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7. " Winter Cough," or Chronic Bronchitis, Remedy for.— 

 J>f. Fletcher, of Washington, strongly recommends the employment of the spray 

 of diloral in the treatment of the form of chronic bronchitis knoAivn as "winter 

 cough," which often offers a very obstinate resistance to remedies. He says: 



•A solution of 10 grs. of chloral to an ounce of water may be inhaled through 

 a steam atomizer morning and evening." 



8. Bronchitis, Valuable Remedy for.— A simple, but oftentimes 

 'eflScacious, remedy for bronchitis in its early stages, is: Syrup of tolu, 1 oz. ; 

 syrup of squills, ^ oz. ; wine of ipecac, 2 drs. ; paregoric, 3 drs. ; mucilage of 

 ^um arable, IJ^ozs. Dose. — A tea-spoonful 3 to 5 timdWaily, as needed. 



9. Indian Cough Syrup.— Elecampane root and Indian turnip 

 (known also as wake-robin, Jack-in-the-pulpit, etc.), bruised, each, 1 oz. ; honey, 

 1 pt. Steep thoroughly and strain. Dose.- A tea-spoonful to a table-spoonful 

 «s often as the cough or tickling requires it, at least 3or4 times daily.— iJeZ^'oA^e. 



10. Recent Colds, Simple, but Sensible, Remedy.— A medical 

 writer says: "Hot lemonade is one of the best remedies in the world for a 

 cold." Directions. — Roll a good sized lemon, squeeze out the juice, cut the 

 rind in slices, put in 2 or 3 table-spoonsf uls of sugar, and pour on % of a pt. of 

 boiling water, stir well and cover up while the patient is getting into bed; then 

 ^ink it all, cover up warm, and the result will be almost magical. 



11. Chills or Ague, to Ward off.— It is said, also, that the same 

 thin;:, only doubled in quantity, and taking half of it as hot as can be drank, 

 an hour before the chill would set in, (being covered warm in bed) and the bal- 

 ance in 15 or 20 minutes after, also hot, will ward off " the chilts," as ague ia 

 «ften called. Certainly it is a pleasant remedy to take. 



12. Colds— General Washington's Cure.— The Baltimore Ameri- 

 can informs us that Gen. George Washington gave the following recipe for a 

 cold, to an old lady now living in Newport, when she was a very young girl, 

 1781 — 103 years before this writing. He was lodged in her father's house, the 

 old Vernon mansion. As she was being sent to bed early with a veiy bad cold 

 he remarked to Mrs. Vernon, the mother of this lady: " My own remedy, my 

 dear madam, is always to eat, just before I step into bed, a hot roasted onion if 

 I have a cold." 



Remarks.— li may be taken for granted that this simple remedy will be 

 found very efficacious, and, if the cold is of recent taking, with the help of 

 either toasting the feet before the fire or stove through the evening, otherwise 

 soaking them in hot water for 15 to 20 minutes before going to bed, it will be 

 the more likely to succeed. If necessary, however, to effect a complete cure, 

 repeat it for one or two evenings. And if a hot roasted onion was eaten two or 

 three times during the day it would also help the cure. 



13. Colds and Inflammation— Health Rules for Winter.— I. 

 *' Never lean with the back upon anything that is cold. 



II. " Never begin a journey until the breakfast has been eaten. 

 IIL ' * Never take warm drinks and then immediately go oui in the cold aix. 



