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 as possible, and the strongest kind of salt should be used.

LIGHT infusions of ginger alone taken twice or thrice a day, have been found very efficacious by the French surgeons in Rheumatic affections. The pains are rendered at first excruciating; follows copious persperation, and in two or three days the symptoms gradually disappear and the patient is cured, or at least released for a period.

Another remedy for Rheumatism.

TAKE half a pint of spirits of turpentine, half a pint of linseed oil, half a pint of strong vinegar, half a pint of fine salt, mix these ingredients well together, and rub the part affected with a piece of red flannel, warmed and steeped in them, as hard and as long as the patient can bear it, or till you find considerable irritation produced on the surface of the skin. This operation may be repeated three days successively, provided a cure is not sooner effected.

Another.

ONE ounce of camphorated soap; one drachm of tincture of cantharidescantharides, [sic] one drachm of liquid ammonia caustic; three drachms of oil of Thyme. Put a little in the palm of your hand, and rub the part affected well three or four times a day.

Another.

TAKE one ounce of gum camphor; one quart oof [sic] spirits; add as much of the bark of the root of