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For Rheumatick Pains Stone Brimstone reduced to a fine powder And as much honey or Treacle as is necessary to make paste, apply this to the afflicted part and it will generally remove the pain [abbreviation for "note"] a little spirit of Turpentine may be added to the above A Cure for a Troublesome Cough Take 6 ounces of Italian Liquorice (that stamped Tolazzi is the best) cut it in small pieces and put it into an earthen jar with a quarter of a pint of white wine vinegar Let it simmer together by a stove fire until the Liquorice is dissolved then add two ounces of oil of Almonds and half an ounce of Laudanam (that is tincture of Opium stir it well together every tiime you take it The dose is two tea spoon-full when going to bed and at any other time when the cough is very troublesome The Dose of Mr James Woods Ague Drops Let an adult begin with three three time a day and increase one drop in each dose every day until it comes to twenty in each dose and be sure not to go beyond that in any case as the medicine is a violent poison [abbreviation for Note] It should be taken in about three table-spoonfulls of water gruel Useful Physic Take Extract of Compound Colocynth a Dram Jalap in powder -- two teruples white soap -- -- one teruple oil of Carranays -- -- -- four drops Mix it well together and make it into twenty four Pills -- Dose two or three Pills or more if nesessary A Cure for Gravel Let two or Three Tea-spoonfulls of Magnesia be taken in a little warm water two or three times a day A Good Ointment for gatherings of any kind Especially in Womens Breasts Take Spirits of hartshorn and Sweet-oil equal quantities shake them together in little bottle Then melt Honey and Bees-wax equal quantities and mix the oil and Hartshorn with it white warm Let all the four articles be as nearly equal as possible [abbreviation for Note] The heartshorn may in some cases be be left out
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For Rheumatick Pains Stone Brimstone reduced to a fine powder And as much honey or Treacle as is necessary to make paste, apply this to the afflicted part and it will generally remove the pain [abbreviation for "note"] a little spirit of Turpentine may be added to the above A Cure for a Troublesome Cough Take 6 ounces of Italian Liquorice (that stamped Tolazzi is the best) cut it in small pieces and put it into an earthen jar with a quarter of a pint of white wine vinegar Let it simmer together by a stove fire until the Liquorice is dissolved then add two ounces of oil of Almonds and half an ounce of Laudanam (that is tincture of Opium stir it well together every tiime you take it The dose is two tea spoon-full when going to bed and at any other time when the cough is very troublesome The Dose of Mr James Woods Ague Drops Let an adult begin with three three time a day and increase one drop in each dose every day until it comes to twenty in each dose and be sure not to go beyond that in any case as the medicine is a violent poison [abbreviation for Note] It should be taken in about three table-spoonfulls of water gruel Useful Physic Take Extract of Compound Colocynth a Dram Jalap in powder -- two teruples white soap -- -- one teruple oil of Carranays -- -- -- four drops Mix it well together and make it into twenty four Pills -- Dose two or three Pills or more if nesessary A Cure for Gravel Let two or Three Tea-spoonfulls of Magnesia be taken in a little warm water two or three times a day A Good Ointment for gatherings of any kind Especially in Womens Breasts Take Spirits of hartshorn and Sweet-oil equal quantities shake them together in little bottle Then melt Honey and Bees-wax equal quantities and mix the oil and Hartshorn with it white warm Let all the four articles be as nearly equal as possible [abbreviation for Note] The heartshorn may in some cases be be left out
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