Wesley Corpus

71. The Dropfy 288. Ufe the Cold Bath daily, after purging.: 289, Or, rub the fwelled Parts with fallad Oil by a warm Hand, at least an Hour a Day. This has done Wonders in fome Cafes. 290. Or, drink nothing but Lemonade, i. e. Lemon, Sugar and Water : 291. Or, cover the whole Belly with a large new Sponge dipt in frong Lime-water, and then fqueezed out. This bound on, often cures, even without any fenfible Evacuation of Water : 292. Or, apply green Dock leaves to the Joints and Soles of the Feet, changing them once a Day : -293 . Or, mix half an Ounce of Amber with a Quart of Wine-Vinegar. Heat a Brick (only not red hot) and put it into a Tub. Pour them upon it, and hold the Parts swell'd over the Smoke, covering the Tub clofe, to keep in the Smoke. The Water will come out incredibly, and the Patient be cured : Tried. 294. Or, eat a Cruft of Bread every Morning fafting : Tried. 295. Or, A Drofpy is, a preternatural Collection of Water, in the Head, Breft, Belly, or all over the Body. It is attended with a consinual Thirst. The Part fwelled pits, if you prefs it with your Fingers. The Urine is pale and little. 295. Or, take as much as lies on a Six-pence of powder'd Lawrel-leaves, every fecond or third Day. It works both Ways : Tried : 295. Or, mix a Pound ofthe coarfeft Sugar with a Pint of Juice of Pellitory ofthe Wall bruifed in a Marble Mortar. Boil it as long as any Scum rifes. When cool, bottle and cork it. If very bad, take three Spoonfuls at Night, and two in the Morning. It feldom fails : Tried. 297. Or, take Morning and Afternoon halfa Pint of a ftrong Tea of Lavender-cotton : Eating a Slice of Bread and Butter, ftrew'd thick with Garlick :