198 DR. CEASE'S RECIPES. 



Rub this oil on every night after lying down, being sure that the rupture is back 

 in place. Then every morning use the following: 



III. Healing Salve. — "Melt together a little fresh, unsalted butter with 

 one-quarter as much beeswax, and after melting, add a few drops of oil of 

 spike. This is very healing and prevents its getting very sore on the outside. 

 I continued this treatment a little over three weeks. " 



Remarks. — Let no one, who has a child with hernia or rupture, fail to give 

 *t a fair and faithful trial. 



7. Milk-Scab of Children, Cure for.— Fresh mutton tallow melted 

 and applied very thick, once or twice a day; wash once a week, or oftener, with 

 White castile soap; apply fresh tallow after washing; it will allay the burning 

 'ind itching; no medicine is needed. 



Remarks. — These scabs, or crusty eruptions, come out upon the forehead and 

 ipper part of the face of nursing children; at first slightly elevated pimples, 

 <ometimes becoming pustules, or containing matter, in clusters, the edges more 

 or less red and inflamed. It takes its common name from a supposition that 

 the mother's milk causes it; but I have seen it on children "raised upon the 

 bottle." It is sometimes also called "honey disease," because the scabs look 

 much like a drop of honey dried upon the skin. If it works up into, or upon 

 the head, it would be called "scald-head." Besides washing with pure castile 

 soap, or a weak lye made from wood ashes, and applying the mutton tallow, 

 you can also give a little sulphur and cream of tartar, internally, to gently move 

 the bowels, and after, give less to act on the blood. These should be mixed— 

 half as much sulphur as cream of tartar; then mixed in molasses or syrup. 

 This disea«H; is also known as tinea capitis and dow worm; at first it is only an 

 inflammation of the skin, but by neglect, want of cleanliness, and simple means 

 to reduce the inflammation by slippery elm poultices and the cream of tartar 

 and sulphur, it becomes aggravated, mattery, and harder to cure. In such 

 cases use the following: 



8. French Ointment for Scald-Head of Children.— Rose oint- 

 ment, 1 oz. ; whit« precipitate, 1 dr. ; mix. Directions — Wash carefully with 

 mild castile soap and water; dry carefully with a soft dry cloth; then, after a 

 few minutes, rub in a little of the ointment — morning and evening. 



Remarks. — This originated with Prof. Spielman, at the University of Stras- 

 burg, France, and was used by him very successfully. 



9. Scald-Head, Tar Plaster for. — This plaster has been recom- 

 mended ; but if tar is to be used, let it be only in small proportions, as follows: 

 Boil a qt. of urine, 4 ozs. of lard, and a table-spoonful of tar together for an hour 

 or two; and when only warm, strain and add 1 oz. of sulphur; simmer together 

 and strain again, and it is ready to use, taking all the care of washing, drying, 

 etc. , before using, and also not forgetting the aperient of sulphur and cream 

 of tartar, to keep the bowels easy and to act on the skin, which they do. 



10. Bed- Wetting and Urinary Diseases of Children, Cer- 

 taiu Bemedies. — The following is from the Eclectic Medical Journal, of Cii> 



