Take as much cream of tartar a slies on a nickel, every morning and
evening. Or, make a leaf of dried burdock into a pint of tea; take one-
half pint twice a day for four months. I have known this to cure
hundreds. ]\j £
QUINSY.
Roast four large onions. Peel them quickly and slightly pound. Add
to them a little sweet oil. Place them while hot in a thin muslin bag
that will reach from ear to ear, first thoroughly rubbing the throat and in
this way getting up a good circulation of blood. Apply as warm as pos-
sible to the throat. Change when the strength of the onions appears to
be exhausted. Flannel must be worn round the neck after the onion is
removed. ^ j^U^SE.
ULCER.
Wash thoroughly with Green's soft soap, rinse well and then saturate
a piece of absorbent cotton with peroxide. Let this come to a foam and
then sprinkle over a little iodoform; tie up carefully and repeat in six
hours. Or, boil walnut-tree leaves in water with a little sugar. Apply
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absorbent cotton dipped in this, changing it once in two days. This has
done wonders. This has cured foul bones; yea, and a leprosy. Foment
morning and evening with a decoction of mint; then sprinkle on it finely-
powdered rue. Nurse.
ABSCESS.
An abscess requires the application of warm poultices and a cooling
aperient medicine. The poultice may be made of bread and water, oat-
meal or linseed meal. These should be applied till the abscess burstSv
when it should discharge freely. Af<-er it has ceased, apply moist linen-
for a day or two; then apply absorb-^nt cotton saturated with peroxide
This will draw out the poison. If the healing is slow, dust the abscess
over with iodoform. It is sometimes necessary when the bursting is slow
and the pain great to open the abscess with the point of a lancet, which
prevents much suffering. H. C.
NIGHTMARE.
This is a complaint which comes when the sleep is disturbed. It is
the dreaming of something horrible and the person feels that it is some-
thing from which he cannot escape but is the victim. He attempts to
scream for help but usually his effort is in vain. Nervous and over-
worked people are especially subject to it. It is due to poor circulation.
It is not only unpleasant but dangerous. The best remedy is to bathe
each morning in cold water on arising, eat plain foods, little or no meat,
tea or coffee, and breathe deeply for fifteen minutes each night before
retiring. B, S. Y.
COLIC.
There are few diseases attended with more pain, although not at all
dangerous. It is a spasmodic affection of the bowels. It is caused by
indigestible food, gas, and bile in the system.
Remedy. — Apply hot flannel cloths wrung out in hot water. If the
bowels are ti^ht an injection of hot water is excellent; so, also, is a hot
foot bath. O. M.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Take as much cream of tartar as lies on a nickel, every morning and evening. Or, make a leaf of dried burdock into a pint of tea; take onehalf pint twice a day for four months. I have known this to cure hundreds. ]\j £
QUINSY.
Roast four large onions. Peel them quickly and slightly pound. Add to them a little sweet oil. Place them while hot in a thin muslin bag that will reach from ear to ear, first thoroughly rubbing the throat and in this way getting up a good circulation of blood. Apply as warm as possible to the throat. Change when the strength of the onions appears to be exhausted. Flannel must be worn round the neck after the onion is removed. Nurse.
ULCER.
Wash thoroughly with Green's soft soap, rinse well and then saturate a piece of absorbent cotton with peroxide. Let this come to a foam and then sprinkle over a little iodoform; tie up carefully and repeat in six hours. Or, boil walnut-tree leaves in water with a little sugar. Apply
absorbent cotton dipped in this, changing it once in two days. This has done wonders. This has cured foul bones; yea, and a leprosy. Foment morning and evening with a decoction of mint; then sprinkle on it finelypowdered rue. Nurse.
ABSCESS.
An abscess requires the application of warm poultices and a cooling aperient medicine. The poultice may be made of bread and water, oatmeal or linseed meal. These should be applied till the abscess bursts, when it should discharge freely. Af<-er it has ceased, apply moist linenfor a day or two; then apply absorb-^nt cotton saturated with peroxide This will draw out the poison. If the healing is slow, dust the abscess over with iodoform. It is sometimes necessary when the bursting is slow and the pain great to open the abscess with the point of a lancet, which prevents much suffering. H. C.
NIGHTMARE.
This is a complaint which comes when the sleep is disturbed. It is the dreaming of something horrible and the person feels that it is something from which he cannot escape but is the victim. He attempts to scream for help but usually his effort is in vain. Nervous and overworked people are especially subject to it. It is due to poor circulation. It is not only unpleasant but dangerous. The best remedy is to bathe each morning in cold water on arising, eat plain foods, little or no meat, tea or coffee, and breathe deeply for fifteen minutes each night before
retiring. B, S. Y.
COLIC.
There are few diseases attended with more pain, although not at all dangerous. It is a spasmodic affection of the bowels. It is caused by indigestible food, gas, and bile in the system.
Remedy. — Apply hot flannel cloths wrung out in hot water. If the
bowels are ti^ht an injection of hot water is excellent; so, also, is a hot
foot bath. O. M.
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