Another remedy for removing objects from the eye: Take a horsehair
and double it leaving a loop. If the object can be seen, lay the loop over
it, close the eye, and the mote will come out as the hair is withdrawn. If
the irritating object cannot be seen, raise the lid of the eye as high as
possible and place the loop as far as you can, close the eye and roll the
ball around a few times, draw out the hair, and the substance which
caused the pain will be sure to come with it. This method is practiced by
axemakers and other workers in steel.
Montreal Star.
EYE-WASHES.
The best eye-wash for granulated lids and inflammation of the eyes is
composed of camphor, borax and morphine, in the following proportions :
To a large- wine-glass of camphor water — not spirits — add two grains of
morphine and six grains of borax. Pour a few drops into the palm of the
hand, and hold the eye in it, opening the lid as much as possible. Do this
three or four times in twenty-four hours, and you will receive great relief
from pain and smarting soreness. This recipe was received from a
celebrated oculist, and has never failed to relieve the most inflamed
eyes.
Another remedy said to be reliable : A lump of alum as large as a cran-
berry boiled in a teacupful of sweet milk, and the curd used as a poultice,
is excellent for inflammation of the eyes.
Another wash: A cent’s worth of pure, refined white copperas dis-
solved in a pint of water, is also a good lotion ; but label it poison, as it
should never go near the mouth. Bathe the eyes with the mixture, either
with the hands or a small piece of linen cloth, allowing some of the liquid
to get under the lids.
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HEALTHS VGaSSTIONS,
Here is another from an eminent oculist : Take half an ounce of rock
salt and one ounce of dry sulphate of zinc ; simmer in a clean, covered
porcelain vessel with three pints of water until all are dissolved ; strain
through thick muslin ; add one ounce of rose-water ; bottle and cork it
tight. To use it, mix one teaspoonful of rain-water with one of the eye-
water, and bathe the eyes frequently. If it smarts too much, add more
water.
SUNSTROKE.
Wrap a wet cloth bandage over the head; wet another cloth, folded
small, square, cover it thickly with salt, and bind it on the back of the
neck ; apply dry salt behind the ears. Put mustard plasters to the calves
of the legs and soles of the feet. This is an effectual remedy.
TO REMOVE WARTS.
Wash with water saturated with common washing-soda, and let it dry
without wiping; repeat frequently until they disappear. Or pass a pin
through the wart and hold one end of it over the flame of a candle or lamp
until the wart fires by the heat, and it will disappear.
Another treatment of warts is to pare the hard and dry skin from their
tops, and then touch them with the smallest drop of strong acetic acid,
taking care that the acid does not run off the wart upon the neighboring
skin ; for if it does it will occasion inflammation and much pain. If this is
continued once or twice daily, with regularity, paring the surface of the
wart occasionally when it gets hard and dry, the wart will be soon effect-
ually cured.
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Another remedy for removing objects from the eye: Take a horsehair and double it leaving a loop. If the object can be seen, lay the loop over it, close the eye, and the mote will come out as the hair is withdrawn. If the irritating object cannot be seen, raise the lid of the eye as high as possible and place the loop as far as you can, close the eye and roll the ball around a few times, draw out the hair, and the substance which caused the pain will be sure to come with it. This method is practiced by axemakers and other workers in steel.
Montreal Star.
EYE-WASHES.
The best eye-wash for granulated lids and inflammation of the eyes is composed of camphor, borax and morphine, in the following proportions : To a large- wine-glass of camphor water — not spirits — add two grains of morphine and six grains of borax. Pour a few drops into the palm of the hand, and hold the eye in it, opening the lid as much as possible. Do this three or four times in twenty-four hours, and you will receive great relief from pain and smarting soreness. This recipe was received from a celebrated oculist, and has never failed to relieve the most inflamed eyes.
Another remedy said to be reliable : A lump of alum as large as a cranberry boiled in a teacupful of sweet milk, and the curd used as a poultice, is excellent for inflammation of the eyes.
Another wash: A cent’s worth of pure, refined white copperas dissolved in a pint of water, is also a good lotion ; but label it poison, as it should never go near the mouth. Bathe the eyes with the mixture, either with the hands or a small piece of linen cloth, allowing some of the liquid to get under the lids.
HEALTH-SUGGESTIONS.
Here is another from an eminent oculist : Take half an ounce of rock salt and one ounce of dry sulphate of zinc ; simmer in a clean, covered porcelain vessel with three pints of water until all are dissolved ; strain through thick muslin ; add one ounce of rose-water ; bottle and cork it tight. To use it, mix one teaspoonful of rain-water with one of the eyewater, and bathe the eyes frequently. If it smarts too much, add more water.
SUNSTROKE.
Wrap a wet cloth bandage over the head; wet another cloth, folded small, square, cover it thickly with salt, and bind it on the back of the neck ; apply dry salt behind the ears. Put mustard plasters to the calves of the legs and soles of the feet. This is an effectual remedy.
TO REMOVE WARTS.
Wash with water saturated with common washing-soda, and let it dry without wiping; repeat frequently until they disappear. Or pass a pin through the wart and hold one end of it over the flame of a candle or lamp until the wart fires by the heat, and it will disappear.
Another treatment of warts is to pare the hard and dry skin from their tops, and then touch them with the smallest drop of strong acetic acid, taking care that the acid does not run off the wart upon the neighboring skin ; for if it does it will occasion inflammation and much pain. If this is continued once or twice daily, with regularity, paring the surface of the wart occasionally when it gets hard and dry, the wart will be soon effectually cured.
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