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Lémery, Nicolas, 1645-1715.
To cure Infants of the Convulsion.
Take Hens-dung, Peacocks Dung, dry is yet better, part each piece in two, and you will find a little white inside, which you must take out dexterously with the Point of a Knife, and beat it with Loaf-Sugar, and make thereof a Powder, and give half a dram thereof as you see occasion, or a little more in Broth or White Wine.
