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his jaws are fo locked up by convulfions, 

 that nothing can be conveyed by the 

 mouth. 



They (hpuld not exceed a quart or xhcir 

 three pints at a time, but be often re- quantity, 

 peated : nor fhould they be too fat *, but 

 made of fheeps heads, trotters or any other 

 meat broth, milk pottage, rice-milk ftrain- 

 ed, and many other fuch nourifhing 

 things. For an emollient glyfter, take the 

 following. 



TAKE mardi- mallows and chamomile ^n emol- 

 flowers each a large handful, bay- lienc glyf- 

 berries and fweet fennel feeds bruif- ter. 

 ed, each an ounce : boil in a gallon 

 of water to three quarts, pour off 

 into a pan, and dilTolve it in half a 

 pound of treacle, and a pint of lin- 

 feed oil, or any common oil. 



To make it more laxative, add four 

 ounces of lenitive eledluary, or the fame 

 quantity of cream of tartar, or common 

 purging falts. 



TAKE two or three handfuls of marfh- Apwrging 

 mallows, fena one ounce, bitter 'ih'^^^^* 

 apple half an ounce, bay- berries 

 and anifeed bruifed, each an ounce, 

 fait of tartar half an ounce j boil a 



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