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powdered and kept from the air. The dose of the powder is 
from one to two teaspoonfuls three times a day. 
CHLORIDE OF LIME (Oatax Cxtorrnate.) 
This article of commerce is well known. It is manufactured 
in large chemical works by slacking common lime, putting it 
in a close chamber, and passing chlorine gas through it as 
long as it will be absorbed. It is then dried, and should be 
kept air-tight, and when sprinkled about cesspools, closets, and 
similar places, it checks the effuvia. Two ounces of it stirred 
in a pint of water makes a disinfectant solution, also a 
bleaching one, removing mildew and stains from white cloth. 
A solution half this strength is recommended as a wask for 
putrid sores, and an injection in chronic inflammation of the 
womb. ‘There is another good use for chloride of lime, it is 
said to drive rats away. Put it into their holes and they will 
clear, which would be a blessing, as they are certainly 
destructive vermin. 
WILD INDIGO ROOT (Baptista Trncrorta), 
This is a perennial plant, growing wild in America, on the 
dry uplands and woods. It has asmooth very branching stem 
and small blue green leaves, and yellow flowers, which 
appear atthe end of summer. The whole plant becomes almost 
black when it is dried. The root is the portion used, which, 
when broken, is of a dark brown colour. In large doses it is 
said to act as an emetic and cathartic; in smallit is a mild 
laxative. Itisa great remedy with homeopaths in typhoid 
and similar fevers ; both the regulars and eclectics use it for the 
same class of diseases; also an antiseptic in gangrene, for 
which purpose it is given in decoction, one ounce of the root 
simmered in a pint of water, one tablespoonful every four to 
six hours, care being taken to check its purging qualities. If 
needful give an astringent, as tincture of Bistort, Catechu, 
Cranesbill or Koromika. A good poultice may also be applied 
to gangrenous sores by mixing three parts of the powdered 
