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dry without wiping; repeat frequently until they disappear. Or pass a pin
through the wart and hold one end of it over the flame of a candle or lamp until
the wart fires by the heat, and it will disappear.
TETTER OR RINGWORM of the face is caused by a disordered stomach, and must be
cured by proper diet.
FLESH WORMS.--Black specks on the nose disfigure the face. Remove by washing
thoroughly in tepid water, rubbing with a towel, and applying with a soft
flannel a lotion made of three ounces of cologne and half an ounce of liquor of
potash.
STAINS ON THE HANDS--From nitrate of silver may be removed by a solution of
chloride of lime. Fruit-stains are removed by washing the hands without soap,
and holding them over the smoke of burning matches or sulphur.
TO REMOVE SUNBURN. --Scrape a cake of brown Windsor soap to a powder, add one
ounce each of eau de Cologne and lemon juice, mix well and form into cakes. This
removes tan, prevents hands from chapping, and makes the skin soft and
white.--Miss Mary R. Collins.
TEETH.--Many, while attentive to their teeth, do more injury than good by too
much officiousness, daily applying some dentifrice, or tooth-powder, often
impure and injurious, and rubbing them so hard as not only to injure the enamel
by excessive friction, but also to hurt the gums even more than by a toothpicks.
Tooth-powders advertised in newspapers are to be suspected, as some of them are
not free from corrosive ingredients. Charcoal (which whitens the teeth very
nicely), pumice-stone, cuttle-fish, and similar substances, are unfit for use in
tooth-powders, as all are to a certain extent insoluble in the mouth and are
forced between the margin of the gums, forming a nucleus for a deposit. Below
will be found a few good formulas for dentifrices: Three and one-half pounds of
creta preparata, one pound each of powdered borax, powdered orris-root, and
white sugar, and two ounces cardamom seeds; flavor with wintergreen, rose or
jasmine.
If color is desired, use one pound of rose-pink and as much less of creta
preparata. Tooth-powders should be thoroughly triturated in a wedgewood mortar,
and finely bolted.
The following is a simple and cheap preparation, and is pretty good. Take of
prepared chalk and fine old Windsor soap pulverized well, in proportion of about
six parts of the former to one of the latter. Soap is a very beneficial
ingredient of tooth-powder.--H.W. Morey, D.D.S.
CUTTING TEETH.--The time the first teeth make their appearance varies, but the
following dates approximate the time: Central incisors from five to eight months
after birth; lateral incisors from seven to ten; first molars from twelve to
sixteen; cuspids, or eye-teeth, from fourteen to twenty; second molars from
twenty to thirty-six. The first teeth should be protected from decay as far as
possible by careful cleaning daily; if decay makes its appearance, the cavity
should be promptly filled, and the tooth saved until displaced by the permanent
teeth. About the sixth year the first molars of the permanent teeth made their
appearance. They are generally supposed to belong to the first or milk teeth and
are frequently lost for want of care. A little more attention given to the first
teeth would save parents and children sleepless nights and suffering.--B. L.
Taylor, D.D.S., Minneapolis.
FOR COMPLEXION. --Blanch one fourth pound best Jordan almonds, slip off the
skin, mash in a mortar and rub together with best white soap, for fifteen
minutes, adding gradually one quart rose-water, or clean, fresh rain-water may
be used. When the mixture looks like milk, strain through fine muslin. Apply
after washing, with a soft rag.
To whiten the skin and remove
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