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MISCELLANEOUS REMEDIES. 



a day, and at the same time apply it to 

 the tumor by means of cloths saturated 

 with it. This treatment has been fre- 

 quently known to remove the tumor. 



Catarrh. 



Dissolve a tablespoonful of borax in 

 half a tumbler of water. Pour into the 

 hollow of the hand and snuff it up the 

 nose five or six times a day. I have 

 cured this disease with this remedy 

 when all other means had failed. Dr. 

 jBarron. 



ANOTHER Camphor water in five 

 drop doses every hour for four or five 

 hours, will generally break up a coming 

 attack of catarrh or influenza. 



Chapped Hands, Lips or 

 Wounds. 



Simmer half a pint of sweet cream 

 over the fire till it resembles butter 

 and forms a thick, oily substance. Use 

 as ointment for fresh or old wounds, 

 cracked lips or hands. 



Chills and Fever. 



A strong tea of garden strawberry 

 roots drunk freely will effectually cure 

 chills and fever. 



Cholera Infantum. 



Three or four injections of Wake- 

 field's Blackberry Balsam have cured 

 this disease when all other remedies 

 had failed. 



Injections of brandy are also a super- 

 ior remedy for the same purpose. 



Collodion for Corns. 



Paint the corn with collodion, as 

 often as convenient, night and morning. 

 After a couple of days soak the corn in 

 water as hot as can be borne, when the 

 corn, or a portion of it, will come away 

 with the application. Repeat till all 

 trace of the trouble has disappeared. 



Consumption. 



FOR CONSUMPTIVE COUGH Add a 

 handful of the bark of the root of what 

 is known as the "Choke Cherry " to a 

 quart of water. Use as a beverage 

 daily, in place of water. 



Those who have used this remedy 

 pronounce it of greater efficacy than 

 any of the tonics that are usually em- 

 ployed in this disease. It has been 

 known to cure patients after they had 

 abandoned hope of recovery. 



The wild cherry-tree bark contains 

 about the same medical properties as 

 the choke-cherry, and may be used in 

 its stead when the latter cannot be 

 had. 



THE TAB CURE Tar, three table- 

 spoonfuls ; strained honey, three table- 

 spoonfuls ; yolks of three fresh eggs ; 

 wine, one-half pint. Dose, one table- 

 spoonful three times a day, before 

 meals. Dr. East, a distinguished phy- 

 sician of the State of Texas, says, " It 

 is superior to all other remedies of 

 which I have any knowlege in the 

 treatment of this disease." 



MULLEIN Make a strong decoction 

 of mullein, sweeten with coffee-sugar 

 and drink freely two or three times a 

 day. Continue its use three to six 

 months. Young or old plants either 

 may be used when dried in the shade. 

 A writer in speaking of it says, "It has 

 been known to cure a number of cases 

 after hemorrhage of the lungs had set 

 in and the hectic flush was on the 

 cheek." 



CROTON OIL AND COD LIVER An 

 application of croton oil diluted in 

 olive oil, applied to the chest of a con- 

 sumptive in severe cases, will bring 

 out an eruptive rash; as soon as this 

 has partially healed, repeat the appli- 

 cation. Then apply at night to the 

 chest and back cod- liver oil as hot as 

 can be borne, washing off in the morn- 

 ing with a solution of strong salt and 

 water and vinegar. Repeat every day 

 taking the cod-liver oil internally. 

 This has effectually cured cases pro- 

 nounced hopeless by physicians. 



Coughs and Colds. 



Cold in the head is sometimes re- 

 lieved by snuffing up a pinch of pul- 

 verized sugar. 



To drink immediately before retiring 

 of milk as warm as can be swallowed, 

 will frequently relieve a cold. 



FOR A COUGH Dr. Randall gives the 

 following as a favorite remedy for 

 colds : Take the common white turnip, 

 cut into thin slices and sprinkle pow- 

 dered rock-candy between them, and 

 when dissolved take from a half to a 

 tablespoonful four or five times a day. 



ANOTHER To one teacupful of 

 white sugar, add the same amount of 

 raaVi-water and a small-sized onion cut 

 in pieces. Boil the whole together 

 down to a sirup. Dose from one- 

 fourth to one-third teaspopnful, after 

 each coughing-spell ; and in a day or 

 two your cough will be relieved. 



