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Remedy for Scrofula
Put 1 5780. Treatment of Debility. This ounce aqua-fortis in a bowl or saucer; drop arises from a diseased action of the stomach; in it 2 copper cents; when the effervescence the occasional use of mild aperients, fc.ceases, add 2 ounces strong vinegar. The lowed by bitters and tonics, is the best treatfluid will be of a dark green color. It should ment. When, from a general laxity of the and will smart. If too severe, dilute it with solids, and there are no symptoms of fever, every day. a little rain-water. Apply it to the sore, morning and evening, by a soft brush or a rag. Before applying it, wash the sore with water. This receipt comes well recommended for curing old sores and other scrofulous eruptions.