telling him, "There, doctor, that is your child, you saved it; nothing else was

it is

;

used."

A

III.

gentleman who had recently buried a wife from consumption, and

"Who considered himself past help, with the same disease, when Mr. Robinson

made

this balsam internally, and Cook's

was entirely cured, and is still alive,

this writing, hale and hearty, living with a second wife, some 30 years

first

his

acquaintance.

But with

electro-magnetic liniment, externally, he

at

after the cure.

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BEIGHT'S DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS.—A Novel Cure

—A correspondent of the New York Evening Post gives the following

for..

novel item to that journal.

He says:

—

—

"About 20 years ago, a daughter of mine

then about 6 years old

was

given up to die by the family physician, who said that she had Bright's Disease

of the Kidneys, and that it was incurable, and never known to be cured either

in Europe or America.

The physician, on giving the case up, told my wife to

give the child anything that she wanted, and to make her as comfortable as

possible while she lived.

The child constantly called for beans; so my wife

cooked some as quickly as possible, not stopping to parboil them, as is usually

done, but boiled beans, pork and potatoes together, in the first water, and when

well cooked she gave them to the child to eat.

The child then went to sleep

and from that time began to improve. She is now the mother of two children.

She is not troubled with the disease unless she takes a severe cold, and when

that happens she at once uses her old remedy, and it is always effectual.

Remarks.

There is nothing said here about continuing to eat the beans;

but I take it for granted that this was, and should be done in all cases; and tell

me, pray! why beans should not have this power as well as any drug? And

it is admitted, as this writer says, that it is seldom, or never known to be cured.

Let this remedy, therefore, have more than a fair trial by a long continued use.

Beans are certainly a healthy and agreeable food for a general diet. But if

used especially for kidney difficulties keep all their virtues by not changing the

water.

Beans over a year old are liable to become musty as well as doubly

hard, and unfit for this, or any other use.

2.

Bright's Disease— Sixteen out of Nineteen Cases in a

London Hospital Cured. — Notwithstanding the statement in the item

above, that Brights disease was never to be cured in Europe or America, still

some years ago a London (Eng.) physician reported in the London Lancet, the

cure of 16 out of 19 cases, in the Hospital, by the use of 15 gr. doses of pow

dered valerian, 3 or four times a day, with supporting diet. Now the fl. ex.

would be used, in ^ to 1 teaspoon doses, with the same effect; but I am not

aware of its having been used by others. But if one has the difficulty it had

better be tried, and may, with the beans, as above, cure more than without

them.

QUINSY.— A New and Successful Eemedy for.—A Dr. Gine,

Professor of Clinical Surgery, at Madrid, Spain, reports through the La Presse

Med. Beige, July 17, 1881, the bicarbonate of soda (the common baking soda,

the best, however is the English bicarbonate, kept by druggists) applied to the

tonsils

in fine powder in Quinsy, repeating frequently,

cacy, he having cured dozens of cases

a cure in 24 hours

;

is

of inestimable

effi-

—in no case without benefit, and, usually

and in no case when he had used it had he found it neces-

sary to remove the tonsils.

Directions for Application. It may be applied by rolling a bit of

paper of suitable length into cylindrical form, then putting the end into a fine

powder of the soda, to get a suitable amount into the hollow, the size of an

ordinary goose quill and blowing it upon the tonsils; or applying it by wetting

the finger, then putting the finger into the powder, then upon the tonsils.

Remarks. I have had no opportunity for trying it for this purpose, but I

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—

have proved its value as a gargle in " Sore Throat, which see. See also its

value in " Burns, Scalds, etc." See, also, "Inflammation of the Tonsils following

Sick Headache, " where the latter remedy the salicylate of soda is used as a

satisfactory cure in both these diseases, as inflammation of the tonsils is only

another name for quinsy.

—

—

1.

EYE- WATERS. —Sulphate of zinc, and fine table salt, each4 grs.

sugar of lead, 2

water, 4ozs.

;

grs. ;

morphine, 5 grs.

mix and keep corked.

;

loaf sugar, 10 grs.

Directions

— Drop

1

distilled or rain

;

or 2 drops in the

eye morning and evening, else apply with the finger between the lids which

Best done when laying down. It can be done very

Is the most common way.

well by holding the head back.

