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give a dose of salts. Sponge the body with tepid water. 

 Give cooling (frinks, and keep the patient quiet. Giv* 

 catnip tea frequently, and bathe the feet. 



If the throat is sore, gargle with a little alum water, or 

 sage and honey. A gargle made of cayenne pepper is one 

 of the very best applicationt. Do not fail to try it. Mus- 

 tard plasters may be applied to the feet. 



Sometimes the disease runs into a malignant form. It 

 is difficult to give instructions as to the course best to pur- 

 sue under these circumstances; a physician should be 

 got, if practicable. The following is recommended, on 

 very high authority, in advanced stages of the putrid sore 

 throat, which accompanies the malignant form of the dis- 

 ease. If you cannot get a physician, try it by all means. 



Two table-spoonsful of cayenne (or red) pepper. 



One tea-spoonful of salt. 



Half a pint of vinegar. 



Half a pint of boiling water. 



When cool, strain it, and give two table-spoonsful 

 every half hour. We have great confidence in this 

 remedy. If there be difficulty in passing the water, give 

 a few drops of spirits of nitre occasionally, or spearmint 

 tea. 



MEASLES. 



This disease is usually known to mothers, but we will 

 give a few of the 



SYMPTOMS. Dullness and sleepiness ; dry cough ; 

 eyes red ; great thirst, and afterward a severe cold. On 

 the fourth day small red spots appear on the face, and 

 then on other parts of the body ; the face liable to be 

 swollen ; the tongue furred and of a whitish color. 



TREATMENT. Give a dose or two of castor oil or salts ; 

 in a few hours give a gentle emetic. Bathe the feet in 



