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Remove all compression from every part of the body. — Immerse the legs in warm water and mustard for twenty minutes, applying friction at the same time, — Bathe the whole surface with the diluted tincture of Cayenne.— Avoid bleeding. — Put a mustard plaster between the shoulders. If possible, let a brisk purgative be administered, for evacuation is necessary to unload the bowels and stomach, and therefore the pressure on the brain. — Blood-letting in Apoplexy aggravates the cerebral congestion.—Professor Recamier says, “ I have not the least evidence that blood letting has the smallest power to diminish the violence or duration of an apopletic paroxysm ; nay, I have every reason to believe that it so far weakens the powers of reaction as to prove fatal, or greatly to retard the cure.”— Apply cold water to the head, and hot water to the feet, if slight symptoms begin to appear. At first do it slightly, and increase the application gradually. This will force back the blood from the upper to the lower extremities through the heart, and remove the disease. — The whole secret of treatment consists in equalizing the circulation. APO ilPP Apothecaries’ Weight, so Grains ( gr .) make x Scruple, sc. equal to 20 grains Troy. 3 Scruples 1 Dram, dr., equal to 60 grains. 8 Drams.. 1 Ounce, os., equal to 480 grains or 24 scruples. 12 Ounces.... 1 Pound, lb., equal to 5760 grains, or 288 sc., or 96 drams. By this weight medicines are mixed ; but drugs are bought and sold wholesale by avoirdupois. Apothecaries’ Measure. 60 Minims make 1 Fluid Dram, dr. 8 Fluid Drams 1 Ounce os. 16 Fluid Ounces 1 Pint pt. 8 Pints 1 Gallon gal. APPLES, to keep. — Let them be well dried and packed in a hamper, or box without lid, wrapped in straw, or covered with saw-dust in layers. Keep in a cool place, and not exposed to frost. Apples should always be plucked when the weather is fine ; and when packed they should not touch one another. The Americans preserve apples and pears by cutting them into eights, without the core, and dry them in a kiln till quite hard ; they will keep for two or three years. When used, they steep in hot water. APPLE, Currant, or Damson Dumplings, or Pudding Shred very fine about 5 or 6 ounces of suet, and roll it into 8 or 10 ounces of flour ; add a little salt, and make into a paste with water. Line a basin with the paste, and cover it with the same ; tie a cloth over it tightly, and boil till the fruit is enough. Some add eggs and milk in making the paste, but the above is more wholesome. APPLE EGG PUDDING.— Beat an egg well ; then add a gill of water or milk, seven or eight tablespoonfuls of flour, and half a spoonful of salt ; mix well together. Pare and cut into pieces three apples, and stir them into the batter. Boil the whole in a cloth an hour and a quarter, if in a basin, a little longer. Serve with melted butter flavoured with lemon. APPLE POOL. — Stew apples as directed for gooseberries, and then peel and pulp them. Prepare the milk, &c,, and mix as before.