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water and applied to the neck, changing as often as they begin to cool, has the
most potency for removing inflammation of anything we ever tried. It should be
kept up for a number of hours; during the evening is usually the most convenient
time for applying this remedy.
Cut slices of salt pork or fat bacon, simmer a few moments in hot vinegar, and
apply to throat as hot as possible. When this is taken off, as the throat is
relieved, put around a bandage of soft flannel. A gargle of equal parts of borax
and alum, dissolved in water, is also excellent. To be used frequently.
Camphorated oil is an excellent lotion for sore throat, sore chest, aching
limbs, etc. For a gargle for sore throat, put a pinch of chlorate of potash in a
glass of water. Gargle the throat with it twice a day, or oftener, if necessary.
WHOOPING COUGH.
Two level tablespoonfuls of powdered alum; two-thirds of a cupful of brown
sugar, dissolved in two quarts of water; bottle and put in a dark closet where
it is cool.
For a child one year old, a teaspoonful three times a day on an empty stomach.
For a child two years old, two teaspoonfuls for a dose. For a child five years
old, a tablespoonful. The state of the bowels must be attended to, and the doses
repeated accordingly. No other medicine to be taken, except an emetic, at first,
if desirable. Except in the case of an infant, a milk diet is to be avoided.
DIARRH“EA.
Take tincture of Jamaica ginger one ounce, tincture of rhubarb one ounce,
tincture of opium half ounce, tincture of cardamom one and one-half ounces,
tincture of kino one ounce. Mix. Dose for an adult, half to one teaspoonful,
repeated every two to four hours; and for children one year old, five drops; two
years old, five to ten drops; three years old, ten to twelve drops, and older
children in proportion to age.
FOR CONSTIPATION.
One or two figs eaten fasting is sufficient for some, and they are especially
good in the case of children, as there is no trouble in getting them to take
them. A spoonful of wheaten bran in a glass of water is a simple remedy, and
quite effective, taken half an hour before breakfast; fruit eaten raw; partake
largely of laxative food; exercise in the open air; drink freely of cold water
during the day, etc. It is impossible to give many of the numerous treatments in
so short a space, suffice it to say that the general character of our diet and
experience is
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