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For the Rheumatism^ 



Take the bones of an old horse, no matter if 

 they have laid out twenty years — take them and 

 pound them with an axe or hammer till you have 

 got a sufficient mess, boil them in a kettle gent- 

 tly and sufficiently — after cooling it till about 

 blood warm, put your hand on the top of it a few 

 times, and rub on what sticks to your hand. 



Cure for the Yellow Jaundice, 



You will take a large handful of horseredish 

 root, a handful of prickly ash bark, a handful of 

 black cherry tree bark, and a double handful of 

 hops, and put them into two gallons of cider, 

 (let the cider be cold) and let it steep twenty 

 four hours. This you will find to be a certain 

 cure for the yellow jaundice. 



David Munger. 



It has cured when bordering on the black jaun- 

 dice, and when troubled with the bloody urine. 

 You will remember to take one gill once in three 

 hours every day. 



For Numhiuss, 



Take tamarack, or bald spruce bark, and a 

 quantity of ginseng root, and put them into one 

 quart of Holland gin. 



Another for Numbness. 



Take sage, put it into good brandy and put it 

 in a warm oven after baking. 



For the Biliious Complaint* 



Take the bark of white ash roots, cut it fine 

 and fill a quart mug with it, then boil it in water 

 until it has got the strength from the bark — then 

 take two thirds of a teacup full of the tea in the 

 morning, and repeat the dose once an hour till it 



