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MISCELLANEOUS REMEDIES. 



hours. In chronic cases, dose five to 

 ten grains three times a day, to be con- 

 tinued till the complaint entirely dis- 

 appears. This is not only an admirable 

 remedy for dysentery, but an invalu- 

 able diaphoretic powder. 



Dyspepsia. 



Four teblespoonfuls of lime-water, 

 mixed with a cup of milk and taken 

 once a day, is a very excellent cure in 

 some forms of dyspepsia. 



Earache. 



Extract the oil from the white of a 

 hard-boiled egg by pressure through a 

 thin cloth. From a warm teaspoon put 

 one or two drops of this oil into the ear. 

 It will give almost an immediate re- 

 lief. 



ANOTHER Drop a few drops of very 

 warm salt water in the ear. It will 

 often relieve when other remedies have 

 failed. 



Fever and Ague. 



In some parts of the Southern States 

 cotton-seeds are reputed an excellent 

 remedy for fever and ague, by boiling 

 one pint of the seeds in three pints of 

 water down to one pint. One-fourth 

 to one-half of this to be drunk warm 

 one hour before the expected return of 

 the chill. This is generally sufficient, 

 but if not it is to be repeated. 



ANOTHER. Among the simple 

 remedies that have been found success- 

 ful in the treatment of this disease is 

 charcoal. It is said to have been especi- 

 ally successful in those cases in which 

 the digestive organs have been more 

 particularly affected and known by 

 symptoms of nausea, vomiting, hic- 

 cough, flatulence, diarrhea, dysentery, 

 etc. The remedy has been given in 

 doses of one-fourth to a half teaspoon- 

 ful two or three times a day, along with 

 arrow-root or some other substance by 

 which it could be more readily swal- 

 lowed, or may be used in milk. 



COOLING DRINK. Take four ounces 

 of raisins, four ounces of tamarinds, 

 boil in three and a half quarts of water, 

 quite slowly, for five or ten minutes ; 

 strain and add one-fourth pound white 

 sugar. This is excellent as a drink in 

 all cases of fever. Take wineglass 

 doses as often as the patient may wish. 



ANOTHER. A quantity of tamarinds 

 infused in water forms a very refresh- 

 ing and excellent drink, for sick and 

 convalescents from diseases, especially 



from fevers. While at the same time 

 it keeps the bowels open and the feces 

 soluble. 



Giddiness. 



Giddiness usually arises from a dis- 

 ordered state of the stomach, and a 

 little pearlash, as much as will lay on a 

 nickel, dissolved in water will alleviate 

 it. 



Gleet. 



The following is regarded as almost 

 a specific for the cure of gleet. In- 

 ject one tablespoonful three times a 

 day: 



Quinine 10 grains 



Dilute Sulphuric Acid 5 drops 



Rose Water _ 8 Tablespoonf uls 



Mix. . 



ANOTHER. The following is Dr. J. 

 L. Wright's favorite prescription for 

 this disease. He says it excels every 

 other remedy he ever used. Mix the 

 ingredients and inject one tablespoon- 

 ful three times a day : 



lodiform 20 grains, 



Sweet Oil... :....... 2 ounces, 



Mix these in one bottle, and the fol- 

 lowing in a second bottle, adding the 

 two together subsequently : 



Golden Seal 4 drachms, 



Glycerine 1 ounce, 



Fluid extract of Hyoscia- 



mus 1 2 drachms, 



Headache. 



A very good remedy for headache is 

 thirty drops of aromatic spirits of 

 ammonia in a tablespoonful of water. 

 At the same time put a mustard plaster 

 on back of the neck. 



ANOTHER. The oil of peppermint, 

 applied to the head, is among the best 

 external remedies in use, and with 

 many persons it will afford speedy 

 relief. 



SICK HEADACHE. An eminent medi- 

 cal author says, "The most efficient 

 preparation I ever used is composed of 

 one teaspoonf ul of prepared charcoal, 

 pure baking-powder one-half tea- 

 spoonful, and twenty drops of essence 

 of peppermint ; mix well together and 

 take at one dose. To be repeated every 

 thirty minutes until relief is obtained. 

 The patient should be in a dark room. 

 Bathe the head with equal parts of 

 warm vinegar, spirits and rain-water. 



NERVOUS HEADACHE. Take from 

 one-half to a teaspoonful of firwein 

 three times a day. This is a new remedy 



