6l8 ADDITIONAL USEFUL HINTS. ^ 



Diarrkxa and Dysentery. — An old army prescription used in the Mexlcaa 

 War, is, a mixture of equal parts of capsicum (red pepper), Hoffman's anodyne 

 camphor, and peppermint, with one-half the proportion of laudanum. Take 

 twenty di jps in a tablespoonful of water every hour until cured. 



Crow/,— Croup can be cured in one minute, and the remedy is simply alum 

 and sugar. The way to accomplish this is to take a knife or grater and shave off 

 in small particles about a teaspoonful of alum ; then mix it with twice its quantity 

 of sugar, to make it palatable, and administer it as quickly as possible. Almost 

 instantaneous relief will follow. 



Burns. — Charcoal has been discovered to be a cure for bums. By laying a 

 piece of cold charcoal upon the burn the pain subsides immediately. By leaving 

 the charcoal on one hour the wound is healed, as has been demonstrated on sev- 

 eral occasions. 



Cure for Wounds. — As soon as a punctured wound is inflicted, get a light 

 stick (a knife or file handle will do), and commence to tap gently on the wound. 

 Do not stop for the hurt, but continue until it bleeds'freely and becomes perfectly 

 numb. When this point is reached, you are safe ; and all that is then necessary 

 is to protect it from dirt. Do not stop short of the bleeding and the numbness, 

 and do not on any account close the opening with plaster. Nothing more than a 

 little simple cerate on a clean cloth is necessary. 



Fish Bone in Throat. — If you get a fish bone in your throat, fast there, swal- 

 low an egg, raw ; it will be sure to carry down a bone easily and certainly. 



Chilblains. — Cut up two white turnips, without paring, into thin slices • put 

 the slices into a tin cup with three large spoonfuls of best lard ; let it simmer 

 slowly for two hours, then mash this through a sieve \ when cold, spread it on a 

 soft linen cloth, and apply to the chilblain at night. 



Snake Bites. — Apply raw sliced onions to the wounded parts. 



For rattlesnake bite, make the patient swallow large and repeated doses of 

 olive oil, until a quart is swallowed ; rub mercurial ointment into the affected 

 part freely. 



Rattlesnake Bites.— The following is used by soldiers on the plains, and is 

 said to be efficacious : Iodide of potassium, four grains ; corrosive sublimate, two 

 grains ; bromine, five drachms. Ten drops, diluted with a tablespoonful or two 

 of brandy, wine, or whisky, is the dose, to be repeated if necessary. Keep in a 

 well-stoppered phial. 



Bites of Rabid A nimals. — Mix thoroughly two taolespoonfuls chloride of lime 

 with a half pint of fresh water and bathe the wound almost without cessation 

 un'i . :he physician arrives, or until the poison is neutralized. 



Poisons.— ^n antidote for corrosive sublimate is the white of two eggs : it will 

 neutralize the poison and change the effect to that of a dose of calomel. 



If a person swallows any poison whatever, or has fallen into convulsions from 

 having overloaded the stomach, an instantaneous remedy, more efficient and 

 applicable in a larger number of cases than half a dozen medicines we can now 

 think of, is a heaping teaspoon of common salt, and as much ground mustard, 

 stirred rapidly in a teacup of water, warm or cold, and swallowed instantly. It 

 is scarcely down before it begins to come up, bringing with it the remaining con- 

 tents of the stomach ; and lest there be any remnant of a poison, however small, 

 let the white of an egg, or a teacup of str'ong coffee, be swallowed as soon as the 

 itomach is quiet ; because these very common articles nullify a larger number ol 

 rirulent poisons than a;iy medicines in the shops. 



