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(3) The following is said to be a remedy for fever and ague: Twenty-four 

 graina of quiuine, two drachms of ehxir of vitiiol, twenty-two large 

 tablespoonfuls of rain water. Dose, take each half hour through the day 

 until taken up. 



(4) Dissolve fifteen grains of citric acid in a cup of hot coffee, and drink 

 it just before the chill attacks you. It has been known to cure the worst 

 cases of this disease. 



Dropsy. — (1) Take one pint of bruised mustard seed, two handfuls of 

 bruised horseradish root, eight ounces of lignumvitfe chips, and four ounces 

 of bniised Indian hemp root. Put all the ingredients in seven quarts of 

 cider, and let it simmer over a slow fire until it is reduced to four quarts. 

 Strain the decoction, and take a wiueglassful four times a day for a few days, 

 increasing the dose to a small teacupful three times a day. After which use 

 tonic medicines. This remedy has cured cases ol dropsy in one week's time 

 which has baffled the skill of many eminent physicians. For children the 

 dose should be smaller. 



(2) The ingredients are: Acetate of squills, one ounce; nitrate of potash, 

 sixty grains; water, five ounces. Dose: A tablespoonful every two hours. 



(3) It is said that a tea made of chestnut leaves, and drank in the place 

 of water, will cure the most obstinate case of dropsy in a few days. 



Bunions. — (1) Let fall a stream of very warm water from a teakettle, at 

 the highest elevation from which the patient can bear the water to fall di- 

 rectly on the apex of the swelling; continue this once a d ly for a short time 

 and a cure will bo effected, providing you desist from wearing short shoes. 

 The greater the elevation of the kettle, the more effectual the remedy. 



(2) It is said that the following is a good bunion remedy: Use pulverized 

 saltpetre and SAveet oil; obtain at the druggist's five or six cents' worth of 

 saltpetre, put into a bottle with sufficient olive oil to nearly dissolve it; 

 shake up well, and rub the inflamed joints night and morning, and more 

 frequently if painful. This is a well-tried remedy. 



(3) When the bunion is painful, put three or four leeches on the joint of 

 the toe, and do not disturb them till they drop off; then bathe the bunions 

 twice a day in fresh cream, and afterward renounce tight boots. Of course 

 this remedy \vill not remove the swelliug of the bone. 



Vits. — (1) When these are brought on by indigestion, place the child in a 

 warm bath immediately, give warm water, or a lobelia emetic, rub the skin 

 briskly, etc., to get up an action. In brain disease the warm water is equally 

 useful. In fact, unless the fit is constitutional, the warm bath will relieve 

 the patient by drawing the blood to the surface. 



(2) Fits can be instantly cured by throwing a spoonful of fine salt as far 

 back into the mouth of the patient as possible, just as the fit comes on. 



Dandi-nir. — (1) A preparation of one ounce of sulphur and one quart of 

 water, repeatedly agitated during intervals of a few hoiirs, and the head 

 saturated every morning with the clear liquid, will, in a few weeks, remove 

 every trace of dandruff from the scalp, and the hair will soon become soft 

 and glossy. 



(2) There is no simpler or better remedy for this a egotatious appearance 

 (caused by dryness of the skin) than a wash of camplior and borax— an 

 •Tince of each put into a puit and a half of cold water; and afterward rub a 

 little pure oil into the scalp. 



