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Le Gros's Itch Ointment
Take 5310. Brodie's Decoction of Pareira Brava. Take 1/22 ounce bruised pareira root, and 3 pints boiling water; boil down gently to 1 pint, and filter. Dose, 1 wine-glassful of iodide of potassium, & drachm avoirdupois; every 2 hours. An excellent remedy for lard, 1 ounce; mix. Cleanly harmless, and chronic inflammation of the bladder. effective.