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GRANDMOTHER'S UNIVERSAL LINIMENT

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Ingredients

  • one pint of alcohol
  • one-half ounce of the oil of sassafras

Directions

1

One pint of alcohol and as much camphor gum as can be dissolved in it, half an ounce of the oil of cedar, one-half ounce of the oil of sassafras, aqua ammonia half an ounce, and the same amount of the tincture of morphine. Shake well together and apply by the fire; the liniment must not be heated, or come in contact with the fire, but the rubbing to be done by the warmth of the fire.

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These recipes of Grandmother's are all old, tried medicines, and are more effectual than most of those that are advertised, as they have been thoroughly tried, and proved reliable.

By F. L. Gillette and Hugo Ziemann · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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