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A simple Couijli Mixture. — A medical journal says that in severe paroxysms of coughing, from whatever cause, a tablespoonful of glycerine in hot milk or cream will give immediate relief.

Tif restore Voice. — When the voice is lost from the effects of a cold, a simple remedy — Beat up the white of an egg; add to it the juice of a lemon, and sugar to taste. Take a teaspoonful from time to time.

Linseed Poultice. — Warm a bowl ; put enough meal into it to make the poultice the size required — a little mustard may be added — pour sufficient boiling water over the meal to make a soft paste, spread on a piece of rag or flannel, which must be larger than the poultice, turn over the edges of the rag and apply as hot as the patient can bear.

Fomentation of Camomile Flowers. — Take 2 ozs. camomilo flowers; place in a jar with a breakfastcupful of hot water; let it stand by the fire to infuse for half-an-hour. Keep jar covered; strain off the hot liquor and apply with a piece of flannel to the part affected. To reduce swelling and allay inflammation.

Hot fomentation with Turpentine. — Wring a piece of flannel out of boiling water, sprinkle a little turpentine over it and apply at once to the affected part. Good for internal inflammation.

Mustard Poultice. — Mix the mustard with sufficient hot water to make it into a paste, spread on a piece of brown paper, cover with a muslin rag, and apply. The poultice must be removed when the smarting begins ; the length of time depends upon the thickness of the patient’s skin. After the poultice is removed spread a little ointment on a soft linen rag, and apply to the part affected.

Antidote to Poison. — If a person swallows any poison whatever, or has fallen into convulsions from having overloaded the stomach, an instantaneous remedy — most efficient and applicable in a large number of cases — is a heaped teaspoonful of common salt and as much ground mustard, stirred rapidly in a teacupful of water, warm or cold, and swallowed instantly. It is scarcely down before it begins to come up, bringing with it the remaining contents of the stomach; and lest there be any remnant of poison, however small, let the white of an egg, a teaspoonful of strong coffee, milk, or oil be swallowed as soon as the stomach is quiet, because these very common articles nullify a large number of virulent poisons.

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Sticking plaster is apt to leave unsightly marks on the skin. Rnb with methylated spirit, and they will vanish.

The juice of a lemon before breakfast will often cure a bilious headache; but no sugar must be taken with it.

.4/1 agreeable method of changing the atmosphere in an invalid’s room is to pour some Eau-de-Cologne into a soup plate, and with a lighted match set fire to it. The spirit will make a pretty flame, and impart a delightful refreshing odour to the air.

Ivy Leaves cure for Corns. — The ordinary climbing ivy furnishes a very inexpensive and easily obtainable remedy. Take a few of the leaves (say, about a dozen), saturate for about three days in strong vinegar sufficient to cover them. The leaves may be laid on as a plaster before putting the stockings on in the morning, or the solution may be used as a paint with a camel’s-hair pencil.

An old-fashioned, but sure, cure for hiccough is to light a piece of common brown paper, blow out, and inhale the smoke.

A sure and simple cure for hiccough is to drink half a teaspoon- ful of vinegar; and keep your arms in an upright position for a minute or so afterwards, or until you feel it no longer necessary to keep them in that position.

To remove fish bones from the throat, suck a lemon, which dis- solves the mineral part of the bone and makes it quite flexible. Another way is to swallow a raw egg immediately. To drink water is useless.

A raw egg, if swallowed immediately, will effectually detach a fish bone that has stuck in the throat, or suck a lemon.

To safeguard Children from Fire. — Render their cotton frocks and pinafores as uninflammable as possible by the use of alum in the laundry. An ounce of alum to the last pan of rinsing water will make the little garments so far uninflammable that if they were to come into contact with fire they would only smoulder, not burst into flames. The same treatment is to be recommended for muslin curtains, &c.

Vaseline makes the best dressing for brown shoes.

.4 level teaspoonful of boracic acid dissolved in a pint of freshly- boiled water and applied cool is the best wash for inflamed sore eyes or granulated lids.

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