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PRESCRIPTIONS.

No. 77.

For a swelling of the belly and legs after a fever,or by talcing a cold.

Take a pint of mustard seed, ground or poun-ded, and a double handful of horse radish roots,scraped or shreded; steep them in half a gallonof stale cider, in a jug, and shake it often. After24 hours begin with half a gill per dose, or whatthe stomach can bear; take it in the morning,and always before meals thro' the day, till youare relieved; and continue to take some at times.

If hot pimples or boils break out on the skin,wash them with a decoction of maple bark.

This has been found a very successful remedyin the southern states.

If cider cannot be had, this medicine may beprepared with vinegar, reduced, sweetened, &c.like No. 50.

No. 78.

The Hydrops, a cure for the Hydrophobia, orbite of a mad dog.

A certain herb is now known, and cultivatedin gardens, that from the best information is aneffectual remedy for this most alarming and aw-ful disorder.

This herb I call hydrops, but by some of theGermans it is called huner dorm (or alsine, latin)and from among them it came into use. Butfrom a Dutch herbal, the herb by that name ap-pears to be another thing—that has a yellowblossom, this a beautiful pink red ; that lives

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