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MISCELLANEOUS RECIPES. 



This oil is likewise good for weak 

 eyes. 



Suppression of Urine. 

 One of the best remedies in use is 

 to stew onions in sweet-oil to the con- 

 sistency of a poultice, and apply to the 

 lower part of the abdomen. We have 

 never known it to fail in giving imme- 

 diate relief. It is especially valuable 

 for this difficulty in cases of pregnancy. 

 Sweating Feet. 



Tannin is an admirable remedy for 

 sweating feet. Half a teaspoonful 

 sprinkled in the stockings for a few 

 days strengthens the skin without 

 interrupting too much the perspiration. 



Toothache. 



Powdered alum will not only relieve 

 the toothache, but has a tendency to pre- 

 vent decay, putting a small portion in 

 the tooth and covering it with cotton. 



ANOTHER Saleratus put in and 

 around the tooth will often relieve this 

 difficulty. 



ANOTHER The tincture of aconite is 

 another very excellent remedy, applied 

 on cotton. Equal parts of ammonia 

 and water are likewise efficacious. 



Tape-Worm. 



Kameela, two drachms ; simple sirup 

 one tablespoonf ul. Mix and take at a 

 dose, after fasting one day. Follow 

 this in four or five hours with two 

 tablespoonfuls of castor oil and one 

 teaspoonful of spirits of turpentine. 

 One dose of this medicine is usually 

 sufficient to expel the tape- worm. 



Ulcers. 



A strong decoction of walnut leaves 

 in which a small portion of sugar has 

 been dissolved makes a valuable wash 

 for cleansing and healing ulcers. 



For Vomiting. 



A few swallows of warm water, 

 sweetened with sugar, will often allay 

 this difficulty. Remedies for vomiting 

 should always be taken warm. Strong 

 coffee without milk or sugar will often 

 check vomiting. 



ANOTHER Take salt, two ounces; 

 cayenne, one ounce ; vinegar, one quart. 

 Mix. Dose, a tablespoonful whenever 

 there is great nausea or vomiting. A 

 medical writer says that this compound 

 is the best remedy to stop vomiting 

 that he had ever used. 



ANOTHER A tablespoonful of a 

 strong tea made of cloves, g^yen every 

 ten minutes will check vomiting. 



ANOTHER From a half to a tea- 

 spoonful of pepper-sauce diluted with 

 water will generally produce the same 

 effect. 



Warts. 



A medical writer recommends kero- 

 sene-oil. He says, " I began its use 

 three months since, when I had a num- 

 ber on my hands, some very large and 

 painful. Where they were covered 

 with hard cuticle I carefully pared it 

 off and saturated them daily, using a 

 camel's hair pencil and common coal- 

 oil. They began to disappear in about 

 two weeks and are now entirely gone." 



ANOTHER Common salt and alum in 

 equal quantities, burned to a powder 

 and bound on warts, will remove them. 

 The juice of garden celandine (Touch- 

 me-not) applied twice a day, is said to 

 be effectual for the same purpose. 



White Swellings. 



In white swellings and other painful 

 diseases the application of heat in the 

 form of steaming is attended with the 

 happiest effects and, indeed, is often a 

 complete and sovereign remedy. Cases 

 have been cured by its repeated appli- 

 cation, which had baffled the skill of 

 noted physicians. 



Wounds. 



Smoke the wound, or any bruise or 

 wound that is inflamed, with burning 

 wool or woolen cloth. Twenty minutes 

 in the smoke of wool will take the pain 

 out of the worst wound ; repeated two 

 or three times it will allay the worst 

 cases of inflammation arising from a 

 wound. It has saved many lives and 

 much pain. 



MISCELLANEOUS RECIPES. 



For Stopping the Flow of Blood 



The extract of witch-hazel, is one of 

 the best articles that can be used. It 

 is kept at drug stores. 



Frost Bites Make a lye of hard 

 wood ashes. Wash once or twice a 

 day. Will cure any case in three or 

 four days. Care should be taken not 



