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a vial, and wash the child's gums with it three times a day, using a fresh rag
every time.
For Affection of the Kidneys.
Boil some onions soft, mash, and apply them where the pain is seated. This has
given great relief.
For a Gathering on a Finger.
Mix together equal parts of castile soap and chalk; wet it with camphor, and
bind it on,
or dip the finger in honey and camphorated spirits, as hot as you can bear.
A little burnt alum put on lint is good;
also a bread and milk poultice, with pounded sassafras root stewed in it, and
renewed frequently.
Honey and camphor mixed is useful for gatherings that have been of long
standing.
Take of the following ingredients a tea-spoonful each: black pepper powdered
finely, ginger, spirits of camphor, laudanum, and honey; beat them well with the
yelk of an egg, and thicken with rye flour, or if you cannot obtain rye, corn
and wheat flour mixed will answer; this will form a soft poultice, and should be
applied in sufficient quantity to keep moist, and changed once a day. I have
known this to cure several gatherings that threatened to be severe.
Huxham's Bark Tincture.
Take two ounces of bark, three drachms of Virginia snake root, one ounce of
orange peel, and one quart of good spirits; set it in a warm place, and shake it
daily for two weeks; then pour it off, and add a pint more spirits to the
ingredients.
This is very useful to take, when recovering from the ague or billious fever, or
in the fall of the year;
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