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keep stirring till it is dissolved-take your vessel off the fire &and continue to work it till it is broughtto a consistency- For Tetters & all cutaneous eruptionsSaturnine Plaister12 pounds lb of Wax- melt it -add 3 pounds lbs ½ of oil of…

No 60Take quantities of dry hemlock leaves sew them between two pieces of linnen to make a flexible mat--trass- let it boil a few minutesin water -squeeze it out and ap--ply to the affected part- it must be re’applied every2 hours -Emmollient…

A Receipt for a Decoction which will sweeten the Blood and banish the Scurvey by DegreesOf Sinkfoil, or five leaved Grass } Betony } Wood Sorrel, or Cuskose Grass } Violet Leaves and Wild Strawberry Leaves}Take each a large handfull, and boil them in…

4 lettuces, a large onion chopt together4 large cucumbers quartere’d & cut intosquare pieces, the seeds taken out, theherbs are to be stewe’d in butter- haveready a large kettle of water, put it to the herbs with a pint of young peas, some thin…