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their tops, and then touch them witli the smallest drop of strong acetic acid, 

 taking care that the acid does not run oiT tlie wart ujjon the neighboring 

 skin; for if it does, it will occasion inflammation and much pain. If this is 

 continued once or twice daily, with regularity, paring the surface of the wart 

 occasionally.wheu it gets hard and dry, the wart will he soon eftecttially cured. 



(3) Take half an ounce of sulphur; half an ounce of alcohol, 95 per cent.; 

 put into an ounce phial, shake thorn well together, and apply freely once or 

 twice a day for two or three weeks. By the end of this time, or a month at 

 the most, the warts will he gone. 



(4) Dissolve as much common washing-soda as the water will take up; 

 wash the warts with this for a minute or two, and let them dry without wip- 

 ing. Keep the water in a bottle, and repeat the washing often, and it will 

 take away the largest warts. 



(5) Oil of cinnamon dropped on warts three or four times a day will 

 cause their disappearance, however hard, large, or dense they may be. The 

 appUcation gives no pain nor causes suppuration. 



(6) The bark of the willow tree, burnt to ashes, applied to the parts, will 

 remove all warta or excrescences on any part of the body. 



Bums and Scald.4. — (1) Mix common kitchen whitening with sweet oil, 

 or, if sweet oil is not at hand, with water. Plaster the whole of the bum 

 and some inches beyond it, all round, with the above, after mixing it to the 

 consistency of common pas^e, and lay it on an eighth, or rather more, of an 

 inch in thickness. It acts like'a charm; the most agonizing pain is in a few 

 minutes stilled. Take care to keep the mixture moist by the application, 

 from time to time, of fresh oil or fresh water, and at night wrap the whole 

 part affected in gutta-percha or flannel, to keep the moisture from evapor- 

 rating. The patient will, in all probability, unless the flesh be much injured 

 and the burn a very bad one, sleep soundly. 



(2) For burns and scalds nothing is more soothing than the white of an 

 egg, which may be poured over the wound. It is softer as a varnish for a 

 burn than collodion, and being alwaj'S at hand can be applied immediately. 

 It is also more cooling than the sweet oil and cotton which was formerly 

 supposed to be the surest application to allay the smarting pam. It is the 

 contact with the air which gives the extreme discomfort experienced from 

 the ordinary accident of this kind, and anything which excludes the air and 

 prevents inflammation is the thing to be applied. 



(3) The following is one of the best applications we know of in cases of 

 burns or scalds, more especially where a largo surface is denuded of the 

 skin: Take one drachm of finely-powdered alum, and mix thoroughly with 

 the whites of two eggs and one teacup of fresh lard; sj^read on a cloth, and 

 apply to the parts burned. It gives almost instant relief from pain, and, by 

 excluding the air, prevents inflammatory action The application should bo 

 changed at least once a day. 



(4) Common baking soda — the bicarbonate — has been found to cure burns 

 or scalds, affording immediate relief when it is jiromptly applied. For a 

 dry burn, the soda should be made into paste with water. For a scald oi 

 wet burned surface, the powdfted soda (or borax will do as well) should be 

 dusted on. 



(5) It is said that charcoal is a sure cure for bums. By laying a small 

 piece of cold charcoal on the burn, the pain subsides immediately. By leav- 

 ing the charcoal on for an hour the wound is healed, as has been demou- 

 atrated on several occasioua, 



