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wetting cloths with the extract and keeping upon the breast. Also take inter- 

 nally of the same, in doses of 5 to 10 drops, in a little water, every 3 hours, until 

 you see improvement has commenced; then every 4 or 5 hours, lessen the dose 

 to 3 to 8 drops. (A large, fleshy and robust woman will take the 10 drops; 

 small and feeble ones, the 5 only.) Re- wet the cloths, at least, as often as 

 taken internally. 



Remarks. — This is from Dr. Duncan (referred to in II., for Milk, To Dry 

 Up), who says of it: "If administered early, it will in 12 hours begin to give 

 relief, and in 36 hours all traces of inflammation will have subsided and disap- 

 peared." He has used it in numbers of cases, and always with success, when 

 begun as soon as inflammation set in, and before suppuration began. He 

 thinks it, in such cases, specific (positive cure). 



But if it is seen that the inflammation of the breast will go on, in any case,- 

 to suppuration, poultice with slippery elm, or bread and milk, as warm as can 

 be borne, till they break without lancing, if possible; but when it comes to 

 lancing, this calls for a physician. So I will leave the further treatment of 

 that condition to him, simply remarking that a weak tinct. of myrrh and aloes, 

 or a weakened tinct. of the muriate of iron, make good injections into the 

 orifices; if they do not heal kindly, with some of the healing ointments, as 

 Bittersweet, Balm of Gilead, etc. , which are good to heal any sore on persons 

 or domestic animals. 



8. Itching of tlie External Genital Organs.— The delicate 

 internal lining of the external organs of generation sometimes becomes the seat 

 of a most distressing itching, to relieve which the parts may be so irritated by 

 friction as to become violently inflamed. Leeches have been used sometimes 

 with benefit: so has the application of cold, such as ice-water, or even lumps 

 of ice introduced into the vagina. When there is an eruption like that in the 

 sore mouth of children, injections of a strong solution of borax have been very 

 useful; thick starch water, with a solution of sugar of lead, injected into the 

 vagina and retained for an hour or two, have been also of great utility in a few 

 cases under our care. This irritation sometimes arises from disease of the 

 womb, pregnancy, the presence of a stone in the bladder, or worms in the 

 bowels. The original aifection must first be attended to in these cases. 



9. Milk, To Dry Up— Camphor and Soap Liniment for.— . 

 Take a pint bottle and put into it alcohol, 12 ozs.; gum camphor, 1 oz.; and 

 when dissolved, fill the bottle with good soft soap; but if no soft soap can be 

 obtained, put in castile soap(shaved finely), 2 ozs. , and fill the pint bottle with 

 alcohol. Either has to be shaken when used; apply by wetting cloths and 

 laying on 3 or 4 times a day, after having rubbed the breast thoroughly each 

 time. Before rubbing, however, apply a little of the Bittersweet Ointment, 

 or a little mutton or lamb tallow, to enable the hand to glide over the breast 

 easily. Careful rubbing is good alone — with the hand, or a soft, dry towel, 

 properly gathered in the hand, so it shall not slip. The friction must always 

 be gentle, but continued some time. If you want to avoid a broken breast, 

 see "Sore Nipples, Breasts, etc., to Avoid." 