—

Remarks.

This will be found a very valuable eye-water In all cases of

weakness, or slight inflammation of the eye. It may be applied tnree or four

times a day, if needed so often. It is well to shake it two or ihtee times a day

at first, for a week or ten days, then allow to settle,

and

too much smarting in bad cases, reduce some of

with morb r«in water, so it

it

strain.

If this causes

shall not smart more than five minutes at most.

2.

Eye-Water for very Sore Eyes or Catarrhal Ophthalmia.

—Tincts. of aconite, and veratrum

viride, each 10 drops; acetate of lead, 5 grs.;

morphine, 3 grs.; water, as in No. 1, 4 ozs.

Directions— Open the lids and

put in freely.

Remarks. I. It is claimed by physicians that this has cured very bad

These very bad cases are generally the result of an acute inflammation

cases.

—

of the eyes which, instead of having been cured, have degenerated into a

chronic or long standing condition, with considerable watering of the eyes, and

mornings, a thick matter is found in them, all for the

want of proper treatment, else a scrofulous condition of the system. In all these

cases, bathing the feet in hot water evenings, and taking cream of tartar, 1 oz.,

dissolved in 1 pt. of boiling water, and drank of freely, when cold, to produce

gentle cathartic action, will be found a valuable help in curing them; or, the

old plan, taking cream of tartar and sulphur, equal parts, or of late, 2 ozs. of

cream of tartar to 1 oz. of sulphur, mixed and stirred into syrup, and take 3

mornings and skip 3, until 9 doses are taken, was a good way, if enough is

taken to act pretty freely on the bowels by the 3d day. Being also careful to

avoid a greasy diet, and using only plain and nutritious food, avoiding also

stimulating drinks, if a cure is hoped for or desired.

also, especially in the

If the Urine is high colored or deficient in quantity, take acetate of

Dose— 1 to 2 tea-spoonfuls 3 or 4 times daily

until free and clear, will aid much in bringing about a healthy

condition of the

system in most cases.

II.

potash, 1^ oz., in water, 8 ozs.

III.

Case in Hand. Prof. Scudder, in the Eclectic Medical

Journal, gives

the case of a child 11 months old having this catarrhal

ophthalmia, with the

matter sticking the lids together in the mornings, cured by him

with' the above

treatment after other physicians had failed to give any relief; with

the addition

only of the tinct. of rhus toxicondendron (poison oak) 4 drops in

4 ozs. of water.

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Dose

— One tea-spoonful 4 times daily. His cure was effected in 5 weeks, and

very satisfactory.

—

3. Weak Eyes, Mild Remedy for. Put 1 dr., or a tea-spoonful,

each of spirits of camphor and laudanum into a 4 oz. vial and fill with rosewater.

Shake and apply as often as needed. Kain water will do. Shaken

when used, works very satisfactory.

4.

Another Mild Eye-Water — For Children. — Take 1 oz. of

elder flowers and steep in J-^ pt. of soft water (steep in an earthen dish); strain,

and add J^ tea-spoonful of laudanum.

Remarks.

night.

Keep in a cool place, and use as needed.

—If the eyes are painful, wet soft cloths with

this,

and bind on at

and

If of long standing or chronic, make a tea of the elder flowers

drink, or give to children in these cases, to cleanse the blood.

—

5. Weak Eyes, Wash for. Some writer for weak eyes says: " Bathe

your eyes night and morning in a tolerably strong solution of common table salt

and water. We have known some remarkable cures effected by this simple

remedy. After bathing the eyes daily for about a week, intermit a day or two;

then resume the daily bathing, and so on till your ej'es get strong again."

6.

Eyes, Acute Inflammation of—Valuable Remedy.

—For an

acute inflammation of the eyes I know of notliing better than to take the white

of an egg, in a tin cup, and beat into it thoroughly about }/^ a teaspoon of pow-

dered alum; set on the stove to heat, and stir constantly till it curdles; then

and putting it upon a cloth, and lay

strain off the whey, breaking up the curd

upon the eye; and as it becomes dry, take it off and fold the cloth around it to

keep the curd together; re-wet it, by putting it into the whey, drain off the surplus whey, and re-apply. This may be done 2 or 3 times; then make more, if

needed, and use the same way, until the inflammation subsides; after which

any of the eye waters, reduced with water to be very mild, may be used to

strengthen the eyes. I have used this tn just this way, upon my own eye, with

entire success.

