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ma{hes, and plenty of water, or gruel. 

 The following balls may be given thrice 

 a day. 



T A K E of fperma-ceti and nitre, of Peaoral 

 each one ounce ; oil of anifeed balls. 

 thirty drops j with honey enough to 

 make a ball. 



A pint of barley-water, in which figs The regl- 

 and liquorice- root have been boiled, "^^" P"^^' 

 fhould be given after each ball •, to which P^^* 

 the juice of lemons may be added ; and 

 if the lungs are greatly opprefTed with a 

 dry (hort cough, two or three horns, full 

 of the deco6tion, may be given three or 

 four times a day, with four fpoonfuls of 

 honey and liiifeed oil. A ftrong de- 

 co6lion of the rattle- fnake- root is alfo 

 much recommended in pleuritic diforders, 

 and may be given to the quantity of two 

 quarts a day, fweetened with honey. It 

 remarkably attenuates the blood, and 

 difperfes the inflammation, and in fome 

 parts is deemed a fpecifick for this com- 

 plaint. 



An emollient glyfter fhould be injeded Giy^^^^^^ 

 once a day, to which may be added two ^^^^^^^^X* 

 ounces of nitre, or cream of tartar. 



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