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‘poultices, will immediately raise the vitality and natural 
vigor of the parts affected. 
Sore and Cracked Hands, Chilblains, etc. 
For rough skin, cracked hands, itching, spots, etc., the 
parts should first be bathed with warm water and then well 
rubbed with honey. If the part is convenient for a plaster 
the cure will be more rapid and soothing. Take a piece of 
linen of suitable size, cover one side with honey and bind it 
on with strips of linen and flannel sufficient to keep in the 
warmth. Chilblains treated in this way will disappear as 
if by magic. -For eczema add salt to the honey, and a 
certain cure will result. 
Correct vers#s Incorrect Application. 
Will our friends of the medical fraternity ever understand 
the true principles of applying poultices, wet packs, etc., 
to the poor human body? Under their treatment we nearly 
always hear of the poultice to be put on as hot as possible, 
and to be renewed as soon as it cools. Now as a matter 
of fact, a poultice when correctly applied never does get 
cold ; and should be so covered up by flannel or other 
bandages, not too tightly, that the natural heat of the body 
responding to the soothing warmth of the poultice, keeps 
all at a moist blood heat for so long as it is desirable 
to remain on. This principle may the more readily: be 
understood when I state that a person of strong constitution 
may just as well use cold water for the wet throat pack, for 
the simple reason that its temperature will at once begin to 
rise, and the pack will even appear warmer than if he had 
used tepid water. 
In all Cases of Fever 
the application of moist warmth, either by a process of 
wet packs, or bathing, is a God-given remedy for which 
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