A remedy for earache from a manuscript course in herbalism dating from the early 18th century.

for a pin in the ears
drop a litle oil of sweet
Almonds into the eare
and it easseth the pain instantly
and yet the oil of bitter
Almonds is our Docter
comand Ramidy

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