calamus or angelica seeJs,dry them,pouiid them very fine, 

 mix them together ; a tea spoonful is a dose for a grown 

 person, for children less, according to their age. Repeat 

 the dose once in half an hour, if required. Very rare it 

 ever fails. 



24. For a hectic Cough. 

 Take three yolks of hen's eggs, three spoonfuls of hon- 

 ey, and one of tar, heat them well together, add to them 

 one gill of wine. Take a teaspoonful three times a day 

 before eating. Or a syrup made of barley, and turnips 

 and elecampane ; boil them in fair water, three quarts to 

 one pint of barley, one pound of turnips, four ounces of 

 . elecampane; boiled down to one pint, add to it one pound 

 of honey or loaf sugar, and half pint of brandy. A table 

 spoonful is a dose, three times a day. Or wild licorice 

 half a pound, brook liverwort half a pound, elecampane 

 two ounces, Solomon's seal four ounces, spikenard half a 

 pound, gumfire four ounces, boiled in four quarts of wa- 

 ter to one ; add to it two pounds of honey, one pint of 

 old spirits. Haifa glass is a dose before eating. 



25. For the Earisiplijj or St. Anthomfs Fire. 



Make egg wine rich and good for drinking; drink a 

 part of it, and wash the affected with the other part. 

 This is a valuable remedy. 



26. For the Rheumatism in the loins. 



The oil of sassafras, used internal and external; ten 

 drops on loaf sugar is a dose. Oint the part affected with 

 the same. Repeat it as often as needful. — Or set over 

 hemlock boughs and drink poke berries in Brandy for three 

 weeks every day. Only seat three times — Or shower 

 with cold water, and drink brandy all the time. — Or drink 

 brandy, and bathe the part affected with salt and rum, hot 

 as can be borne by a fire. Repeat it six days. 



27. For the Quincij. 



Bleed under the tongue in the first stage of it, and sweat 

 the throat and neck with cardis, a thorny herb growing 

 in gardens. Boil it in milk and water, and sweat power- 

 fully three or four times. This has not failed in one in- 

 stance to cure. 



