HOME DOCTOR. 



ASTHMA. — Take hyssop water and 

 poppy water, of each ten ounces; oxymel 

 of squills, six ounces; syrup of maiden 

 hair, two ounces. Take one spoonful 

 when you find any difficulty in breathing. 



AGUE in the Breast. — Take one part 

 of gum camphor, two parts yellow bees- 

 wax, three parts clean lard ; let all melt 

 slowly, in any vessel [earthen best], on 

 stove. Use either cold or warm; spread 

 very thinly on cotton or linen cloths, cov- 

 ering those with flannel. No matter if 

 the breast is broken, it will cure if per- 

 severed in. Do not, no matter how pain- 

 ful, cease from drawing milk from the 

 breast that is affected. 



AGUE, Mixture. — Mix twenty grains 

 quinine with one pint diluted gin or port 

 wine, and add ten grains subcarbonate of 

 iron. Dose, a wine-glass each hour until 

 the ague is broken, and then two or three 

 times a day until the whole has been used. 



2. Take Peruvian bark, two ounces; 

 wild cherry tree bark, one ounce; cinna- 

 mon, one drachm; powdered capsicum, 

 one teaspoonful ; sulphur, one ounce ; port 

 wine, two quarts. Let it stand a day or 

 two. Dose, a wine glassful every two or 

 three hours until the disease is broken, 

 and then two or three times a day until 

 all is taken. 



ANKLE, Sprained. — Wash the ankle 

 frequently with cold salt and water, which 

 is far better than warm vinegar or decoc- 

 tions of herbs. Keep your foot as cold 

 as possible to prevent inflammation, and 

 sit with it elevated on a cushion. Live 

 on very low diet, and take every day some 

 cooling medicine. By obeying these 

 directions only, a sprained ankle has been 

 cured in a few days. 



APOPLEXY.— Occurs only in the cor- 

 pulent or obese, and the gross or high 

 livers. To treat, raise the head to a 

 nearly upright position ; unloose all tight 

 clothes, strings, etc., and apply cold water 

 to the head and waim water and warm 



clothes to the feet. Have the apartment 

 cool and well ventilated. Give nothing 

 by the mouth until the breathing is 

 relieved, and then only draughts of cold 

 water. 



BALDNESS, Preparation for the Cure 

 of. — Rum, one pint ; alchohol, one ounce; 

 distilled water, one ounce; tincture of" 

 cantharides, a half drachm ; carbonate of 

 potash, a half drachm ; carbonate of am- 

 monia, one drachm. Mix the liquids 

 after having dissolved the salts, and filter. 

 After the skin of the head has been wetted 

 with this preparation for several minutes, 

 it should be washed with water. 



BILIOUS, Colic. — Mix two tablespoon- 

 fuls of Indian meal, in half a pint of cold 

 water ; drink it at two draughts. 



BILIOUS, Complaints.— Take the root 

 and branch of dandelion, and steep it in 

 soft water a sufficient length of time to^ 

 extract all the essence ; then strain the 

 liquor and simmer until it becomes quite 

 thick. Dose, from one to three glasses a 

 day may be taken with good effect. 



BLACKBERRY CORDIAL.— To one 

 quart blackberry juice add one pound 

 white sugar, one tablespoonful each cloves, 

 allspice, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Boil to- 

 gether fifteen minutes, and add a wine 

 glass of whisky, brandy, or rum. Bottle 

 while hot, cork tight, and seal. Used in 

 diarrhea and dysentery. Dose, a wine- 

 glassful for an adult, half that quantity 

 for a child. It can be taken three or four 

 times a day, if the case is severe. 



BLISTERS.— On the feet occasioned 

 by walking, are cured by drawing a 

 needleful of worsted thread through 

 them : clip it off at both ends, and leave it 

 till the skin peals off. 



BLOOD, Raising. — Make a tea of white 

 oak bark, and drink freely during the 

 day ; or take half a pound of yellow dock 

 root, boil in new milk, say one quart ; 

 drink one gill three times a day ; and take 

 one pill of white pine pitch every day, to- 



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