If the inflammation should continue long, take some salts or

tream of tartar, or tlie sulphur mixture as in No. 2 for"Catarrhal Ophthalmia."

t see this alum cure is recommended, in about the same way, for sprains.

I have not used it upon them; yet, as a sprain produces an inflammation, I think

it will prove valuable tliere also.

7.

Eyes, to Remove Iron and Steel from.

iodide of potasli, 12 grs.

Remarks.

;

— Iodine, 2

grs.

soft water, 3 ozs.

—Accidents are often occurring to millers, while picking the mill-

stones, by a small bit of steel from the pick penetrating into the coating of the

Dr. T. B. King, of Toledo, an old English physician, referred to severa''

times in this work, informs me that he has cured several cases with this prepa-

eye.

ration.

I have had no opportunity to test

it

since I obtained

just before, which I was relating to the " Old Doctor," when

it, but had one

he gave me this.

He says, by putting one or two drops of it into the eye a few times, the steel or

iron will be loosened in 24 hours.

needed.

Then let no one fail to try it, as soon as

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Eyes, Granulation of.— For granulations (small grain-like eleva-

tions inside of the lids) of the eye, Dr.

^ gr.,

King puts corroscive sublimate,

into the reddish codliver oil, 1 oz., dissolves and applies 2 or 3 times daily, with

great success.

—

One Case of Five and One of Nine9. Films of the Eye

teen Years Blindness Cured. I. Dr. M. P. Greensword, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., reporting through the Medical Summary, in Dec. No. for 1882,

—

"I took a patient that had been blind five years from opacity (thickening

membrane covering the front of the eye, which prevents seeing

through it) and gave him the nitrate of silver in doses as follows: Nitrate of

says:

of the cornea

silver, 5 grs. ; tannin, 2 grs. ; rain water, 6 ozs.

utes before each meal.

Dose — A tea-spoonful 15 min-

In 10 days he began to receive sight, and in one year

his sight was nearly perfect.

"After this I took a man aged 82, and blind nineteen years from opacity of

the cornea: I gave him the same remedy, in the same way, and in 6 months his

I have since cured a great many cases from

opacity by the same remedy.

It is far superior to mercury in any shape.

Another advantage in using this remedy is that the patient continues to grow bet-

sight was restored nearly perfect.

ter for a year after discontinuing its use, if he lets all other medicines alone dur-

ing that time."

Remarks.

— The Doctor admits having failed to cure some cases of females,

who were troubled with leucorrhoja,

until

he cured that

by

difficulty

ap-

plying a sponge to the parts wet with a strong solution of cadmium, for 24

hours; then alternate with a sponge pessary, saturated with pure glycerine, for

The words, "a strong solution," may do very well for

the same length of time.

a physician, but for the people it is not as well as to say how manj^ grs. to 1 oz.

of water from J^ to 4 grs to the oz. are used as an eye-water, and double this

strength is used in ulcerations of the ear; then 5 or 6 grs. to 1 oz of soft water

would be as strong as I would recommend. It is much like the sulphate of

—

zinc in its action.

I trust the nitrate of silver,

as above, will continue to give

satisfaction in blindness.

If nitrate of silver is

taken very long in any case, I should fear

it

might

give a dark color to the skin and whites of the eyes, that could never be removed.

Look out for that, by consulting with your physician, and stop its use if these

conditions show at all, but even this is better than blindness.

The old plan of removing films from the eyes, by rubbing a piece of

II.

"blue stone" (blue vitrol sulphate of copper), made very smooth, over them,

once daily, which has been done also for granulations, is a quicker way, and no

danger of discoloring the skin. But this would have to be done by a physician

or some one a little skilled in turning up the lids out of the way, then simply

—

over the film or granulations, as the case may be. It is

The eye-lid should be held open

2 or 3 minutes before allowing it to close.

Films are also removed with corrosive sublimate, J^ gr. dissolved in

III.

passing

it carefully

pretty severe but effectual, if properly done.

J^ oz. of sub. acetate of lead water, then 3^ oz. of white cod liver oil, added

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158

and shaken until thoroughly mixed, and shaken when used. Put on a little

Of course, in all cases, correct the blood and general

"with a brush once daily.

health.

