502 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HERB DOCTOR. 
branches. The vapour may be kept up by means of an 
atomiser, which we can supply for 5s. A spoonful of the 
oil put into a tin and hung over a lamp will do. A case is 
recorded of a boy two years of age when past hope being 
cured by the green fluid extract being sprayed into the 
throat. 
DISINFECTANTS. 
One pound of crude carbolic acid mixed with 10 to 20 Ibs. 
of slacked lime is both a cheap and good one. 
An American journal gives another still cheaper. Dissolve 
one teaspoonful of nitrate of lead in one pint of boiling water, 
then dissolve two heaped teaspoonfuls of common salt in eight 
quarts of water, warmed. When both solutions are quite cold 
mix them together and the disinfectant is ready for use. In 
summer time it should be sprinkled freely where there are any 
unwholesome smells. As these are only helps in preventing: 
sickness their power will be of little avail unless cleanliness is: 
also carried out. 
SPIRITS—DRINKING HABIT. 
A simple cure is said to consist of eating as many apples 
as the stomach can bear. Continue the eating till all taste: 
for the liquor is gone. 
EPILEPSY. 
The latest remedy found for these fits is a simple one— 
Borax. The dose is small, 10 grains three times a day, 
oradually increased tosixty. Dissolve in hot water, sweetened. 
with glycerine or syrup 
HAY FEVER. 
Equal parts of menthol and carbonate of ammonia in a 
Preston salts bottle, inhaled as smelling salts, is a good means: 
of relieving, and as affirmed, curing the above trouble. 
LIVER ENGORGEMENT. 
Symptoms: dull heavy pain on right side, yellowness of 
skin, constipation, &c. The following is a favourite AmericaR 
