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oil of spearmint, mixed in a vial with two ounces of water; keep it corked up
and shake it before giving a dose. A child of ten months old should take a
tea-spoonful every three or four hours.
If there is much pain, two drops of laudanum may be added to every other dose. A
table-spoonful is a dose for a grown person.
Erysipelas.
The decoction of sarsaparilla has proved useful in cases of erysipelas. Take two
ounces of sarsaparilla, one of sassafras, one of burdock root, and one of
liquorice; boil them slowly in three pints of water, keeping it covered close,
until reduced to one-half. Take two table-spoonsful four times a day.
While taking medicine for the erysipelas, meat and all strong food should be
avoided, and every thing that has a tendency to inflame the blood. Dusting the
parts affected, with rye or buckwheat flour, sometimes has a cooling effect, and
bathing with camphor or spirits will allay the irritation.
Nettle rash is very much like erysipelas, and the same treatment is good for
both.
Slippery-elm bark, chipped, and let to stand in cold water till it becomes
thick, is a very cooling drink. It may be filled up the second time.
Barley water is also a suitable drink.
Erysipelas is frequently brought on by violent exercise, and the perspiration
being checked too suddenly. Persons that have once had it, should avoid extremes
of heat and cold, and pay strict attention to diet--not eating any thing that
disagrees with them. All acids, particularly pickles, are improper.
The stomach should be cleansed by emetics.
Small and frequent doses of senna and salts, if taken just at going to bed, will
not occasion much sickness, and
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