1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

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No. 74.

To cure White Swelling,

Take 1 handful sarsaparilla-root. 1 liaudfal sassafras-root. 1 handful dittany. 3 quarts water.

— Every morning,

Boil down to one-half.

Dose.

Bober, 1 gill until it is all used. While taking the above internally, make the following salve : Take 2 quarts cider. 1 pound beeswax. 1 pound sheep tallow, (suet.) 1 pound smoking-tobacco. Boil this well, and then put it on the sore like plaster is put on, and renew whenever you think proper.

No. 75. A certain Cure for Colds. Take 1 teaspoon flaxseed. 1 ounce liquorice.

\ pound raisins. Put the above articles into 2 quarts of water, and boil it down with a slow fire to one-half; then add \ pound rock-candy pounded fine, and add 1 tablespoonful lemon-juice. Dose. — | pint on going to bed, and take a little when the cough is trouble some. This receipt generally cures the worst of colds in 2 or 3 days. It is a sovereign balsamic cordial for the lungs.