Adult perfons freed themfelves from colds, in the dead of win-1
ter, by plunging into the river; immediately going to-bed under a I
load of cloaths, and fweating away their complaint.
Warm cow’s milk in the morning, or two parts milk and one I
of water, a little treacle and vinegar made into whey, and drankl
warm, freed the highlander from an inveterate cough. ■
The chincough was cured by a decoftion of apples, and of the I
mountain afh, fweetened with brown fugar.
Confumptions, and all diforders of the liver, found a fimplel
remedy in drinking of buttermilk.
Stale urine and bran made very hot, and applied to the part,®
freed the rheumatic from his excruciating pains.
Fluxes were cured by the ufe of meadow fweet, or jelly of®
bilberry, or a poultice of flour and fuet; or'new churned butter ;H
or ftrorrg creme and freih fuet boiled, and drank plentifully®
morning and evening.
Formerly the wild carrot boiled, at prefent the garden carrot,®
proved a relief in cancerous, or ulcerous cafes. Even the faculty®
admit the falutary effect: of the catrot-poiiltice in iwCetening the®
intolerable fcetor of the cancer, a property till lately neglefted or
unknown. How reafonable would it be therefore, to make tryal®
o f thefe other remedies, founded, in all probability, on rational®
obfervation and judicious attention to nature !
Perfons affected with the fcKophula imagined they found benefit!
by expoling the part every day to a ftream of cold water.
Flowers of daifies, and narrow arid broad leaved plantane, w er il
thought to be remedies for the ophthalmia.
Scabious!
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