ficial necrosis of the bone, substitute Tincture of Iodine for the Spirit in the above formula. We would caution our readers strongly against the careless inhalation of Chloroform as a remedy for Neuralgia, which appears to be growing into a general practice ; several deaths have resulted from it, the practice being to pour a little on a pocket handkerchief, with- out much regard to quantity, and hold it to the mouth until the required insensibility is produced. This remedy should never be administered, except under the supervision of a medical adviser. People at all liable to this painful affection should be extremely careful not to expose themselves to wet or cold: above all to avoid draughts. <A very slight cause will often bring it on where there is the slightest tendency to it. 1014. Croup. On the first appearance of croup, administer a teaspoonful of the following mixture :—Ipecacuanha Wine, half an ounce; tartaric emetic, one grain ; distilled water, halfan ounce.✪ Croup Mixture Mix. Should be immediately given, and repeated every ten minutes, until it excites vomiting. After its operation the child should be put in a warm bath, for ten to fifteen minutes, and a dose ‘of calomel and James’ powder given. If relief be not obtained from these measures, the entire throat should be cov- ered with leeches, say eight or ten, and the bowels emptied by the following injection :—Take of common turpentine two drachms, beat it up with the yolk of an egg, and add by degrees half a pint of decoction of chamomile flowers, in which an ounce of glaubar salts have been dissolved; strain it, and divide it into two equal parts, one of which is to be admin- istered night and morning. If the alarming symptoms are not checked in twelve hours, the warm bath is to be repeated, and calomel, in doses of from three to five grains, with three grains of Jams’ powder in each, should be given every third hour. If a child recover from the attack of croup, every affection of the chest and lungs should be considered as important; it should, therefore, be carefully guarded against cold, especially in damp weather, for which purpose the child should wear a chamois leather waistcoat next the skin, made to cover the neck and great attention be paid to the stomach and bowels. A child having been once attacked with croup is very liable to its return from any slight exposure to cold. 296 THE Dominion Cook Boox. = a sa Io15. Treatment of Bunions. This consists in removing all pressure from the part. The formation of a bunion may in the beginning be prevented, but | only in the beginning ; for when actually formed, it is scarcely possible ever to get rid of it, and it remains an everlasting plague. To prevent the formation of a bunion, it is necessary whenever or wherever a boot or shoe pinches, to have it eased at once, and so long as that part of the foot pinched remains < tender, not to put on the offending shoe again. When a bun- ; ion has once completely formed, if the person wish to have any peace, and not to have it increase, he must have a last made to fit his foot, and have his shoe made upon it. And whenever the bunion inflames, and is painful, it must be bathed with warm water and poulticed at night. , 1016, Stye. The stye is strictly only a little boil which projects from the edge of the eyelid. It is of a dark red color, much inflamed, and occasionally a great deal more painful than might be expected, considering its small size. It usually disappears of itself, after a little time, especially if some purgative medicine be taken.

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ficial necrosis of the bone, substitute Tincture of Iodine for the Spirit in the above formula. We would caution our readers strongly against the careless inhalation of Chloroform as a remedy for Neuralgia, which appears to be growing into a general practice ; several deaths have resulted from it, the practice being to pour a little on a pocket handkerchief, without much regard to quantity, and hold it to the mouth until the required insensibility is produced. This remedy should never be administered, except under the supervision of a medical adviser. People at all liable to this painful affection should be extremely careful not to expose themselves to wet or cold: above all to avoid draughts. <A very slight cause will often bring it on where there is the slightest tendency to it. 1014. Croup. On the first appearance of croup, administer a teaspoonful of the following mixture :—Ipecacuanha Wine, half an ounce; tartaric emetic, one grain ; distilled water, half an ounce. Mix. Should be immediately given, and repeated every ten minutes, until it excites vomiting. After its operation the child should be put in a warm bath, for ten to fifteen minutes, and a dose ‘of calomel and James’ powder given. If relief be not obtained from these measures, the entire throat should be covered with leeches, say eight or ten, and the bowels emptied by the following injection :—Take of common turpentine two drachms, beat it up with the yolk of an egg, and add by degrees half a pint of decoction of chamomile flowers, in which an ounce of glauber salts have been dissolved; strain it, and divide it into two equal parts, one of which is to be administered night and morning. If the alarming symptoms are not checked in twelve hours, the warm bath is to be repeated, and calomel, in doses of from three to five grains, with three grains of James' powder in each, should be given every third hour. If a child recover from the attack of croup, every affection of the chest and lungs should be considered as important; it should, therefore, be carefully guarded against cold, especially in damp weather, for which purpose the child should wear a chamois leather waistcoat next the skin, made to cover the neck and great attention be paid to the stomach and bowels. A child having been once attacked with croup is very liable to its return from any slight exposure to cold. 296 THE Dominion Cook Boox. = a sa Io15. Treatment of Bunions. This consists in removing all pressure from the part. The formation of a bunion may in the beginning be prevented, but | only in the beginning ; for when actually formed, it is scarcely possible ever to get rid of it, and it remains an everlasting plague. To prevent the formation of a bunion, it is necessary whenever or wherever a boot or shoe pinches, to have it eased at once, and so long as that part of the foot pinched remains < tender, not to put on the offending shoe again. When a bun- ; ion has once completely formed, if the person wish to have any peace, and not to have it increase, he must have a last made to fit his foot, and have his shoe made upon it. And whenever the bunion inflames, and is painful, it must be bathed with warm water and poulticed at night. , 1016, Stye. The stye is strictly only a little boil which projects from the edge of the eyelid. It is of a dark red color, much inflamed, and occasionally a great deal more painful than might be expected, considering its small size. It usually disappears of itself, after a little time, especially if some purgative medicine be taken.

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