MISCELLANEOUS REMEDIES. 



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ANOTHER To two quarts of soft 

 water add one -half teaspoonful of flax- 

 seed, three ounces of licorice, three of 

 raisins, each cut in two parts. Boil 

 very slowly until reduced to near a 

 quart. Then add two tablespoonfuls 

 of lemon- juice (if it is not at hand use 

 vinegar) and sweeten to the taste. 

 Dose, two tablespoonfuls every three 

 or four hours and double that amount 

 on retiring at night. This cures bad 

 colds in a day or two. It has cured 

 many colds in a fortnight that had be- 

 gun to exhibit signs of consumption. 



Croup. 



Put a piece of unslaked lime of the 

 size of an orange into a pitcher, pour a 

 little hot water onto it, cover the head 

 of the child with a cloth, and let the 

 child inhale the^ vapor of the lime 

 under the cloth^ Renew the lime 

 every half hour until the child breathes 

 freely. The worst cases have yielded 

 to this treatment. Dr. Napheys. 



MEMBRANOUS CROUP Give from 

 five to eight drops of the fluid extract 

 of Jaborandi every half -hour. This is 

 a sovereign remedy for this form of 

 croup. Dr. Dover regards it as almost 

 a specific. 



Dandruff. 



Take of ardent spirits, one-third; 

 castor-oil, two-thirds; mix and apply 

 to the scalp of the head and immedi- 

 ately afterwards use the comb. The 

 dandruff will come off in masses. 

 Afterwards, wash thoroughly with cas- 

 tile soapsuds ; though in cases, as with 

 men, where the hair is not long, the 

 washing may be dispensed with. This 

 is the best remedy we have ever known. 

 A single application is often sufficient. 



Diabetes. 



This disease has been cured by the 

 patient taking a tablespoonful of com- 

 mon pulverized chalk in a tumbler of 

 milk, three times a day. 



Deafness. 



Put one ounce of angelica root in two 

 ounces of brandy and let it stand for 

 two days. Put two drops in the ear 

 three times a day. Mr. O. Wells, of 

 Jackson, Pa., was cured with this rem- 

 edy after being nearly deaf for a 

 number of years. 



Diarrhea. 



Goto bark is a recent remedy for this 

 disease and pronounced almost a spe- 

 cific for it in its various modifications. 

 Dose of the fluid extract, two to three 

 drops four times a day. 



Diphtheria. 



At the first indication of diphthe- 

 ria, make the room close ; then take 

 a tin cup and pour into it a quantity 

 of tar and turpentine, equal parts. 

 Then hold the cup over a fire so as 

 to fill the room with fumes. The pa- 

 tient, on inhaling the fumes, will 

 cough up the membraneous matter. 

 The fumes of the tar and turpentine 

 loosen the matter in the throat, and 

 thus afford the relief that has baffled 

 the skill of physicians. 



ANOTHER Put a teaspoonful of sul- 

 phur in a wineglassful of water and 

 stir it well. When well mixed use it 

 as a gargle. It will give immediate re- 

 lief. Also swallow some of the mix- 

 ture. If the throat is too nearly closed 

 to admit of gargling, blow the sulphur 

 through a quill into the throat and then 

 gargle with the mixture. If the pa- 

 tient cannot gargle, take a live coal, 

 put it on a shovel, and sprinkle a 

 spoonful of sulphur upon it and let the 

 sufferer inhale the fumes. 



Dysentery. 



One-half pint of the seeds of the 

 plantain, boiled in one quart of milk 

 and drunk freely, will cure either dys- 

 entery or flux. 



CHRONIC DYSENTERY. To take half 

 a pound of grapes every four hours 

 through the day, the skins and seeds 

 being rejected, is in many instances an 

 effectual cure for cases of chronic dys- 

 entery. 



ANOTHER. Rhubarb and wild-cherry 

 bark, a handful, four tablespoonfuls of 

 sugar ; simmer together. Dose, a table- 

 spoonful to an adult, every hour, until 

 the pain ceases. Make it fresh every 

 day. The "Indian Physician" pro- 

 nounced this an infallible remedy in 

 dysentery. 



ANOTHEK Take of; 

 Pulverized opium, - i drachm 



" camphor, - - 2 " 

 Ipecac, 

 Cream tartar, - I ounce. 



Triturate well in a mortar. Dose ten 

 grains to a half teaspoonful three times 

 a day. In severe cases take every four 



