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(5) Cat a slice of stale bread as tliin as possible; toast both sides well, 

 but don't baru; when cold, lay in cold spring or ice water; pat between a 

 piece of old linen and apply, changing when it gets warm. 



(6) Take halt an ounce of Golden Seal (you will find it at the drag stores), 

 pour one-half pint boiling water upon it and let it cool. Bathe the eyes with 

 a linen rag dipped in this, each night on going to bed, and you will soon 

 eflfect a cure. 



(7) Three or five grains of alum dissolved in ?jalf a pint of water, and ap- 

 pUed to the eyes whenever they are weak or inflamed. 



(8) Scrape a raw potato; use as a poultice; or aUppery elm. Bathe with 

 warm water or rose water. 



Dost In the E j-e, — (1) If a dnder or bit of dust gets into the eye do not 



rub the eyeball; that only irritates it. If the intruder is beneath the upper 

 eyehd, lift the upper lid with the thtimb and finger of the right hand, and 

 with the forefinger of the left hand raise upward the nndiafieyehd while yon 

 pull down over it the upper hd. This will seldom fail to remove the cinder, 

 the soft skin and eyelashes taking it off without injuring the eyeball. 



(2) A small camel's- hair brush, dipped in water and passed over the ball 

 of the eye on raising the Ud. The operation requires no skill, takes but a 

 moment, and instantly removes any cinder or particle of dust or dirt, with- 

 out inflaming the eye. 



(3) To remove specks of dirt from the eye, immerse it in cold water, then 

 roll and wink it rapidly, still keeping it in the water, till the desired restilt 

 is accomjjUshed. In cases of shght inflammation or drjnesjs of the eye, this 

 bath has a good effect. Use tepid, shghtly salted water, instead of the 

 cold. 



(4) A celebrated oculist in Utrecht recommends, in all cases where dirt, 

 lime, or specks get into the eyes, that the sufferer have pure olive oil ponr«d 

 in until everj-thing of a hurtful nature is removed- The remedy is quite 

 painless, and never fails to remove all foreign substances. 



Sore Throat_(i) An exchange thinks that salt and water, a large Ublo- 

 spoonfiil of salt to half a tumbler of water, nscd as a gargle for sore throat 

 just before meal time, is an excellent remedy for such complaint. A little 

 red pepper should be added if the salt water does not prove successful. 

 Red pepjier, honey or sugar, and sharp vinegar, simmered together, and 

 then tempered with water so as not to be too strong, is a good remedy easily 

 obtained. 



(2) Sometimes a sore throat can be cured by the following simple recipe: 

 Soak in water a small piece of bread and mix with it a pinch of cayenne 

 pepper; roll it up in the form of a pill and swallow it. Usually in' three 

 hours the patient will be reUeved of aU pain. In a^ravated cases a second 

 dose may be requisite. 



(3) If you have a sore throat, slight or serious, a piece of camphor-gum 

 as large as a pea, kept in the mouth uutU dissolved, will give rehef and 

 efttimes cure. It is said on goo<l authority, if the gum is used in season, 

 you will never have diphtheria — it is a good preventive. 



(■t) A gargle of salt and vinegar, with a httla cayenne pepper, will do 

 more to disperse soreness of the throat than any other remedy of which we 

 have heard. It stimulates tne glands, promotes free secretion, and will 

 sometimes cure in a few hours. 



^5) Oae ounce of best Peruvian bark, two wineglasefols of h<Miey, biunt 



