(8i) 
in an earthen glaz’d Vefiel, well covered in hot 
Allies for two Hours ; or in Horfe-dung, or in a 
Sand-heat, which exceeds not Milk warm *, then fet 
it by for Ufe Dofe, from three to fix Ounces every 
Morning, for fourteen, twenty, or thirty Days to- 
gether : Drink ordinary RheniJJj Wine (if ac- 
cuftomed to it) or fine, clear Small Beer •, with 
three or four Spoonfuls of the above Wine in it, 
when thirfty. If the Perfon is feverifh, or heli- 
cally difpofed, leave out the Pepper, arid put in a 
double Quantity of Liquorice : When the firfl Wine 
is drawn off, pour more upon the fame Ingredients. 
It is not only a good Wine in the Scurvy, but in all 
Nervous Diforders. 
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Drop -wort. (Filipendula) A Decddtibn of its 
Root expels Urine and Gravel •, gives great Relief 
in a Scalding Heat, and making of Urine by . mops. 
The Juice and Powder of its Root are commended 
in the Falling Sicknefs, and Swimming of the Head. 
It, with Fennel Seed, is good in a Shortnefs of 
Breath, and windy Stomach. It is of fpecial Ufe in 
die \yhites, and exceffive Lochia. Prevotius often 
cured Bloody Fluxes with a Dram of its Powder. 
Its Decodlion in Wine is good vcxFiJiula’s , as is every 
Preparation of Agrimony j and the inward and out- 
ward Ufe of the Juice of Doves-Foot, or Cranes- 
Bill. Of all Vegetable Poifons, Drop-wort with a 
Hemlock-Leaf is the moft terrible ; what (till adds to 
the Mifchief, is, v/e know of no Antidote to it 5 
yea the very Milk-white Juice at the Root is fo de- 
ftrudtive, that the leaftDiOp of it, fallowed, is im- 
mediately followed by a frightful and fatal Inflam- 
mation and Gangrene. The Remedies agamfl Arfe- 
hic, and Sublimate, may be tried or large Quanti- 
ties of warm Water drank * or warm Water and 
Dili or warm Broth. 
O 95. Ducks* 
