For Felon. — Take common rock salt, as used for
salting down pork or beef, dry in an oven, then pound it
fine and mix with spirits of turpentine in equal parts ;
put it in a rag and wrap it around the parts affected ; as
it gets dry, put on more, and in twenty-four hours you are
cured. The felon will be dead. No harm to try it, as I
have with success.
Cure for Neuralgia. — A friend who suffered horrible
pains from neuralgia, hearing of a noted physician in
Germany who invariably cured the disease, went to him,
and was permanently cured after a short sojourn. The
doctor gave him the remedy, which was nothing but a
poultice and tea made from our common field thistle.
The leaves are macerated and used as a poultice on the
parts affected, while a small quantity of the same is boiled
down to the proportion of a quart to a pint, and a small
wine glass of the decoction drank before each meal. Our
friend says he has never known it to fail of giving relief
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while in almost every case it has effected a cure. God
gave herbs for the healing of the nations.
For Hoarseness. — Squeeze the juice of half a lemon
in a pint bowl, add loaf sugar (two tablespoons), one full
teaspoon of glycerine, and one full tablespoon of whisky ;
pour over this boiling hot water✪ For Hoarseness to nearly fill the bowl, and
drink hot just before going to bed.
For Sore Throat. — Cut • slices of salt pork or fat
bacon ; simmer a few moments in hot vinegar, and apply
to throat as hot as possible. When this is taken off, as
the throat is relieved, put around a bandage of soft flannel.
A gargle of equal parts of borax and alum, dissolved in
water, is also excellent. To be used frequently.
Healing Lotion. — One ounce glycerine, one ounce
rose-water, ten drops carbolic acid. This preparation
prevents and cures chapping of the skin, and at the same
time bleaches it. It is also excellent for sore lips and
gums. I consider it an indispensable adjunct to the toilet
table. — Mrs. A. Yocum, Cairo, 111.
To STOP Bleeding. — A handful of flour bound on the
cut. — Mrs. A. M.
To Prevent Contagion from Eruptive Diseases. —
Keep constantly, in plates or saucers, sliced raw onions
in the sick room, if possible. As fast as they become
discolored, replace by fresh ones. During any epidemic
of skin diseases that are eruptive, onions, except those
taken fresh from the earth, are unsafe, as they are pecu-
liarly sensitive to disease.
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THE HOME COOK BOOK.
To Restore from Stroke of Lightning. — Shower
with cold water for two hours; if the patient does not
show signs of life, put salt in the water, and continue to
shower an hour longer.
For Toothache. — Of powdered alum and fine salt,
equal quantities✪ For Toothache ; apply to the tooth and it will give speedy
relief. — Mrs. Bartlett.
For Headache. — Pour a few drops of ether on one-
half ounce of gum camphor and pulverize ; add to this
an equal quantity of carbonate ammonia pulverized ; add
twenty drops peppermint✪ For Headache; mix and put in an open-
mouthed bottle and cork. — Mrs. A. M. Gibbs.
Salve for Chilblains. — Fry out nicely a little mutton
tallow; into this while melted, and after it is nicely
strained, put an equal quantity of coal oil; stir well
together while it is cooling.
To Remove Discoloration from Bruises. — Apply a
cloth wrung out in very hot water, and renew frequently
until the pain ceases. Or, apply raw beefsteak.
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For Felon. — Take common rock salt, as used for salting down pork or beef, dry in an oven, then pound it fine and mix with spirits of turpentine in equal parts ; put it in a rag and wrap it around the parts affected ; as it gets dry, put on more, and in twenty-four hours you are cured. The felon will be dead. No harm to try it, as I have with success.
Cure for Neuralgia. — A friend who suffered horrible pains from neuralgia, hearing of a noted physician in Germany who invariably cured the disease, went to him, and was permanently cured after a short sojourn. The doctor gave him the remedy, which was nothing but a poultice and tea made from our common field thistle. The leaves are macerated and used as a poultice on the parts affected, while a small quantity of the same is boiled down to the proportion of a quart to a pint, and a small wine glass of the decoction drank before each meal. Our friend says he has never known it to fail of giving relief
while in almost every case it has effected a cure. God gave herbs for the healing of the nations.
For Hoarseness. — Squeeze the juice of half a lemon in a pint bowl, add loaf sugar (two tablespoons), one full teaspoon of glycerine, and one full tablespoon of whisky ; pour over this boiling hot water to nearly fill the bowl, and drink hot just before going to bed.
For Sore Throat.—Cut slices of salt pork or fat bacon; simmer a few moments in hot vinegar, and apply to throat as hot as possible. When this is taken off, as the throat is relieved, put around a bandage of soft flannel. A gargle of equal parts of borax and alum, dissolved in water, is also excellent. To be used frequently.
Healing Lotion. — One ounce glycerine, one ounce rose-water, ten drops carbolic acid. This preparation prevents and cures chapping of the skin, and at the same time bleaches it. It is also excellent for sore lips and gums. I consider it an indispensable adjunct to the toilet table. — Mrs. A. Yocum, Cairo, 111.
To STOP Bleeding. — A handful of flour bound on the cut. — Mrs. A. M.
To Prevent Contagion from Eruptive Diseases. — Keep constantly, in plates or saucers, sliced raw onions in the sick room, if possible. As fast as they become discolored, replace by fresh ones. During any epidemic of skin diseases that are eruptive, onions, except those taken fresh from the earth, are unsafe, as they are peculiarly sensitive to disease.
To Restore from Stroke of Lightning. — Shower with cold water for two hours; if the patient does not show signs of life, put salt in the water, and continue to shower an hour longer.
For Toothache. — Of powdered alum and fine salt, equal quantities ; apply to the tooth and it will give speedy relief. — Mrs. Bartlett.
For Headache. — Pour a few drops of ether on onehalf ounce of gum camphor and pulverize ; add to this an equal quantity of carbonate ammonia pulverized ; add twenty drops peppermint; mix and put in an openmouthed bottle and cork. — Mrs. A. M. Gibbs.
Salve for Chilblains. — Fry out nicely a little mutton tallow; into this while melted, and after it is nicely strained, put an equal quantity of coal oil; stir well together while it is cooling.
To Remove Discoloration from Bruises. — Apply a cloth wrung out in very hot water, and renew frequently until the pain ceases. Or, apply raw beefsteak.
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