EXPECTORANT TINC- TURE.— See Antispasmodic Tinc- ture, page at, which is the same. Another. — Biood-root, lobelia seed, ipecacuanha, of each, % oz. ; 1 pint of spirits. Infuse for a week. Take in water. Useful in coughs, in- flammation of the lungs, pleurisy, asthma, hooping cough. EXPLOSIVE COMPOUND. — Nine parts of well-dried and finely- powdered chlorate of potash, mixed with three parts of finely powdered galls, will make a highly explosive compound. Do not mix it in a mortar, as it would explode, but by means of a bone spatu- la, or passing through a brass sieve. The strength of common gunpowder may be increased by working up with the powdered meal about 12 per cent, of powdered galls, and regranulating it. EXTRACTS, to Make.— Take of the plant, root, or leaves you wish to make the extracts from, any quantity, add sufficient water, and boil them gradually, then pour off the water and add a second quantity ; repeat the pro- cess untii all the virtue is extracted, then mix the several decoctions, and evapo- rate at as low a temperature as possible, to the consistence of an extract. Ex- tracts are better made in a water-bath, and in close vessels, and for some very delicate articles, the evaporation may be carried on at a very low temperature, in a vacuum, by surrounding the vessel with another containing sulphuric acid. Manufacturing druggists usually add to every seven pounds of extract, gum arabic, 4 ounces ; alcohol, 1 ounce ; olive oil, 1 ounce. This mixture gives the extract a gloss, and keeps it soft. EXTRA PUDDING.-Cut light bread into thin slices. Form into the shape of a pudding in a dish. Then add a layer of any preserve, then a slice of bread, and repeat till the dish is full. Beat four or five eggs, and mix well with a pint of milk ; then pour it over the bread and preserve, having pre- viously dusted the same with a coating of rice flour✪ Extra Pudding. Boil twenty-five minutes. EYE, Blood-Shot. — Apply linen rags dipped in cold water for two or three hours. — Or, apply boiled hyssop as a poultice. Very efficacious. EYE-BRIGHT.— This plant Is useful in affections of the eyes, as it im- proves the vision, especially in old age. See Robinson's Herbal. EYES, Bruised. — Frequently bathe in water with a little carbonate of EYE EYE 176 T soda dissolved in. — Or apply bread poultices pretty warm, change often.— Or foment with a decoction of stramo- nium leaves, and then bind them on the eye- — Or use slippery elm poultices. EYE, Films. — Mix juice of Eye- bright, and juice of Ground Ivy with a little honey, and 2 or 3 grains of Bay Salt. Drop it in morning and evening. EYE, Hot Humours. — Apply a few drops of double refined sugar melted in brandy. — Or, boil a handful of bram- ble leaves with a little alum in a quart of spring water, to a pint. Drop this frequently into the eye. This likewise speedily cures cancers or any sores. EYE, or EYELIDS Inflamed. — Apply as a poultice, boiled, roasted, or rotten apples warm. — Or, wormwood tops with the yolk of an egg. This will hardly fail. — Or, beat up the white of an egg with 2 spoonfuls of white rose-water into a white froth. Apply this on a fine rag, changing it so that it may not grow dry till the eye or eye-lid is well. —

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EXPECTORANT TINC- TURE.— See Antispasmodic Tincture, page at, which is the same. Another. — Biood-root, lobelia seed, ipecacuanha, of each, % oz. ; 1 pint of spirits. Infuse for a week. Take in water. Useful in coughs, inflammation of the lungs, pleurisy, asthma, hooping cough. EXPLOSIVE COMPOUND. — Nine parts of well-dried and finelypowdered chlorate of potash, mixed with three parts of finely powdered galls, will make a highly explosive compound. Do not mix it in a mortar, as it would explode, but by means of a bone spatula, or passing through a brass sieve. The strength of common gunpowder may be increased by working up with the powdered meal about 12 per cent, of powdered galls, and regranulating it. EXTRACTS, to Make.— Take of the plant, root, or leaves you wish to make the extracts from, any quantity, add sufficient water, and boil them gradually, then pour off the water and add a second quantity ; repeat the process untii all the virtue is extracted, then mix the several decoctions, and evaporate at as low a temperature as possible, to the consistence of an extract. Extracts are better made in a water-bath, and in close vessels, and for some very delicate articles, the evaporation may be carried on at a very low temperature, in a vacuum, by surrounding the vessel with another containing sulphuric acid. Manufacturing druggists usually add to every seven pounds of extract, gum arabic, 4 ounces ; alcohol, 1 ounce ; olive oil, 1 ounce. This mixture gives the extract a gloss, and keeps it soft. EXTRA PUDDING.-Cut light bread into thin slices. Form into the shape of a pudding in a dish. Then add a layer of any preserve, then a slice of bread, and repeat till the dish is full. Beat four or five eggs, and mix well with a pint of milk ; then pour it over the bread and preserve, having previously dusted the same with a coating of rice flour. Boil twenty-five minutes. EYE, Blood-Shot. — Apply linen rags dipped in cold water for two or three hours. — Or, apply boiled hyssop as a poultice. Very efficacious. EYE-BRIGHT.— This plant Is useful in affections of the eyes, as it improves the vision, especially in old age. See Robinson's Herbal. EYES, Bruised. — Frequently bathe in water with a little carbonate of EYE EYE T soda dissolved in. — Or apply bread poultices pretty warm, change often.— Or foment with a decoction of stramonium leaves, and then bind them on the eye- — Or use slippery elm poultices. EYE, Films. — Mix juice of Eyebright, and juice of Ground Ivy with a little honey, and 2 or 3 grains of Bay Salt. Drop it in morning and evening. EYE, Hot Humours. — Apply a few drops of double refined sugar melted in brandy. — Or, boil a handful of bramble leaves with a little alum in a quart of spring water, to a pint. Drop this frequently into the eye. This likewise speedily cures cancers or any sores. EYE, or EYELIDS Inflamed. — Apply as a poultice, boiled, roasted, or rotten apples warm. — Or, wormwood tops with the yolk of an egg. This will hardly fail. — Or, beat up the white of an egg with 2 spoonfuls of white rose-water into a white froth. Apply this on a fine rag, changing it so that it may not grow dry till the eye or eye-lid is well. —

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