84. MEDICINE. 
MEDICINE. 
SHE commonness of the egg makes it 
a valuable remedy when others could 
not be obtained. If swallowed at 
once a raw egg will detach a fish- 
bone which has lodged in the throat. 
Whites of eggs taken immediately after cer- 
tain poisons will render them harmless; such 
as salts of lead, mercury, copper and acid 
poisons. The white of one egg will neutralize 
four grains of corrosive sublimate. It should be 
mixed with water and drank. 
The albumen is coagulated by the poison and 
wraps it in an insoluble covering, thus protect- 
ing the delicate coatings of bes stool until 
the patient is relieved "e vomiting. 
A French method of administering castor 
oil (cod liver, likewise) is to first warm it, stir 
in an egg, cook slightly, flavor with salt, sugar 
or acid jelly. The bitter taste of quinine may 
