7'i2 HOW TO MAKE THE FARM PAT. 



the clyspe] sia. To those who already feel its symptoms we say 

 exercise daily in the open air, eat mutton, fowls, and beef, boiled, 

 broiled or roasted, but never fried. Avoid pork, fish, and any food 

 that requires over three hours for digestion, {see table in previous 

 chapter,) eat fresh ripe fruits and vegetables, (baked or stewed 

 prefe-rred,) give up the use of pastry, tea, coffee, and tobacco; 

 bathe the surface daily with cold water, seek cheerful society and 

 take either pirescription No. 7 or No. 8, as is most convenient for 

 you. If your case is so confirmed as to resist these remedies, 

 take No. 9. 



' Scrofula can be successfully treated only by internal remedies. 

 No. 10 is an easily procured and effectiA'e remedy. To the tumors 

 that have not discharged, a poultice of yellow dock, or burdock, 

 pounded, and made with corn meal and vinegar, may be applied. 

 After the tumors discharge, wash them in Castile soapsuds, to Avhich 

 a little whiskey has been added. Apply to them an ointment made 

 as follows : Scrape a carrot into fresh cream, beat them together, 

 and strain through a cloth. 



Piles are the result of a constipated condition of the bowels, 

 which must first be removed. {See Cosliveness.) Mild laxatives 

 and injections should be used. If the piles descend into the anus, 

 frequent sitting in cool water will relieve them. Castile soap, added 

 to the water or used as a wash, is beneficial. Sitting over a hot 

 decoction of bitter herbs and steaming the parts will often prove 

 successful where other remedies fail. The ointment prescription. 

 No. 11, it is advisable to keep always on hand, when any person 

 in the family is subject to piles. 



For any of the lesser scratches, bumps, burns, bruises, bites, 

 stings, sprains, swellings, etc., to which members of the family are 

 liable, we consider nothing equal to tincture of arnica, which should 

 be kept in every family, secure from the reach of children. Dilute 

 it with water, half and half In cases of sprains or severe inflam- 

 mation, apply wrappings of cotton cloth and keep them wet with 

 the arnica. 



To Recover Persons when Suffocated, from Drowning, 

 Hanging, Breathing Gas, or any Other Cause. — Treat the 

 person immediately, and in the open air, except in freezing wea- 

 ther. To clear the body of water, place the patient face down, 

 with one arm under the forehead. To excite breathing, turn the 

 body on to the side, and apply hartshorn, snuff, or salts to the nos- 

 trils. Rub the face warm with a towel, then dash cold water in it. 

 To imitate breathing, place the patient again on his face, folding 

 blankets or clothes and placing them under the chest. Now roll 

 the body from the face to the side, repeating these turnings delib- 

 erately, efficiently, and perseveringly about fifteen times a minute, 

 occasionally varying the side. Every time the body turns upon 

 the face make quick, earnest pressure on the back, between and 



