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Thompson's Hot Drops
Gum myrrh, 2 ounces cayenne pepper, 11 drachms spirit of wine. 1 pint. Put in a bottle, and shake several times a day for a week. Take a tea-spoonful or more in a little warm tea.
It is a fine remedy for rheumatism. It will relieve the headache by taking a dose, bathing the head with it, and snuffing it up the nose.
It is good for bruises, sprains, swollen joints and old sores, &c., &c.