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cold, stir in essence cf lemon, four 

 drachms; essence of bergamot, one 

 drachm. 3. Take powdered chloride of 

 lime, one ounce; lard, one pound. Mix 

 well, then add essence of lemon, two 

 drachms. 4. Take bichloride of mer- 

 cury, one part ; lard, fifteen parts. Mix 

 well together. 5. Take white precipitate, 

 one part; lard, twelve parts. Mix. A 

 portion of either of these ointments must 

 be well rubbed on the parts affected, 

 night and morning. 



ITCH, Seven-year, to Cure. — u Use 

 plenty of Castile soap and water, and 

 then apply freely iodide of sulphur oint- 

 ment; or take any given quantity of 

 simple sulphur ointment and color it to a 

 light brown or chocolate color with the 

 subcarbonate of iron, and then perfume 

 it. Apply this freely, and if the case 

 should be a severe one, administer mild 

 alteratives in conjunction with the out- 

 ward application. 2. The sulphur bath 

 is a good remedy for itch or any other 

 kind of skin diseases. Leprosy (the most 

 obstinate of all) has been completely 

 cured by it, and the common itch only 

 requires two or three applications to com- 

 pletely eradicate it from the system. 3. 

 Benzine, it is said, will effect a complete 

 cure tor scabies in the course of half to 

 three-quarters of an hour, after which the 

 patient should take a warm bath from 

 twenty to thirty minutes. 



JAUNDICE.— 1. Take the whites of 

 two hen's eggs, beat them up well in a 

 gill of water ; take of this a little every 

 morning; it will soon do good. It also 

 creates an appetite, and strengthens the 

 stomach. 2. Take of black cherry-tree 

 bark, two ouuces ; blood root and gold 

 thread, each half an ounce; put in a 

 pint of brandy. Dose, from a teaspoon- 

 ful to a tablespoonful morning and night. 



JOINTS, Stiffened.— Take of the bark 

 of white oak and sweet apple trees, equal 

 parts; boil them down to a thick sub- 

 stance, and then add the same quantity 

 of goose-grease or oil, simmer all together, 

 and then rub it on the parts warm. 



KIDNEYS, Diseases of.— Equal parts 

 of the oil of red cedar and the oil of 

 spearmint. 



LAME BACK.— Take the berries of 

 red cedar and allow them to simmer in 

 neatsfoot oil. and use as an ointment. 



LICE, To KilL— All kinds of lice and 

 their nits may be got rid of by washing 

 with a simple decoction of stavesacre 

 {Delphinium staphisagria), or with a lotion 

 made with the bruised seed in vinegar, or 

 with the tincture, or by rubbing in a- 

 salve made with the seeds and four times 

 their weight of lard very carefully beaten 

 together. The acetic solution and the 

 tincture are the cleanliest and most agree- 

 able preparations, but all are equally effi- 

 cacious in destroying both the creatures 

 and their eggs, and even in relieving the 

 intolerable itching which their casual 

 presence leaves behind on many sensitive 

 skins. The alkaloid delphinia may also 

 be employed, but possesses no advantage 

 except in the preparation of an ointment, 

 when from any reason that form of ap- 

 plication should be preferred. 



LINIMENT, Rheumatic. — Olive oil, 

 spirits of camphor and chloroform, of 

 each two ounces ; sassafras oil, 1 drachm. 

 Add the oil of sassafras to the olive oil, 

 then the spirits of camphor, and shake 

 well before putting in the chloroform; 

 shake when used, and keep it corked, asj 

 the chloroform evaporates very fast if it 

 is left open. Apply three or four times 

 daily, rubbing in well, and always toward 

 the body. 



LEIlJDXT, Sore Throat. — Gum cam- 

 phor, two ounces; castile soap, shaved 

 fine, one drachm ; oil of turpentine and 

 oil of origanum, each one-half ounce; 

 opium, one-fourth of an ounce ; alcohol, 

 one pint. In a week or ten days they 

 will be fit for use. Bathe the parts freely 

 two or three times daily until relief is ob- 

 tained. 



LINIMENT, Wonderful. — Two ounces 

 oil of spike, two ounces origanum, two 

 ounces hemlock, two ounces wormwood, 1 

 four ounces sweet oil, two ounces spirit 

 of ammonia, two ounces gum camphor, 

 two ounces spirits turpentine. Add one 

 quart strong alcohol. Mix well together, 

 and bottle tight. This is an unequaled 

 horse liniment, and of the best ever made 

 for human ailments such as rheumatism, 

 sprains, etc. 



LIPS, SOKE— Wash the lips with a 

 strong tea, made from the bark of the 

 white oak. 



LIVER COMPLAINT. — Make a strong 

 tea of syrup of burdock, wormwood and 

 dandelion, equal parts, and drink freely. 



