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Blackberry Cordial

To 1 quart blackberry juice, add 1 pound white sugar, 1 nection with this, eat freely of garlic and fine common salt. This treatment is to be continued until the tape-worm is killed or so sickened that it will lose its hold on the bowels, when it will be expelled entire. When once the tape-worm begins to pass the bow- table-spoonful each cloves, allspice, cinnaels, care must be taken not to break it off, mon, and nutmeg. Boil all together 15 min- Boil all together 15 minfor it will then grow again; it has this po-utes, add a wine -glass of whiskey, brandy, or culiar property.

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