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some wild sulindine) if this is too smart for the 

 eye, mix it with breast milk, and it will take off 

 the fihn from the eye ; it is also good for cloudi- 

 ness. Loaf sugar pounded up fine and put into 

 the eye, has taken away the film in the first sta- 

 p-es of it. The above mentioned herb sim^mered 

 down to a salve or oil, and put into the eye, an- 

 swers a good purpose. The use of this herb, as 

 above mentioned, has restored the eye sight whea 

 it had failed for many years. 



For Sore Eyes. 



Use the juice of wild celandine, by putting it 

 frequently in the eyes — it has restored the eyes 

 ^^'hen very bad, and of long standing. 



Symptoms of the BIdw JVorm, 



Is paleness of face, and whitishness about the 

 mouth, and uneasy feelings. The maw worm 

 is small, about half an inch long, and very nume- 

 rous, and trouble children and persons of age. 

 A child has been cured by eating frequently of 

 all kinds of beans, baked or stewed together with 

 pork. This was continued for two weeks, in 

 which time the worms passed off' very numerous- 

 ly. The child craved the beans. This worm is 

 not like the other kind of little flat stomach worms, 

 or hrge worms ; it inhabits the maw or ponch. 



For a Scald or Burn. 



Lay on a linen cloth wet with rum for twelve 

 hours — then at night lay on a linen cloth spread 

 over with hog's fat, grated over with the red ross 

 of a large hemlock — put this on every night, and 

 put on the cloth wet with rum every day, wash- 

 ing it at intervals v/ith a tea made of white pine 



