NARCOTIC POISONS. — Deadly night-shade, fools’ parsley,
baneberries, and other like poisonous plants, produce nausea, faintness,
stupor, and frequently death. To eradicate the evil, give emetics and large
draughts of fluids, rouse the patient, and keep him awake, using rough
treatment if it cannot be otherwise done, and administer from thirty to
forty drops of sal-volatile in strong coffee every half hour.
NASTURTIUMS (PICKLED), — Gather the seeds while they
are young, and steep them |in salt and water for thirty minutes ; then place
them in boiling salt and water, and boil for a couple of minutes. Put
them into a jar and pour over some good vinegar ; flavour with spice✪ Nasturtiums (Pickled),
and cover closely for seven days, when they may be used as a substitute
for capers.
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NECTARINES, To Preserve. — Peel and cut the fruit into halves ;
simmer in boiling water till it floats ; drain, and boil it with its own weight
of clarified sugar✪ Nectarines, To Preserve ; let stand till the following day, then drain off the fruit ;
boil the sugar again, and simmer the fruit in it for a few moments ; repeat
the process a third time, then let it stand in a warm place for two days, put
into pots, and cover closely.
NERVE DROPS. — Spirits of hartshorn, eight drops; oil of
lavender, four drops. Mix. To be taken in a wineglass of water, or upon
loaf sugar.
NERVOUS DEBILITY, To Relieve. — Dissolve three grains of
sulphate of quinine in six ounces of camphorated julep ; add three drams
of volatile tincture of valerian, and half an ounce of tincture of calumba.
Mix. Dose : Three tablespoonfuls every four hours.
NERVOUS IRRITABILITY, To Remove.— Mix with two
ounces of compound tincture of bark, one ounce and a half of camphorated
tincture of valerian, and half an ounce of compound tincture of aloes.
Dose : Two teaspoonfuls twice a day.
NETS, SAILS, OR CORDAGE, To Tan.— Boil one hundred
pounds of oak or hemlock bark in ninety gallons of water until the quantity
is reduced to seventy gallons ; then take out the bark and lay the cloth or
cordage in lightly, but so that it is entirely covered with the liquor ; let it
remain in for ten or twelve hours, then dry it thoroughly in the open air.
Cloth or cordage thus prepared will last many years longer than that which
is not tanned.
NETTLE BEER. — Boil in two gallons of water, one peck of
nettles, four pounds of malt, a pound and a half of sugar, two ounces of
hops, and half an ounce of ginger✪ Nettle Beer ; strain, when nearly cold add a little
yeast, and bottle while in a state of fermentation.
NETTLE STINGS, To Cure. — Rub the wound with dock, rose-
mary, mint, or sage leaves.
NIGHTMARE, To Prevent. — Carbonate of soda, ten grains ; com-
pound tincture of cardamoms, three drams ; sugar, one dram ; peppermint
water, one ounce. Mix, and repeat the dose several nights in succession.
NIGHT-SWEATS (CONSUMPTIVE).— Consumptive night-
sweats may be arrested by sponging the body nightly with salt water.
NIPPLES (SORE), To Heal. — Rub on a little borax and honey ;
or mix together equal quantities of white of egg and brandy, and apply.
The following ointment is also recommended : — Spermaceti ointment,
half an ounce ; tincture of tolu and powdered gum, of each two drams.
Mix.
NITRE DROPS. — Mix with a sufficient quantity of water, three
ounces of nitre, one pound of sugar, and ten drops of essence of lemon.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
NARCOTIC POISONS. — Deadly night-shade, fools’ parsley, baneberries, and other like poisonous plants, produce nausea, faintness, stupor, and frequently death. To eradicate the evil, give emetics and large draughts of fluids, rouse the patient, and keep him awake, using rough treatment if it cannot be otherwise done, and administer from thirty to forty drops of sal-volatile in strong coffee every half hour.
NASTURTIUMS (PICKLED), — Gather the seeds while they are young, and steep them in salt and water for thirty minutes ; then place them in boiling salt and water, and boil for a couple of minutes. Put them into a jar and pour over some good vinegar ; flavour with spice, and cover closely for seven days, when they may be used as a substitute for capers.
NECTARINES, To Preserve. — Peel and cut the fruit into halves ; simmer in boiling water till it floats ; drain, and boil it with its own weight of clarified sugar ; let stand till the following day, then drain off the fruit ; boil the sugar again, and simmer the fruit in it for a few moments ; repeat the process a third time, then let it stand in a warm place for two days, put into pots, and cover closely.
NERVE DROPS. — Spirits of hartshorn, eight drops; oil of lavender, four drops. Mix. To be taken in a wineglass of water, or upon loaf sugar.
NERVOUS DEBILITY, To Relieve. — Dissolve three grains of sulphate of quinine in six ounces of camphorated julep ; add three drams of volatile tincture of valerian, and half an ounce of tincture of calumba. Mix. Dose : Three tablespoonfuls every four hours.
NERVOUS IRRITABILITY, To Remove.— Mix with two ounces of compound tincture of bark, one ounce and a half of camphorated tincture of valerian, and half an ounce of compound tincture of aloes. Dose : Two teaspoonfuls twice a day.
NETS, SAILS, OR CORDAGE, To Tan.— Boil one hundred pounds of oak or hemlock bark in ninety gallons of water until the quantity is reduced to seventy gallons ; then take out the bark and lay the cloth or cordage in lightly, but so that it is entirely covered with the liquor ; let it remain in for ten or twelve hours, then dry it thoroughly in the open air. Cloth or cordage thus prepared will last many years longer than that which is not tanned.
NETTLE BEER. — Boil in two gallons of water, one peck of nettles, four pounds of malt, a pound and a half of sugar, two ounces of hops, and half an ounce of ginger ; strain, when nearly cold add a little yeast, and bottle while in a state of fermentation.
NETTLE STINGS, To Cure. — Rub the wound with dock, rosemary, mint, or sage leaves.
NIGHTMARE, To Prevent. — Carbonate of soda, ten grains ; compound tincture of cardamoms, three drams ; sugar, one dram ; peppermint water, one ounce. Mix, and repeat the dose several nights in succession.
NIGHT-SWEATS (CONSUMPTIVE).— Consumptive nightsweats may be arrested by sponging the body nightly with salt water.
NIPPLES (SORE), To Heal. — Rub on a little borax and honey ; or mix together equal quantities of white of egg and brandy, and apply. The following ointment is also recommended : — Spermaceti ointment, half an ounce ; tincture of tolu and powdered gum, of each two drams. Mix.
NITRE DROPS. — Mix with a sufficient quantity of water, three ounces of nitre, one pound of sugar, and ten drops of essence of lemon.
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