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707. Or, apply pounded Roots of Burdock and of Elecampane cold. This ufually cures , if kept on twenty-four Hours : but it gives Pain : 708. Or boil Nettles ' till foft. Foment with the Liquor, then apply the Herb as a Poultis .-I. have known this cure a Sciatica of forty-five Years ftanding : Or, apply Nettles bruised in a Mortar : 709. Or, boil Calamint ; apply this as a Poultis fhifting it daily. Meantime drink a Decoction of it Morning and Evening. 710. Or, apply Flannels dipt in ftale Lie, boil'd with Salt as hot as you can bear, for an Hour : 711. Or, a Mud made of powder'd Pitcoal and warm Water. This alfo cures Palfies, Weaknefs ofthe Limbs , moft Disorders of the Legs, and Swellings and Stiffneís of the Joints. It cured a Swelling of the Elbow Joint, tho' accompanied with a Fiftula, arising from a Caries ofthe Bone. 189. Inflammations or Swelling ofthe Scrotum . 712. Wash it thrice a Day with ftrong Decoction of Agrimony. 190. A Scorbutic Atrophy. 713. Ufe cold Bathing : Which also cures all 191. Scorbutic Pains. 192. Scorbutic Sores. 714. Put half a Pound of fresh fhav'd Lignum Guaiacum, and half an Ounce of Sena into an Earthen Pot, that holds fix Quarts. Add five Quarts offoft Water, and lute the Pot clofe. Set this in a Kettle of cold Water, and put it overa Fire, 'till it has boiled three Hours. Let it ftand in the Kettle ' till cold. When it has ftood one Night drink daily half a Pint, new Milk-warm , fafting, and at Four in the Afternoon. Wash with a little ofit . Inthree Months all the Sores will be dried up. Tried. 193. The Scurvy .† 715. Live on Turnips for a Month : 716. Or, an entire Milk Diet, for fix Months : 717 Or, Such a Degree of Scurvy, as caufes the Flesh to waste away like a Confumption. The Scurvy is known byHeavinefs of Body, Weariness, Rottenness of Gums, and Yellow, Lead or Violet-colour'd Spots on the Legs.