1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

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Shake well -^lien

and 1 ounce tinct. benzoin comp.

two ingredients are in. Dose.

— A teaspoonful an hour before each meal,

and 2 teaspoonfuls at going to bed.

No. 551. How to cure San-Stroke. Immediately bruise horseradish and apply it to the stomach, and give him gin to drink. Never-failing. No. 552. Cure for the Quinsy, Simmer hops in vinegar until their strength is extracted. Strain the Hquid, sweeten it with sugar, and give it frequently to the patient until relieved. This is an almost infallible remedy.

No. 553. Spitting of Blood.

Take 2 spoonfuls of the juice of nettles, at night, or take 3 spoonfuls of sage-juice in a little honey. This presently stops either spitting or vomiting blood. Or give 20 grains of alum, in water, every 2 hours.

No. 554. To cure the Whitlow.

Steep in distilled vinegar, hot as you can bear it, 4 or 5 times a da}', for 2 days successively; then moisten a leaf of tobacco in the vinegar, bind it round the part affected, and a cure follows.