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catches of sleep for about two weeks; after which, an hour or two was occa- 

 sionally obtained. 



After applying the above mixture freely at each time, I then applied thff 

 following anodyne, emollient, or softening mixture: 



II. Sweet oil, 7 drs. ; laudanum, 1 dr. ; mix. The application of the fore- 

 going mixtures would relieve very much of the agonizing pain, even before I 

 would be done applying the first; and the second kept the surface soft, as well 

 as to help keep down the pain. (The same thing will be just as effectual for 

 boils, I have not a doubt.) The situation was such that no poulticing could 

 have been done, if desired, to hasten it; and even if it could, I have never 

 known one under the poulticing process to subside in less than 5 or 6 weeks, 

 •while by the above process nearly all the pain and soreness subsided in 3 weeks. 



At one time I thought it was going to repeat itself: but by the application 

 of the permanganate of potash, 1 dr. to 1 oz. of water, applied by rolling up a 

 •trip of cotton cloth, and tieing a bit of cord around it in the centre, the size of 

 the roll being just to fill the mouth of the vial, by which means I could wet 

 one end of the roll of cloth without spilling it upon the clothing (permanganate 

 colors the clothes), and apply to the swelling, it was driven back, or scattered, 

 and by taking an active cathartic dose of crab-orchard salts (any active cathartic 

 will do the same) it was carried out of the system. 



2. Carbuncle, Specific for. — R. H. Johnson, in the Medical Revieto, 

 gays, he has found tannin a specific for carbuncle. He sprinkles the tannin 

 upon the openings as long as it will dissolve ; and 24 hours after washes ofE with 

 Castile soap, and sprinkles it again. He claims it to soon heal up with but little 

 pain. It is worthy of trial, as it can do no harm. 



BOILS.— Remedy Against their Continuance.— Prof. Scud- 

 der, in his work on Specific Medication, speaking of lime, says: Its specific 

 use is in cases of furunculus (boil), and other inflammations of the cellular 

 tissue (the cell-like tissue immediately under the skin) terminating in suppura- 

 tion. Why it has this specific influence I do not propose to say, but I have 

 proven it in scores of cases. Taken in a case In which boils are continually 

 developed, the use of lime water will effect a radical cure. [The proper 

 strength for lime water to be used in these cases, in fact, in all cases, is: stone 

 lime, 4 ozs.; distilled water, 1 gal., or in these proportions. Slack the lime 

 with a little of the water, then pour the rest of the water over it and stir; cover 

 the bowl and set aside for three hours; then bottle and keep the liquor upon the 

 lime, well corked, and use only the clear liquid as wanted.] See "Milk Diet for 

 Infants and Adults.". Dose— It is given in doses of a wine-glassful, 3 or 4 times 

 a day. If too alkaline use additional water. 



This lime water is often very properly used with the milk fed to infants 

 which have to be raised upon the bottle; a tea-spoonful to a bottle of milk, or suf- 

 ficient to prevent acidity of the stomach; and it is also valuable in Dyspepsia in 

 adults when there are acid eructations of gas, or, as commonly called, belching or 

 rifting of wind from the stomach, after eating. DosE—For adults in these 

 (fyiil^psia cases, 3 or 4 table-spoonfuls to a bowl of milk ; suflficient only is 



