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fresh, and whiskey poured on it, is an excellent application for fresh cuts or
bruises.
For the stick of a needle or pin, try to make it bleed, and hold the finger in
strong vinegar and salt, as hot as you can bear it, this will prevent a
gathering.
A mashed finger should be held in hot water a few minutes.
No. 6 is a most valuable remedy for cuts or wounds; bind a linen rag over the
cut, and pour on the No. 6.
For Tetter, Warts.
Dig up the pocoon root that grows in the woods, wash and slice it, and put it in
a bottle with strong vinegar; bathe the parts with it several times a day.
Celandine root is also good, used in the same way, and either of them will
remove warts and ringworms.
Poisons, Accidents.
These are valuable remedies, and should hold a place in the memory of every one,
if possible.
Mix a spoonful of powdered mustard in a tumbler of warm water, and drink it
immediately; it acts as an emetic, and has proved effectual where an ounce of
poison has been taken into the stomach.
Where the skin is poisoned, use a wash of smartweed steeped in water, or mix
soot and cream, and apply it frequently; bruised Jamestown weed and cream is
also good.
If you have been exposed to poisonous plants, wash your face and hands
immediately in salt and vinegar, or salt and water.
When "corrosive sublimate," has been swallowed, the whites of two eggs taken
immediately will neutralize the poison, and change the effect to that of a dose
of calomel.
Persons struck by lightening should be laid on the ground, and pour water over
them till life is restored.
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