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after the first application relieved her so much as to enaJble her 

 to sleef J which she had not done for ten or twelve days. Pre- 

 vious to this the physicians recommended every thing that had 

 a tendency to induce sleep without avail. Nothing could ease 

 her pain so as to enable her to sleep. She continued the poul- 

 tices recommended by Mr. Koogle until finally relieved, though 

 they left the hand and part of the arm perfectly hollow — noth- 

 ing but skin, bone and sinew — yet the parts are now entirely 

 healed and as full as usual, without any other application. 



Yours, &c. 

 JACOB T. C. MILLER. 



EECEIPT FOR HUMORS OR BREAKma 

 OUT ON CHILDREN. 



Take wheat flotir and put into a hot stove 

 roast it to a brown color, stir and mix it while 

 browning. In using sprinkle on the sore — it 

 scarcely ever fails to heal after all other reme- 

 dies have failed. ■ The sores should not be dried 

 up too suddenly, and particularly when it is a 

 general breaking out over the face, hands, &c. 



