Soak bread in vinegar, bind on day and night and they will come out
by the roots. S. T. N.
TO KILL WARTS.
Prick until they bleed; then apply soda. H. F. A.
CURE FOR EXTERNAL CANCER.
Apply as poultice bruised stramonium leaves. Stramonium affects
some persons as the poison ivy does. In this case the antidote is strong
salt water freely applied. M. H. P. Crandall.
INTERNAL CANCER CURE.
Take the dried blossoms of the common red clover, put them in hot
water, let them steep over night and this will be a clover tea. Take a
536 PREVALENT DISORDERS AND THEIR REMEDIES.
tablespoonful of this tea five or six times daily. Cases of virulent cancer
have been cured by this simple remedy. H. N.
FELON CURE.
Apply a poultice of raw onions three times a day and foul' days will
effect a cure. E. G.
FELON CURE— No. 2.
The first symptoms of felon: The person imagines there is a briar in
the inner covering of the bone, usually at the last joint of the finger.
Then comes a slight swelling intense heat and throbbing. Remedy:
Apply a soft cloth saturated with tincture of stramonium (generally known
as jimson weed). Bind on with neatly laid bandage. This will prevent
any further progress of the felon. M. Ho P. Crandall.
TO COOL THE BLOOD.
Take eight ounces of sarsaparilla, three ounces of root licorice, six
ounces of wild cherry bark, one-half ounce of mandrake, one ounce of
gentian, one-half teaspoonful each of cinnamon and red pepper. Boil in
three gallons of rain water till reduced to one-half. Sweeten a very little.
This is a fine drink for cooling the blood. Abstain from sweets while
using it. M. H. N.
BLOOD PURIFIER.
Clover tea is a fine blood purifier, drank freely, removing pimples and
whitening the skin. It is also a sleep-inducing draught. Its efficiency in
early stages of cancer is unquestioned. H. F. L.
TO COUNTERACT POISONOUS GAS.
An ordinary gas jet consumes as much oxygen as four human bemgs.
It is well when sitting long in a gas-lighted room to occasionally open a
door or a window for a few moments and bring in some fresh air. Plants
in pots do not thrive well in rooms where gas is used for illuminating or
where it is used as fuel. - B. O. L.
RELIEF FOR CHOLERA.
One ounce of essence of peppermint, one ounce ot laudunum, one
ounce of spirits of camphor, one ounce of spiced rhubarb, one teaspoon-
ful of cayenne pepper. Dose: One-half teaspoonful as often as required
to relieve pain. M. C.
TO CLEAR A WASTE PIPE.
Just before retiring at night pour into the clogged pipe enough liquid
soda-lye to fill the "trap" or bent part of the pipe. Be sure that no water
PREVALENT DISORDERS AND THEIR REMEDIES. 527.
runs into it until the next morning. During the night the lye will convert
all the offal into soft soap and the first current of water in the morning
will wash it away and clear the pipe clean as new.
The Sanitar Enquirer.
TO REMOVE PROUD FLESH.
Pulverize loaf sugar very fine and apply it to the part affected. This
is an easy remedy and is said to remove it entirely without pain . E. E.
DROPSY CURE.
A tea made of chestnut leaves and drank freely instead of water will
relieve an obstinate case of dropsy in a few days. H. K.
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Soak bread in vinegar, bind on day and night and they will come out
by the roots. S. T. N.
TO KILL WARTS.
Prick until they bleed; then apply soda. H. F. A.
CURE FOR EXTERNAL CANCER.
Apply as poultice bruised stramonium leaves. Stramonium affects some persons as the poison ivy does. In this case the antidote is strong salt water freely applied. M. H. P. Crandall.
INTERNAL CANCER CURE.
Take the dried blossoms of the common red clover, put them in hot water, let them steep over night and this will be a clover tea. Take a
tablespoonful of this tea five or six times daily. Cases of virulent cancer have been cured by this simple remedy. H. N.
FELON CURE.
Apply a poultice of raw onions three times a day and foul' days will
effect a cure. E. G.
FELON CURE— No. 2.
The first symptoms of felon: The person imagines there is a briar in the inner covering of the bone, usually at the last joint of the finger. Then comes a slight swelling intense heat and throbbing. Remedy: Apply a soft cloth saturated with tincture of stramonium (generally known as jimson weed). Bind on with neatly laid bandage. This will prevent any further progress of the felon. M. Ho P. Crandall.
TO COOL THE BLOOD.
Take eight ounces of sarsaparilla, three ounces of root licorice, six
ounces of wild cherry bark, one-half ounce of mandrake, one ounce of
gentian, one-half teaspoonful each of cinnamon and red pepper. Boil in
three gallons of rain water till reduced to one-half. Sweeten a very little.
This is a fine drink for cooling the blood. Abstain from sweets while
using it. M. H. N.
BLOOD PURIFIER.
Clover tea is a fine blood purifier, drank freely, removing pimples and whitening the skin. It is also a sleep-inducing draught. Its efficiency in early stages of cancer is unquestioned. H. F. L.
TO COUNTERACT POISONOUS GAS.
An ordinary gas jet consumes as much oxygen as four human beings.
It is well when sitting long in a gas-lighted room to occasionally open a
door or a window for a few moments and bring in some fresh air. Plants
in pots do not thrive well in rooms where gas is used for illuminating or
where it is used as fuel. - B. O. L.
RELIEF FOR CHOLERA.
One ounce of essence of peppermint, one ounce of laudanum, one ounce of spirits of camphor, one ounce of spiced rhubarb, one teaspoonful of cayenne pepper. Dose: One-half teaspoonful as often as required
to relieve pain. M. C.
TO CLEAR A WASTE PIPE.
Just before retiring at night pour into the clogged pipe enough liquid soda-lye to fill the "trap" or bent part of the pipe. Be sure that no water
runs into it until the next morning. During the night the lye will convert all the offal into soft soap and the first current of water in the morning will wash it away and clear the pipe clean as new.
The Sanitary Enquirer.
TO REMOVE PROUD FLESH.
Pulverize loaf sugar very fine and apply it to the part affected. This is an easy remedy and is said to remove it entirely without pain . E. E.
DROPSY CURE.
A tea made of chestnut leaves and drank freely instead of water will relieve an obstinate case of dropsy in a few days. H. K.
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