The vapour bath of bitter decoction is very appropriate. A decoction of sassafras and sarsaparilla is very useful — to be taken freely ; add the juice of lemon. Steam affected parts with a decoction of bitter herbs. Let the diet be vegetable, consisting chiefly of milk. Emetics are sometimes necessary ; tonics always. SCURVY. — Take 2 ozs. each of field daisies and dandelion roots. Boil in 3 quarts of water down to 1 quart. Take a teacupful night and morning. SCURVY.— John Wesley says, " Live on turnips for a month. Or, take tar-water, morning and even- ing, for three months. Or, 3 spoonfuls of nettle-juice every morning. Or, decoction of burdock. Boil 3 ozs. of the dried root in 2 quarts of water✪ Burdock Decoction for Scurvy to pints. Take % a pint daily. A decoction of the leaves (boiling 1 leaf 4 minutes in a quart of water,) has the same effect. ,1 Or, take a cupful of the juice of goon- •grass In r. morning, fostln#, for n scu 356 SEE month ; it is frequently called hariff, or cleavers. I have known many persons cured by it Or, pound into a pulp of Seville oranges, sliced, rind and aU, and pow- dered sugar, equal quantities. Take a teaspoonful three or four times a day. Or, squeeze the juice of half a Seville orange into a pint of milk over the fire. Sweeten the whey with loaf sugar✪ Seville Orange Whey, and drink it every morning new mill; warm. To make any whey, milk should be skimmed after it is boiled. Or, pour 3 quarts of boiling water on a quart of ground malt ; stir them well, and let the mixture stand close covered for four hours ; strain it off, and use this as common drink : in hot weather brew this fresh every day. It will hard- ly fail. Or, take morning and evening a spoonful or two of lemon juice and sugar. It is a precious remedy and well tried. Water and garden cresses, mustard, and juice of scurvy grass help in a cold scurvy. When there is a continual salt taste in the mouth, take a pint of lime-water morning and evening." SCURVY in the Gums.— Make a strong infusion of sage, and dissolve in it a little alum. By means of a cloth apply it to the gums. Burnt alum, mixed with honey, and the juice of celandine, is very good for scorbutic gums, and it whitens the teeth. SEA KALE. — Trim and wash It, and tie it in bundles. Boil it well in equal parts of milk and water. It can scarcely be boiled too much. Drain, and serve on toast✪ Sea Kale. SEALING-WAX.— The base of sealing-wax is the best resin, 3 parts ; shellac, 2 parts ; Venice turpentine, 1 part. Colour with vermillion for the best. Melt the varnish first, and then add the colouring matter. — For black, use the best lamp; black. — Other colours may be made by varying the pigments, using Venetian red, red lead, or bole ; or mixing vermillion with Venetian red. SEALING-WAX, Blue. Shellac, 2 parts ; smalts, 1 part ; yellow resin, 3 parts. Powder, and mix care- fully with heat. SEA-SICKNESS.— In all or- '■ffriXTx' oeoMioris, If Sn dread of sick-

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The vapour bath of bitter decoction is very appropriate. A decoction of sassafras and sarsaparilla is very useful — to be taken freely ; add the juice of lemon. Steam affected parts with a decoction of bitter herbs. Let the diet be vegetable, consisting chiefly of milk. Emetics are sometimes necessary ; tonics always. SCURVY. — Take 2 ozs. each of field daisies and dandelion roots. Boil in 3 quarts of water down to 1 quart. Take a teacupful night and morning. SCURVY.— John Wesley says, " Live on turnips for a month. Or, take tar-water, morning and evening, for three months. Or, 3 spoonfuls of nettle-juice every morning. Or, decoction of burdock. Boil 3 ozs. of the dried root in 2 quarts of water to pints. Take % a pint daily. A decoction of the leaves (boiling 1 leaf 4 minutes in a quart of water,) has the same effect. ,1 Or, take a cupful of the juice of goose-grass in the morning, fasting, for a scu SEE month ; it is frequently called hariff, or cleavers. I have known many persons cured by it Or, pound into a pulp of Seville oranges, sliced, rind and aU, and powdered sugar, equal quantities. Take a teaspoonful three or four times a day. Or, squeeze the juice of half a Seville orange into a pint of milk over the fire. Sweeten the whey with loaf sugar, and drink it every morning new mill; warm. To make any whey, milk should be skimmed after it is boiled. Or, pour 3 quarts of boiling water on a quart of ground malt ; stir them well, and let the mixture stand close covered for four hours ; strain it off, and use this as common drink : in hot weather brew this fresh every day. It will hardly fail. Or, take morning and evening a spoonful or two of lemon juice and sugar. It is a precious remedy and well tried. Water and garden cresses, mustard, and juice of scurvy grass help in a cold scurvy. When there is a continual salt taste in the mouth, take a pint of lime-water morning and evening." SCURVY in the Gums.— Make a strong infusion of sage, and dissolve in it a little alum. By means of a cloth apply it to the gums. Burnt alum, mixed with honey, and the juice of celandine, is very good for scorbutic gums, and it whitens the teeth. SEA KALE. — Trim and wash It, and tie it in bundles. Boil it well in equal parts of milk and water. It can scarcely be boiled too much. Drain, and serve on toast. SEALING-WAX.— The base of sealing-wax is the best resin, 3 parts ; shellac, 2 parts ; Venice turpentine, 1 part. Colour with vermillion for the best. Melt the varnish first, and then add the colouring matter. — For black, use the best lamp; black. — Other colours may be made by varying the pigments, using Venetian red, red lead, or bole ; or mixing vermillion with Venetian red. SEALING-WAX, Blue. Shellac, 2 parts ; smalts, 1 part ; yellow resin, 3 parts. Powder, and mix carefully with heat. SEA-SICKNESS.— In all or- '■ffriXTx' oeoMioris, If Sn dread of sick-

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