Mustard Plasters

Ingredients

• equal parts of mustard
• equal parts of flour
• a little warm water, just sufficient to make it into a thick paste

Method

1. 1

   Stir together mustard and flour with warm water to make a thick paste.

2. 2

   Spread it on a piece of linen large enough to fold over and prevent the paste from touching the skin.

3. 3

   Apply to the desired area.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Around-the-world cook book (1913) by Mary Louise Barroll, page 114. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MUSTARD PLASTERS To make a mustard plaster take equal parts of mustard and flour; stir together with a little warm water, just sufficient to make it into a thick paste. Spread it on a piece of linen that is large enough to fold over and prevent the paste from touch- ing the skin. Apply the plaster to that part of the skin that it is desired to irritate. Ginger plasters may be made in the same manner, as mus- tard plasters, and produce the same results and do not blister. CURE FOR SEASICKNESS A glass of hot milk with a generous dash of cayenne will often cure seasickness. SICK HEADACHE The juice of half a lemon, in a cup of black coffee, without any sugar, has been found to cure a sick headache. 338 AROUND THE-WORLD COOK BOOK TO CURE A BILIOUS ATTACK A strong, unsweetened lemon, taken before breakfast, will prevent and will cure a bilious attack. GRAPE- AND PINEAPPLE-JUICE These are great blessings in the sickroom. Only the jaice of either should be swallowed. It allays thirst, and is nourish- ing, acting beneficially upon the liver and kidneys. FOR SPRAINS If the ankle is sprained, rest is all important. Handage the part and keep tfiis bandage soaked with water as hot as the patient can bear, or with witch-hazel. For a sprained wrist, use the same treatment and put the arm in a sling. FOE NOSE BLEED Lay the sufferer on his back, with arms elevated above the head, and apply the coldest water obtainable to the nose, fore- head, and back of the neck. FAINTING Lay the patient on his back, and do not raise the head, but allow it to remain at the same level as the rest of the body. Loosen the collar, and anything tight about the neck and body, and apply smelling-salts to the nose, and bathe the face and head with cold water, dashing it on. When the patient is able to swallow, administer brandy. The all-important point is to keep the patient's head low. HYSTERICS Hysterics may be treated in the same manner as fainting. 339 AROUND-THE-WORLD COOK BOOK HICCOUGHS Severe cases demand drastic treatment, such as hot mustard plasters laid directly on the pit of the stomach. For milder cases cloths dipped in either hot vinegar, brandy, or whisky, will sometimes give immediate relief. TO STOP THE FLOW OF BLOOD In case of an accident when the flow of blood from a wound is excessive, an application of equal parts of flour

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