Copperas and water has cured sore eyes of long standing; and used quite strong, it makes an excellent application in ery- sipelas. Indian Eye Water. — Soft water, i pint; gum arabic, i ounce; white vitriol, i ounce; fine salt, 1-2 teaspoonful; put all into a bottle, and shake until dissolved. Put into the eye just as you retire to bed. Egyptian Cure for Cholera. — Best Jamaica ginger root bruised, i ounce; cayenne, 2 teaspoonfuls. Boil all in one quart of water to one-half pint, and add loaf sugar to form a thick syrup. Dose: One tablespoonful every fifteen minutes, until vomiting and purging ceases: then follow up with a black- berry tea. King of Oils, for Neuralgia and Rheumatism. — Burning fluid, I pint; oils of cedar, hemlock, sassafras and origanum, of each, 2 ounces; carbonate of ammonia, pulverized, i ounce. Mix. Directions. — Apply freely to the nerve and gums around the tooth; and to the face in neuralgic pains, by wet- ting brown paper and laying on the parts, not too long, for fear of blistering. To the nerves of teeth by lint. Neuralgia. — Internal Remedy. — Sal-ammoniac, 1-2 drachm; dissolve in water, i ounce. Dose, one tablespoonful every 3 minutes for 20 minutes, at the end of which time, if not before, the pain will have disappeared. Wens. — To Cure. — Dissolve copperas in water to make it very strong; now take a pin, needle, or sharp knife, and prick or cut the wen in about a dozen places, just sufficient to cause it to bleed; then wet it thoroughly with the copperas water daily. 396 MEDICINAL. POISONS. Animal Poisons. — In the first class is poisoning from cer- tain shellfish, such as mussels, lobsters, etc., the eating of which is sometimes followed by an eruption of nettle-rash over the whole body, which causes it to have a swollen, bloated appear- ance, and produces difficulty of breathing, accompanied with giddiness, nausea, stomach-ache, and great thirst. Treatment. — If commenced within two or three hours after the appearance of the symptoms, an emetic of mustard, salt, and warm water, should be given. The emetic should be compounded thus: Mustard, i teaspoonful. Common salt, i teaspoonful. Warm water, i tumblerful. Mix, and take as a draught. Should, however, a longer time have elapsed, purgatives, such as a teaspoonful of castor-oil, or half an ounce of epsom salts, should be administered and repeated until full action is obtained. Stimulants, such as salvolatile, or aromatic spirits of ammonia, and ether, may also be administered if there be much depression. The following form would be a useful draught: Take of nitrous spirits of ether, 30 minims; spirits of salvolatile, 30 minims; water, to make up i 1-2 ounces. Repeat the dose every two or three hours until the system rallies. Vegetable Poisons. — Of these, the most commonly met with are the aconite or monkshood, belladonna or deadly night- shade; the hellebore, hemlock, henbane, foxglove, laburnum, yew, colchicum, or meadow safiron, and mushrooms, all of which are indigeneous to this country. Others, such as opium, Indian hemp, nux vomica, and gamboge, are not native here. Among vegetable poisons should be included oxalic acid, and that most deadly of all poisons, prussic acid, which is found in undiluted " almond flavoring," used for culinary purposes.

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Copperas and water has cured sore eyes of long standing; and used quite strong, it makes an excellent application in erysipelas. Indian Eye Water. — Soft water, i pint; gum arabic, i ounce; white vitriol, i ounce; fine salt, 1-2 teaspoonful; put all into a bottle, and shake until dissolved. Put into the eye just as you retire to bed. Egyptian Cure for Cholera. — Best Jamaica ginger root bruised, i ounce; cayenne, 2 teaspoonfuls. Boil all in one quart of water to one-half pint, and add loaf sugar to form a thick syrup. Dose: One tablespoonful every fifteen minutes, until vomiting and purging ceases: then follow up with a blackberry tea. King of Oils, for Neuralgia and Rheumatism. — Burning fluid, I pint; oils of cedar, hemlock, sassafras and origanum, of each, 2 ounces; carbonate of ammonia, pulverized, i ounce. Mix. Directions. — Apply freely to the nerve and gums around the tooth; and to the face in neuralgic pains, by wetting brown paper and laying on the parts, not too long, for fear of blistering. To the nerves of teeth by lint. Neuralgia. — Internal Remedy. — Sal-ammoniac, 1-2 drachm; dissolve in water, i ounce. Dose, one tablespoonful every 3 minutes for 20 minutes, at the end of which time, if not before, the pain will have disappeared. Wens. — To Cure. — Dissolve copperas in water to make it very strong; now take a pin, needle, or sharp knife, and prick or cut the wen in about a dozen places, just sufficient to cause it to bleed; then wet it thoroughly with the copperas water daily. POISONS. Animal Poisons. — In the first class is poisoning from certain shellfish, such as mussels, lobsters, etc., the eating of which is sometimes followed by an eruption of nettle-rash over the whole body, which causes it to have a swollen, bloated appearance, and produces difficulty of breathing, accompanied with giddiness, nausea, stomach-ache, and great thirst. Treatment. — If commenced within two or three hours after the appearance of the symptoms, an emetic of mustard, salt, and warm water, should be given. The emetic should be compounded thus: Mustard, i teaspoonful. Common salt, i teaspoonful. Warm water, i tumblerful. Mix, and take as a draught. Should, however, a longer time have elapsed, purgatives, such as a teaspoonful of castor-oil, or half an ounce of epsom salts, should be administered and repeated until full action is obtained. Stimulants, such as salvolatile, or aromatic spirits of ammonia, and ether, may also be administered if there be much depression. The following form would be a useful draught: Take of nitrous spirits of ether, 30 minims; spirits of salvolatile, 30 minims; water, to make up i 1-2 ounces. Repeat the dose every two or three hours until the system rallies. Vegetable Poisons. — Of these, the most commonly met with are the aconite or monkshood, belladonna or deadly nightshade; the hellebore, hemlock, henbane, foxglove, laburnum, yew, colchicum, or meadow saffron, and mushrooms, all of which are indigeneous to this country. Others, such as opium, Indian hemp, nux vomica, and gamboge, are not native here. Among vegetable poisons should be included oxalic acid, and that most deadly of all poisons, prussic acid, which is found in undiluted " almond flavoring," used for culinary purposes.

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