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Lémery, Nicolas, 1645-1715.
For a Scal'd Head.
Take the Buttons of vvild Cucumbers; for vvant of them, the Leaves one handful, Oyl of Nuts half a pound, tvvelve musty Pilchards, beat them together, and put them into a glaz'd Pot, vvith a pint of the blackest Wine you can get; boyl them to the vvasting of the Wines; then shave the Head, and vvash it vvith Ox Piss, and anoint it vvith this Ointment for four days, vvhich vvill be about the time of the Cure, and the longest that may be; Probatum.
