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One quart of sweet oil taken by a child be- 

 fore thev are ten years old is said to cure the 

 phthisic. 



Gold thread tea sweetened with honey is good 

 for the Canker; drink a little and soak or swab 

 the mouth. 



Fill a barrel with green mullen leaves, then 

 with new cider, drink it out for the phthisic or 

 asthma, after it is worked. 



For the Rheiunatism, 



Coak-ash root, a so\ ereign cure for the rheu- 

 matism. Take a handful of the roots, put them 

 into one quart of brandy, and let them stand un- 

 til well steeped, say 48 hours ; then wash the part 

 atfected with the brand v by the . fire, and drink 

 of the brandy inwardly, say half a glass or less 

 as the person can bear, and apply red baize to 

 the part where the pain is seated, and follow this 

 if you wish to be cured of the rheumatism. Do 

 it night and morning. 



Make a tea of the same root, and it will cure 

 the colick, or any pain in the bowels or stomach. 



For the rheumatism, when settled in the joints, 

 take cedar boughs, boil them in brandy till th^ 

 bark comes off, take out the twigs and boil it 

 down to a salve, then spread a plaster &: apply it. 



For the Rheumatism. 



Take a handful of rusty iron, put it into strong 

 vinegar, and let it set a sufficient space of time ; 

 then rub the pained part every night when you 

 are in bed, or going to bed. 



Cough. 

 Take one t«^y put in good vinegar sufficient fo cover it, 

 let it set while trie vinegar eats the egg, take the skin out, 

 and it is fit for use ; set it up, sweeten it v?ith honey or 

 Joaf sugar, and take one spoonful at a time. 



