BRANDY AND SALT.

The wonderful cures effected by these ingredients have made such a noise

in the world, that we cannot resist the temptation to publish a few

facts and testimonies which have fallen under our immediate knowledge.

The first case was that of a poor man, who had been for years a martyr

to the gout, and being desirous of trying the effects of the miraculous

compound, but unable to purchase the ingredients, he tried another plan,

and perfectly succeeded in removing every symptom of inflammation, by

merely sitting a quarter of an hour with one foot in a brandy-keg, and

the other in a salt-box.

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