cular piece cut out of the center a little larger than the
cancer, so that the cancer and a small circular rim of
the healthy skin next to it were exposed. Then a
()laster made of chloride of zinc, bloodroot, and wheat
flour was spread on a piece of muslin, the size of this
circular opening, and applied to the cancer for twenty-
four hours. On removing it, the cancer will be found
burst into and appear of the color and hardness of an
old shoe sole, and the circular rim outside of it will
appear white and parboiled, as if scalded by hot
steam. The wound is now dressed, and the outside
rim soon separates, and the cancer comes out in a
hard lump, and the place heals up. The plaster kills
the cancer, so that it sloughs out like dead flesh, and
never grows again. This remedy was discovered by
Dr. Fell, of London, and has been used by him many
years with unfailing success, and not a case has been
known of the reappearance of the cancer when this
remedy has been applied. Note: — As the quantities
are not given it would be best to consult a good
physician and he give you the proportions, and care
for it till it is healed. Keep still till healed. See cure
for wounds. Perhaps this is painful. Let the doctor
take charge.
m
For Tape Worm.
First be sure you have one, as pieces will pass from
you, which is the surest evidence. Fast, and eat
nothing for twenty-four hours. Then take a pint of
shelled pumpkin seeds, chop fine, and mix in common
molasses enough to make it eatable, eat it all at once.
Twelve hours after, take one and a half tablespoons
of castor oil. Eat nothing till the oil operates, ex-
cept a little coffee once or twice with two mouthf uls
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of bread. This will cost a struggle of two days; eat
lightly after it, at first. Two cases are positively
known to have been cured by this process.
Frozen Hands or Feet.
Put them in very cold water or rub them with snow.
Frozen ears also.
Tar Cordial.
Is excellent for a cough.
Water Bugs and Roaches.
Powdered borax sprinkled on the floor or in the
chinks which they frequent, is said to clear them out.
If it does not, hellebore will; mix it with double the
quantity of oat meal, adding a little sugar, strew it
where they run, but take it up in the morning, if chil-
dren or servants are around, and put it down at night
again, as it is a deadly poison.
To Rid a House of Punkies.
If two or three little dishes of household ammonia
are set in their places of resort, they will soon leave.
Flies.
The only way to keep out file's, is to have window
and door screens, darken. the room from nine A. M.
to five p. M. and have no eatables or smells around.
Moths.
I have for many years used camphor gum as a pre-
ventive against moths, and it has never failed, either
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in furs, woolens or feathers. All goods must be shook
and brushed clean from all dust, all spots cleaned.
Cover all goods with newspapers, putting in each
package a piece of camphor (cutting it in squares) as
large as a large hickory nut in each package and one
in each end of trunk or box, doing it up tightly in
paper. This will last all summer. Everything else
has failed.
Buffalo Moths.
The state entomologist recommends benzine for
the extirpation of the grub, which usually begins its
ravages in the middle of April. It is a hairy worm-
like larvae scarcely half an inch long, which easily
hides in the fuzz of the carpet, or in any woolen
article, or even in trunks. The beetle is never found
about the house except during the short period when
it is laying its eggs in summer. It feeds on the pollen
of the spirea and other plants and never touches car-
pets. The grub alone feeds on carpets, woolens,
furs, etc.
Black Ants.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
cular piece cut out of the center a little larger than the cancer, so that the cancer and a small circular rim of the healthy skin next to it were exposed. Then a ()laster made of chloride of zinc, bloodroot, and wheat flour was spread on a piece of muslin, the size of this circular opening, and applied to the cancer for twentyfour hours. On removing it, the cancer will be found burst into and appear of the color and hardness of an old shoe sole, and the circular rim outside of it will appear white and parboiled, as if scalded by hot steam. The wound is now dressed, and the outside rim soon separates, and the cancer comes out in a hard lump, and the place heals up. The plaster kills the cancer, so that it sloughs out like dead flesh, and never grows again. This remedy was discovered by Dr. Fell, of London, and has been used by him many years with unfailing success, and not a case has been known of the reappearance of the cancer when this remedy has been applied. Note: — As the quantities are not given it would be best to consult a good physician and he give you the proportions, and care for it till it is healed. Keep still till healed. See cure for wounds. Perhaps this is painful. Let the doctor take charge.
m
For Tape Worm.
First be sure you have one, as pieces will pass from you, which is the surest evidence. Fast, and eat nothing for twenty-four hours. Then take a pint of shelled pumpkin seeds, chop fine, and mix in common molasses enough to make it eatable, eat it all at once. Twelve hours after, take one and a half tablespoons of castor oil. Eat nothing till the oil operates, except a little coffee once or twice with two mouthfuls
The Queen Cook Book 291
of bread. This will cost a struggle of two days; eat lightly after it, at first. Two cases are positively known to have been cured by this process.
Frozen Hands or Feet.
Put them in very cold water or rub them with snow. Frozen ears also.
Tar Cordial. Is excellent for a cough.
Water Bugs and Roaches.
Powdered borax sprinkled on the floor or in the chinks which they frequent, is said to clear them out. If it does not, hellebore will; mix it with double the quantity of oat meal, adding a little sugar, strew it where they run, but take it up in the morning, if children or servants are around, and put it down at night again, as it is a deadly poison.
To Rid a House of Punkies.
If two or three little dishes of household ammonia are set in their places of resort, they will soon leave.
Flies.
The only way to keep out file's, is to have window and door screens, darken the room from nine A. M. to five p. M. and have no eatables or smells around.
Moths.
I have for many years used camphor gum as a preventive against moths, and it has never failed, either
29^ The Queen Cook Book
in furs, woolens or feathers. All goods must be shook and brushed clean from all dust, all spots cleaned. Cover all goods with newspapers, putting in each package a piece of camphor (cutting it in squares) as large as a large hickory nut in each package and one in each end of trunk or box, doing it up tightly in paper. This will last all summer. Everything else has failed.
Buffalo Moths.
The state entomologist recommends benzine for the extirpation of the grub, which usually begins its ravages in the middle of April. It is a hairy wormlike larvae scarcely half an inch long, which easily hides in the fuzz of the carpet, or in any woolen article, or even in trunks. The beetle is never found about the house except during the short period when it is laying its eggs in summer. It feeds on the pollen of the spirea and other plants and never touches carpets. The grub alone feeds on carpets, woolens, furs, etc.
Black Ants.