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Tincture of Rhubarb Mts. Jones

Take the best Turkey Rhubarb an ounce 1/2 Cardimum
seeds and saffron of each 2 drachms Liquorish
root half an ounce put all these into a pint of
french Brandy. Let it stand 8 or 10 days
close stopp'd. Shake it once or twice a day

Then strein it off for use

To make a Sperma Ceto Mixture for a Cough. Do

Take 3 drams of Sperma Ceto and pound it
very fine in a Marble Morter. Then take as
much yolk of egg as will mix it , and rub it
well together, and put to it 2 spoonfulls of
syrup of Tolu, and rub it with the sperma
Ceto and egg. Then take half a pint of
spring water and mix with it by little and
little till you have put it all in. Take a
spoonfull or two often. You may put a
little spirit of Lavender in it If the
person is low spiritted. Or if it seems too
cold a little treacle water