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to bed. They are easily made, and should always be at hand: it is valuable as a
cathartic in almost every case where mild medicine is necessary. The use of the
shower bath is also beneficial. Flannel should always be worn next the skin, and
the feet kept dry. Bathing with camphor sometimes relieves the pain, but there
is a danger of driving it to a more vital part. Salt and water is useful to
bathe for the rheumatism, when it is of long standing.
Deafness, Remarks.
A remarkable case of deafness was cured by the following remedy: (An aged
person, whose hearing had been very good, gradually became so deaf as not to be
able to hear common conversation; after suffering some months, the patient
thought of trying the following remedy:) of honey, brandy and sweet oil, each a
tea-spoonful, warm and mix well together; sew a soft linen rag to the eye of a
strong darning needle; dip this mop in the mixture while warm, and put it in the
ear; hold it in till cold, when renew and move it gently about; by so doing, wax
that had accumulated, hardened, and stopped the cavity, was discharged, and the
hearing of the patient restored. Wool should be worn in the ears, and an
occasional use of the mixture; also flannel round the head at night.
A young person was relieved by the persevering use of the following remedies:
Put a small blister of Spanish flies behind the ears, very high up on the hard
part, so as to be clear of the leaders, (or it will occasion pain;) when drawn,
dress them in the usual way, and as soon as healed renew them; repeat this
several times, keeping wool in the ears dipped in sweet oil, and at night put in
small pieces of fat bacon that has been boiled,
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