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use the 10 grs. of the opium and give 1 pill every 3 hours; for children and 

 slight cases, only 3 to 5 grs. of opium should be used; small children, only half 

 a pill cut up and dissolved in molasses will be sufficient for a dose, to be 

 repeated in 3 or 4 hours, as needed. 



5. Diarrhea, Simple Home Rem.ed.y for. — The journals of late 

 have said considerable about the use of pure cider vinegar in diarrhea. It was 

 started, so far as I know, by T. E. Stellwagen, in an edition of Coleman's 

 "Dental Surgery." Dose — For an adult about 2 ozs., or 4 tablespoonfuls, 

 without water; for a child of 1 year, a tablespoonful with a little water. 



Remarks. — Its effect is said to be to check the colicky pains at once, to 

 relieve the chills and cramps, if any present, and to give a feeling of warmth 

 and comfort over the surface. I trust it will prove as reliable as reported. It 

 is claimed to have been satisfactory even in long standing cases. 



1. DYSENTERY — Successful Remedy for.— Laudanum and 

 ipecac. Directions, Dose, etc. — For an adult lirst give laudanum, 20 drops, 

 to prepare the stomach so it shall retain the ipecac, which is to be given half an 

 hour after, in 20 gr. doses, repeated everj^ 6 hours until cured. The first dose 

 may be vomited, or partially so, as this article is well understood to possess this 

 property — of vomiting — but it is also known that the stomach can be trained to 

 tolerate (bear) it. It also acts as a mild laxative, tonic, and stimulant, to the 

 coats of the stomach and intestines, producing slight sweating, moist and pliable 

 skin, and thereby reducing the fever, controlling also the tenesmus (pain and 

 griping) of the rectum at the time of the passage, almost if not wholly reliev- 

 ing this difficulty soon after its use is commenced. 



2. Dysentery, Diarrhea and Incipient Cholera— Milk a Speci- 

 fic for. — It is reported through the Milk Journal, of London, Eng., that in the 

 East Indies, 1 pt. of warm milk every 4 hours, will check the most violent of 

 the above complaints. The milk must not be boiled, but just hot enough to drink 

 comfortably. Boiled milk, contrary to our American custom, is not to be 

 used. 



NERVOUS HEADACHE— Such as People Used to be Bled 

 for. — Iodide of potash, 2 drs. ; tinct of gelsemium, 2 drs. ; pure water, 2 ozs. ; 

 mix. Dose — 1 tea-spoonful once in 2 to 4 hours until relieved. 



Remarks. — This is a prescription of a physician of Grand Rapids Mich. , for 

 a lady who called upon him to be bled for the difficulty, according to what she 

 had been accustomed to. But he made this prescription for her and it relieved 

 her. The next season she called upon myself for the same purpose, at the same 

 time showing me the prescription, which I changed to bromide of potassium, in 

 the same quantity for the iodide, which she took with the same success. I pre- 

 fer the bromide, as I think its action upon the nerves more satisfactory. 



2. Nervous Headache, New Remedy for.— Salicylate of soda, 

 10 grs., every 3 hours for an adult, followed next day in 5 to 8 gr. doses. If of 

 long standing, continue 1 or 2 doses daily for a few days longer. Taken by 

 dissolving in water. 



Remarks. — This was given in the Seientific American by a celebrated physi 



