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time it gets cold.
Another very good poultice, is hot mush strewed with powdered camphor; put it on
as hot as can be borne, and change it when cold. A purgative should be given,
either of senna and salts, castor oil, or rhubarb and soap pills. An emetic is
of great importance, and has caused the throat to break when persons have been
very ill.
Sore throats have been cured when quinsy was apprehended, by using powdered
camphor and lard on flannel. It is a good way, when persons are subject to it,
to keep an ounce of camphor mixed with lard, in a wide-mouthed bottle, or jar,
and corked tight. The cayenne pepper and honey gargle should also be kept ready
mixed, and used when the first symptoms appear; or in a violent attack, a
plaster of snuff and lard may be applied with benefit, keeping it on only a few
minutes at a time. Sometimes a bag of hot ashes sprinkled with vinegar, and
applied hot as can be borne, has cured a sore throat in one night. Persons that
have been afflicted for years with repeated attacks of sore throat and quinsy,
have been cured by bathing the throat, neck and ears with cold water every
morning. The constant use of the shower bath is very important. Keep the feet
warm.
Molasses Posset for a Cold.
Take a pint of the best molasses, a tea-spoonful of powdered ginger, a quarter
of a pound of fresh butter, and let them simmer together for half an hour; then
stir in the juice of two lemons, or if you have not these, two table-spoonsful
of strong vinegar; cover over the sauce-pan, and let it stand by the fire five
minutes longer. Some of this may be taken warm or cold.
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