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T0 make artificial ajfes-milk. 
TAKE two ounces of pearl-barley, two large fpoonfuls of 
hartfhorn fhavings, one ounce of eringo root, one ounce of 
China root, oneounceof preferved ginger, eighteen fnailsbruifed 
with the fhells, to be boiled in three quarts of water, till it comes 
to three pints, then boil a pint of new milk, mix it with the reft, 
and put in two ounces of balfam of Tolu. Take half a pint in 
the morning, and half a pint at night. 
Cows milk , next to ajfes-milk^ done thus. 
TAKE a quart of milk, fet it in a pan over night, the next 
morning take off all the cream, then boil it, and fet it in the pan 
again till night, then fkim it again, boil it, fet it in the pan 
again, and the next morning (kirn it, warm it blood-warm, and 
drink it as you do affes-milk. it is very near as good, and with 
fome confumptive people it is better. 
t0 make a good drink. 
BOIL a quart of milk, and a quart of water, with the top- 
cruft of a penny loaf and one blade of mace, a quarter of an 
hour very foftly, then pour it off, and when you drink it let it 
be warm. 
to make barley water. 
PUT a quarter of a pound of pearl-barley into two quarts of 
water, let it boil, fkim it very clean, boil half away, and ftrain 
it off. Sweeten to your palate, but not too fweet, and put in 
two fpoonfuls of white wine. Drink it luke-warm, 
T0 make fage tea. 
TAKE a little fage, a little baum, put it into a pan, ilice a 
lemon, peel and all, a few knobs of fugar, one glafs of white 
wine, pour on thefe two or three quarts of boiling water, cover 
it, and drink when dry. When you think it ftrong enough of 
the herbs, take them out, otherwife it will make it bitter. 
To make it for a child. 
A LITTLE fage, baum, rue, mint ,and penny-royal, pour 
boiling water on, and fweeten to your palate. Syrup of cloves, 
&c. and black-cherry water, you have in the Chapter of Pre- 
ferves. 
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