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1^0 cure a Felon. 



Take a quart of skimmed milk, skim'd clean, 

 put three gills of water with it, and one handful 

 of salt in it, then set it on fire coals, and when it 

 begins to simmer, put in your finger, or felon, 

 and keep it in while it boils ; dont take it out 

 till it boils, lest it strike to your stomach. This 

 will give immediate relief and a safe cure. 



To cure a Whillorv or Burn, 



Take the skin of hog's suet and bind it on 

 two or three times ; if the whitlow breaks out, 

 bind it on till it gets well — the effect is excellent. 



Dr, Morsels receipt to draw a Felon to a head. 



Boil flaxseed in new milk, and at the last stir 

 in some Indian flour. Repeat this poultice so 

 often as to keep it warm, and it will speedily 

 draw it to a head. 



^ To harden or help your fingers when they are crack- 

 ed by drawing a thread through them. 



Take the oil of corn, pressed out between 

 hot irons, rub it on the cracked places, warming 

 it in by the fire. 



For Cracked, or Sore Lips* 



Use the oil of walnut ; you may get it by 

 cracking the nuts and putting the meat between 

 hot tongs, and pressing it moderately over a 

 small vessel. Put the oil on your lips at night — 

 this has given considerable relief. 



To cure the Toothache, 



Take the powder of wild celendine root (cal- 

 led by some sullindine) and put it on and in the 

 tooth a number of times, if it comes handy, and 

 it will cure the toothache, or cause it to fall out 

 m a few days. Hold the tea or juice of the herb 



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