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plenty of hot water, or better a thin extract of sassafras, 

 or tea made of wintergreen leaves. Keep very warm, so 

 as to get a good sweat. Rub him all over, especially the 

 place afflicted, with grease or vaseline. The only use of 

 these last things is to protect the skin. It is the rubbing 

 that does the good. 



Alder. 



The Indian treatment was a Turkish bath, as described 

 later. 



Sores and wounds: Can be cleansed by washing with 

 hot brine, that is a handful of salt in a quart of water. 



Sunburn: If you take your sunburn gradually, a little 

 each day, it doesn't hurt. But if you are foolhardy at first, 

 and expose your white skin, arms, or neck and back to the 

 blaze of the summer sun for a few hours you will pay a 

 heavy price. At night you will be in a torment of fever- 

 fire. The punishment may last for days. Huge blisters 

 will arise, and you may be obliged for a time to give up all 



