244 THE FARMER'S AND 



CRAMP IN THE STOMACH. 



TREATMENT. Rub the stomach with flannel till it 

 smarts. Take half a tea-spoonful of red pepper in warm 

 water. Drink freely of herb tea, mint, etc. Bathe the 

 feet in hot water, and apply heated bricks, or bottles of 

 hot water to the stomach. 



SALT RHEUM. 



TREATMENT. Make an ointment of narrow dock roots, 

 scabious and sassafras, equal parts. Boil these down 

 strong, and add a pound of lard. Apply the ointment 

 three times a day. Purify the blood with drink made oi 

 roots. BRISTOL'S SARSAPARILLA is a capital medicine. 



ITCH. 



TREATMENT. Flour of sulphur, two parts ; cream of tar- 

 tar, one part ; mix in molasses, and give an adult a tea- 

 spoonful night and morning. Children half the quantity. 

 Take sulphur, half an ounce ; lard, two ounces ; mix them 

 thoroughly together, and rub it over the body twice a day. 



RING WORM. 



TREATMENT. Tar, one ounce ; mutton tallow, one 

 ounce ; ground pepper, half an ounce. 



Simmer these together, and when nearly cold, stir in 

 powdered sulphur to form an ointment. Wash the parts 

 three times a day with castile soap-suds, and apply the 

 ointment. 



DIFFICULTY OF URINE. 



SYMPTOMS. A frequent desire to make water, attended 

 with pain, heat, and difficulty in doing so ; a fulness ia 

 the bladder. 



