Uo TME iTotrsisiroLD. 



(6) To ono part of snlplmric acid add sixteen parts of water, ttse a 

 brush or feather, and apply it to the parts night and morning. If the sohi- 

 tion prove too strong, add a little more water. If the irritation is excessive, 

 epply a little glycerine. Avoid the use of soap. 



Cliillilains. — (1) Slice raw potatoes, with the skins on, and sprinkle 

 over them a little salt, and as soon as the liquid therefrom settles in the 

 bottom of the dish, wash with it the chilblains; one application is all that ia 

 necessary. 



(2) An unfailing remedy for chilblains: A solution of thirty grains of per- 

 manganate of potassa in an onncc of pnro water, to bo applied thoroughly 

 with brush or swab, or in the form of a poultice. 



(3) Hub the part affected with brandy and salt, which hardens the feet 

 at the same time that it removes the inflammation. Sometimes a third ap- 

 plication cures the most obstinate cliilblains. 



(4) To relievo the intense itching of frosted feet, dissolve a lump of alum 

 in a little water, and bathe the part with it, warming it before the fire. Ono 

 or two applications is sure to give relief. 



(o) Put the hands and feet once a week into hot water, in which two or 

 tliree handfuls of common salt have been thrown. Tliis is a certain pre- 

 ventive as well as a cure. 



(6) In the evening, before retiring, take salt and vinegar made as hot aa 

 can be borne on the parts affected; bathe with a small cloth, and do so until 

 cured. 



(7) Mix together ono ounce of turpentine and three-eighths of an ounce 

 of oil of sassafras. Apply the solution morning and evening. 



Co3tiv«ness._(l) Bread and milk, though excellent for children in gen- 

 eral, is not as good food for a costive child as broad made of corn-meal or 

 graham flour. AYheat bread is not good for a voi-y costive child. When 

 medicine becomes necessary, a teaspoonful of magnesia dissolved in sweet- 

 ened milk or water, and given morning and night, until the bowels become 

 regular, is usually sufficient. Purgatives should be carefully avoided, ex- 

 cept for a disordered stomach, and then they become necessary. Well-ven- 

 tilated sleeping-rooms, and frequent bathing, go further than most people 

 suppose, toward keeping the body in a healthy condition. To mothers who 

 nurse their infants, we say, if the mother is regular, the child will be, and 

 the reverse. Therefore, instead of dosing a child with medicine, let her d-et 

 for the evil, and save her little ono much suftering. A lady correspondent 

 Home time since wrote us: " I have used, with much bcftietit, the herb known 

 as thoroughwort, prepared by putting the dried herb in water and letting it 

 stand until it becomes bitter. A portion drank before each meal, has proved 

 the best remedy for costiveness I ever used." 



(2) Common charcoal is highly recommended for costiveness. It may 

 be taken either in tea or tablcspoouful, or even larger doses, according t« 

 the exigencies of the case, mixed with molasses, repeating it as often aa 

 necessary. Bathe the bowels with pepper and vinegar. Or take two ounces 

 of rhi:U)arb, add ono ounce of rust of iron, infuse in ono quart of wine. Half 

 a wineglassful every morning. Or take pulverized blood-root, one draclim; 

 pulverized rhubarb, one drachm; Castile soap, two scruples. Mix and roll 

 into thirty-two pills. Take one morning and night. By following theso di- 

 rections it may perhaps save you from a severe attack of piles, or some otlier 

 kindred disease. 



