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every other respect, it is a sovereign remedy. 

 I have had, in the course of time, four or 

 five servants who have shpped down stairs, 

 and have terribly bruised their legs, and 

 sprained their ancles, I have also given it 

 to numbers who have received injuries in 

 their limbs from falls, blows, or bruises, and 

 I never have known it to fail. It was given 

 to me by an old huntsman, thirty years ago. 

 It may even be used when the skin is 

 broken or rubbed off; not absolutely on 

 the wound itself, because it will occasion 

 great* pain ; but it may be rubbed in 

 well all round the wound. Take, of 



SPIRIT OF WINE, EIGHT OUNCES; DISSOLVE 

 ONE OUNCE OF CAMPHOR FIRST, IN THE 

 SPIRITS OF WINE, THEN ADD ONE OUNCE 

 OF OIL OF TURPENTINE, ONE OUNCE OF 

 SPIRIT OF SAL AMMONIAC ; OIL OF ORIGA- 

 NUM HALF AN OUNCE, AND ONE LARGE 

 TABLE-SPOON FULL OF LIQUID LAUDANUM. 



It must be w^ell rubbed in with the hand, 

 for full a quarter of an hour, every time it 

 is used ; which must be four times each 

 day. You will be astonished at its efticacy 

 when you try it. 



