HINTS FOR CARE OF THE SICK

For Worms. — Give rue tea.

For Colds. — Drink hot pennyroyal tea.

For Colic in Children. — -Give catnip tea.

Beef Tea.— To make beef tea more palatable for some pa- tients, freeze it

For Burns.— Lime water, olive oil, and glycerine, equal parts; applied on lint.

Liniment. — Three ounces each of tincture of opium, cam- phorated oil, and soap liniment.

Cure for Wounds from Rusty Nails. — Dip fat pork in tur- pentine and bind it on the wound.

To Cure Chilblains. — To one ounce kerosene oil add one grain morphine; also good for burns.

For Quinsy. — Gargle with water as hot as can be borne. This gives great relief, even in severe cases.

Frosted Feet. — Take a raw onion, cut in halves, dip it in salt, and rub the afflicted parts with it a few times.

For Sick Headache. — Whenever the symptoms are felt com- ing on, drink a cup of thoroughwort or boneset tea.

For Stiff Joints. — Oil made by trying up common angle- worms is excellent to apply to sinews drawn up by sprains or disease.

For Sore Throat. — Take five cents' worth chlorate of potassa, dissolve, and take a tea-spoon every hour, and also gargle with it.

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For Rheumatism. — To one pint alcohol add one table-spoon pulverized potash, and a lump of gum camphor the size of a walnut. Use as a liniment.

To Stop Bleeding.— Apply wet tea leaves or scrapings of sole leather to a fresh cut and it will stop the bleeding, or ap- ply a paste of flour and vinegar.

Foe Dressing Cuts, Wounds, or Sores. — Surgeon's solution of carbolic acid and pure glycerine mixed in equal parts, and applied on soft lint or linen cloth.

To Stop Bleeding at the Nose. — Bathe the feet in very hot water, drinkiug at the same time a pint of cayenne pepper tea, or hold both arms above the head.

Alum Whey. — Mix half ounce powdered alum with one pint sweet milk, strain, and add sugar and nutmeg; it is good in hemorrhages, and sometimes for colic.

Remedy for Piles. — Mix a tea-spoon of sulphur with a tea- cup of milk, and take twice a day, morning and night, until improvement takes place; then take occasionally.

Dyspepsia. — A simple and effectual remedy for dyspepsia is to abstain from drinking immediately before or during meals, and for an hour afterward. Also, use no milk in either tea or coffee.

To Absorb Bad Air. — In cases of small pox, scarlet fever, or other fever, onions sliced and kept in the room wilPabsorb the bad air; the fever will soon disappear; they must be changed very often.

Cure for Felon. — When a felon first makes its appearance take the inside skin of an egg-shell and wrap it around the part affected. When the pressure becomes too painful wet it with water, and keep it on twelve hours.

To Remove Warts. — Touch the warts with caustic potassa, or liquor potassa, or acetic acid. The operation is not pain- ful, does not discolor the skin, and removes the warts in a short time, leaving the skin perfectly smooth.

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For Ivy Poisoning. — A simple and effectual remedy for ivy poisoning, is said to be sweet spirits of nitre. Bathe the parts affected two or three times during the day, and the next morn- ing scarcely any trace of the poison will remain.

For Buens and Bruises. — Apply peach-tree leaves, the smooth side next the skin, and bind them on. For burns, when there is danger of mortification, or even if it has already set in, bind on strips of cloth dipped in clean tar.

Cherokee Liniment. — One ounce gum camphor, dissolved in alcohol, one ounce each of spirits turpentine, sweet oil, hemlock oil, origanum oil, and cedar oil, two ounces spirits of hartshorn. Use externally. Shake well before using.

For the Lungs. — A quart (or less if too strong) of tar, stir- red six minutes in a gallon of water, and one-fourth of a tum- bler taken four times a day, an hour or two after meals, is said to clear the lungs and give greater ease in public speaking.

Cure for Milk-Crust.— Fresh mutton tallow melted and applied very thick, once or twice a day; wash once a week, or oftener, with white Castile soap; apply fresh tallow after washing, it will allay the burning and itching; no medicine is needed.

For a Cold. — Cayenne pepper tea for a cold. Put a quar- ter of a tea-spoon of cayenne in a tea-cup ; pour over hot water and sweeten with sugar. Or, steep horse-radish in a gill of vinegar, add a gill of honey and take a tea-spoon every twenty minutes.

For Erysipelas. — A simple poultice made from cranberries, pounded fine, and applied in a raw state, is said to be a cer- tain cure; or slip off the outer bark of elder, break up the wood with the inner bark, and steep in buttermilk ; drink, and apply to the parts affected.

To Prevent a Child Coughing at Night. — Boil the strength out of ten cents worth of Seneca snake-root in one quart of soft water; strain through a cloth, boil down to a pint, add one cup powdered sugar made into a thick molasses. Give one tea-spoon on going to bed.

