The Queen Cook Book: A Careful Compilation of Recipes and Practical ...

Bind on hand as soon as possible a slice of well salted fat pork (fresh piece) every night and morning, until you find it on the pork. I once had the smallest point of a needle in the ball of my foot. It was twentyfour hours before I could make the application of salt pork wet with the brine. Just twenty-four hours after the first application, as it was removed for the third piece, I found the needle point on the pork. This is equally effective for injury by a nail or a piece of iron, or a sprained ankle or wrist. Bathe the parts first with spirits of turpentine; then bind it on tight. Many a sore and wound has been cured by bathing in strong green tea and a plaster of Dalley's ointment. But with any of these applications you must keep the foot up in a chair. A Mustard Plaster. Mix a paste of flour and warm water so stiff it will not run off of cloth, lay the cloth on a plate, spread the paste the size you need, sift the mustard over it very sparingly. Wet a double piece of new sheer muslin and lay carefully over the mustard. Sprinkle it very wet with very hot water, put it on and cover with flannel. Leave it on ten or fifteen minutes as they can bear it. Be careful not to draw a blister. Mustard Poultice. A mustard poultice should never make a blister. If a blister is wanted there are other plasters far better than mustard, as it is the sorest kind of blister. Mix the mustard with the whites of eggs, use no water and 274 ^^ Queen Cook Book « the result will be a plaster that will " draw '* perfectly, but will not produce a blister, even upon the skin of an infant, no matter how long it is allowed to remain. Home Messenger. To Make Lime Water. Put a few lumps of unslacked lime in a jar, slowly slack it with boiling water, stir it well. Let it settle over night, when clear bottle. Use from two to three tablespoons to a goblet of milk. Chronic Diarrhcea. A teaspoon of wheat flour mixed into a cup of sweet milk with a little nutmeg grated into it. Take it cold and raw. Pour a little milk on the flour at a time, beat it well so that it foams. To be taken three or four times a day. Home Messenger. For Neuralgia and Headache. I ounce alcohol J^ ounce laudanum 5^ ounce chloroform j4 ounce gum camphor yi drachm oil of cloves i drachm oil of lavender % drachm sulphuric ether Rub the part affected and inhale the liniment a little. It is also good for sick headache* Home Messenger. I have known of persons being cured of neuralgia by drinking good home-made buttermilk. In Case of Accident. A good memory well stored with self possession in emergencies, enables a person to relieve suffering and often to save life. One who faints at the appaarasce TJie Queen Cook Boijh 2175 of danger or becomes excited or confused is well nigh useless. A clear brain and strong will can do much toward overcoming physical weakness. It is especially important that mothers should school themselves in self control and learn what should be done in times of sudden sickness or accident, which occur more or less in every home. For dust or any foreign substance in the eye avoid rubbing; lie on the back with head low, drop sweet milk in the corner of the eye and wink it in, repeat if necessary.. If this does not wash it out, whether cinders or eyelashes, take a handglass to the light, and lift the lid, take the point of a lead pencil with a thin, wet cloth over it, and touch it; the substance will cling to it. Ear. Remove hardened wax from the ear with warm water: Use a syringe. Use no hard instrument. A Cut. If an artery is cut, compress above the wound. If a vein is cut, compress below. If choked, get down upon all fours and cough. To Smother Fire.