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affected parts. This will afford speedy 

 relief. 



2. Take half a pound of tar and the 

 same quantity of tobacco, and boil them 

 down separately to a thick substance; 

 then simmer them together. Spread a 

 plaster and apply it to the affected 

 parts, and it will afford immediate relief. 



PAINTERS' COLIC— Make of tartaric 

 acid a syrup similar to that of lemon 

 syrup ; add a sufficient quantity of water, 

 and drink two or three glasses a day. 



PAIN-KILLER, Instantaneous. — An- 

 other and even more instant cure of 

 pain is made as follows: Take aqua- 

 ammonia, sulphuric ether, and alcohol, 

 equal parts, and apply over the pain. 



PIMPLES. — Take a teaspoonful of the 

 tincture of gum guaiacum, and one tea- 

 spoonful of vinegar; mix well and apply 

 it to the affected parts. 



PLASTER, Poor Man's.— Melt togeth- 

 er beeswax, "one ounce ; tar, three ounces ; 

 resin, three ounces ; and spread^ on paper 

 or muslin. 



PLASTER, Rheumatic. — One-fourth 

 pound of resin, and one-fourth pound of 

 sulphur; melt by a slow fire, and add 

 one ounce of Cayenne pepper, and one- 

 fourth of an ounce of camphor gum; 

 stir well till mixed, and temper with neats- 

 foot oil. 



PLASTER, Strengthening. — Litharge 

 plaster, twenty-four parts; white resin, 

 six parts; yellow wax and olive oil, of 

 ■each three parts ; and red oxide of iron, 

 eight parts. Let the oxide be rubbed 

 with the oil, and the other ingredients 

 added melted, and mix the whole well 

 together. The plaster, after being spread 

 over the leather, should be cut into 

 strips two inches wide, and strapped firm- 

 ly around the joint. 



PLASTERS, Mustard. — It is stated 

 that in making a mustard plaster, no 

 water whatever should be used, but the 

 mustard mixed with the white of an 

 egg; the result will be a plaster that 

 will "draw" perfectly, but will not pro- 

 duce a blister even upon the skin of an 

 infant, no matter how long it is allowed 

 to remain upon the part. 



POULTICE, Bread and Milk.— Take stale 

 bread in crumbs, pour boiling sweet milk, 

 or milk and water over it, and simmer 

 till soft, stirring it well; then take it 

 from the fire, and gradually stir in a 



little glycerine or sweet oil, so as to 

 render the poultice pliable when applied. 



POULTICE, Linseed.— Take of linseed, 

 powdered, four ounces; hot water suffi- 

 cient, mix and stir well with a spoon, 

 until of suitable consistence. A little oil 

 should be added, and some smeared over 

 the surface as well, to prevent its get- 

 ting hard. A very excellent poultice, 

 suitable for many purposes. 



POULTICE, Spice. — Powdered cinna- 

 mon, cloves and Cayenne pepper, of 

 each two ounces; rye meal, or flour, 

 spirits and honey, of each sufficient to 

 make of suitable consistence. 



QUINSY. — This is an inflammation of 

 the tonsils, or common inflammatory 

 sore throat; commences with a slight 

 feverish attack, with considerable pain 

 and swelling of the tonsils, causing some 

 difficulty in swallowing; as the attack 

 advances these symptoms become more 

 intense, there is headache, thirst, a pain- 

 ful sense of tension, and acute darting 

 pains in the ears. The attack is generally 

 brought on by exposure to cold, and 

 lasts from five to seven days, when it 

 subsides naturally, or an abscess may 

 form in tonsil and burst, or the tonsil 

 may remain enlarged, the inflammation 

 subsiding. 



Treatment. — The patient should re- 

 main in a warm room, the diet chiefly 

 milk and good broths, some cooling lax- 

 ative and diaphoretic medicine may be 

 given ; but the greatest relief will be found 

 in the frequent inhalation of the steam 

 of hot water through an inhaler, or in 

 the old-fashioned way through the spout 

 of a tea-pot. 



RHEUMATISM, Other Remedies for.— 



1. Bathe the parts affected with water in 

 which potatoes have been boiled, as hot 

 as can be borne, just before going to 

 bed; by the next morning it will be 

 much relieved, if not removed. One ap- 

 plication of this simple remedy has cured 

 the most obstinate of rheumatic pains. 



2. Half an ounce of pulverized saltpetre 

 put in half a pint of sweet oil; bathe the 

 parts affected, and a sound cure will be 

 speedily effected. 3. Rheumatism has 

 frequently been cured by a persistent use 

 of lemon-juice, either undiluted or in the 

 form of lemonade. Suck half a lemon 

 every morning before breakfast, and oc- 

 casionally during the day, and partake 