—

Eye—

Lid Remedy, Put a teaspoonful of black

10. Stye upon the

tea in a small bag; pour on it enough boiling water to moisten it; then put it

on the eye pretty warm. Keep it on all night and in the morning the stye will

TQOst likely be gone; if not, a second application

Remarks.

—The infusion or weak

tea,

is certain to

remove it."

made from black tea, has beea for

some lime considered good as an eye-water, then why not the grounds good as

& poultice? I believe it may be worthy of trial.

As a beverage the black tea is preferable for invalids and for nervous

people — a weak infusion. Should the above poultice of tea fail, try the following, which I know must be good in any kind of swelling, as styes, boils, etc.,

if followed up properly.

It is from the Cricket on the Hearth,

It is headed:

a valuable paper.

—

A

11.

Stye, to Remove from the Eyelid. "The stye is strictly

only a little boil, which projects from the edge of the eye-lid. It usually disappears of itself after a little time, especially if some purgative medicine be taken.

If the stye should be very painful and inflamed, a small warm poultice of linseed meal and bread or milk must be laid over it, (a poultice of powdered

slippery elm is also good for any inflammation), and renewed every 5 or 6 hours,

and the bowls freely acted upon by a purgative draught, such as the following:

" Take Epsom salts,

Purgative Draught for Stye, or Other Purposes.

I.

senna,

oz.

tinct.

senna, }^ oz. spearinfusion

of

oz.

manna,

best

oz.

J|^

J^

mint water, 1 oz. distilled or soft water, 2 ozs. Mix and take 3, 4 or 5 tablespoonfuls. When the stye appears ripe, an opening should be made into it with

the point of a large needle, and afterward a little of the following ointment may

he smeared over it once or twice a day.

oz.; white wax,

Ointment for Stye, Chaps, etc. Take spermaceti,

II.

IJ^ ozs. olive oil, 3 ozs. Mix them together over a slow fire, and stir them

—

%

;

;

;

;

;

—

%

;

constantly until cold.

—

Remarks. Box the ointment for use, as above indicated.

of these will soon tell.

A faithful use

—

CORNS—

Hard and Soft, Warts, Bunions, etc.— I. Corns.

1.

Probably but few subjects of more universal interest could be found than the

very humble one of corns. A writer in the Clm-istian Weekly says: " They are

of two kinds soft and hard the result of pressure which stimulates the skin

so that an increased flow of blood to the excited part is caused, and the cells of

the cuticle (from the Latin cidis, skin,) are more rapidly produced than is

natural.

Soft corns occur between the toes, because of the pressure of the joints

of the smaller toes on the opposite skin, and the corn is constantly moist with

—

—

perspiration.

soft,

—^weai

The first thing in the cure of corns is to remove the cause

broad-toed shoes and boots, and thus remove the irritating pressure.

—

Hard Corns. Soak hard corns in warm water, shave down, touch them

I.

with a little acetic acid occasionally, and put a thin plaster over the corn to prevent chafing after the application of the acid

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II.

Soft

Corns.

159

—In tbe case of soft corns great cleanliness must be

observed, the suffering toes must be kept separate by a bit of cotton, and the

dead skin, after touching lightly with the acid, must be removed as fast as its

tenderness will allow. But no cure can be accomplished while an ill-fitting

shoe is still doing its mischievous work. Too tight a shoe, especially one too

narrow-toed, is an ill-fitting shoe.

Remarks. I wish to say as confirming the idea above advanced, that if any

—

one will not give up their " tight fits " they may rest assured that they will

always have a crop of corn(s) on hand, or rather on foot. So suit yourself as to

keeping a full supply.

2.

Bunions, Corns, "Warts, etc.— Brister's Spanish Destroyer.

— Concentrated

1 oz.

;

I.

ether, 1 lb. ;

gun cotton, 1 oz.

;

best alcohol, 8 ozs. ; glycerine,

a trifle of red aniline to color.

Directions to Make.

—Pu* the gun cotton on a plate and wet

and then put all into the ether.

it with

a

amount is desired keep

the same proportions. Keep corked. To color, if to put up for sale, put 5 cts.

worth of aniline red into 1 oz. of alcohol, and 1 tea-spoonful of it will color all

a nice red, more or less as you choose.

