448 THE nOUSEHOLB. 



The cliloride gas possesses the power of decomposing the tremenclone 

 poisou, and renders mild and harmless that venom against whose resistless 

 attack the artillery of medical science has been so long directed in vain. It 

 is necessary to add that this wash must be applied as soon as possible. 



Scrofula._(i) Yellow dock root has proved very useful in scrofula. It 

 is given in powder or decoction. Two ounces of the fresh root bruised, or 

 one ounce of the dried, may bo boiled in a pint of water, of which two fluid 

 ounces may be given at a dose, and repeated as the stomach will bear. The 

 root has also been applied externally^ the shape of ointment, cataplasm, 

 and decoction, to the cutaneous erupSwis and ulcerations for which it has 

 been used internally. The powdered root is also recommended as a denti- 

 frice, especially when the gums arc spongy. There is no doubt that in a 

 great many cases the disease is inherited; some contend that it is so in all 

 cases. It shows itself in various forms — as hip-disease, white swelling, 

 rickets, salt rheum, etc. Persons aifected by it are subject to swelling of 

 the glands, particularly those of the neck. 



(2) A tea made of ripe, diied whortleberries, and drank in place of 

 water, is a sure and speedy cure for scrofula difficulties, however bad. 



Sickness of Stoinach._(l) The follo\ving drink for relieving sickness 

 of the stomach was introduced by Dr. Halahan, and is said to bo very 

 palatable and agreeable: " Beat up one egg very well, say for twenty min- 

 utes; then add fresh milk, one pint; water, one pint; sugar, to make it 

 palatable; boil, and let it cool; drink when cold. If it becomes curds and 

 whey it is useless. 



(2) Salts of tartar, thirty grains; oil of mint, six drops; powdered gum 

 arable, eighth of an ounce; powdered loaf sugar, eighth of an otince; water, 

 six ounces. A tablespoonful of this mixture is a dose. 



(3) Sickucsa of the stomach is most promptly relieved by drinking a tea- 

 cupful of liot soda and water. If it brings all the offending matter up aU 

 the better. 



Broncliitls. — (1) Get from the druggist's a little good wood creosote. 

 Put two drops of it into a bottle holding a pint or so. Pour in a little more 

 than half a pint of clear water, and shake it well; shake well always before 

 using it. Take a mouthful of this, throw the head back, gargle it some time 

 in the throat, and then swallow it. Repeat this every two houra, more or 

 less, so as to use up the liquid within twenty-tour hours. For each subse- 

 quent twenty-four hours, use three drops of the creosote in three to four 

 gills of Avater. This three drops a day may be continued as long as any 

 bronchitis appears. Two to four days is usually enough, though it may be 

 continued indefinitely without haim. 



(2) A simple, but oftentimes efficacious remedy, is this. It may afford 

 relief: Syrup of tolu, one ounce; syrup of squills, half an ounce; wine of 

 ipecac, two drachms; paregoric, three drachms; mucilage of gum arable, 

 one and a half ounces. Mix. Take a teasTJOonful three times a day. 



(3) A simple recipe, which affords relief in ordinary cases of bronchitis, 

 is to occasionally suck a small piece of common saltpetre as you would 

 candy, and swallow the juice. If the case be severe, medical advice should 

 be had without delay. 



IiOckja-»v._(l) If any person is threatened or taken \vith lockjaw from 

 iajuries of the arms, legs or feet, do oot wait for a doctor, but put the part 



