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For Ihe Fever and AgUei 



Take a handful of culver's root, put it into 

 t>ne quart of rum, and take three glasses a dav, 

 if you can bear it. There are two kinds of this 

 root ; it grows two feet or more high, aixl has 

 leaves at each joint, one bearing a blue blossom, 

 the other white. The difference here mentioned, 

 may be termed a dark or light crimson* 



For Ihe Dysentery* 



Take one spoonfurof whiskey, and one spoon- 

 ful of wheat flour, mix these together, and take 

 the like dose once an hour for four of five times. 



A Receipt for the Canker, 



Take sWamp w^illow bark off the root (it is 

 redish) mix it with rattle- snake-bite; get the tea 

 out of them. Give it to the person every five 

 minutes, if bad. Make a strong tea of the bark 

 to cleanse the mouth, previous to taking the 

 other tea. A rag wet in the first tea is good for 

 any cankerous sore. Make a powder of the 

 same bark if a person cannot take the tea. 



For a Coush. 



Take hemlock boughs and fill a pail pot with 

 boughs and water closely packed— boil them 

 nearly three hours — then take out the boughs, 

 strain the water, and cleanse the pot. Boil the 

 liquor down to half a pint. Cork it in a bottle 

 — take a tea spoon full at a time three times a 

 day, and thus continue unless it sinks your spir- 

 its too much. 



Receipt for ihe Rheumatism* 



Take arse-smart weed, boil it in water, and 

 drink it freely. Likewise, make a linen bag a» 