Directions for Use.

II.

Soak the feet in warm water from 5 to 10 minutes; scrape the outside of the corns, or bunions, with a knife.

Apply the

little alcohol,

If a less

—

afl!licted parts with a brush, as thin as possible, about three

times a week, 4 or 5 applications being sufficient to cure the affected parts.

Should the corns be between the toes (soft corns), place a little piece of cotton

destroyer to the

between them, to keep them apart, and to keep the medicine from being rubbed

off.

For warts keep covered with the remedy, or destroyer, till they are removed.

Keep the vial corked tightly.

The destroyer, when applied to the afflicted

parts, forms a thin plaster

Discontinue the use of the destroyer until the

When my wife used it upon her bunions she put some

{artificial skin) over the same.

plaster disappears.

-washing fluid (made of sal-soda and lime, which she always kept for washing

purposes), into the water in which she soaked the bunions, then scraped off all

the dead matter and softened skin, and applied the remedy. It did not take

but a few days to reduce her bunions more than one-half in size, and to remove

all soreness.

This is really a valuable thing for bunions.

But sal-soda put in the water to soak the corn, or bunion in, making it

pretty strong, will do as well as the washing (fluid, referred to above; it softens the hard scaly surface, which is to be scraped off; then apply as above

directed, with a brush.

Remarks.

— obtained this recipe of Wm. H. Brister, of Springfield,

I

111.,

at the depot where he was selling the " Destroyer," as he calls it.

He had a circular, calling himself " The Great Western Corn Doctor," and told me he had

traveled 8 years in its sale, and

had cleared his living for himself and family

and built a house in Springfield w^orth $8,000 made out of the bu.siness. This

remedy must certainly have been very valuable, or he could not have continued

its sale for so many years; for he showed me certificates from prominent men.

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160

governors, senators, laTryers, doctors,

had cured.

value.

etc.,

all

over

the country

whom he

I have made it and cured many bad bunions, and hence I know its

It forms an artificial

skin over the parts and hence it is good in slight

bruises or abrasions, to put on for this purpose, to protect them from water, etc.

3.

Corns, Simple Remedy for.

—Having removed the friction and

pressure causing corns, by the substitution of well constructed shoes and boots,

the thickened cuticle may be removed by applying equal parts of carbonate of

soda and common brown bar soap. Rub these substances together, with a

spoon handle or knife blade on the surface of a plate, forming a strong alkaline

ointment.

Directions

— Spread a

little of this on

a piece of buck-skin or wash-

leather and apply it to the surface of the corns at bed-time, after soaking them

for 5 or 10 minutes in hot water, allowing it to remain until morning.

"Wheu

the soap plaster is removed in the morning, the corn to which it has been applied,

will be found white and soft, and by scraping a little around its base with your

finger nail, or a dull knife, it may be easily raised up and removed.

Then apply

the colodion or artifical skin, or a bit of court plaster, till it heals.

This is all

that is needed, except to wear easy shoes and boots.

—

A

Sure Cure for. Bathe in a strong solution of sal soda;

4. Corns,

pare off close, and touch the corn with carbolized iodine; repeat the application

of iodine next day, and a cure will speedily follow.

—A

Remarks.

druggist will prepare this mixture, if desired, and either of

the plans here given, with proper care not to wear tight boots or shoes, will

cure corns.

—

Corn Salve, Effectual. Pine pitch, or pine tar, as some call it,

5.

brown sugar and saltpeter, each, 1 tea-spoonful. Simmer together. Pare the

corn as close as you can. Spread some of the salve on an old kid glove or

other thin, soft leather, the size of the corn; bind

taken off the corn comes off with it.

it

on for 2 or 3 days; when

it gave me this.

A lady who had used

—

Cut a piece of wild turnip,

6. Warts, Simple Cure for.

from the woods, and rub several times upon the wart or warts. A writer

says: " I removed nearly a hundred from hands, leaving no scar at all."

Remarks. This is simple, and is, no doubt, as good as represented.

—

7.

It is also claimed that our simple potato, cut and

rubbed on, the same

as the wild turnip, in the receipt above, 3 times a day for a few days, removed

20 warts from the writer's hands.

