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ounces, Honey two meat-fpoonfuls, and two large heads of 

 Garlic bruifed in a mortar; all mixed together, and divided 

 for two drinks, to be given in a quart of warm Ale: at the 

 fame time give a fmall handful of Linfeed upon every Feed 

 of Corn and Mafh you give, for three weeks together or 

 longer. Repeat fix of the above drinks, one every other day. 

 This method feldom fails to cure a bad Cough or Phthific. 



The TAR BALLS for Old COUGHS. 



Take Flour of Brimftone, Album Graecum, Liquorice 

 Powder, and Elecampane, of each four ounces, Balfam of 

 Sulphur drawn with Oil of Turpentine three ounces, and 

 Barbadoes Tar five ounces; made up into balls with the 

 Mullen Po^vder, fee page 33. Give a moderate fized ball 

 every morning, fading, before his exercife, for eight mornings 

 together. 



The GUM BALLS for Old COUGHS. 



Take Gum Ammoniacum, Gum Galbanum, Aifafoetida and 

 Balfam of Sulphur drawn with Oil of Turpentine, of each 

 two ounces. Cinnabar of Antimony fix ounces, Venice Tur- 

 pentine three ounces, Saffron half an ounce. Garlic four 

 ounces, and Honey eight ounces : made up into a ball with 

 Flour of Brimftone and Elecampane. Give a moderate fized 

 ball every morning, fading, for ten days together. Then omit 

 giving the balls for ten or twelve days, then repeat the fame 

 again. The above methods properly obferved will get clear 

 of Old Coughs, but obferve to bleed once a week; the firft 

 time you bleed take two quarts or better, and after, in fmall 

 quantities not to exceed a quart at a time, except the blood 

 appears to be bad, then you mud take a greater quantity ; fo 

 continue bleeding until you fee the blood to be of a due con- 

 fidence and clear from fize. 



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