July 1, 1862

I got stung by a yeller jaket yesterdy. Caused 
a not to swell up on my arm big as a hens egg.  
My wife put on a poltice of onion and snake 
root and it drawed out the pizen.  Thought I'd 
write down a few remedies that'll cure ye of 
most what ails ye.

Gargle with yeller root tea for sore throat and 
mouth. A little alum mixed with it helps.

Drinkin wild cherry bark tea mixed with whiskey 
is a good spring tonic.

Wear a Asofidita bag around yer neck to ward off 
a cold, the grippe and the flu (and people).

Drinkin snake root tea or ditney tea or eatin 
sheep's sorrel thins the blood.

Put chimbley soot and cobwebs on a cut to stop 
the bleeding.

Put a little pine rosin on a rag an put it on a 
sore keeps it from putrifyin.

Pine rosin put on a cows horns after de-horning 
keeps the flies off.

Eat a spoon of sugar, lard and 2 drops of 
turpentine to cure the croup.

A little paragoric mixed with water and sugar 
stops the flux and gravel (diarrhea).

9 sow bugs in a bag worn around the neck cures 
the nosebleed..

Wear a flat lead bullet on a string in the holler 
of yer neck to ward off nosebleed.

Warsh yer face with vinegar to cure nosebleed.

Drink May Apple root tea for a strong laxitive 
to clean ye out.

Eat a spoon full of sulphur and molasses for a 
spring tonic.

Put a dried piece of pigs bladder in yer shoe 
to cure foot corns.

Eat dried arnge peelings if ye can git em to 
cure a cold.

a boy whos never seed his daddy blows in a baby's 
mouth to cure the thrash.

Rub buttermilk and salt on a sunburn, bee sting 
or pizen oak.

Rub butter on a burn to take the fire out.

Takin a drink of whiskey will cause the measles 
to break out sooner.

If ye pull a pulled tooth dont let a dog step on 
it or a tush (tusk) will grow back in place.

Smelling of vinegar or alchohol cures a headache.

Carry a buckeye in yer pocket to cure rheumatism.