COUGH SYRUP.— Hyssop and rue, of each 1 ounce ; horehound, 1 ounce ; acid tincture of lobelia, 3 ounces ; essence of pennyroyal, 1 drachm ; essence of spearmint, a drachms. — Boil the hyssop, rue, and horehound till the strength is obtained ; strain, add sugar and treacle : boil to a syrup, and when nearly cold, add the tincture and essences. COUGH SYRUP.— Sage, 1 ounce, St. John’s wort, 1 ounce, Iceland moss, a ounces ; white poppy heads a cou 142 CRA ounces ; pearl bariey, 2 table-spoonfuls ; water, 2 quarts. Boil to a quart and sweeten with sugar candy, adding a little lemon juice. If the cough is ob- stinate, add & ounce of ipecacuanha. If the patient is asthmatical, add 1 oz. of sulphuric ether. COUGH SYRUP.— Tincture of lobelia, 1 oz. ; Iceland moss, 2 ozs. ; white poppy capsules, bruised, 2 ozs ; pearl barley, 2 table-spoonfuls ; water, 2 quarts ; treacle, 2 ozs. Boil down to three pints, and strain. Dissolve in it from 4 to 8 ozs. of sugar-candy. It effectually allays a tickling cough. A table-spoonful when the cough is troublesome. It does not constipate like laudanum and paregoric. Or, take lobelia herb, horehound, boneset, of each 1 oz. ; comfrey root, spikenard, St. John’s wort, poppy cap- sules, of each, % oz. Infuse in three pints of boiling water for three hours. Strain and add H lb. of loaf sugar boiled to a syrup. Add a wine-glassful of best rum. A table-spoonful is a dose. This is a valuable receipt for cough, hoarseness, &c. COURT P L A S T E R.— Isin- glass, oz. : Friar’s balsam, 1 drachm. Melt the isinglass in 1 oz. of water, and boil the solution till a great part of the water is consumed ; add ijt gradually to the balsam, and mix well. Keep a little longer on the fire, and brush it evenly over silk. Or, isinglass, 4 ozs. ; water, 3 ozs. Dissolve ; then add tincture of benzoin, 1 oz. Heat. Apply warm. COWHAGE.— An effectual remedy for round and other worms. It is made into an electuary with treacle ; a tea-spoonful to be taken at a time ; and to be followed by a brisk purge with rhubarb and jalop, or salts and senna* COW-HEEL BROTH.— Put a cow-heel into a pan with three quarts of water, and boil ; skim it well, season with peppercorns, thyme, parsley, and salt✪ Cow-heel Broth ; boil gently for two hours ; skim well, and serve the broth with the glu- tinous part of the heel in it. It is very strengthening. , „ COWSLIP WINE.— To two gallons of water, put'six pounds of pow- dered sugar, boil 40 minutes take oft the sKum as it rises, pour into a tub to cool, and add the rinds of two lemons ; when it is cold, add four quarts of cowlip flowers to the liquor, with the juice of two lemons✪ Cowslip Wine, let it stand in the tub two days, stirring it every two or three hours, then put in the barrel and let it stand three weeks or a month, then bottle it, and put a lump of sugar into every bottle. The addition of brandy im- proves it much. CRABS, to Choose. — They must feel heavy in the hand ; the very large ones are seldom good ; those of the middle size are the sweetest. If light they are watery ; the joints of the legs are stiff, and the body has an agreeable smell.

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COUGH SYRUP.— Hyssop and rue, of each 1 ounce ; horehound, 1 ounce ; acid tincture of lobelia, 3 ounces ; essence of pennyroyal, 1 drachm ; essence of spearmint, 2 drachms. — Boil the hyssop, rue, and horehound till the strength is obtained ; strain, add sugar and treacle : boil to a syrup, and when nearly cold, add the tincture and essences. COUGH SYRUP.— Sage, 1 ounce, St. John’s wort, 1 ounce, Iceland moss, a ounces ; white poppy heads, 2 ounces ; pearl bariey, 2 table-spoonfuls ; water, 2 quarts. Boil to a quart and sweeten with sugar candy, adding a little lemon juice. If the cough is obstinate, add & ounce of ipecacuanha. If the patient is asthmatical, add 1 oz. of sulphuric ether. COUGH SYRUP.— Tincture of lobelia, 1 oz. ; Iceland moss, 2 ozs. ; white poppy capsules, bruised, 2 ozs ; pearl barley, 2 table-spoonfuls ; water, 2 quarts ; treacle, 2 ozs. Boil down to three pints, and strain. Dissolve in it from 4 to 8 ozs. of sugar-candy. It effectually allays a tickling cough. A table-spoonful when the cough is troublesome. It does not constipate like laudanum and paregoric. Or, take lobelia herb, horehound, boneset, of each 1 oz. ; comfrey root, spikenard, St. John’s wort, poppy capsules, of each, % oz. Infuse in three pints of boiling water for three hours. Strain and add H lb. of loaf sugar boiled to a syrup. Add a wine-glassful of best rum. A table-spoonful is a dose. This is a valuable receipt for cough, hoarseness, &c. COURT P L A S T E R.— Isinglass, oz. : Friar’s balsam, 1 drachm. Melt the isinglass in 1 oz. of water, and boil the solution till a great part of the water is consumed ; add ijt gradually to the balsam, and mix well. Keep a little longer on the fire, and brush it evenly over silk. Or, isinglass, 4 ozs. ; water, 3 ozs. Dissolve ; then add tincture of benzoin, 1 oz. Heat. Apply warm. COWHAGE.— An effectual remedy for round and other worms. It is made into an electuary with treacle ; a tea-spoonful to be taken at a time ; and to be followed by a brisk purge with rhubarb and jalop, or salts and senna* COW-HEEL BROTH.— Put a cow-heel into a pan with three quarts of water, and boil ; skim it well, season with peppercorns, thyme, parsley, and salt ; boil gently for two hours ; skim well, and serve the broth with the glutinous part of the heel in it. It is very strengthening. , „ COWSLIP WINE.— To two gallons of water, put'six pounds of powdered sugar, boil 40 minutes take oft the sKum as it rises, pour into a tub to cool, and add the rinds of two lemons ; when it is cold, add four quarts of cowlip flowers to the liquor, with the juice of two lemons, let it stand in the tub two days, stirring it every two or three hours, then put in the barrel and let it stand three weeks or a month, then bottle it, and put a lump of sugar into every bottle. The addition of brandy improves it much. CRABS, to Choose. — They must feel heavy in the hand ; the very large ones are seldom good ; those of the middle size are the sweetest. If light they are watery ; the joints of the legs are stiff, and the body has an agreeable smell.

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