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An opening Drink for the Ricketts Dr Bates
Harts tong maidenhare coltsfoot each 2 handfuls Liver
wort i handful Pompian seeds shreed with the Husks
6 spoonfuls coriander seeds a sponful French barly 4
sponfuls mullen a handful & a halfe Juiubees & sebestians
each halfe a q t r pound boyle thes gently in 6 pints of spring
water til a 3d part be wasted strain it & clarifie it
with the white of an egge put to it 6 sponfuls of syrope
violets when you take it adde a little Juyce of
orange
My Aunt Mashams Ricket Oyntment
Rosemary Fetherfew spike Hysope thime pennyroyal southern
wood maidenhare bay leaves each a handful boyle them in
3 pints of salet oyle or 2 pound of unsalted Butter straine it
& annoynt the knotts on the ribbs & Joynts & Breast therwith
if it be narrow keep warme
An opening drink for the Ricketts
Runing water 2 q
a spoonful of Annisseeds as much as two walnutts of Liquorish
2 handfuls of Liverwort i0 leaves of Hartstong the black
streaks taken out of the back side 2 handfuls of maidenhare
boyle thes to 3 pints give the child noe other
drink once in a day or 2 or 3 give a spoonful of ssyrope of
sicory with ruberb in Beer in the morning fasting
before y u begin either the drink or oyntment give a little
ruberb steeped all night in Beer so as to purge it 3
times a day for 3 days Aprel & september are good
months to bleed a child behind the eares with a leach
and to purge in butt hotter weather is better for
the oyntment
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