A PIECE of cotton wadding, spread with butter or sweet oil, and bound
on the burn instantly, will draw out the pain without leaving a scar ; also
a handful of fiour, bound on instantly, will prevent blistering. The object
is to entirely exclude the air from the part affected. Some use common
baking-soda, dry or wet, often giving instant relief, withdrawing the heat
and pain. Another valuable remedy is to beat the yellow of an egg into
linseed oil, and apply it with a feather on the injured part frequently. It
will afford ready relief and heals with great rapidity. Some recommend
the white part of the egg, which is very cooling and soothing, and soon
allays the smarting pain. It is the exposure of the part coming in contact
with the air that gives the extreme discomfort experienced from ordinary
afldictions of this kind, and anything which excludes air and prevents
infiammation is the thing to be at once applied.
TO STOP THE PLOW OF BLOOD.
Foe a slight cut there is nothing better to control the hemorrhage than
common unglazed brown wrapping paper, such as is used by marketmen
and grocers; a piece to be bound over the wound. A handful of fiour
bound on the cut. Cobwebs and brown sugar, pressed on like lint. When
the blood ceases to fiow, apply arnica or laudanum.
When an artery is cut the red blood spurts out at each pulsation.
Press the thumb firmly over the artery near the wound, and on the side
towards the heart. Press hard enough to stop the bleeding, and wait till
a physician comes. The wounded person is often able to do this himself,
if he has the requisite knowledge.
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HEALTHS UGGESTIOm.
GRAVEL.
Into a pint of water put two ounces of bicarbonate of soda. Take two
tablespoonfuls in the early forenoon, and the same towards night; also
drink freely of water through the day. Inflammation of the kidneys has
been successfully treated with large doses of lime-water.
Persons troubled with kidney difficulty should abstain from sugar and
the things that are converted into sugar in digestion, such as starchy food
and sweet vegetables.
SORE THROAT.
Everybody has a cure for this trouble, but simple remedies appear to
be most effectual. Salt and water is used by many as a gargle, but a little
alum and honey dissolved in sage tea is better. An application of cloths
wrung out of hot water and applied to the neck, changing as often as they
begin to cool, has the most potency for removing inflammation of anything
we ever tried. It should be kept up for a number of hours ; during the
evening is usually the most convenient time for applying this remedy.
Cut slices of salt pork or fat bacon, simmer a few moments in hot vinegar,
and apply to throat as hot as possible. When this is taken off, as the
throat is relieved, put around a bandage of soft flannel. A gargle of equal
parts of borax and alum, dissolved in water, is also excellent. To be used
frequently.
Camphorated oil is an excellent lotion for sore throat, sore chest,
aching limbs, etc. For a gargle for sore throat, put a pinch of chlorate
of potash in a glass of water. Gargle the throat with it twice a day, or
oftener, if necessary.
WHOOPING COUGH.
Two LEVEL tablespoonfuls of powdered alum, two thirds of a cupful of
brown sugar, dissolved in two quarts of water ; bottle and put in a dark
closet where it is cool.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
A PIECE of cotton wadding, spread with butter or sweet oil, and bound on the burn instantly, will draw out the pain without leaving a scar ; also a handful of fiour, bound on instantly, will prevent blistering. The object is to entirely exclude the air from the part affected. Some use common baking-soda, dry or wet, often giving instant relief, withdrawing the heat and pain. Another valuable remedy is to beat the yellow of an egg into linseed oil, and apply it with a feather on the injured part frequently. It will afford ready relief and heals with great rapidity. Some recommend the white part of the egg, which is very cooling and soothing, and soon allays the smarting pain. It is the exposure of the part coming in contact with the air that gives the extreme discomfort experienced from ordinary afflictions of this kind, and anything which excludes air and prevents inflammation is the thing to be at once applied.
TO STOP THE FLOW OF BLOOD.
Foe a slight cut there is nothing better to control the hemorrhage than common unglazed brown wrapping paper, such as is used by marketmen and grocers; a piece to be bound over the wound. A handful of fiour bound on the cut. Cobwebs and brown sugar, pressed on like lint. When the blood ceases to fiow, apply arnica or laudanum.
When an artery is cut the red blood spurts out at each pulsation. Press the thumb firmly over the artery near the wound, and on the side towards the heart. Press hard enough to stop the bleeding, and wait till a physician comes. The wounded person is often able to do this himself, if he has the requisite knowledge.
HEALTH-SUGGESTIONS.
GRAVEL.
Into a pint of water put two ounces of bicarbonate of soda. Take two tablespoonfuls in the early forenoon, and the same towards night; also drink freely of water through the day. Inflammation of the kidneys has been successfully treated with large doses of lime-water.
Persons troubled with kidney difficulty should abstain from sugar and the things that are converted into sugar in digestion, such as starchy food and sweet vegetables.
SORE THROAT.
Everybody has a cure for this trouble, but simple remedies appear to be most effectual. Salt and water is used by many as a gargle, but a little alum and honey dissolved in sage tea is better. An application of cloths wrung out of hot water and applied to the neck, changing as often as they begin to cool, has the most potency for removing inflammation of anything we ever tried. It should be kept up for a number of hours ; during the evening is usually the most convenient time for applying this remedy.
Cut slices of salt pork or fat bacon, simmer a few moments in hot vinegar, and apply to throat as hot as possible. When this is taken off, as the throat is relieved, put around a bandage of soft flannel. A gargle of equal parts of borax and alum, dissolved in water, is also excellent. To be used frequently.
Camphorated oil is an excellent lotion for sore throat, sore chest, aching limbs, etc. For a gargle for sore throat, put a pinch of chlorate of potash in a glass of water. Gargle the throat with it twice a day, or oftener, if necessary.
WHOOPING COUGH.
Two LEVEL tablespoonfuls of powdered alum, two thirds of a cupful of brown sugar, dissolved in two quarts of water ; bottle and put in a dark closet where it is cool.