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To Prevent Taking Cold. — If out in cold weather with insufficient clothing or wrappings, fold a newspaper and spread across the chest. Persons having weak lungs can in this way make for themselves a very cheap and perfect lung protector. Large papers spread between quilts at night add much to the warmth.

For Sore Mouth in Nursing Babies. — A tea-spoon each of pulverized alum and borax, half a salt-spoon of pulverized nut-galls, a table-spoon honey; mix, and pour on it half a tea- cup boiling water; let settle, and with a clean linen rag wash the mouth four or five times a day, using a fresh piece of linen every day.

Bad Breath. — Bad breath from catarrh, foul stomach, or bad teeth, may be temporarily relieved by diluting a little bromo chloralum with eight or ten parts of water, and using it as a gargle, and swallowing a few drops just before going out. A pint of bromo chloralum costs fifty cents, but a small vial full will last a long time.

Catarrh Cold. — Ten drops carbolic acid, and seven and a half each of iodine and chloroform; heat a few drops over a spirit lamp in a test tube, holding the mouth of the tube to the nostrils as soon as volatization is effected. Repeat every two minutes, until the patient sneezes a number of times, when the troblesome symptoms will disappear.

Treatment of Diphtheria. — I wish to suggest to physicians in treating diphtheria, to use, internally, a very weak solution of carbolic acid, and for the throat or fauces a solution of hydrochloric acid, about the strength of strong cider vinegar. I have treated every case successfully so far with the above named remedies. Croup is relieved instantly with the acid solution. As far as my experience goes, the last named rem- edy stops all morbid development in the throat as surely as a hoe will stop pig-weed on a hot, sunny day. Apply it to the throat with a brush or sponge, or use as a gargle. — Dr. Batch- elder.

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Neuralgia. — One-half dram sal-ammonia in one ounce camphor-water. Take a tea-spoonful several times live min- utes apart until relieved. Another simple remedy is horse- radish. Grate, and mix in vinegar, the same as for table pur- poses, and apply to the temple when the face or head is affected, or the wrist when the pain is in the arm or shoulder.

To Cuke a Felon. — Procure five or six lemons, cut off the end of one, thrust the sore finger into the lemon, and let it stay till the lemon is warm ; proceed in the same way till all the six are used. Or, put a piece of Spanish fly plaster over the spot affected, and that will draw the trouble to the surface; or, on the first appearance, apply a poultice of the common Fleur de Lis root well mashed. It will cure in a short time.

Mustakd Plaster. — Mix with boiling water, vinegar, or white of an egg (the latter is best when a blister is not wanted), to consistency the same as if for the table. Some add a little flour when not wanted so strong. Spread on half a thin muslin cloth, cover with the other half, or put on cloth, and put over it a thin piece of gauze; apply, and when removed, wash the skin with a soft sponge, and apply a little sweet cream or oil.

Sure Cure for Croup. — Boil pigs' feet in water, without salt, and let it stand over night; in the morning skim off the fat (which will be formed in a cake on top), put it in a tin pan, boil until all water is evaporated, bottle, and keep for use. Give a tea-spoon every fifteen minutes on the appearance of the first s}Tniptoms, and apply freely to chest and throat, rubbing well. A celebrated physician says a child cannot have the croup if pigs' feet oil is administered at the first symptoms. Or, warm a tea-spoon with a little lard in it, or goose-grease; thicken with sugar, and give it to the child; it may produce vomiting, which is always desirable, thus break- ing up the membrane that is forming. Apply lard or goose- grease to throat and chest, with raw cotton or flannel. Care should be taken, removing only a small piece at a time of these extra wraps to- prsvent taking cold.

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Antidotes to Poisons. — The first thing to do is to cause their rejection by vomiting, to do which place mustard mixed with salt on the tongue, or give large quanties of lukewarm water, or tickle the throat with a feather. These failing, instantly resort to active emetics, like tartar emetic, sulphate of copper, or sul- phate of zinc. After vomiting has taken place with these, continue it if possible by copious draughts of warm water till the poison is entirely removed. Of course, if vomiting can- not be induced, the stomach pump must be employed, especial- ly if arsenic or narcotics have been taken.

A Cure for Small-Pox and Scarlet Fever. — Sulphate of zinc one grain, foxglove (digitalis) one grain, half a tea-spoon sugar; mix with two table-spoons water; when thoroughly mixed add four ounces of water. Take a spoonful every hour. Either disease will disappear in twelve hours. For a child, smaller doses, according to age. A correspondent of the Stockton (Cal.) Herald claims to have personally known of hundreds of cases of the successful use of this recipe for 6mall pox, and says that it will prevent or cure the disease though the pitting be filling. It is harmless if taken by a well person.

For Rheumatism: — (Internal Remedy). — Three drams iodide of potash, dissolved in one-half pint of hot water. Take a table-spoonful three times a day, and drink lemonade at inter- vals between. (External Remedy — Liniment). — Two ounces tincture arnica, one ounce camphor, one ounce belladonna, one ounce cannabis indica, one-half ounce aconite (if neuralgia), one-half ounce oil hemlock, one-half ounce wormwood, one- half ounce sassafras (if there are humors), one-fourth ounce origanum, one-fourth ounce tar (if there are sores), one-fourth ounce cajeput, one-eighth ounce peppermint, one-fourth ounce chloroform, six ounces aqua ammonia. Wet a flannel with this liniment, and rub the parts affected: or place the flannel over the rheumatic part and cover it with thick paper, and place near it a warm brick. Immediate relief will be obtained.

