A cold in the head is very disagreeable. Inhale spirits of camphor
when the first symptoms appear. Put one or two drops of the camphor
on a small lump of sugar, dissolve in a wine-glassful of water and take a
teaspoonful every two hours. J. R.
TO CURE DIPHTHERIA.
Relief has followed in the early stages of this terrible complaint by
gargling with sulphur and water, or have some blown down the throat
in the form of a spray. For a simple sore throat bind a strip of flannel
on, wet in camphor, and use a gargle of salt and vinegar. Mrs. V. B.
CURE FOR TOOTHACHE.
One-quarter of a pint of best alcohol, one-half ounce of chloroform,
one-half ounce of arnica, one-quarter ounce of oil of cloves. Mix and
apply with a piece of absorbent cotton; rub also on the gums and upon
the face against the tooth. Sure cure. M. S.
A GOOD CATHARTIC.
One-half ounce each of peppermint leaf and jalap, one ounce of
senna, two ounces of figs chopped fine✪ Good Cathartic. Dose: Put a teaspoonful of the
mixture into a cup and pour upon it three tablespoonfuls of boiling water;
drink when cold. Take before breakfast. Kunze,
SPRAIN REMEDY.
Take the white of two eggs and put into a cup; stir with a lump of
alum the size of an English walnut until it jellies. Saturate a cloth and
apply to the sprain, changing it for a fresh one as often as it becomes hot
and dry. Keep the limb in a raised or horizontal position. H. W, S.
TO CURE DRY PILES.
The dry piles can readily be cured by a bruised onion, roasted in
ashes. Dr. J. M. Smith.
INWARD PILES.
A small pitcn pill taken after fasting a day will usually kill the bleed-
ing piles. Or, take twice a day of the thin skin of walnuts as much as will
lie on a 25-cent piece. Wesley.
530 PREVALENT DISORDERS AND THEIR REMEDIES.
PALPITATION OF THE HEART.
A lady, about forty years of age, had suffered twelve years from peri-
odical attacks of palpitation of the heart, so violent as to shake the bed on
which the patient lay. During one attack, feeling thirsty, she expressed a
desire for some soda-water. No sooner had she swallowed the first
draught than her palpitation left her, and recurred no more until the
period of the next attack. As soon as it commenced, she sent for her
medical attendant, and told him what had occurred a month previously,
and requested to be allowed to try the same remedy a second time. He
consented, but, wishing to ascertain which of the ingredients of the soda-
water had relieved the complaint, he gave her a dose of citric acid by
itself. This had no effect. He then gave her a dose of carbonate of
soda which also failed. He then mixed the powders and gave her some
ordinary soda-water, placing his hand at the same time upon her heart.
The moment she swallowed the first mouthful the palpitation ceased and
recurred no more for that time. From that period, whenever the palpita-
tion came on, she could always stop it by this simple remedy. It appears,
from the experiments made by medical men that the carbonic acid was
the active element in relieving the complaint, because, until the gas was
liberated by the mixture of citric acid and the carbonate of soda, no bene-
fit accrued. Journal of Health.
SCROFULA.
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A cold in the head is very disagreeable. Inhale spirits of camphor when the first symptoms appear. Put one or two drops of the camphor on a small lump of sugar, dissolve in a wine-glassful of water and take a teaspoonful every two hours. J. R.
TO CURE DIPHTHERIA.
Relief has followed in the early stages of this terrible complaint by gargling with sulphur and water, or have some blown down the throat in the form of a spray. For a simple sore throat bind a strip of flannel on, wet in camphor, and use a gargle of salt and vinegar. Mrs. V. B.
CURE FOR TOOTHACHE.
One-quarter of a pint of best alcohol, one-half ounce of chloroform, one-half ounce of arnica, one-quarter ounce of oil of cloves. Mix and apply with a piece of absorbent cotton; rub also on the gums and upon the face against the tooth. Sure cure. M. S.
A GOOD CATHARTIC.
One-half ounce each of peppermint leaf and jalap, one ounce of senna, two ounces of figs chopped fine. Dose: Put a teaspoonful of the mixture into a cup and pour upon it three tablespoonfuls of boiling water; drink when cold. Take before breakfast. Kunze,
SPRAIN REMEDY.
Take the white of two eggs and put into a cup; stir with a lump of alum the size of an English walnut until it jellies. Saturate a cloth and apply to the sprain, changing it for a fresh one as often as it becomes hot and dry. Keep the limb in a raised or horizontal position. H. W, S.
TO CURE DRY PILES.
The dry piles can readily be cured by a bruised onion, roasted in ashes. Dr. J. M. Smith.
INWARD PILES.
A small pitcn pill taken after fasting a day will usually kill the bleeding piles. Or, take twice a day of the thin skin of walnuts as much as will lie on a 25-cent piece. Wesley.
PALPITATION OF THE HEART.
A lady, about forty years of age, had suffered twelve years from periodical attacks of palpitation of the heart, so violent as to shake the bed on which the patient lay. During one attack, feeling thirsty, she expressed a desire for some soda-water. No sooner had she swallowed the first draught than her palpitation left her, and recurred no more until the period of the next attack. As soon as it commenced, she sent for her medical attendant, and told him what had occurred a month previously, and requested to be allowed to try the same remedy a second time. He consented, but, wishing to ascertain which of the ingredients of the sodawater had relieved the complaint, he gave her a dose of citric acid by itself. This had no effect. He then gave her a dose of carbonate of soda which also failed. He then mixed the powders and gave her some ordinary soda-water, placing his hand at the same time upon her heart. The moment she swallowed the first mouthful the palpitation ceased and recurred no more for that time. From that period, whenever the palpitation came on, she could always stop it by this simple remedy. It appears, from the experiments made by medical men that the carbonic acid was the active element in relieving the complaint, because, until the gas was liberated by the mixture of citric acid and the carbonate of soda, no benefit accrued. Journal of Health.
SCROFULA.
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