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gether without boiling, put gin with it; and take 



it sufficiently. 



For the GraveL 



Take medicamentum, sometimes called Haar- 

 lem oil, you will get it in small bottles at the A • 

 pothecaries. 



To cure the Ilch. 



Take pulverized black pepper,ginger an equal 

 quantity, one gill in the gross, put one quarter 

 of elecampane root, mix them with oil of tur- 

 pentine, so that it is moist, put a piece as large 

 as a bean in the palm of ycur hand, and rub them 

 hard together, and smell of your hands as you 

 would a pinch of snuff, for one week. 



To cure a swelling caused by a broken joint. 



Take wormwood, pound it up and wet it with 

 rum or brandy, and put it on and wear Htill it is 

 dry. Take red clover and dragon root, and 

 pound them together and spread them on a plas- 

 ter; spread sour cream on the top of it and put it 

 on. This has proved to be a cure. 



J^'or the Jaundice, whe?i the person has got nigh 

 the black Jaundice or Consumption. 



For jaundice, take moose miss, beginning at 

 the but and cut it into chips to the amount of 

 four quarts, put it in an iron pot, boil it three 

 hours, recruiting the water, leaving at last one 

 quart of liquor, and throw the chips on the 

 ground. You may drink this quart in a day if 

 you are able; if you find it helps you, continue 

 the same till you get quite well. For a cough 

 or a cold, use it in the same manner. 



For the Cancer, 



Take red ash bark and burn it to ashes on a 

 rock, then make lie and boil it to salts, and when 



