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Warner's Cordial for Gout in the Stomach.
Take one ounce of rhubarb, two drachms of senna, two of fennel seed, two of
coriander seed, one of saffron, and one of liquorice; stone and cut half a pound
of good raisins, and put all in a quart of good spirits; let it stand in a warm
place for ten days, shaking it every day; then strain it off and add a pint more
spirits to the same ingredients; when all the strength is extracted, strain it
and mix the first and last together. Take from two to four spoonsful of this
cordial in as much boiling water as will make it as hot as you can take it; if
the pain is not removed in half an hour, repeat the dose, and if your stomach
will not retain it, add ten drops of laudanum.
Dr. Warner remarks, "after twenty years' experience of this medicine in myself
and others, it is impossible for me to speak of it in terms higher than it
deserves. When the vital parts are affected, persons subject to the gout should
never sleep without it in their chamber."
Cure for Tetter.
Take one tea-spoonful of powdered Spanish flies, put them in half a pint of
French brandy; wash the part affected occasionally. This has been highly
recommended to me, as a remedy for tetter on the hands, but I have never seen it
tried.
For Cramp in the Stomach.
Dissolve a tea-spoonful of table salt, in a tea-cup of warm water; if this does
not stop the vomiting and cramp, repeat the dose; this is very useful in
stopping the operation of an emetic, when it has continued too long. Flannel
cloths dipped in hot spirits,
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