hours, before the liquor is drawn off, all the nauseous
properties will be extracted, and overpower the good ones. It is the
same in infusing any sort of well-prepared herbs, and great care
therefore is requisite in all preparations, that the pure qualities are
neither evaporated or overpowered. Otherwise, whatever it be, it will
soon tend to putrefaction, and become injurious and loathsome. Beer,
ale, or other liquor, into which herbs are infused, must be
unadulterated, or the infusion will be destroyed by its pernicious
qualities. Nothing is more prejudicial to the health, or the
intellectual faculties of mankind, than adulterated liquors. Articles
which in their purest state are of an equivocal character, and never to
be trusted without caution, are thus converted into decided
poisons.--Another way of making wormwood ale. Take a quantity of the
herb, according to the intended strength of the liquor, and infuse it
for half an hour in the boiling wort. Then strain it off, and set the
wort to cool. Wormwood beer prepared either ways, is a fine wholesome
liquor. It is gentle, warming, assisting digestion, and refining to the
blood, without sending any gross fumes to the head. The same method
should be observed in making all sorts of drinks, in which any strong
bitter herbs are infused. It renders them pleasant and grateful, both to
the stomach and palate, and preserves all the medicinal virtues. Most
bitter herbs have a powerful tendency to open obstructions, if
judiciously managed; but in the way in which they are too commonly made,
they are not only rendered extremely unpleasant, but their medicinal
properties are destroyed.

WOUNDS. If occasioned by a cut, it will be proper immediately to close
the wounded part, so as to exclude the air and prevent its bleeding, and
then any common sticking plaister may be applied. When the wound is deep
and difficult to close, a bandage should be applied; and if the skin be
lacerated, or the edges of the wound begin to be rough, lay on some lint
dipped in sweet oil, and cover the whole with a piece of fine oil cloth.
New honey spread on folded linen affords an excellent remedy for fresh
and bleeding wounds, as it will prevent inflammation and the growth of
proud flesh. In wounds which cannot readily be healed, on account of
external inflammation and feverish heat, emollient poultices, composed
of the crumb of bread boiled in milk, must be applied, and renewed
several times in a day