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and tie a handkerchief around to keep them warm. When the blisters are healed,
the hair should be cut short, to enable the patient to bathe the head in cold
water, which should be poured from a pitcher; begin with it a little warm and
gradually get it colder; this should be persevered in, even in cold weather;
wipe the head and tie it up till dry. I have been induced to make these remedies
public, by seeing several interesting young persons suffering from deafness,
with a hope that they may be of use.
Remedy for Sick Head-ache.
A table-spoonful of table salt, dissolved in a pint of water, as warm as you can
drink it; take at two doses, and drink freely of luke-warm water, until it
causes vomiting; put a hot brick to the feet, and avoid the air, which will
check the perspiration.
The Oil of Butter.
A Remedy for Dysentery.
Put half a pound of fresh butter in a quart of boiling water, to extract the
salt; let it melt and boil up. If there should be any curds on the top, take
them off, then skim off the clear butter, and keep it covered by the fire; give
from one to two table-spoonsful at a time, three or four times a day.
This is useful in cases of dysentery, and is also soothing to the stomach, after
violent vomiting for a long time.
Sometimes a plaster of mustard put on the stomach stops vomiting.
For Dysentery and Diarrh“a.
The following prescription from an eminent physician has proved valuable: Take
of calcined magnesia
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