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operates as a puke, and physic, which clears the 

 bile from the stomach and bowels and leaves the 

 body in health. 



For a Tveak Stomach* 



Take Indian root, take out the pith and slice 

 it fine, put it in a kettle, and add molasses to it, 

 one quart to a peck of the root, and boil it mod- 

 erately until it is soft,then put it into a platter and 

 sit it in an oven just warm enough to dry it, use 

 it constantly for eating. 



To prevent Mortification, 



Take dogmacklemus leaves and ox balm, boil 

 them and lay them on. This has cured when the 

 skill of physicians has failed. 



For Bursts, 



Take bog onion, cumfrey, solomon's-scal, life 

 of man, sarsaparilla, not-grass, shepherds spouts, 

 (a large proportion of the bog onion,) boil them 

 well together, strain it oft' and cool it. Add one 

 pint of molasses to a gallon. 



Dr Ford^s Receipt for a Fever* 



To break up a fever with cold water. First 

 wash the patient all over with salt and water cold. 

 When the fever is rising, apply a cloth doubled, 

 wet in fresh cold water ten minutes ; this do three 

 times, washing the cloth clean and airing it, then 

 apply a dry cloth thirty minutes. Thus contin- 

 ue the cloths till the fever abates. If the fever 

 returns again, use the cloth as before mentioned. 

 Apply a draught to the feet. Physick should be 

 taken to keep the body in proper order. 



A Receipt mmde of that wonderful root possessing 

 many name^\- The names are, 



Sweet root, Indian root, petty morrill, life of 

 man, spikenard, cory come. 



