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and drink bitters of the Indian milk weed (bitter root), 

 steeped in gin, to keep it from striking to the stomach. 

 This will physic the blood and cure the disorder. A 

 simple and effective remedy. 



No. 31. — Strengthening Plasters. 



Good for man or beast. Take a pitch pine knot, boil 

 it in water till the gum is out; then let it cool, and take 

 off the pitch. Spread a plaster of this on soft leather, 

 and apply it wherever it may be wanted. If it is too 

 powerful, temper it with a little rosin or beeswax. 

 Hemlock gum is good for a like purpose. 



No. 32. — For Dropsy. 



Take one pound each of prickly ash bark and bark of 

 sassafras root, feverwood bush half a ^und, four ounces 

 of parsley roots, and the same of the bark of black 

 birch, and of horse radish roots, and three ounces of 

 garlics; boil them all in three gallons of small beer; 

 drink nearly a gill three times a day, or a pint is a dose 

 for a horse. It is a powerful diaphoretic, invigorating 

 cordial; no better can be given for the above disease. 



No. 33. — For Weakness or General Debility of the 



Whole System. 



Take of lovage root, comfrey root, each half a pound, 

 and burdock root four ounces, spikenard root two ounces, 

 to about two gallons of water; boil them two hours; 

 strain off and continue to boil down to two quarts, then 

 add half a pint of the best Holland gin, and one pound 

 of honey, or loaf sugar; put it in a bottle and cork 



