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READY DOCTOR

For a Fall, or Falls.

IF no Bones be broken, Bleed as soon as possible ; that is to say, if you have loſt no Blood by the fall, then Drink a Cupfull or Two of Imaperatoria Iea : You must use this Herb, as Tea, for 3 Mornings.

                                   Probatum Eft.


For a Sore Guts.

TAKE a Glass of good Rum, Gin, or Brandy. If you do not chose to take any of these, Drink a Bowel full of Sweet Milk, and a little Pepper.

                                    Probatum Eft.

N. B. The Milk must be well Warmed.

For Sore Gums.

TAKE of Plumbs 12 Ounces, of Allum 4 Ounces, Compound them together, and keep always a little in your Mouth for 7 Days.

                            Probatum Eft.

N. B. If it be in Winter, when Plumbs cannot be easily got, Take a Handful of Plumb-tree Branches and 1-4th of a lib. of Allum, boil both together, and wash the Gums therewith, by working this Compound in your Mouth for 15 Minutes at once.