CONSTIPATION, To Remove. — Take as much open-air exercise
as possible each day, and drink at least half a pint of water before retiring
to rest, and the same quantity the first thing in the morning. Attention to
these simple rules will cure the most obstinate cases of costiveness.
CONSUMPTION, To Cure. — Consumption of the lungs has
frequently been cured by simply cutting out a clod of earth every morning
and breathing into the hole for about a quarter of an hour. The patient
should eat as many apples as possible, and drink freely of milk, alternated
with apple water or cider-whey.
CONVULSIONS IN CHILDREN.— Set the child, during
the fit, up to the neck in warm water ; let it remain thus for a quarter of
an hour, and apply every two or three minutes a wet cloth to the head and
temples. After removing the child from the bath and wiping it dry, wrap
it in flannel, give it a teaspoonful of castor oil in a little warm milk, and
put it to bed.
COOLING DRINKS. — To two ounces of Epsom salts add a
large lemon cut into slices, two ounces of cream of tartar, a spoonful of
sugar, and a quart of boiling water✪ Cooling Drink. Stir well, and allow it to cool. This
forms a very pleasant drink and a gentle aperient.
Or, dissolve two teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar in a quart of boiling
water ; add lemon and sugar to taste. Let stand for two hours, then strain
it for drinking.
Another refreshing drink for use in the summer is made as follows : — Boil
two pounds of loaf sugar in a quart of water for a quarter of an hour, and
let it stand in a basin till cold. Meantime, beat one ounce of citric acid
to a powder, and with it mix half a dram of essence of lemon✪ Another Refreshing Drink. Add this
to the syrup, mix well and bottle for use. Two tablespoonfuls in a tumbler
of cold water.
COPPER IN LIQUIDS, To Detect. — Put a small quantity of
the liquid in a wineglass and add a few drops of spirits of hartshorn ; if
cooper be present the liquid will turn blue.
COPPER IN PICKLES, &c., To detect the presence of. — Put
a small quantity of the pickles into a glass, and add a little liquid ammonia
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with the same amount of water. Stir the whole well together. If copper
be present the liquid will become blue.
COPPER, To Clean and Polish. — Add a little solution of bichro-
mate of potash to diluted nitric acid ; apply with a flannel and polish with
a leather. ... . „ , , ,
Oil and powdered brickdust, or oil and rotten-stone (sifted through
muslin), mixed, and rubbed on with a leather, and after remaining on for
a little while, rubbed off with a dry leather, will also prove valuable. When
the copper is much tarnished a little oxalic acid soon brings brightness, but
this must be used with great caution.
COPPER, To Dissolve.— This mineral may be dissolved by im-
mersing it in a bath of strong acetic acid.
COPPER, To Whiten. — See Brass and Copper, To Whiten.
CORN PLASTER. — Take two ounces of gum-ammoniac, two
ounces of beeswax, and six drams of verdigris✪ Corn Plaster ; melt them together, and
spread the composition on soft leather, such as an old kid glove. Cut
away as much of the corn as possible, apply the plaster, and renew it every
week or so until the corn disappears.
CORNS, Simple remedy for. — Soak the feet for half an hour, two
or three nights successively, in a strong solution of soda. This will dissolve
the hard cuticle which forms the corn.
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CONSTIPATION, To Remove. — Take as much open-air exercise as possible each day, and drink at least half a pint of water before retiring to rest, and the same quantity the first thing in the morning. Attention to these simple rules will cure the most obstinate cases of costiveness.
CONSUMPTION, To Cure. — Consumption of the lungs has frequently been cured by simply cutting out a clod of earth every morning and breathing into the hole for about a quarter of an hour. The patient should eat as many apples as possible, and drink freely of milk, alternated with apple water or cider-whey.
CONVULSIONS IN CHILDREN.— Set the child, during the fit, up to the neck in warm water ; let it remain thus for a quarter of an hour, and apply every two or three minutes a wet cloth to the head and temples. After removing the child from the bath and wiping it dry, wrap it in flannel, give it a teaspoonful of castor oil in a little warm milk, and put it to bed.
COOLING DRINKS. — To two ounces of Epsom salts add a large lemon cut into slices, two ounces of cream of tartar, a spoonful of sugar, and a quart of boiling water. Stir well, and allow it to cool. This forms a very pleasant drink and a gentle aperient.
Or, dissolve two teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar in a quart of boiling water ; add lemon and sugar to taste. Let stand for two hours, then strain it for drinking.
Another refreshing drink for use in the summer is made as follows : — Boil two pounds of loaf sugar in a quart of water for a quarter of an hour, and let it stand in a basin till cold. Meantime, beat one ounce of citric acid to a powder, and with it mix half a dram of essence of lemon. Add this to the syrup, mix well and bottle for use. Two tablespoonfuls in a tumbler of cold water.
COPPER IN LIQUIDS, To Detect. — Put a small quantity of the liquid in a wineglass and add a few drops of spirits of hartshorn ; if copper be present the liquid will turn blue.
COPPER IN PICKLES, &c., To detect the presence of. — Put a small quantity of the pickles into a glass, and add a little liquid ammonia
with the same amount of water. Stir the whole well together. If copper be present the liquid will become blue.
COPPER, To Clean and Polish. — Add a little solution of bichromate of potash to diluted nitric acid ; apply with a flannel and polish with
a leather. ... . „ , , ,
Oil and powdered brickdust, or oil and rotten-stone (sifted through muslin), mixed, and rubbed on with a leather, and after remaining on for a little while, rubbed off with a dry leather, will also prove valuable. When the copper is much tarnished a little oxalic acid soon brings brightness, but this must be used with great caution.
COPPER, To Dissolve.— This mineral may be dissolved by immersing it in a bath of strong acetic acid.
COPPER, To Whiten. — See Brass and Copper, To Whiten.
CORN PLASTER. — Take two ounces of gum-ammoniac, two ounces of beeswax, and six drams of verdigris ; melt them together, and spread the composition on soft leather, such as an old kid glove. Cut away as much of the corn as possible, apply the plaster, and renew it every week or so until the corn disappears.
CORNS, Simple remedy for. — Soak the feet for half an hour, two or three nights successively, in a strong solution of soda. This will dissolve the hard cuticle which forms the corn.
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