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persons who have been troubled with a weak stomach for 

 years. 



No. 51. — For the Dropsy. 



From the same author. Take the juice of the white 

 pond lily root; temper it with barley meal, and bake it 

 for ordinary bread. This, he says, has been known to 

 effect a cure when medicine failed to do it. This is so 

 harmless, there can be no danger in making the trial. 

 Now here are two important diseases that we are liable 

 to, said to have been cured by mere dieting, as it were, 

 which coincides precisely with what I have witnessed in 

 the horse, by a change of food; from high to low, or 

 from low to high. But this is not always all that is ne- 

 cessary to effect a cure, but when you can get rid of any 

 disorder by a systematic diet without medicine, reason 

 teaches, it is the best way of doing it. 



No. 52. — For a Sprain. 



Take two spoonsful! of honey, the same quantity of 

 salt, and the whites of four hen's eggs. Beat the whole 

 together for an hour, then let it set an hour, and after 

 this anoint the sprain with the oil that will be produced 

 from the mixture, keeping the affected parts well rglled 

 with a good bandage. This is said to be one of the best 

 things ever known for a sprained ankle; and will readily 

 relieve the horse of locked ankles, &c. 



No. 53. — For the Rheumatism. 



Take a handfull of horse-radish roots, the same quantity 

 of prince of pine, and a little of prickly ash bark, ele- 

 campane roots, bittersweet root bark, wild cherry tree 



