Hocus pocus: or, a rich cabinet of legerdemain curiosities, natural and artificial conclusions ... / [John White].
- John White
- Date:
- 1716?]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Hocus pocus: or, a rich cabinet of legerdemain curiosities, natural and artificial conclusions ... / [John White]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![which Afhes will kindle an Oaken board ; If you pleafe, you may fhoot thefe Bullets out of a Piece of great Ord- nance, The Figures for the Purfes here follow. : Uy as ea To drive away Mice, Take Vervain and fteep in Water 24 hours, and fprinkle it about the Houle, and they'll go away. ; _ To make Hair quickly grow. Take the Juice of Net- tles, that growin the Sun-rifing, moiften you Comb ~ Teeth with it, and every Morning comb the Hair up- ward, Probatum eft. | aes To whiten Teeth. Take Syrup of Rofes, Rofe fe-waten, Honey, Plantane-water, of each half an Ounce, Spirit of Vitriol four Ounces, mix them together, and then: rub your Teeth with alinnen Cloth, and wath. them. with equal parts of Plantane and Rofe-water, or rub your Teeth with Brickduft, and it will whiten them. To make a great deal of Cream. = Fake a red Snail, and by a Thread let him hangin © ‘the middle of your Cream. Veffel, and all-that is above — the Snail will turn to Cream. “ : Heart-burn. Chew five or fix white Peafe fome time 3. then {wallow them and keep in- your Breath, and it will cure you. at Deafne{s and Noife in the Ear. A. little Oy] of bitter Almonds put intothe Ear upon a little black Weol. . Confumption. Follow after the Plow, or walk in a Morning and cut upa Turfof Grafs in the Fields and fmell to it a pretty while. I Hoa Exper.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33005837_0043.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