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For Constipation. — The same remedies will not affect all persons. One or two figs eaten fasting is sufficient for some, and they are especially good in the case of children, as there is no trouble in getting them to take them. A spoonful of bran in a glass of water is a simple remedy and quite effect- ive. One or two tumblers of hot water will move almost every one, but it is difficult to take. In chronic cases a faithful manipu]ation and moving of the bowels and limbs with gentle rotary movement with the open palm, and giving all natural motions to the parts, with proper diet, will almost invariably secure the desired result. It has been known to cure a case of life-long habit, where inherited, too, and although it involves patience and perseverance it is certainly better than to suffer the ills that result from so many patent medicines and quack nostrums. " An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," and regularity of habit in this matter is the great thing to be impressed on people generally.

Shock on collapse from lightning, sudden and severe in- juries, burns extending over a large extent of surface, or pow- erful emotions, produces something analogous to fainting. Place the patient flat on the back, with the head raised not more than an inch, and give a tea-spoon of brandy in a table- spoon of water, every minute for six or eight minutes. If the temperature of the body has been raised, and the action of the heart is restored, enough has been given. Application of heat to the stomach and extremities is useful. The nausea and vomiting that sometimes accompany it may be allayed by swallowing whole small chips of ice, split off by standing a piece with grain upright and splitting off a thin edge with the point of a pin. Ammonia applied to the nostrils is often use- ful, and cologne on a handkerchief is sometimes of service.

Cold Cream for Chapped Lips. — One-half ounce spermaceti, twenty grains white wax, two ounces pure oil sweet almonds, one ounce pure glycerine, six drops oil of rose ; melt first three ingredients together and when cooling add the glycerine and oil of rose, stirring until cold.

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Blackberry Cordial. — Put a half bushel of blackberries in a preserving kettle, and cook until scalded through well ; strain and press out all the juice; put juice in kettle with the follow- ing spices well brokeu up and put into a bag: one- quarter pound allspice, two ounces cinnamon-bark, two ounces cloves, and two nutmegs; add loaf sugar, about one pound to every quart of juice, or more if preferred, and cook slowly ten or fifteen minutes: remove from the fire, let cool a little, and add good pure brandy in the proportion of one pint to every three pints of juice. A smaller quantity may be made, using the same proportions. This is an excellent remedy for diarrhoea and other diseases of the bowels.

Cough Mixture. — Take five cents worth each of elecampane, spikenard, dandelion, sarsaparilla, licorice-root, Indian turnip, comfrey and hoarhound. Boil roots in two quarts of soft water until it is reduced to one pint, add one pound of loaf- sugar, and give one table-spoon three times a day, before eat- ing; or dissolve one-fourth pound gum-arabic in half pint boiling water, add a half tea-cup sugar and honey, and two table-spoons lemon juice, steep for five or ten minutes; bottle and cork, add water, and take; or boil one ounce each of licorice -stick and anise-seed, and half ounce senna in one quart of water, ten minutes; strain, add two tea-cups molasses or honey, boil down to a pint, and then bottle.

Catarrh. — Wet and cold at the surface of the body is a cause of catarrh, but the most fruitful source is wet and cold feet, and }'et there is nothing* more easy to avoid. Warm socks, horse-hair souls, and goloshes will always keep the feet dry and warm. It does not seem to be understood that al- though a boot or shoe may not leak, yet if the sole is damp, it by evaporation conducts away the heat from the foot, and ought never to be worn when not exercising. The neck should be covered lightly, but too much covering predisposes to catarrhal troubles by causing congestion of the membrane affected in this disease. Bed-rooms ought to be well aired, and warmed, if possible, by an open fire, in damp chilly weather.

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Fainting. — Debility of the nervous system favors fainting. The head should be kept low; and if the patient faints in a chair, the simplest treatment is to grasp the back of it and depress it until the floor is reached, while another holds the knees so as to prevent slipping off the side. The patient will usually recover by the time the head has reached the floor.'

Lip Salves. — One gill sweet oil, one ounce white wax, three- quarters of an ounce spermaceti. Dissolve them over the fire and stir till cool. Another: Oil of sweet almonds eight ounces, white wax three ounces, spermaceti three ounces, rho- dium fifty drops, and white sugar candy form an excellent lip salve.

Shock from Cold Water. — Prostration from drinking or bathing in cold water while exhausted by heat or exercise should be treated as described for shock from other causes. Cold water should be taken in small quantities.

For Chapped Hands, Face and Lips. — Ten drops carbolic acid in one ounce glycerine; apply freely at night. Pure mut- ton tallow is also excellent.

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