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32
600
MISCELLANEOUS
VALUABLE
RECEIPTS.
No.
29.
Ointment
for
Piles.
No.
1.
Take
1
scruple
powdered
opium.
2
scruples
flour
of
sulphur.
1
ounce
simple
cerate.
Keep
the
affected
part
well
anointed
;
be
prudent
in
your
diet;
don't
eat
too
much;
keep
in
pure
air;
have
abundance
of
exercise,
&c.
With
strict
regard
to
these
directions,
the
dreadfui
complaint
we
have
alluded
to
will
depart
and
give
you
no
more
affliction.
No.
30.
To
make
Simple
Cerate.
Take
1
pound
white
wax.
4
pounds
lard
or
mutton-suet.
Melt
them
with
a
gentle
heat,
and
stir
it
well
until
cool.
l!T.B.
—
Yellow
wax
will
answer
the
same
purpose.
No.
31.
A
cure
for
G-iddiness.
Take
2
ounces
Epsom
salts.
1
ounce
senna.
1
pint
wine.
Distil
in
the
sun
or
a
warm
stove
a
few
days.
(Ready.)
Dose.
—
Take
as
much
as will
physic
you
tho-
roughly
the
tirst
day,
and
after
that
take
as
much
as
will
physic
you
once
a
day:
take
it
in
the
morn-
ing,
sober.
This
cured
a
case
of
seven
years'
stand-