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How to Cure a Cold

Dr. G.

Johnson, Professor of Medicine in King's College, London, in a recent lecture gives the following cure for a cold: On the whole, the for asthma, coughs, hoarseness, &c. A tablespoonful every hour, or a wine-glassful 3 times a day.

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