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and oil as rum with my taste." The recipe is simple, and has the recom- 

 meudatiou that it can do no harm if it does no good. 



(3) The following recipe has been found efficacious in a great many 

 cases: Sulphate of iron, five grains; peppermint water, eleven drachms; 

 spirits of nutmeg, one drachm. This preparation acts as a tonic and stimu- 

 lant, and 80 partially supplies the place of the accustomed hquor, and pre- 

 vents the absolute physical and moral prostration that jften follows a sudden 

 breaking off from the use of stunulating drinks. It ia to be taken in quanti- 

 ties equal to an ordinary drachm, and as often as the desire fur a drachm 

 returns. 



Coughs and Cold>i. — (1) An old-fashioned remedy for a cold: A warm 

 " btcw," getting into bed with covering well tucked in, hot bricks to feet, 

 and drinking abundantly of hot teas until there is a dripping perspiration, to 

 be kept u[) an hour or two or more until the system is rcheved, and then to 

 cool off very gradually in tho course of another hour, is deraiivcly styled 

 " an oM woman's icmedy "; but for all that it will break up any cold taken 

 within thirty-six hours; it will promptly relieve many of tho most painful 

 forms of sudden disease, with the advantage of being without danger, gives 

 no shock to the system, nor wastes its strength. 



(2) Borax has proved a most eflfectivo remedy in certain forms of colds. 

 In sudden hoai-sencss or loss of voice in public speakers or singers, from 

 colds, relief for an hour or so may be obtained by slowly dissolving, and 

 partially swallowing, a lump of boras the size of a garden pea, or alwut 

 three or four grains held in tho month for ten or fifteen minutes before 

 8ix5aking or singing. This produces a profuse secretion of saliva, or " water- 

 uig " of the mouth and throat, just as wetting bringa back tho missing notes 

 to a flute when it is too dry. 



(3) Tlio following remedy, communicated by a Russian, as the usual 

 mode of getting rid of those complaints in that part of Russia from whence 

 lie came, is simple, and wo can, from experience, also vouch for its efficacy. 

 It ia no other than a strong tea of elder flowers, sweetened with honey, 

 cither fresh or dried. A basin of this tea ia to be drank as hot as possible, 

 after tho person is warm in bed; it produces a strong perspiration, and a 

 slight cold or cough yields to it immediately, but the most stubborn require* 

 two or three repetitions. 



(4) To a pint and a half of water, add two largo poppy-hoads, and two 

 large lemons. Boil them till they are soft, press tho lemons into the water, 

 strain the hquor, and add half a drachm of safiron, and half a pound of 

 brown sugar-candy, pounded. Boil all together till the sugar-candy is dis- 

 solved; stir the whole till you perceive it will jelly; strain it a second time, 

 and take the seeds from the poppies. 



(5) Put five cents' worth of pine pitch into a pint of water. Let it sim- 

 mer until the water is well impregnated with the flavor. Dip out the gum 

 which remains undissolved and add honey enough to sweeten and make a 

 thick sj-rup. Strain this and bottle. Dose, a teaspoonful four or five times 

 a day, according to the severity of the cough. It will afford speedy relief. 



(6) Take two ounces of balm of gilead buds, the freshest you can procure, 

 and boil them very slowly in a quart of water. Let it siiumer down to ono 

 pint, then strain it, and then add one pound of honey in comb, with the juice 

 of three lemons. Lot them all boil together iintil the wax in the honey is 

 dissolved. This has been known to cure a cough of long standing. 



(7) Melt some resin at night on going to bed, and let the smoke from it 



