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Febrifuge Wine

The follow- tion of the kidneys, &c. 5148. Diuretic Infusion. Parsley ing mixture is highly recommended for fever and ague: quinine, 25 grains; water, 1 pint; seeds, 1 ounce; cleavers, 4 ounce; burdock Epsom salts, 2 ounces; brandy, 1 gill; sul- seeds, ounce ; coolwort, ounce; spearmint, phuric acid, 12 drops; loaf sugar, 2 ounces. 1 ounce; juniper berries, ounce; linseed, Color with tincture of red saunders. Take a ounce; gum arabic, 1 ounce. Pour upon arabic, 1 ounce. wine-glassful three times a day. these 2 quarts boiling water; infuse 2 or 3

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