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three or four Drops into the Ear, Morning and Evening, and ftop it with black Wool. 69. To caufe an eafy Delivery. 284. Peel, flice and fry a large white Onion in two or three Spoonfuls of the beft Oil, 'till it is tender. Boil this with half a Glafs of Water : Strain and drink it in the Morning fafting, for two or three Weeks before the Time of Childbrith . N. B. The Mother's firft Milk is the only proper Purge for the Child. Let it begin to fuck ten or twelve Hours after the Birth. 70. A Diabetes. § 285. Drink Wine boiled with Ginger, as much and as often as your Strength will bear. Let your Drink be Milk and Water. All Milk Meats are good : 286. Or, drink three or four Times a Day a Quarter of a Pint of Alum Poffet drink, putting three Drams of Alum to four Pints of Milk,- It feldom fails to cure in eight or ten Days. Dr. Mead. 287. Or, infufe half an Ounce of Cantharides in a Pound of Elixir of Vitriol. Give from 15 to 30or even 40 Drops in Briflal-Water, twice or thrice a Day. 71. The ADiabetes is a frequent and large Difcharge ofpale and fweetifh Urine, attended with conftant Thirst, and a Wafting of the whole Body.