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drops of the mixture; lay on the seat of pain. This is also 
good for neuralgia and nervous pains in any part. The latest 
remedy, and a very successful one, is the anti-pyrin ; 5 to 8 
grains taken in a little water will soon give relief. A decoction 
of rosemary, catnip, wood betony, and balm, is also an effective 
cure. There are other herbs which are good, as a look over 
the Botanic Materia Medica will show. 
HEARTBURN, 
Also a symptom of indigestion. Some are troubled very much 
with it. To cure thoroughly the cause must be removed. 
The stomach put right, this symptem will disappear, unless it is 
caused by a peculiarity as in some people who cannot take 
certain kinds of food without having heart-burn. We have 
known persons, who were in average good health, who could 
not take oatmeal without having this disagreeable trouble. 
Experience will teach one to avoid articles of diet that 
disagree. As prompt remedies are demanded, we will give one 
or two that claim to be certain cures. First, there is the 
bicarbonate of soda a half toa teaspoonful, which, in many 
cases, acts like a charm , but it is not wise to use much of it, 
seeing it is likely to injure the stomach. A mixture of rhubarb 
and magnesia, two of the last and one of the first, a quarter to 
a half teaspoonful, or a piece of spanish juice, dissolved in the 
mouth, is a favourite remedy with some. Then there are the 
HEART-BURN LOZENGES. 
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Mix into a mass with sufficient water; roll, divide into usual]- 
sized lozenges; take one or two when required. Using 
glycerine for sweetening is alsoa preventive. To correct the 
stomach take a course of stomach bitters. . There is a severer 
form of, or a similar complaint to the above, called 
