Ingredients
- one teaspoon of spirits of turpentine
- one grain sulphate of zinc
- one grain foxglove
- four ounces of water
- one after lancing
- two tablespoonsful of water
- salt
Directions
Take the yolk of an egg with an equal amount of home- made soft soap, and the same quantity of common salt ; add one teaspoon of spirits of turpentine. Mix well, and apply the poultice on going to bed. If the felon be so far advanced
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as to render lancing necessary, then apply a new one after lancing, as before.
SMALL-POX REMEDY. (Very fine.)
One grain sulphate of zinc, one grain foxglove (digitalis), half a teaspoonful sugar ; mix all with two tablespoonsful of water. When thoroughly mixed add four ounces of water. Dose. — A spoonful every hour. For a child smaller doses ac- cording to the age. This remedy is also good in scarlet fever.