BLISTERED FEET.— Before and after walking, wash the feet well in a solution of Sal Ammoniac — half an ounce in two quarts of water. Let not the stocking be wrinkled, or much mended, when you walk. Easy boots and shoes should be worn, and very smooth next to the sole of the foot. Or, the best remedy for this is to rub the feet, when going to bed, with spirits mixed with tallow, dropped from a lighted candle into the palms of the hand. BLOOD-ROOT; Sanguinaria Canadensis. — An American plant. It has great emetic and expectorant influence. It is tonic, narcotic, stimu- lant, emetic, according to the dose and form in which it is administered. In a large dose it produces nausea, &c. In small doses, it acts as a stimulant and tonic. Like digitalis, it calms the pulse. It is an invaluable remedy in diseases of the chest, lungs, and liver. Dr. Beach, of America, says, “In BLOOD-ROOT 68 BLOOD-ROOT plethoric constitutions, when respira- tion is very difficult, the cheeks and hands livid, the pulse full, soft, vibra- brating, and easily compressed, the Blood-root has done more to obviate the symptoms and remove the disease than any other remedy used. It is most useful in bleeding at the lungs, influ- enza, hooping-cough, and croup. It should be given in quantity to cause vomiting. , Thirty drops of the saturated alco- holic solution taken three times a day, cured a bad case of rheumatism in a gouty person. It is also of great benefit in Asthmatic affections, scarlet fever, jaundice, and female obstructions. In Water of the Chest, (hydrothorax,) doses of fifty or sixty drops should be fiven until nausea follows each dose, t is excellent in chest complaints, ^and excessive expectoration. Externally, Blood-root is a great healer of the worst sores, ulcers, ring- worms, tumours, (and taken as snuff, of Polypus ;) — used as a powder, or as a wash. The roots are generally used ; but the leaves have similar virtues. It is given in the form of syrup, extract, infusion, decoction, and tincture. As an emetic it should be combined with Lobelia. If infused in vinegar, its effects as a wash, are more powerful in sores, ulcers, tetters, and ringworms. Dr. Tully asserts that in the subacute form of inflammation, which often pre- cedes a rapid phthisis, or consumption, the cure may, in general, be trusted to Sanguinaria, (Blood-root) and Opium, after the previous use of aperients. In confirmed phthisis, it is of more value, he says, in combating and palliating symptoms than any other remedy. Dr. Stevens, of Ceres, (1850) has seen the most marked benefit result from it in haemoptysis, (spitting of blood. ) For this symptom it was employed by Dr. N. Smith, and others, with remarkable success, some years ago. As an expectorant in the first and second stage, its action is said to be certain to arrest the cough and freely empty the bronchial tubes. In the second and third stages, it is a remedy of some importance, that can be relied on. "• I gave it to three cases of that condi- v n of body, preceding the deposition

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BLISTERED FEET.— Before and after walking, wash the feet well in a solution of Sal Ammoniac — half an ounce in two quarts of water. Let not the stocking be wrinkled, or much mended, when you walk. Easy boots and shoes should be worn, and very smooth next to the sole of the foot. Or, the best remedy for this is to rub the feet, when going to bed, with spirits mixed with tallow, dropped from a lighted candle into the palms of the hand. BLOOD-ROOT; Sanguinaria Canadensis. — An American plant. It has great emetic and expectorant influence. It is tonic, narcotic, stimulant, emetic, according to the dose and form in which it is administered. In a large dose it produces nausea, &c. In small doses, it acts as a stimulant and tonic. Like digitalis, it calms the pulse. It is an invaluable remedy in diseases of the chest, lungs, and liver. Dr. Beach, of America, says, “In plethoric constitutions, when respiration is very difficult, the cheeks and hands livid, the pulse full, soft, vibrating, and easily compressed, the Blood-root has done more to obviate the symptoms and remove the disease than any other remedy used. It is most useful in bleeding at the lungs, influenza, hooping-cough, and croup. It should be given in quantity to cause vomiting. , Thirty drops of the saturated alcoholic solution taken three times a day, cured a bad case of rheumatism in a gouty person. It is also of great benefit in Asthmatic affections, scarlet fever, jaundice, and female obstructions. In Water of the Chest, (hydrothorax,) doses of fifty or sixty drops should be fiven until nausea follows each dose, t is excellent in chest complaints, ^and excessive expectoration. Externally, Blood-root is a great healer of the worst sores, ulcers, ringworms, tumours, (and taken as snuff, of Polypus ;) — used as a powder, or as a wash. The roots are generally used ; but the leaves have similar virtues. It is given in the form of syrup, extract, infusion, decoction, and tincture. As an emetic it should be combined with Lobelia. If infused in vinegar, its effects as a wash, are more powerful in sores, ulcers, tetters, and ringworms. Dr. Tully asserts that in the subacute form of inflammation, which often precedes a rapid phthisis, or consumption, the cure may, in general, be trusted to Sanguinaria, (Blood-root) and Opium, after the previous use of aperients. In confirmed phthisis, it is of more value, he says, in combating and palliating symptoms than any other remedy. Dr. Stevens, of Ceres, (1850) has seen the most marked benefit result from it in haemoptysis, (spitting of blood. ) For this symptom it was employed by Dr. N. Smith, and others, with remarkable success, some years ago. As an expectorant in the first and second stage, its action is said to be certain to arrest the cough and freely empty the bronchial tubes. In the second and third stages, it is a remedy of some importance, that can be relied on. "• I gave it to three cases of that condiv n of body, preceding the deposition

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