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Cancer
This seldom admits of a Cure, Unless by Extripation, and therefore the best way is to use Paliatives, Such as Saturnine and Anodyne Medicines outwardly, with a frequent Use of Laxatives and Mercurials inwardly, avoiding every Thing that is irritating, and giving Opiates when necessary.
An Indian Medicine Rx. Garget Leaves. White Lilly Roots, Squooooonk Cabbage. Meadow Plantain aa Contus. & Squeeze out the Juice and let it Stan in the Sun untill it Grows Thick to lb. j of [?] Juice add Ol. Ursa oz. j. Ol. Serpt. Rattle dr. ss apply this as a Plaister with a piece of Black Silk &c. Rx. Fol. Puleg. Saturcia, Fever Bush, Sassafras aa Coq. in aq. Font. Colat. dulcify cum Mellis Let this be drank as a tea to Defend The Stomach.
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Canine Madness
This is Occasioned by the Bite of a Mad Dog
Baldness to prevent
Lenimentum Crinificum Rx Gm Labdanum dr. vj. Ol. Ursi oz. ij. Mel. oz. ss. Lig. Mericies pulv. dr. iij. Ol. Nucis Moschat dr. j. Bals. peruv. dr. ij. M. f. a. Rub the Head over with an Onion then apply the Linimentum Repeat them thrice a Day for three Months. [Quinzey?] or Use Ung. Pomatum.
Baldness to make
Leniment Depilatorium Rx. Calx. Viv. oz. jv. auripigment oz. jss Rad. Orris oz. j. Nit. & Sulph. aa strong Soap Lees ob. ij. m. Boil to a Consistance add Ol. Caryoph. gutt. xx. m. Let this lie on but half an Hour at a time then Doo the Part over with Common Ol.
Carbuncles
These are a Sort of a Plague Sore See Feever Pestilential
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Cardialgia or Pain at Stomach
Magnesia alb. Absorbents. Sugar'd Steel, Chalk - Julep. Lozenges against the Heart Burn, bitter Tinct. Rhei, Tinct Saccra, Emetics.
Julepum è Creta Rx. Creta alb. ppt oz. j. Sacch. alb. dr. vj. Gm Arabic oz. ij. aq. Font. Qt j. m Take 1 Glass of it at Pleasure Tabelle Cardialgice vel Lozenges for the Heart Burn Rx. Creta alb. ppt. oz. j of Crabs Claws ppt oz. ij Bol. Armenic. oz. ss Nucis Moschat. s. j Reduce all to a Powder & make them into Lozzenges with water
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Caruncles and Carnosities in the Urethra
Use the Same Regimen as in Virulent Gonorrhea and apply Lenients and Refrigerants Some use Injections but the [Bougies?] are the best methods of Cure which is thus made. Rx. Empl. Commun. cum Pix Burgund oz. ij. Argent. viv. oz. j. Antimo. Crude Pulv. oz. ss m. If there is Signs of a profound Infection use Mercurial Frictions with a Decoction of Sudorifick Woods.
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Carus or profound Sleep as a Disease
This is a profound Sleep out of which the patient cannot be waked by Clamours, Shaking or even with the pricking of a Needle. Rx. Asarabacca Majorem. Syrian Mastic, Thyme, Dried Lavender Flowers aa Rubb these together 'till they are Reduced into a very fine Powder for Snuff This good in all Sleepy Diseases and especially for the Disease above Mentioned 'Tis called Pulv. Sternutatorious Errhines, Sneezing Powder, Sinapisms, Blisters on the Feet and Neck Cupping either with or without Scarrification, Strong Frictions on the lower Parts, Stimulating Glysters with the Addition of Sal. Gem, Sal. Marine, or the Root of Squills.