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taste. A couple of tablespoonfuls of lemon or orange 
juice with a quarter of a teaspoonful of soda mixed 
thoroughly with the oil will make it effervesce so that 
it is not unpleasant to take. 
If the dose is vomited, wait a little while, then give 
another. Do not give directly before nor directly after 
a meal. 
Olive oil is often taken in doses of one or two teaspoon- 
fuls after meals to regulate the bowels or to help people 
gain weight or when the appetite is small. It is also used 
to rub into the skin of under-nourished babies and to rub 
sick people, especially if the skin is very dry. After 
rubbing with oil always wipe the skin with a towel. 
Vaseline is used to grease sore and chafed parts. A 
little may be inserted into the nostrils for a cold. Cam- 
phorated vaseline is especially good for this. In case of 
an irritating cough that keeps a child from sleeping, 
a little plain pure vaseline may be put in the mouth, and 
it will be found very soothing. 
Vaseline is also used to grease such utensils as nozzles 
and to put on the parts to which poultices or fomenta- 
tions are to be applied. 
Soda may be used for burns (moisten and apply as a 
paste), as a gargle (one teaspoonful to a pint of water), 
an an enema (the same proportion), for colds (a tea- 
spoonful in a quart of water to be taken internally in the 
course of each day), and in bilious attacks, water with 
this amount of soda may be given. Also to get a person 
to vomit, in which case the water should be slightly warm. 
Salt may be used as a gargle in the same way as soda, 
and even mixed with the soda, also for enemas. Coarse 
salt, when heated and put into bags, may be used when 
there is no hot water bag. 
Lime water is used in mixing the baby’s milk and is 
put in the milk for sick people when they cannot take 
