vain. Take two quarts of cider, one pound of bees’-wax, one pound of
sheep-tallow, and one pound of tobacco; boil the tobacco in the cider till the
strength is out, and then strain it, and add the other articles to the liquid: stir
it over a gentle fire till all is dissolved.
TO MAKE A GOOD EYE-WATER.
Take four cents’ worth of white vitriol, for cents’ worth of prepared
spicewort (calamus root), four cents’ worth of cloves, a gill of good whiskey
and a gill of water. Make the calamus fine and mix all together; then use it
after it has stood a few hours.
A VERY GOOD REMEDY
FOR THE WHITE SWELLING.Take a quart of unslacked lime, and pour two parts of water on it; stir it
well and let it stand over night. The scum that collects on the lime-water
must be taken off, and a pint of flax-seed oil poured in, after which it must
be stirred until it becomes somewhat consistent: then put it in a pot or
pan,and add a little lard and wax; melt it well, and make a plaster, and a
pply it to the parts affected — the plaster should be renewed every day, or
at least every other day, until the swelling is gone.
A REMEDY FOR EPILEPSY, PROVIDED
THE SUBJECT HAD NEVER FALLEN
INTO FIRE OR WATER.Write reversedly or backwards upon a piece of paper: “IT IS ALL
OVER!” This is to be written but once upon the paper; then put it in a
scarlet-red cloth, and then wrap it in a piece of unbleached linen, and hang
it around the neck on the first Friday of the new moon. The thread with
which it is tied must also be unbleached. + + +
REMEDY FOR BURNS.
“Burn, I blow on thee!” — It must be blown on three times in the same
breath, like the fire by the sun. + + +