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PKESCKIPTICWS.

No. 81.

For the diabetes, or an excess of urine.I have found a coffee made of flaxseed, andused as a constant drink, of singular benefit.

No. 82.

For a person struck with the Dead Palsythe following advice may be highly important:

Get good spirits of any kind, such as Jamaicaspirits, brandy, gin or whisky, it is not materialwhich, but the first has been oftenest tried; wetwith the spirits the hand, arm, foot and leg, andthe whole affected side, three times a-day, andrub the most numb and affected part with awoolen cloth ; continue the application for twoor three weeks, or until a recovery takes place.

This application has been several times tried,that I know of. 1 hearn of it in New-Jersey, inseveral instances, more than twenty years ago;but never had an opportunity, till since the pre-sent copy of this work was written, to see theproof of it under my own notice, and this waswith success.

No. 83.

To expel Worms by external application.

Take beef gall and rue juice, equal quantities

if green, and a like proportion of the gall and a

decoction of the dried rue ; stew them together

till you can spread a plaster with it. Then