Wesley Corpus

ley-water, sharpened with Lemon-juice, or Applewater. So long as the fit of the tickling Cough continues, chew well and fwallow a Mouthful or two , of a Bifcuit or Cruft of Bread . If you cannot fwallow it, fpit it out. This will always fhorten the. Fit and would often prevent a Confumption . To ftrengthen the Body,take Saltpetre half a Dram, Salt of Steel fifteen Grains, in a Quarter of a Pint of Water. Add two Ounces of the best Brandy, and fweeten it with Loaf Sugar . Drink two Spoonfuls of this about Eleven in the Morning, and at five in the Afternoon , washing it down with a Dish of Sage Tea. This Mixture may be repeated twice or thrice. 47. Convulfions. 221. Ufe the Cold Bath : 222. Or, take a Tea-fpoonful of Valerian- root powder'd in a Cup ofWater every Evening : 223. Or, half a Dram of Miffelto powder'd , every fix Hours, drinking after it a Draught of ftrong Infufion thereof. 48. Convulfions in Children. 224. Scrape Piony Roots fresh digged . Apply what you have fcraped off to the Soles of the Feet. It helps immediately. Tried. 49. Con 49. Convulfions in the Bowels of Children . 225. Give a Child of a Quarter old, a Spoonful of the Juice of Pellitory ofthe Wall, two or three Times a Day. It goes thro' at once, but purges no more. had. Ufe Syrup, if Juice cannot be Corns (to prevent. ) 226. Wafh the Feet often in coldWater. 51. Corns (to cure .) 227. Apply fresh every Morning the Yeast ofSmall Beer, fpread on a Rag : 228. Or, boilthe Juice of Radishes, 'till it is thick enough to spread as a Plaifter. grows dry : Shift it as it 229. Or, cleanse from Earth the Root and Herb of Houfeleek ; crufh it with your Fingers and apply it. Renew it every three Hours , for twenty-four Hours : I. 230. Or, after paring them clofe, apply bruifed Ivy-leaves daily, and in fifteen Days they will drop out. 231. Some Corns are cured by a Pitch Plaifter. 232. All are greatly eased by steeping the Feet in hot Water, wherein Oatmeal is boiled . This alfo helps dry and hot Feet. 52. Coftive-