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Take four doses on each well day, at intervals of four hours each; this has
cured a number who had suffered with ague a long time.
Chilblains.
Put as much alum in hot water as will make it very strong; put the feet in when
it is as hot as can be borne, and keep them in till it is cold; warm it over,
and soak them every evening till they are entirely cured, by beginning in time,
it need only be applied two or three times.
When blisters are formed, take one ounce of camphor, one of sheep's tallow, and
one of sweet oil; stew them together gently till it becomes an ointment, and rub
the feet with it.
Take an ounce of glue, and melt it in a pint of hot water over the fire; stir it
until the glue is dissolved; pour it out and dip the part that is affected in
this dilution until the uneasiness or burning is allayed, which is mostly in a
few minutes.
Lock-jaw.
If lock-jaw is apprehended from a scratch or wound, bathe the injured part
frequently with weak ley, or warm pearl-ash water; make a poultice by boiling
bitter herbs in weak ley, and thicken it with corn-meal; put a little grease in
just as you put it on.
Bacon skin and the rind of fresh pork bound tightly on, are said to be good.
Falls.
If a child receives a fall, examine every part, and rub your hand on its back to
tell if any part is injured. There are instances of persons being cripples for
life, from receiving a hurt, that was not known of at the
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