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Preventive to Wet feet
Take of Linseed Oil one pound Mutton Suet 8 oz. Bees Wax 6 oz. Rosin 4 oz.
Melt them together — and apply the mixture every morning to the upper leather — and also the soles of the shoes — It should always be applied in a fluid state and the leather pretty well saturated
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Medical Recipes
A Tonic. — The following is one of the best recipes for a good Tonic and Strengthening pill that we know of:
Rx Ext. of Hop Ʒi (one drachm [1 dram] Pulv. Hop Ʒfs (half ditto [½ dram] Pulv. Rhubarb Ʒfsj (one & half) [1½ dram] Pulv. Ginger Ʒfs (half do) [½ dram] Syrup a sufficient quantity
Make into thirty six pills. Take two morning and evening. These are tonic, gently aperient and corroborant.
Preparation of Slippery Elm Rx A table spoonful of Slippery Elm and a table spoonful of Brown sugar. Mix them in a tea cup full of Cold water. Put it in a pint of water and boil it more or less as may be desired. Strain through a thin rag, and grate nutmeg and sugar over it.
Recipe for Rheumatism Chronic. Rx Oleum Sassafras ℥fs [½ ounce] Ol. Lavender ℥fs [½ ounce] Spt. Hartshorn ℥ifs [1½ ounces] Spt. Vini ℥iv [4 ounces] Gum Camphor ℥i [1 ounce]
Mix.