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Mrs] Burgis

To make the Balsamick Syrup of Tolue

Send to the drugsters for a quarter of an oz. of Balsam
of Tolue of the best and a quarter of a pound of pearl
Barley half a pound of double refin'd Sugar.

Take a pint of spring water boil in it half a quarter
of a pound Pearl Barley, boil it in three waters, and the 3rd
water boil it in more than a pint of water, because-
it must boil longer to boil out the virtue of the-
Balsam It must boil till it comes about a pint
Then strain out the Barley and take out the Balsam
for it will not all dissolve but be in a lump- Then
take a most a pint of the water the clearest of it and
put in the Balsam again in that water and the
half pound of double refin'd sugar, Boil it to a syrup-
and when cold put it in a bottle and give the child
half a spoonful at night going to rest and as much
in the morning it should be taken down a drop or 2 or 3
at a time because it decends best to the lungs - A grown
person may take a spoonfull at a time, and let it
down by degrees leisurely, but for a child tis best to give
it in a tea spoon- 2 or 3 or 4 drops at a time till it
takes half a bigger spoonfull or you may give less
or more at anytime when she coughs night or morning

A Paste for the hands- Mrs. Smith

of honey a pound of bitter almonds a pound. white
lilly roots and white poppy seeds of each two ounces
six Eggs and an Ox Gall.