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and shaken until thoroughly mixed, and shaken when used. Put on a little 

 with a brush once daily. Of course, in all cases, correct the blood and general 

 health. 



10. Stye upon the Eye— Lid Bemedy.— Put a toaspoonful of black 

 tea in a small bag; pour on it enough boiling water to moisten it; then put it 

 on the eye pretty warm. Keep it on all night and in the morning the stye will 

 most likely be gone; if not, a second application is certain to remove it." 



Remarks. — The infusion or weak tea, made from black tea, has been for 

 some time considered good as an eye-water, then why not the grounds good as 

 a poultice? I believe it may be worthy of trial. 



As a beverage the black tea is preferable for invalids and for nervous 

 people — a weak infusion. Should the above poultice of tea fail, try the follow- 

 ing, which I know must be good in any kind of swelling, as styes, boils, etc., 

 if followed up properly. It is from the Cricket on the Hearth, a valuable paper. 

 It is headed: 



11. A Stye, to Remove from the Eyelid.— " The stye is strictly 

 only a little boil, which projects from the edge of the eye-lid. It usually disap- 

 pears of itself after a little time, especially if some purgative medicine be taken. 

 If the stye should be very painful and inflamed, a small warm poultice of lin- 

 seed meal and bread or milk must be laid over it, (a poultice of powdered 

 sUppery elm is also good for any inflammation), and renewed every 5 or 6 hours, 

 and the bowls freely acted upon by a purgative draught, such as the following: 



I. Purgative Draught for Stye, or Other Purposes. — " Take Epsom salts, 

 3^ oz. ; best manna, J^ oz. ; infusion of senna, % oz. ; tinct. senna, }i oz. ; spear- 

 mint water, 1 oz. ; distilled or soft water, 2 ozs. Mix and take 3, 4 or 5 table- 

 spoonfuls. When the stye appears ripe, an opening should be made into it with 

 the point of a large needle, and afterward a little of the following ointment may 

 be smeared over it once or twice a day. 



II. Ointment for Stye, Chaps, etc. — Take spermaceti, % oz. ; white wax, 

 13^ ozs. ; olive oil, 3 ozs. Mix them together over a slow fire, and stir them 

 constantly until cold. 



Remarks. — Box the ointment for use, as above indicated. A faithful use 

 of these will soon tell. 



1. CORNS— Hard and Soft, Warts, Bunions, etc.— I. Corns.— 

 Probably but few subjects of more universal interest could be found than the 

 very humble one of corns. A writer in the Christian Weekly says: " They are 

 of two kinds — soft and hard — the result of pressure which stimulates the skin 

 so that an increased flow of blood to the excited part is caused, and the cells of 

 the cuticle (from the Latin cutis, skin,) are more rapidly produced than is 

 natural. Soft corns occur between the toes, because of the pressure of the joints 

 of the smaller toes on the opposite skin, and the corn is constantly moist with 

 perspiration. The first thing in the cure of corns is to remove the cause — weai 

 soft, broad-toed shoes and boots, and thus remove the irritating pressure. 



I. Hard Corm. — Soak hard corns in warm water, shave down, touch them 

 with a little acetic acid occasionally, and put a thin plaster over the 00m to iwe- 

 vent chafing after the application of the acid, 



