CUTS AND WOUNDS. — The pain from common wounds may be quite speedily relieved by burning woolen cloth on a shovel of live coals and holding the injured part in the smoke for 15 or 20 minutes. The smoke from common brown sugar burned on coals in the same way is also good. These simple remedies often act like a charm, re- lieving the pain and hastening the cure. Then apply, carboli zed vas- eline, or wrap it ux3 in a cloth wet with dilute carbolic acid. DIARRHEA AND DYSENTERY— Take i oz. tincture of rhu- barb; ^ oz. sx^irits of camphor; ^ oz. of laudanum; -| oz. pepiDermint; ^ oz. tincture of cayenne pepper; mix. Dose for an adult 15 to 30 drops in a little water after each passage, according to age and the violence of the attack. In case of active dysentery reiDeat the dose every 15 or 20 minutes until relief is obtained. Dose for a child 5 to 15 drops, according to its age. Probably the best and surest rem- edy. (This is sometimes called "The Sun Cholera Mixture.") DIPHTHERIA — Dissolve a tablespoon of flower of sulphur in a tumbler of water and gargle the throat with it frequently, swallow- ing a little each time. Snuff the mixture up the nose also if the patches extend there. If the patient cannot gargle, blow some flower of sulphur through a clay pix)e into the throat. Slake a lump of lime in the room and get the patient to inhale the fumes; or burn pitch on hot coals on a shovel and inhale tlie smoke. It dissolves the membrane. Give nourishing food like beef tea thickened with a little rice, eggs beaten up in milk, sago or arrowroot mixed with port or sherry, etc. It is not a disease to trifle with, so get the best medi- cal advice attainable. DIPHTHERITIC SORE THROAT, CURE FOR.— Take a ripe pine-apple, squeeze out the juice and give it to the patient. It af- fords much relief. EARACHE. — Pouring a few drops of laudanum into the ear (warm it by putting the bottle containing it into a vessel of hot water) and then covering it with cotton usually gives immediate relief. INSECT IN THE EAR.— Pour in a little glycerine or sweet or olive oil, wliichever is most convenient. This kills the insect, and it is easily removed later by a physician. 626 MEDICAL HINTS EMETICS — To take a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful of powdered alum is a speedy emetic. Or from 1 to 2 tablespoonfuls of salt taken in a cup of hot water will usually cause vomitina:. If a stronger emetic is needed, taking from 1 scruple to -| a draclim of sulphate of zinc in 1 pint of warm water will rarely fail, FOR SORE AND INFLAMED EYES — (1) Take 2 grains sul- phate of zinc; 2 grains of hydrastis; 1 oz. rosewater; mix. Put 2 or 3 drops of this in the inflamed eye every few hours. Dilute it with a little rain water if too strong. Dilute it also for children. (2) lor weak eyes take 8 grains sulphate of zinc; 10 drops tincture of opium; 2 oz. water. Mix and apply 3 or 4 times a day. For inflamed eyelids the white of an egg beaten to a froth, with 2 tablespoons of rosewater, is a good lotion.

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CUTS AND WOUNDS. — The pain from common wounds may be quite speedily relieved by burning woolen cloth on a shovel of live coals and holding the injured part in the smoke for 15 or 20 minutes. The smoke from common brown sugar burned on coals in the same way is also good. These simple remedies often act like a charm, relieving the pain and hastening the cure. Then apply, carbolized vaseline, or wrap it up in a cloth wet with dilute carbolic acid. DIARRHEA AND DYSENTERY— Take i oz. tincture of rhubarb; ^ oz. spirits of camphor; ^ oz. of laudanum; -| oz. peppermint; ^ oz. tincture of cayenne pepper; mix. Dose for an adult 15 to 30 drops in a little water after each passage, according to age and the violence of the attack. In case of active dysentery repeat the dose every 15 or 20 minutes until relief is obtained. Dose for a child 5 to 15 drops, according to its age. Probably the best and surest remedy. (This is sometimes called "The Sun Cholera Mixture.") DIPHTHERIA — Dissolve a tablespoon of flower of sulphur in a tumbler of water and gargle the throat with it frequently, swallowing a little each time. Snuff the mixture up the nose also if the patches extend there. If the patient cannot gargle, blow some flower of sulphur through a clay pipe into the throat. Slake a lump of lime in the room and get the patient to inhale the fumes; or burn pitch on hot coals on a shovel and inhale the smoke. It dissolves the membrane. Give nourishing food like beef tea thickened with a little rice, eggs beaten up in milk, sago or arrowroot mixed with port or sherry, etc. It is not a disease to trifle with, so get the best medical advice attainable. DIPHTHERITIC SORE THROAT, CURE FOR.— Take a ripe pine-apple, squeeze out the juice and give it to the patient. It affords much relief. EARACHE. — Pouring a few drops of laudanum into the ear (warm it by putting the bottle containing it into a vessel of hot water) and then covering it with cotton usually gives immediate relief. INSECT IN THE EAR.— Pour in a little glycerine or sweet or olive oil, whichever is most convenient. This kills the insect, and it is easily removed later by a physician. EMETICS — To take a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful of powdered alum is a speedy emetic. Or from 1 to 2 tablespoonfuls of salt taken in a cup of hot water will usually cause vomiting. If a stronger emetic is needed, taking from 1 scruple to -| a draclim of sulphate of zinc in 1 pint of warm water will rarely fail, FOR SORE AND INFLAMED EYES — (1) Take 2 grains sulphate of zinc; 2 grains of hydrastis; 1 oz. rosewater; mix. Put 2 or 3 drops of this in the inflamed eye every few hours. Dilute it with a little rain water if too strong. Dilute it also for children. (2) lor weak eyes take 8 grains sulphate of zinc; 10 drops tincture of opium; 2 oz. water. Mix and apply 3 or 4 times a day. For inflamed eyelids the white of an egg beaten to a froth, with 2 tablespoons of rosewater, is a good lotion.

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