Wesley Corpus

272. The Whites. 945. Live chaftly. Feed fparingly. Ufe Exercife conftantly. Sleep moderately, but never lying on your Back : 946. Take eight Grains ofFalep every eight Days. This ufually cures in five Weeks : 947. Or, firft bleed . Then purge thrice with twenty Grains of Rhubarb and five of Calomel: 948. Or, boil four or five Leaves of the white Holy Oak, in a Pint of Milk with a little Sugar. Then add a Tea-fpoonful of Balm of Gilead. Drink this every Morning.-It rarely fails. 949. Or, boil an Handful of Dead Nettle Flowers, and a Dram of Cinnamon in half a Pint of Milk. Drink half of it every Night and Morning. 950. Or, make Venice Turpentine, Flour and fine Sugar, equal Quantities , into fmall Pills. Take three or four of these Morning and Evening. This alfo cures must Pains in the Back : 951. Or, in a Quarter of a Pint of Water , wherein three Drams of Tamarinds and a Dram of Lentifh-wood has been boiled , when cold , infufe Sena, a Dram, Coriander-feed and LiLet them quoirice a Dram and half each . ftand all Night. Strain the Liquor in the Morning, and drink it daily two Hours before Breakfaft : 952. Or, 952. Or, take Quickfilver and Aqua Sulphurata, as for an Afthma.-This feldom fails : 953. Or, after Purging, take about fifteen Grains of Cerufe of Antimony in white Wine, twice or thrice a Day. 273. A Whitlow. Apply Treacle : Tried. 955. Or, Honey and Flour : Tried. 956. Or, a Poultis ofchew'd Bread. Shift it once a Day : 957. Or, ofWater-Lilly: 958. Or, a Plaister of Ground Ivy ftampt. 274. Worms. 959. Take a Spoonful of Salt in a Glafs ofWater every Morning : 960. Or, a Tea - cup full of frong Infufion of Peach-leaves, fweetned with Honey, fafting an Hour after : 961. Or , a Dram and a Halfof Nitre in Broth : 962. Or, a Spoonful of Juice of Spear-mint 963. Or, A Child may be known to have the Worms, by Chilliness Palenefs, hollow Eyes, Itching of the Nofe, Starting in Sleep, and an unusually stinking Breath .-Worms are never found in Children that live wholly on Milk,