STEEL POWDER. — Take filings of steel and loaf sugar, of each, 2 ozs. ; ginger, 2 drachms. Pound them together. In obstructions of the menses, and for strengthening the con- stitution, this powder is valuable. Take a teaspoonful twice a day. STEEL FORKS, to Clean.— Fill a small oyster barrel with fine gravel, brick-dust, or sand, mixed with a little hay or moss : make it damp, press it well down, and always keep it damp. By running the prongs of the forks a few times into this, they will be cleaned and polished. To polish be- tween the prongs have a small stick shaped like a knife, covered with leather. STE 373 STO and use emery pov/der. Emery powder might be mixed with the sand in the barrel to render it more efficient in knife cleaning. STEEL, to Preserve from Rust. — Rub it well with a little sweet oil and Bath brick ; wipe it very dry ; warm the article at the fire, and mb it over with virgin wax. STEW. — In a jar of cold water put a shin of beef ; put in salt, a few cloves, pepper, onions, celery, savoury herbs✪ Beef Stew, &c. Put it into a slow oven the night before, and simmer till noon. Serve with toasted bread. STEWED CELERY.— Clean the heads thoroughly, take off the coarse green outer leaves, cut in small pieces, and stew in a little broth. When ten- der, add some rich cream, and a little flour and butter, enough to thicken the cream. Season with pepper, salt, and a little nutmeg, if that is agreeable. STEWED CELERY.— Cut up in small pieces, cover with cold water, cook from twenty-five to thirty minutes. When done pour off what water is not needed into the soup or stock kettle. Rub two tablespoonfuls of flour into three tablespoonfuls of butter✪ Stewed Celery; add half a cup of cream or rich milk ; boil five minutes, and serve hot. STIMULATING ANO- DYNE.— Sulphate of quinine, 12 grs. ; sulphate of morphine, I gr. ; mix, and divide] into 6 powders. Dose — one powder every hour. Prof. King, of Cincinnati, Ohio, says that from 2 to 4 powders of this anodyne will produce sleep in whisky delirium. STIMULATING FOMENT- ATION.— Cayenne pepper, 3 ozs. ; mustard seed, just bruised, 2 ozs. ; whiskey, a quarts. Simmer all to- gether a few minutes. Excellent ex- ternal application in cholera, paralysis, palsy, rheumatism, &c. A less quantity may be made. STIMULATING INJEC- TION. — Take lobelia infiata, 1 drachm, red pepper, # drachm. Make with these an infusion, sweeten, intro- duce from half a pint to a pint. This injection is sometimes employed In very obstinate cases of costiveness, bilious and painters' colic, strangulated or Incarcerated hernia, and similar affections. STIMULATING LINI- MENT.— Cayenne, oz. ; salt, I tablespoonful ; spirits of wine, 2 ozs. ; camphor, J^oz. ; spirits of turpentine, Va, pint. Bottle, and shake now and then during 1 day. Then add a pint of vinegar. — It is excellent for sponging the body in cases of pain, debility, in- flammation, rheumatism, gout, sore throat, numbness, neuralgia, &c. STINGS of BEES.— Rub the place with the newly-pressed juice of the honeysuckle. Or, wet it with ex- tract of lead, (the liquor plumbi of the shops) and keep a rag soaked in the ex- tract on the puncture a short time. Hartshorn, spirits of wine, or a solution of sal-ammoniac, are sometimes effect- ually used. STITCH in the Side.— Apply treacle spread on brown paper.

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STEEL POWDER. — Take filings of steel and loaf sugar, of each, 2 ozs. ; ginger, 2 drachms. Pound them together. In obstructions of the menses, and for strengthening the constitution, this powder is valuable. Take a teaspoonful twice a day. STEEL FORKS, to Clean.— Fill a small oyster barrel with fine gravel, brick-dust, or sand, mixed with a little hay or moss : make it damp, press it well down, and always keep it damp. By running the prongs of the forks a few times into this, they will be cleaned and polished. To polish between the prongs have a small stick shaped like a knife, covered with leather. [end section STE; start section STO] and use emery powder. Emery powder might be mixed with the sand in the barrel to render it more efficient in knife cleaning. STEEL, to Preserve from Rust. — Rub it well with a little sweet oil and Bath brick ; wipe it very dry ; warm the article at the fire, and mb it over with virgin wax. STEW. — In a jar of cold water put a shin of beef ; put in salt, a few cloves, pepper, onions, celery, savoury herbs, &c. Put it into a slow oven the night before, and simmer till noon. Serve with toasted bread. STEWED CELERY.— Clean the heads thoroughly, take off the coarse green outer leaves, cut in small pieces, and stew in a little broth. When tender, add some rich cream, and a little flour and butter, enough to thicken the cream. Season with pepper, salt, and a little nutmeg, if that is agreeable. STEWED CELERY.— Cut up in small pieces, cover with cold water, cook from twenty-five to thirty minutes. When done pour off what water is not needed into the soup or stock kettle. Rub two tablespoonfuls of flour into three tablespoonfuls of butter; add half a cup of cream or rich milk ; boil five minutes, and serve hot. STIMULATING ANODYNE. — Sulphate of quinine, 12 grs. ; sulphate of morphine, 1 gr. ; mix, and divide into 6 powders. Dose — one powder every hour. Prof. King, of Cincinnati, Ohio, says that from 2 to 4 powders of this anodyne will produce sleep in whisky delirium. STIMULATING FOMENTATION. — Cayenne pepper, 3 ozs. ; mustard seed, just bruised, 2 ozs. ; whiskey, a quarts. Simmer all together a few minutes. Excellent external application in cholera, paralysis, palsy, rheumatism, &c. A less quantity may be made. STIMULATING INJECTION. — Take lobelia inflata, 1 drachm, red pepper, ½ drachm. Make with these an infusion, sweeten, introduce from half a pint to a pint. This injection is sometimes employed In very obstinate cases of costiveness, bilious and painters' colic, strangulated or Incarcerated hernia, and similar affections. STIMULATING LINIMENT. — Cayenne, 1 oz. ; salt, 1 tablespoonful ; spirits of wine, 2 ozs. ; camphor, ½ oz. ; spirits of turpentine, ½ pint. Bottle, and shake now and then during 1 day. Then add a pint of vinegar. — It is excellent for sponging the body in cases of pain, debility, inflammation, rheumatism, gout, sore throat, numbness, neuralgia, &c. STINGS of BEES.— Rub the place with the newly-pressed juice of the honeysuckle. Or, wet it with extract of lead, (the liquor plumbi of the shops) and keep a rag soaked in the extract on the puncture a short time. Hartshorn, spirits of wine, or a solution of sal-ammoniac, are sometimes effectually used. STITCH in the Side.— Apply treacle spread on brown paper.

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