Modern curiosities of art & nature extracted out of the cabinets of the most eminent personages of the French court : together with the choicest secrets in mechanicks, communicated by the most approved artists of France
Lémery, Nicolas, 1645-1715.
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A Bath for the Feet and Legs to cause Sleep.
Take eight or ten Lettuces, or more, or six Handfuls of Vine-leaves, and five or six Heads of Poppyes, boil them in a Kettle with a sufficient quantity of Water; then poure all out into another Vessel, and therewith wash the Feet and Legs for the space of a quarter of an Hour; then wrap them in a Linnen-cloth.
