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(6) For bnms sweet oU and cotton are the sund&rd remedies. If they 

 are not at hand sprinkle the bumed part with flour and wk^> loosely with a 

 scfl cloth. Don't remove the dressing until the inflammation subsides, as it 

 will break the new skin that is forming. 



(7) One ounce of pulverized borax, one quart of boiling water, haU" ounce 

 of pulverized alum. Shake up well and bottle. Wrap the bum up in soft 

 linen, and keep constantly wet with the solution. Do not remoTe the liuen 

 until the bum is cnred. 



(8) Soak a piece of linen rag in linseed oil, suspend it from the tonga 

 over a saucer, and ignite the lower end; the oil which drops from it, while 

 consuming, should be applied, when cold, with a feather, to the bum or 

 scald. 



(9) Smear the scorched surface with glycerine, by means of a feather, 

 then apply cotton wadding; lastly, cover with oil-silk, ^^is treatment has 

 been very successful in cases of recent occurrence. 



(10) The true physiological way of treating bums and scalds is ai:Hiee to 

 •iclude the air, with cotton batting, flour, scraped potato or anything that is 

 handiest. 



Headache — (1) AH ships saUing in hot climates carry a supply of limee, 

 whose acid juice is a remedy for biliousness. Dr. Haire says he has cured 

 many victims of sick headache with the following simple prescription: When 

 the first symptoms of a headache appear, take.a teaspoonful of lemon juice, 

 clear, fifteen minutes before each meal, and the same dose at bedtime. Fol- 

 low this up until all symptoms are past, taking no other medicines, and you 

 wUl soon be freed from your periodical nuisance. Sick headache is the sig- 

 nal of distress which the stomach puts up to inform us thai there is an over 

 alkaline condition of its fluids— that it needs a natural acid to restore the 

 battery to its normal working condition. Lemonade without sugar, plain 

 lemon juice aud water, is a grateful and medicinal beverage for a person of 

 bilious habit, afcying feverishness and promoting sleep and appetite. Some 

 who cannot aflord to be sick may be willing to make a conscientious trial of 

 the above remedy, which is neither patented nor costly. To make it a sov- 

 ereign remedy it will in most cases need the help of a reform in diet, or a 

 let-up from work and care — one or both. In other words, the same causes 

 will be apt to reproduce the eflfect — as the pinching boot will recreate corns 

 where they have been removed. 



(2) A new remedy for headache has been found by Dr. Haley, an Aus- 

 tralian physician, who says that for some years past he has found minimum 

 doses of iodide of potassium of great service in firontal headache; that is, 

 a heavy, dull headache, situated over the brow, and accompanied by lan- 

 gour, chilliness and a feeling of gAieral discomfort, with distaste for food, 

 wliich sometimes apn|Q|ghe8 to nausea, can be completely lemoved by a 

 two grain dose dissM^^Bj^alf a wineglassful of water, and this quieily 

 sipped, the whole ^^^^^vbeing iuen in about ten minutes. In many 

 cases, he adils, the efRso^QPiese small doses has been simply wonderful, 

 as, lor instance, a person, Trtio a quarter q^mx hour ago was leeling most 

 miserable, and refused all food, wishing onl^jte quietness, would now tfcke 

 a good meal aud resume his woi^e^l^beerfnlness. If this cure of Dr. 

 Haley's is in reality a practical om, he will merit, for the diaeoyery, the 

 gratitude of suffering millions. 



(3) Dr. Lauder Brunton says: "The administration of a brisk purgative, 

 9X small doaes of Epsom salts, thrice a day, is a most effectual remedy for 