8.

Another writer says: "Chromic acid, a drop or two to each wart at

bed-time, I will warrant to cure in 3 days."

—

Remarks. Be careful not to get it on the hands or clothing, nor leave it

where children can get it. Carbolic acid, full strength, will do the same thing.

The best way to apply any acids is to take the end of a match-stick and mash

one end between the teeth, to make a broom-like end, to hold only a drop or

two, and just touch the head of the wart, or corn with the acid 2 or 3 times.

Remember this— if you get too much acid on, so it runs down into the flesh,

soda will neutralize it. The chromic acid is considered the safest of the acida.

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161

Pon't use enough to spread upon other

parts.

9. Warts, Simple and Easy Cure.— Rubbing warts night and

morning with a moistened piece of muriate of ammonia (sal ammoniac), will

cause their disappearance without pain or scar.

Warts on Cows' Teats

10.

;

or, The Hand's Remedy.—E. Walupon cows'

cott asks the readers of the Detroit Tribune for a remedy for warts

" J. L.," of Maple, Mich., makes liim the following answer: "Take

a handful of green bean leaves and rub them in the hands until the hands are

thoroughly wet with the juice; then proceed to milk. As often as the hands

get dry while milking, moisten again with the bean leaf juice. Do this twice

or three times a week, and in a few weeks there will be no warts on the cow's

teats, and

teats or the hands of the milker.

1.

SEASICKNESS, CURE FOR. — Dr.

Landener,

of

Athens,

Greece, claims to have discovered that 10 to 12 drops of chloroform cures seasickness.

One dose cured 18 out of 20; the second dose cured the others.

Remarks.

tle water.

—

It is simple, easily obtained and

not unpleasant to take in a lit-

And a lady who has had considerable experience in crossing parts

of Lake Erie informs

me that the smelling of chloroform a few times has

relieved much of the nausea attending seasickness.

that the taking

and inhaling a little of

it

from

So, also,

the

my judgment is

bottle

will

do great

good.

2. English Remedy.— The bromide of sodium, for long voyages, has

been found very effectual in doses of 10 grs. 3 times a day, in treating 200

cases of ocean seasickness.

Dr. Kendall in British Medical Journal.

Remarks. The bromide of sodium was first used by the late Dr. Beard.

The indiscriminate use of oranges, lemons, brandy and champagne, Dr. Ken,

—

dall condemns, as making the case worse than without them.

CALOMEL, a Substitute for, in Jaundice, Hepatic Dropsy,

Hypochondriosis, Hemorrhoids, Throat and Bronchial Inflammations, etc. — A medical writer says: " Sulphate of manganese is now being

introduced as a substitute for mercury in various bilious troubles.

In jaundice,

hepatic dropsy (dropsy arising from liver difficulties, and most generally affect-

ing the abdomen), hypochondriasis (a condition of melancholy, or low spirits)

most remarkable results; and in hemorrhoids

or an unnatural accumulation of blood)

AnsEmic

of the throat and bronchial tubes it has proved no less efl5cacious.

patients (persons of a pale or bloodless appearance), who cannot take any of

the preparations of iron, are enabled to take iron with benefit if combined with

2 to 5 grs. of sulphate of manganese.

It is generally found preferable to

administer the manganese in 10 to 20 grs. dose, in a ghiss of water, adding a lit-

it

is

stated to have produced

(piles) and in congestion (inflammation,

tle citrate

of magnesia to cause effervescence.

By these doses large bilious

Half a drachm (30 grs.) is said to be the

utmost dost ever necessary, 10 grains being usually quite sufficient."

dejections (passages) are produced.

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Remarks.— Vroi. King, in his "American Dispensary," says: "It acts like

a powerful cholagogue, (a Greek word signifying " to carry off bile"), causing a

profuse secretion of bile, and has been used with efficacy in scrofula, chlorosis

(whites), jaundice, torpid liver, diseases of the spleen and cachexia {i. e., any

depraved or bad condition of the system, as from cancer, syphilis, etc.).

dr. or two (60 to 120

Dose— The dose is from 5 to 30 gi's., 3 times a day.

grs.) dissolved in a J^ pt. or 1 pt. of water will act as a prompt purgative, with

" But," he continues, " large doses, or

scarcely any depression of the system.

