CL ( 245- ) CL 
a Bag, or low’d up in a 
Cloth, and worn upon the 
•Stomach, to Hop Vomiting 
f and to take oft" Pains of the 
Stomach, proceeding from 
a cold Caufc. Some pow- 
der their Heads with the 
Powder of them, to take 
off Dulnefs and Pains of 
the Head. Cloves candied, 
tafte very pleafantly, and 
are proper for a cold Sto- 
mach. Oyl of Cloves by 
Deftillation is good for in- 
ward and outward ule. 
Oyl of Cloves, per defeen- 
fum, is made in the follow- 
ing manner. Take feveral 
large Drinking-glaffes, co- 
ver them with a Linnen 
Cloth , and tie it round 
each of them, leaving a 
Cavity in each Cloth, to 
put the powder’d Cloves 
into ; fet a fmall Earthen 
Cup upon each Glafs of 
thefe Cloves, let it ftop fo 
fitly, that it may fuller no 
Aif to enter between its 
Brim and that of the Glafs; 
fill theCups with hot Allies, 
to warm the Cloves, and 
deftil down to the Bottom 
of the Glaffes firft a little 
Flegm and Spirit, and af- 
ter that a clear and white 
Oyl ; continue the Fire, 
until there falls no more 5 
feparate the Oyl in a Tun' 
nel lined with a Cornet o* 
Brown Paper, and keep i c 
in a Viol well Hop’d- 
Some Drops of it are,with 
Cotton , put into aching 
Teeth. ’Tis likewife good 
in Malignant Fevers* and 
the Plague. The Ddic is 
two or three Drops in 
Balm- water, or feme ap- 
propriate Liquor, You 
mult mix it with a little 
Sugar-candy, or a little 
Yolk of an Egg, before 
you drop it into the W a- 
ter, other wife it will not 
diffolve in the Water. I 
have given you this Pre- 
paration, to ferve upon 
an Emergency, when you 
want in hafte the Oyl of 
Cloves. You mull onlyufe 
hot Allies to warm the 
Cloves, if you delire White 
Oyl ; for, if you give a 
greater Heat. theOyl turns 
red ; andbelides, a great 
part of it will be loft. You 
muft alfo take care to lift 
up the Cup from time to 
time, to ftir about the 
Powder. Some do diffolve 
Opium, in Oyl of Cloves, 
and ufe this Diffolution for 
the Tooth-ach ; they put 
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