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No 115 Cough mixture (cured Mrs Brownes')
1 1/2 ozs spanish liquorice 1/4 oz Salt of Tartar
1/2 drchm saffron 1 qt boiling water to be poured over the whole, 2 or 3 when the cough is troublesome.

No 116 Eye Water Mrs Bradley
One oz Lapis Calaminaries in 1 qt of boiling spring water, when cold, wash the eyes frequently - for grown people you may if you like put it into 1 1/2 pints of water instead of a quart.

No. 117 Constipation
An oz of Epsom salts in a pint of water, 1 tea cupfull every morning - for tight bound constitutions.

No. 118 Strengthening Plaister.
Take a Yellow Beeswax & Frankincense each 1/4 lb Burgundy pitch 1/2 lb melt them together & make a plaister according to art. It is wonderfully efficacious for green wounds, strains, bruises, & old sores, & is said to have this quality that whnever it sticks it does good, & that it will not stick when a bone is broken on displaced. It has been applied to the feet when pin has proceeded from Gout, but never was known to stick. Its great excellence is for a pain or weakness in the back. It should be spread on thick leather & remain as long as it will stick. Immediate relief is seldom found, but it never fails in ten days or a fortnight. The above should be boiled to a consistency to roll into a plaister. Mr. Holloway - Virginia