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league, * or other Epidemic, contagious Difeafes. 
Many running and peftilential Buboes and malig- 
nant Ulcers have been cured by the Ufe of its Pow- 
der only ; and it has opened many that were not 
broken. Its Decodtion in Wine is good againft the 
Bites of all venomous Bealls, Serpents, and Infedls *, 
and againft the gnawing Pains of the Stomach or 
Sides, from Cold or Gbftrudtions j and for the 
Bloody Flux. In an Eledtuary with Crelfes, Ro- 
fin, and Honey, it is excellent for an old Cough, to 
promote Spitting ; gives Relief in Cramps, and 
* For th.e Plague, take two or three Handfuls of Scabious 
and Devil’s-bit, beat them well, and with two Yolks of Eggs 
make a Poultife and apply to the Carbuncles. Pour a Spoonful 
or two of fmall cut Wormwood, mixt with Vinegar, on a hot 
Erick, and breathe in the Steam ; Willis. Or let the Sick, being 
in Bed and well covered, take a Draught of a Decodtion, in 
Wine, cf Male Pimpernel Leaves and Flowers; Ray. Or give, 
from two Scruples to a Dram, of powdered Arum Root in Wine; 
Tragus. For a Prefervative, drink every Morning a Spoonful of 
Tindture of Marygold Flowers drawn in ftrqng Vinegar ; Bar - 
f he line. Or cover the Sick well up in Bed, and let them drink 
three Ounces of Marygold Juice ; Cempegiu*. Or a Dram of 
powdered Root of Carline Thiftle, in a Glafs of warm white 
Wine, with a Spoonful of this Antipeftilential Vinegar : Take 
Roots of Angelica, Elecampane, Butterbur, and Tormentil, of 
pach half an Ounce ; Contray.ejrva, Virginian Snake Root, Ze- 
jdpary, .of each three Drams ; Leaves of Rue^ Goats Rue, Scor- 
dium, of each a Handful ; Flowers of Marygold, of Cloves, of 
(each half a Handful ; Seeds of Carduus and Citron, of each 
two Drains ; cut, bruife, and digeft all in Vinegar, ten Days or 
longer ; then Frain pif, filtre the Liquor, and keep it for Ufe ; 
Dofe a Spoonful or two in the above, or in Carduus W'ater ; or 
with Milk make a PofTet, and drink a Draught of it falling every 
Morning ; carry alfo a Phial of the Vinegar, and fmell often to 
)t ; Willis. Or apply to a Carbuncle a warm Poultife of Onions 
and white Lily Roots, boiled, or rpafled under the Alhes, with 
a few Figs ; or with Scabious or $orrel Leaves ; Idem Or give a 
large Dofe of powdered, full ripe Ivy Berries ; Boyle. Yarrow, 
taken an/ how, is a great Prefervative ; Deodat. Or take often 
a Dram pf powdered Butterbur Root ; or infufe Rue in Vinegar, 
ar f d pic as Wormwood was above ; or boil Rue in white Wine, 
and drink the Decoction with a little Vinegar. HemnJngs. 
Ruptures. 
