Original White House Cookbook

Worm seed, two ounces; valerian, rhubarb, pink root, white agaric, senna, of each one ounce and a half. Boil in sufficient water to yield three quarts of decoction. Now add to it ten drops of the oil of tansy and fortyfive drops of the oil of cloves, dissolved in a quart of rectified spirit. Dose : one tablespoonful at night. FAINTING. (Syncope.) Immediately place the person fainting in a lying position, with head lower than body. In this way consciousness returns immediately, while in the erect position it often ends in death. HEALTH-SUGGESTIONS. FOR SEVERE SPRAINS. The white of an egg, a tablespoonful of vinegar and a tablespoonful of spirits of turpentine. Mix in a bottle, shake thoroughly, and bathe the sprain as soon as possible after the accident. This was published in Life Secrets, but it is re-published by request on account of its great value. It should be remembered by everyone. An invaluable remedy for a sprain or bruise is wormwood boiled in vinegar and applied hot, with enough cloths wrapped around it to keep the sprain moist. CAMPHORATED OIL. Best oil of Lucca, gum camphor. Pound some gum camphor and fill a wide-necked pint bottle one-third full; fill up with olive oil and set away until the camphor is absorbed. Excellent lotion for sore chest, sore throat, aching limbs, etc. LINIMENT FOR CHILBLAINS. Spirits of turpentine, three drachms ; camphorated oil, nine drachms. Mix for a liniment. For an adult four drachms of the former and eight of the latter may be used. If the child be young, or if the skin be tender, the camphorated oil may be used without the turpentine. “THE SUN’S” CHOLERA MIXTURE. More than forty years ago, when it was found that prevention for the Asiatic cholera was easier than cure, the learned doctors of both hemispheres drew up a prescription, which was published (for working people) in The New York Sun, and took the name of ‘‘ The Sun Cholera Mixture.” It is found to be the best remedy for looseness of the bowels ever yet devised. It is to be commended for several reasons. It is not to be mixed with liquor, and therefore will not be used as an alcoholic beverage. Its ingredients are well known among all the common people, and it will have no prejudice to combat ; each of the materials is in equal proportions to the others, and it may therefore be compounded without professional skill ; and as the dose is so very small, it may be carried in a tiny phial in the waistcoat pocket, and be always at hand. It is: — Take equal parts of tincture of cayenne, tincture of opium, tincture of rhubarb, essence of peppermint and spirits of camphor. Mix well. Dose fifteen to thirty drops in a wine-glass of water, according to age and violence of the attack. Repeat every fifteen or twenty minutes until HEALTH-SUGGESTIONS. relief is obtained. No one who takes it in time will ever have the cholera. Even when no cholera is anticipated, it is a valuable remedy for ordinary summer complaints, and should always be kept in readiness. COMP. CATHARTIC ELIXIR. The only pleasant and reliable cathartic in liquid form that can be prescribed. Each fluid ounce contains : sulph. magnesia one drachm, senna two drachms, scammony six grains, liquorice one drachm, ginger three grains, coriander, flve grains, with flavoring ingredients. Bose. — Child five years old, one or two teaspoonfuls ; adult, one or two tablespoonfuls.