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	The following Receipe, for Curing Weak and Sore Eyes
	was found among the Papers of a Late Deceased Virtuoso
	Heat half an Ounce of Lapis Calaminaris* red Hot
	and quench it in half a Pint of French White Wine, and as much
	White Rose Water & Then pound it very Fine and Infuse it –
	Shake the Bottle whenever you Use it –

	This Hath Cured Total Blindness November 12 1763

	An Infallable Remedy for the Present Cold
	"Take a Pint of Cyder which has been made of Wildings*, and put in half
	a naggin* of Brandy, and another of Vinegar, and three Spoonfulls of
	Lemmon Juce, the same quantity of Honey & Jelly of Black Currants, put them
+Scrabs	Altogether in a Sauce pan on a Slow Fire, gently stirring them about
	untill the Cyder is Boiled; then for three nights running, as you are
	going to Bed take it as Hot as you can bear it – This is an Infallable
	cure in three Nights for the present Cold.
	Dublin Gazette. March .19th. 1764 & London Chronicle

	Cold
	Treakle ———-0.1 * } Mix’d together and Take a
	Allicompain Root 0.1 } Tea Spoonfulls in the morning
	Brimstone Powder 0.1 } Morning – 11, or 2. O Clock
	Liquorus Powder 0.1 Honey*} and at Night

	0.4

	Cold
	~~a Syrup~~ Sirup of Mulberry { Sirup of Blackberrys }
	in White Wine Whay* { for a Cold in Winter }
	before you go to
	Bed

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Transcribed by LF and JW