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of lemonade when thirsty in preference 

 to any other drink. If severely afflict- 

 ed, a physician should be consulted; but, 

 in all cases, lemon-juice will hasten the 

 cure. 4. By the valerian bath, made 

 simply by taking one pound of valerian 

 root, boiling it gently for about a quar- 

 ter of an hour in one gallon of water, 

 straining and adding the strained liquid 

 to about twenty gallons of water in an 

 ordinary bath. The temperature should 

 be about ninety-eight degrees, and the 

 time of immersion from twenty minutes 

 to half an hour. Pains must be taken 

 to dry the patient perfectly upon getting 

 out of the bath. If the inflammation re- 

 main refractory in any of the joints, lin- 

 seed meal poultices should be made with 

 a strong decoction of valerian root, and 

 applied. 



RING-WORM, To Cure.— To one part 

 sulphuric acid, add sixteen to twenty 

 parts water. Use a brush and feather, 

 and apply it to the parts night and morn- 

 ing. A few dressings will generally cure. 

 If the solution is too strong and causes 

 pain, dilute it with water, and if the irri- 

 tation is excessive, rub on a little oil or 

 other softening application, but always 

 avoid the use of soap. 



Or, wash the head with soft soap every 

 morning, and apply the following lotion 

 every night : One-half drachm of sub- 

 carbonate of soda dissolved in one gill of 

 vinegar. 



SALVE, Healing. — Sweet oil, three 

 quarts; resin, three ounces; beeswax, 

 three ounces. Melt together ; then add 

 powdered red lead, two pounds ; heat all 

 these together and when nearly cold 

 add a piece of camphor as large as a 

 nutmeg. Good for burns, etc. 



SALT RHEUM. — 1. Make a strong tea 

 of elm root bark ; drink the tea freely, 

 and wash the affected part in the same. 

 2. Take one ounce of blue flag root, steep 

 it in half a pint of gin ; take a teaspoon- 

 ful three times a day, morning, noon and 

 night, and wash with the same. 3. Take 

 one ounce of oil of tar, one drachm of 

 oil of checker berry; mix. Take from 

 five to twenty drops moining and night, 

 as the stomach will bear. 



STOMACH, Bleeding of the.— Take a 

 teaspoonful of camomile tea every ten 

 minutes until the bleeding stops. 



STOMACH, Sickness of.— Drink three 



or four times a day of the steep made 

 from the bark of white poplar roots. 



SUNBURN AND TAN.— 1. Take two- 

 drachms of borax, one drachm of Roman 

 alum, one drachm of camphor, half an 

 ounce of sugar candy, and a pound of 

 ox-gall. Mix, and stir well for ten 

 minutes or so, and repeat this stirring 

 three or four times a day for a fortnight, 

 till it appears clear and transparent. 

 Strain through blotting paper, and bottle 

 up for use. 2. Milk of almonds made 

 thus: Take of blanched bitter almonds 

 half an *©unce, soft water half a pint ; 

 make an emulsion by beating the almonds 

 and water together, strain through a 

 muslin cloth, and it is made. 3. A prep- 

 aration composed of equal parts of olive 

 oil and lime water is also an excellent 

 remedy for sunburn. 



SWEAT, To Produce.— Take of nitre, 

 one-half drachm; snake's head (herb), 

 saffron, camphor, snake-root, seneca, bark 

 of sassafras root, each one ounce ; ipecac, 

 and opium, each one-half ounce ; put 

 the above in three quarts of Holland gin, 

 and take a tablespoonful in catnip tea 

 every few minutes, till a sweat is pro- 

 duced. 



TEETHING.— Young children whilst 

 cutting their first set of teeth often suffer 

 severe constitutional disturbance. At first 

 there is restlessness and peevishness, with 

 slight fever, but not unfrequently these 

 are followed by convulsive fits, as they 

 are commonly called, which depend on 

 the brain becoming irritated ; and some- 

 times under this condition the child is 

 either cut off suddenly, or the foundation 

 of serious mischief to the brain is laid. 

 The remedy, or rather the safeguard, 

 against these frightful consequences is 

 trifling, safe, and almost certain, and con- 

 sists merely in lancing the gum covering 

 the tooth which is making its way 

 through. When teething is about it may 

 be known by the spittle constantly drivel- 

 ing from the mouth and wetting the frock. 

 The child has its fingers often in its 

 mouth, and bites hard any substance it 

 can get hold of. If the gums be carefully 

 looked at, the part where the tooth is 

 pressing up is swollen and redder than 

 usual ; and if the finger be pressed on it 

 the child shrinks and cries, showing that 

 the gum is tender. When these symptoms 

 occur, the gum should be lanced, and 



