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be drank after getting into bed; but don't take additional cold next day after 

 the free perspiration which it produces. 



in. How to Cure Recent Colds. — A writer gives the following sen- 

 sible plan for quickly curing a recent cold. He says: " "When you get chilly 

 all over and begin to sniffle and almost struggle for breath, just begin at once 

 and your tribulation need not last very long. Gret some powdered borax (it 

 should be kept in every house), and snuff it freely up the nostrils frequently. 

 Smell freely and frequently also from the camphor bottle (which also ought to 

 be kept in every house), and pour a little of the camphor upon the handkerchief 

 to wipe the nose with » often as is needful, which will be quite often as the 

 cold begins to break. The nose will not become sore with this treatment, and 

 if begun quickly and followed faithfully at intervals, by bed-time you will won- 

 der what has become of your cold, and your sleep will seldom be disturbed." — 

 Eosperience. 



Remarks. — If a cold is not broken up within two or three days at most, it 

 will run about two weeks in spite of all known remedies. Take note, then, of 

 the very first symptoms, and besides the snuffing of the powdered borax, and 

 the hot lemonade on getting into bed, heat the feet by the fire, or put them for 

 15 or 20 minutes into hot water, before getting into bed, and then take the hot 

 lemonade and put a bottle of hot water or a hot flat-iron to the feet, cover up 

 with an extra amount of clothing, and your chances are as good to break up the 

 cold as It is possible to make them. Avoid exposure again for a day or two, if 

 possible, and you will be safe ; at any rate, nothing better can be advised. 



4. Coughs, Indian Vegetable Syrup for.— Soft water, 2 qts.; 

 boneset, 2 ozs. ; cinnamon bark, ginseng root, spikenard and comfrey roots, 

 each, 1 oz. ; blood root, % oz. ; loaf sugar, 1 lb. ; gin, 6 ozs. ; water sufficient. 

 Directions. — Bruise the roots and bark, and steep (not boil) to 1 ql. : strain and 

 add the sugar, and when cool add the gin and bottle. Dose. — One table-spoonful 

 half an hour before meals and at bed-time. 



Remarks. — This has proved valuable in coughs and in incipient consump- 

 tion, i. e. , in the commencement of the disease. It was obtained of an Indian, 

 at an early day, by an uncle of mine, in whose family it was held in high esti- 

 mation for the good it had done them. 



5. Colds with Cough, Simple and Easily Taken Remedy.— 

 Roast a lemon, avoiding to burn it; when thoroughly roasted, cut into halves 

 and squeeze the juice upon 3 table-spoonfuls of powdered sugar. Mix, and 

 take a tea-spoonful whenever the cough or tickling of the throat troubles you. 

 It is good as well as pleasant, even for children. 



6. Irritable, Dry or Hacking Coughs, Flaxseed Lemonade 

 for, — Put 2 or 3 table-spoonfuls of flaxseed and the juice of 2 good sized 

 lemons and 2 or 3 table-spoonfuls of sugar into a dish which can be covered, 

 and pour on boiling water, 1 qt. ; cover and let steep until the mucilage has 

 been drawn out of the seed. Dose — A table-spoonful of it may be taken every 

 hour or two to relieve the hacking, but sipping a little often is better than larger 

 doses at longer intervals. 



