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(47.) Mean while for dyet, no fish, nor milk; but once
or twice a-day a spoonfull of good sack, and only white bread;
And for ordinary drink, good white ale, not small; also white=
=bread saps in the morning, made with a little meaces, Cina=
=mom, & sugar strawed on them. Any other time of the day,
a little fowle of broath, made with meaces, raizines of Sun,
and a little Safron, rubbing a little white bread in it when
they sup it. And meaces were good in all their drink.
This, if timeously taken, may prove very beneficiall
for the Rickets in Children: And if it doe not wholly
Cure them at first Application; doe after the same man=
=ner a Second time.

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For the Convulsion-fitts.
For a Male, Take the Scull of a female, beat it into
pouder, and take thereof 2, 3, or 4 grains, according to the
Age of the patient, infused in ale, or any other liquor he
can drink; and let him drink thereof for severall mornings
together: And for a Female, the Scull of a male.
The Scull of a person strangled, or put to any violent
death, is much better than theirs who dye of any disease.
And it must be hung in a clean linen cloath before the
fire, so as it may get but a moderate drought, before it be
pulveriz'd.

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