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TAKE 20 Drops of the Oil of R.ofes in a fpoonfui of Cold Water, or drink the Juice of GreenElder Leaves, for inward application. If outward, be needful, apply Olleum Petre, or make a Plaifter of Quacking Aih Leaves, Sallad Oil and Wax, about 1 Ounce of each, fo apply where needful. Or, drink the Juice of Paddock Pipes ; mean time Plaifter with Green Elder Leaves and Fre!h Butter, being firft pounded together.. Tfe Lajt Frohatum Efl. N. B If you do not know Paddock Pipes, they grow in bogs and mires, and marihy ground, dark white to colour, about the thicknefs of a rail), empty within, and about i Inch divilion betwixt the fmall Tunicles, which are more or lefs according to the length of the Pipe : They commonly grow to i foot 1-2 long; if longer, they are too old, and unfit for fervice. P. S. You need not think it ftrange that I approve of the laft or firft Cure for any malady, for I mention none but what may be depended upon : only, when I approve of one more then another, it is betaufe it ! has been cftener tried : 'owever, when one fails, another may be taken with fidety ; for, as Conftitutions and difpofitions varies, fo, what will cure one, may not cure adother: Now, as more than one is mentioned, there can bene excufe for ignorance in this matter, if neglected. For

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