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timea in twenty-four hoars, fifteen minutes each time, for four days; then 

 twice a day for the same period; then once, and follow this rule whenever 

 the symptoms show themselves at any future time. 



Sore Xippleu.—Ponr boiling water on nutgaUa (oak bark if galls cannot 

 be obtained), and when cold, strain it off, and bathe the parts with it, or dip 

 the cloth in the tea, and apply it; or twenty grains of taimin may be dis- 

 solved in an ounce of water, and applied. The application of a few drops of 

 collodion to the raw surface is highly recommended. It forms, when dry, a 

 perfect coating over the diseased surface. 



Preventive of Seasickness. — The following remedy, preventive of sea- 

 sickness, is recommended by Prof. E. Tourgee, of Boston, manager of tourist 

 excursions. It was tried by himself and family, five in all, who had sufiered 

 from sea-sickness on every former voyage across the Atlantic, and in each 

 case it proved entirely successful, and produced no unfavorable results. 

 Dissolve one ounce of bromide of sodium in four otmces of water. Take one 

 teaspoonful thre« times a day before eating. Begin taking the above three 

 days before starting on the ocean voyage. 



Pricltly Heat. — Prickly heat is a verj' common and troublesome disease. 

 The most efifectual treatment for it that we know of is a powder composed of 

 one part of oxide of zinc, three parts of oxide of magnesia, and sixteen parts 

 of sublimate of sulphur. Place the powder on a plate and press a damp 

 sponge on it Rub the body with the sponge, to which the particles of pow- 

 der have adhered, and continue the application for fifteen minutes, then 

 wash the parts clean of the adhering particles. Bepeat twice or three times 

 every twenty-four hours. 



Ulcers. — Here is a receipt that will cure any sore on man or beast that 

 has ulcerated. Take two and one-half drachms blue stone, four drachma 

 alum, six drachms loaf sugar, one drachm sugar of lead, one tablespoonful 

 honey. Put all into a bottle, put in one pint of vinegar, shake it three or 

 four times a day, until they are dissolved, and it is ready for use. Pour 

 some of it out and add water when you first apply to any sore, as it makes it 

 smart at the first application; apply three times a day. 



Nursing Children—Mothers who nurse their children should bear in 

 mind that what they eat at such a time is of great importance, both to them- 

 selves and to the children. The very best article of food that they can avail 

 themselves of is oatmeal mush or gruel, which is always delicious when 

 properly cooked. The oatmeal furnishes the earthy phosphates and ma- 

 terials out of which good milk is made, so that the mother's own structures 

 are not drawn upon, and her teeth are saved from decay. 



Anodyne for Painful Menstruation^. Extract of Stramonium and 

 sulphate of quinine, each sixteen grains; macrotin, eight grains; morcrotin, 

 eight grains; morphine, one grain; make into eight pills. Dose, one pUl, 

 repeating once or twice only, forty or fifty minutes apart, if the pain does 

 not subside before this time. Pain must subside under the use of tfiis pill, 

 and costiveness is not increased. 



To Prevent Contagion — Impregnation of the atmosphere of a sick 

 chamlx-r when the patient is iU of diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever, or of 

 A&7 ftUied disease, with the odor of a mixture of equal parts of turpeutine 