One dr.

its long continued use in small doses, injures the tone of the stomach.

of the sulphate of manganese mixed in 1 oz. of lard has been used externally

A

as an ointment in buboes, chancres, indolent ulcers

skin."

and some diseases of the

And the author thinks this ointment might prove valuable to rub in

thoroughly over the liver.

So it will be seen that this preparation of manga-

nese, is a valuable article, and if

it

will be a grand thing for the people.

is

made to take the place of calomel, it

Almost any cathartic, if very long con-

tinued, will depress and injure, more or less, the condition of the stomach; so

this is not alone in thus injuring

" the tone of the stomach," if long continued.

ALTERATIVES, OR BLOOD PURIFIERS—By Food, Beers,

—

An inquiry through the Blade for a plan to improve the complexion by

removing pimples, etc., was made in the following words: " My complexion is

sallow and bad, my skin pimply all over. I am run down, and want to feel

What is the matter, and what is to be done ? " To this inquiry

alive again.

the editor of the "Household Department" made such a common-sense reply

that I give it a place, hoping that every one needing such an alterative effect will

adopt her suggestions, and save the necessity of taking something which is

more of a medicinal character. She says

The matter is that the blood is thoroughly vitiated, and improving it

I.

must be a matter of time. Spring diet should do the work of medicine, largely.

And first in importance, are salads of all sorts. Every family should have its

beds and boxes, its borders and hot-beds full of fresh sprouts, from the peppergrass and the water-cress to the tender turnip, mustard, cabbage and beet shoots,

the first leaves of dandelion and sorrel, cheril, mint and parsely, all good to

mix for some of the most inviting salads.

But the vegetable which combines the most beneficial qualities, which

II.

ranks as a medicine and purifier of the finest sort, is one, which, though its

stigma is now removed among gourmands and in polite society, is under the

ban in ordinary circles. The virtues of the onion render it a pharmacopoeia in

Eaten raw, with or without vinegar, it is the most effective purifier of

itself.

It has been known to leave consumptives plump and rosy.

the blood known.

It cures dyspepsia, and is a thorough worm-medicine for children.

As a toilet

prescription, it will do as much to refine the complexion, renew the hair and

remove spots as any one article known. More people like its piquant flavor,

etc.

indispensable in all high-class cookery, tlian care to own a preference they sup-

pose ungenteel. But there need be no hesitation in eating onions freely, since

the use of a tooth-brush and a dose of charcoal, always good in itself, or the chewing of some roasted coffee or corn, will remove the odor^ The only care to be

.

l_Yellow Dock.

Horehound.

Belladonna.

Pink.

2-Lobelia. or

In.lian

Tobacco.

3-Bugleweed, or Water

or

5-Deadly Nightshade

4-Dogwood, or Boxwood.

Carol.na

6-Wild Indigo, or Rattle Bush. 7-Pink Root or

Yellow Wood.

or Rattleroot. 9-Prickley Ash, or

8-Bla..k Cohosh,

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observed is, that as onions absorb impurities very quickly, they should be kept

in a dry place where there is pure air, not in musty cellars or closets, with

decaying provisions and sour milk. To get their full benefit, raw onions and

their young shoots should be eaten at breakfast, as a salad, with bread and butter.

They banish worm complaints of the most aggravated type, and prevent

throat and blood disease in a large degree, absorbing and removing impurities

* * * * I am going to give one or two old-fashioned recipes

in the blood.

for spring bitters which, home-made, of fresh roots and simples, are better than

e.xpensive medicines, and the

two following have especial virtues for the com-

plexion.

—

Put 1 oz. of yellow dock root

Alterative Bi{ters, Cheap and Good.

III.

and a cup of grated horse-radish in 1 quart of hard cider, cold. It will be

ready the next day and should be taken, a wine-glass full before each meal.

This made by the gallon and taken through the season will affect the growth of

the hair and improve the appearance in every way, provided the strength is

kept up by well selected food.

IV. Alterative Beer of Our GrandmotJier' s Make. The next is a strictly

temperance beer of the sort of our grandmothers used to administer in powerTake of best Jamaica ginger root, sassafras bark, from the root,

ful doses.

and wild cherry bark, each 2 ozs. burdock root and dandelion root, each 4 ozs.

