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Nerve Powder

Take 1 ounce Peruvian bark, 2 ounces; wild-cherry trec each of scullcap, valerian and catnip; and cay- bark, 1 ounce; cinnamon, 1 drachm, all pulenne, 1 drachm; coriander seeds, 1/2 ounce. verized; capsicum, 1 tea-spoonful; sulphur, 1 Pulverize, and mix. Take 1 tea-spoonful in a ounce; port wine, 2 quarts. Let stand a day cupful of boiling water, leaving room for milk or two. Always buy the Peruvian bark and and sugar. Repeat according to the symptoms. This powder tranquillizes the most irritable nerves without debilitating and deadening their sensibility. It greatly strengthens the nerves.

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