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1906

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Presented as published in 1906. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Pinkston & Scruggs. Price 25c. soda in solution will decompose the sulphate. Milk and albu- men will act as an antidote. Copper and Its Salts, Verdigris. — Give albumen, milk, white of eggs in solution, freely. Avoid giving vinegar. Alcohol. — Provoke vomiting. Give hartshorn and water. Opium, Morphine, Laudanum, Paregoric, Choral. — Provoke vomiting repeatedly. Give atropine, strong coffee, and tea. Keep the patient in motion. Dash cold water on the head and shoulders. Use artificial respiration if necessary. Strychnine. — Give emetics, chlorine water: inhale chloro- form, ether, and the nitrate of anryl. Give choral and the bro- mides. Secure rest. Acetate of Lead (sugar of lead). — Give Epsom salts or di- luted sulphuric acid. Produce vomiting. Give bland drinks and dose castor oil; lemonade and white of eggs. Creosote. — Give albumen and white of eggs, milk, or wheat flour. Provoke vomiting. Iodine. — Give starch, wheat flour, and arrowroot well mixed in water. This makes an insoluble compound. Give vinegar and water and move the bowels. Alkalies, Carbonate of Ammonia, Caustic Potash, Hartshorn, Lye. — Give vinegar, lemon juice, or citric acid in solution. Give castor oil, olive oil, linseed oil. and mucilaginous drinks. Provoke vomiting. Relieve pain with opium and stimulate if necessary. HOW WE COOK IN TENNESSEE. 293 Geo. H. Geer, Jeweler. Cure for Earache. — Take a bit of cotton batting, put upon it a pinch of black pepper ; gather it up and tie it ; dip it in sweet oil, and insert it in the ear. Put a flannel bandage over the head to keep it warm. It will give immediate relief. Another Cure for Earache. — Take an onion and roast it well ; pour on it a little laudanum and sweet oil. Put a few drops of the juice in the ear, and stop it with wool; bind the warm onion to it. Liniment. — Turpentine, coal oil and wood alcohol, equal parts, and five cents worth of gum camphor cut up in it; fine for rheumatism. — J. P. Snider. Cerate to Dress Blisters. — Take equal parts of lard and mut- ton suet, and half as much yellow beeswax as there is suet ; mix together ; when the wax is melted take from the fire and stir it till cool. If you do not stir until it is thick as mush the wax will harden first and the salve will be no good. This gives great relief, and is very fine. — Miss Pet McCorry. Tetter Wash. — Pour tablespoons copperas; burn it twenty- four hours; add one quart waterTetter Wash; wash with it three times a day.— Mrs. E. J. Taylor. For Bite of Insects. — A lump of wet saleratus applied to the sting of a wasp, spider, or bee, will stop the pain almost imme- diately, and prevent all swelling of the part. Erysipelas. — Stew one tablespoon of cayenne pepper in three ounces of olive oil; apply with soft cloth. It is also good for old sres. Tested remedy. Lime Water. — Lime water is easily prepared. Get a good- sized lump of lime and slake it by pouring water over it. Let the water settle, then pour it off and pour more water over the 294 HOW WE COOK IN TENNESSEE. Holland Dry Goods and~ = Clothing Company In the Murray Block. Both Phones 54. J. J. MOFFIT Choice Fresh Meats, Fish and Oysters. Vegetables and Fruit in Season. 439 N. Royal Street. Phone 154.