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Hunter's Pills

pp. 537-538 · The White House Cook Book
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These pills can be manufactured at home and are truly reliable,

having been sold and used for more than fifty years in Europe. The

ingredients may be procured at almost any druggist's. The articles

should be all in the powder. Saffron one grain, rue one grain, Scot

aloes two grains, savin one grain, cayenne pepper one grain. Mix all

into a very thick mass by adding sufficient syrup. Rub some fine

starch on the surface of a platter or large dinner-plate, then with

your forefinger and thumb nip off a small piece of the mass the size

of a pill and roll it in pill form, first dipping your fingers in the

starch. Place them as fast as made on the platter, set where they will

dry slowly. Put them into a dry bottle or paper box. Dose, one every

night and morning as long as occasion requires.

This recipe is worth ten times the price of this book to any female

requiring the need of these regulating pills.

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pp. 537-538