Cure.
TAKE up the vein with a crooked needle and tie it above the swelling; then let blood below it, and apply cow dung fried in goose grease and vinegar by way of poultice.
spitting of blood from the lungs.
A WEAK solution of nitre, or draughts of water soured with lemon juice; or a table spoonful of common salt.
spots of oil, tallow, &c. how removed from Books, &c.
TAKE five or six pieces of lighted charcoal, about the size of a walnut each, wrap them in a piece of very clean white linen, which has been previously dipped in water, and squeezed with the hand, in order to press out the superabundant liquid Lay the stuff that is spotted upon a clean napkin spread over a table; then take the cloth containing the charcoal by the four corners and lay it on the spot ten or twelve times successively, pressing lightly upon it, and the spot will wholly disappear. When the spot is considerable, it sometimes goes through the stuff and the grease is imbibed by the napkin. But this is certain, that no spot of the nature above mentioned has ever resisted this process.
spots, of crease, or paint—How removed from Woolen Cloths, Silks, or Hats.
TO two parts of the purest alcohol, or spirits of wine, add one part of pure unadultered essential oil of lemon, (if good it will readily mix with the alcohol and be-
