dose 

 three times a day. 



32. An excellent Pill for the Hijsterichs. 



Take a quantity of white root, otherwise called Cana- 

 da root, boil it in fair water, when it is boiled very soft, 

 strain out the roots, and boil the liquor to the consistence 

 o{ a thick paste, so that it may be pilled. Let the patient 

 take two or three pills at a dose when the disorder is com- 

 ing on. 