Boil 10 minutes,

bruise all, and add cream of tartar, 1 oz., and water, 3 gals.

strain, and add white sugar, IJ^ lbs.; the rind of a lemon in bits; heat, stir

until the sugar dissolves, and pour into a stone jar with 3 ozs. of tartaric acid.

When lukewarm, put in a tea-cupful of hop yeast, stirring well. In a few days

it will be in high perfection and a very pleasant beer, with valuable alterative

—

;

properties.

Remarks.

—The author thinks that

because, with the above amount, 3 ozs.

,

1

oz. of tartaric acid will

it will

be plenty,

become hard and sour too quickly.

—

Ring-Worm Remedies. The form that this eruption takes gives its

name, as it is generally in a circle, itching considerably when the body is heated

by exercise, or in hot weather; and also if rubbed or scratched. A saturated

solution (all that will dissolve) of blue vitriol in water, touching the parts several times daily, will cure them.

SPRAINS

Remedy

—

— Capital

for. The white of an egg, into which

a piece of alum about the size of a hickory-nut has been stirred, stirring conIt should

stantly until it forms a jelly or curd, is a capital remedy for sprains.

be laid over the sprain upon a piece of lint, and be changed or re-wet in the

whey as often as it becomes dry.

Remarks.

—I think

it

best to lay on a cloth, rather than

lint,

for convenience

of re-wetting, as in for Inflammation of the Eye; full directions there

make and use it.

1.

how to

It allays inflammation and soreness quickly.

CUTS AND BURNS Shorn of Their Terrors.— A writer in

remedy for slight cuts

and small burns, which she claims to be so effectual as to remove the usual

She says: " Our own remedy

terror arising in a family upon such occasions.

the Stratford (Ont.) Weekly Herald gives the following

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164

This closes up a cut nicely, and one

Cuts and burns are shorn of their

terrors when the glue or mucilage is handy and ready for use.

Let our lady

readers bear this in mind.

The good right-hand which penned these lines was

caught under a stick while replenishing the fire in the kitchen stove, and pressed

closely against the hot iron plate so that one finger was quite roasted.

We

released it and almost fainted before we could reach the cool, thick mucilage on

our writing-desk, when, lo! all pain, and smart, and annoyance were gone, and

the hand was ready for duty just as soon as the transparent covering could dry.

How many useful things there are, the value of which we know almost nothing

for cuts and byrns is glue or mucilage.

will experience no inconvenience thereafter.

of."

—

Remarks.. I was aware that carriage varnish was good for slight cuts,

burns and bruises, when the skin is more or less abraded, or scraped (from

the Latin abradere, to scrape off), and I have no doubt a good liquid glue or the

common mucilage, made with gum arabic, 5 ozs. to water, J^ pt. will do just

as well.

I should prefer the mucilage in place of the glue.

,

An

Remedy

,

—

for.

" It is not generally known,"

Excellent

2. Cuts,

says a writer, " that the leaves of the common geranium are an excellent remedy

for cuts, or where the skin is rubbed off, and other wounds of that kind.

One

or 2 leaves, bruised and applied to the parts, and the wounds will be cicatrized

(healed) in a short time." (See Burns, Scalds, etc., for the use of the new

remedy

—bi-carbonate of soda.)

Cuts, Wounds, Felons and Other Inflammations, Hot

Water Poultice for. — A paper called the Home HealtJi says that a hot water

3.

poultice is the most healing application for cuts, bruises, wounds, sores, felons

and other inflammations, that can be used. The poultice is made by dipping

cotton in hot water and applying, changing often. A convenient way is, in

case of felons or other painful abscess, to hold the hand for hours in water as

hot as can be comfortably borne.

Remarks. This is undoubtedly valuable.

—

I have for some time past used

hot applications to an inflamed eye, while most physicians apply cold. It is

good for internal use, as seen by the use of the hot water cures for dyspepsia,

consumption, etc., in this book, which see; why not good for external applications? I believe it will be found so, if a wound or other sore manifests the least

tendency to inflame and become tedious in healing.

1.

CATARRH, NASAL — Common-Sense Treatment for.—

Notwithstanding Dr. Dio Lewis has sometimes appeared, at least, to run the

" diet" question into the ground, as we often hear said,