Treatment for Bruises and Sprains
From The household (of the Detroit free press), 1886
Serves 1
Presented as published in 1886. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from The household (of the Detroit free press) (1886) by Goff, May Perrin,, page 232. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
a stream of cold water directed on to the part, and continued as long as it can be borne, and then renewed after a time, will often prevent swell- ing, and will contract the mouths of the ruptured blood vessels. Such a method may be applied by pouring water on to the part from a height, from a pitcher or coffee-pot. A rubber tube may be attached to a faucet, and the water thus conducted. The parts should be tightly bandaged afterward, and the bandages soaked with tincture of arnica, or tincture of marigold (Calendula)
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