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For the Cramp
Rosemary chopt small and enclosed in a linen garter to be worn next the skin
For "chill blinds" before they break
Tincture of Canthinadas one part Epodoldoc six parts. Anoint the part well with this.
To Draw out Corns
Take juice of House leek and thick old barm such as sticks about the bung hole is best. Equal quantities. Make a poultice and apply it. NB A roasted snails or fat bacon bruised and salt will have the same effect. NB Or the juice of Ivy-leaves.
An external remedy for diseases of the skin such as Leprosies.
Take Pomatum one ounce Sulpher one dram Salprunell one ounce. Mixt them well every time you anoint
To cure pimples in the face
Mix salt and the juice of lemons together and apply it to the pimples
To ease gouty pains apply bread and camphire in the form of a poultice to the afflicted part.
Eye Water
Take of white vitriol and salt peter of each quarter of an ounce. Dissolve it in a pint of rain water and the eye frequently Perhaps lime in some cases would be better than vitriol.

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For the Cramp Rosemary chopt small and enclosed in a linen garter to be worn next the skin For "chill blinds" before they break Tincture of Canthinadas one part Epodoldoc six parts. Anoint the part well with this. To Draw out Corns Take juice of House leek and thick old barm such as sticks about the bung hole is best. Equal quantities. Make a poultice and apply it. NB A roasted snails or fat bacon bruised and salt will have the same effect. NB Or the juice of Ivy-leaves. An external remedy for diseases of the skin such as Leprosies. Take Pomatum one ounce Sulpher one dram Salprunell one ounce. Mixt them well every time you anoint To cure pimples in the face Mix salt and the juice of lemons together and apply it to the pimples To ease gouty pains apply bread and camphire in the form of a poultice to the afflicted part. Eye Water Take of white vitriol and salt peter of each quarter of an ounce. Dissolve it in a pint of rain water and the eye frequently Perhaps lime in some cases would be better than vitriol.