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from time to time. Wlieu a cure is cifcctcd, the varnisli is easily removed 

 by rubl>in},' iuto it a little lard and washing with soap and water. Dr. A. B. 

 Isham details, in Medical K'i(i)t<, a number of cases of its apijlication with 

 uiiiform success, where formations of pus had not previously occiUTcd. In 

 two cases there were apparently a combLaation of the "run-around" with 

 a felon, and in all of them there was swelling, redness, heat, and great pain. 

 He suggests the use of copal varnish for felons, run arouuds, boils, and any 

 local acute iuliammations of external parts. 



(2) Take the root of the plant known as dragon root, Jack-in-the-pulpit, 

 or Indian turnip, either green or dry; grate about one-half a teaspoonful 

 iuto four tablespoonluls of swetit milk; simmer gently a few minutes, then 

 thicken with bread crumbs, and apply as hot as possible. This can be heated 

 again two or three times, adding a little milk each time. If the felon is just 

 starting, this will drive it back; if somewhat advanced will draw it out 

 quickly and gently. It is well to put a little tallow on the poultice, especially 

 after opening, to prevent sticking. This same poultice is good for a car- 

 buncle or anything rising. 



(3) Many persons are liable to extreme suffering from felons on the fin- 

 ger. The following prescription is recommended as a cure for the distress- 

 ing ailment: Take common rock salt, such as is used for salting down pork 

 or beef, dry it in an oven, then poiind it fine and mix with spirits of turpen- 

 tine in equal parts. Put it on a rag and wrap it around the jjart afl'ected, 

 and as it gets di-y put on more, and in twenty-four hours you arc cured — 

 the felon is dead. 



(4) The following directions carefully observed, will prevent those cir- 

 cular and osseous abominations, known as felons. As soou as the disease is 

 felt, put directly over the s^iot, a fiy blister, aljout the size of your thumb 

 nail, and let it remain for six hours, at the expiration of which time, directly 

 under the surface of the blister, may be seen the felon, which can instantly 

 be taken out with the point of a needle or lancet. 



(5) At first great relief is obtained by soaking the part ua half a gill ol 

 strong vinegar, in wMch has been dissolved one tablcspoonful of saleratus. 

 Use it as hot as it can bo borne, and repeat as often as the pain returns. A 

 thimbleful of ixnslackcd lime and soft soap has cured some cases in a few 

 hours. If matter forms, it had better bo poulticed and lanced, or it will bo 

 painful from two to six weeks. 



(G) As soon as it makes its appearance apply a poultice, of equal parts 

 of saltpeter and brimstone, mix with sulficient lard to make a paste, and 

 renew as soon as it gets diy. A few applications will eliect a cure. 



Dyspepsia. — (1) Wc have seen dyspeptics who suffered untold torments 

 with almost every kind of food; no liciuid could be taken without sufTeriug; 

 bread became a burning acid; meat and milk were solid licpiid fires; and wo 

 have seen their torments pass away, and their hunger relieved by living on 

 the white of eggs which have been boiled in bubbling water for thirty min- 

 utes. At the end of a week we have given the half yelk of the egg with the 

 white, and upon this diet alone, without food of any kind, we have seen 

 them begin to gain flesh and strength, and quiet, refreshing sleep. After 

 weeks of this treatment they have been able, with care, to begin upon other 

 food. And all this without taking medicine. Hard-boiled eggs are not half 

 so bad as half-boiled ones, and ten times as easy to digest as raw eggs, even 

 in egg- J log. 



(2^ MJIH and lime water is said to prove beneficial in dyspopsiit and 



