The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-06-16
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FOOD CURE.

FOOD CURE.
The following article from the late mum
bcr of Halls Journal of Health, will be
found valuable for reference. Sumo of the
items have already appeared IN our
columns
I:re fruits and berries. slightly acid, will
remove the ordinary diarlheas OF early sum
,ncr.
Common rice, rarchcd brown. like cof
fee, and then boiled and eaten in the orli,
nary WAY, without any othcr food, is, with
perfect Iuietude Of body, one Of the most
elective remedies for troublesome loose.
ness Of bowels.
Some OF the scvcrcst forms of that dis.
treSsi"s a''mrn', called Iysentcrv is,
when the bowels pass blood, with constant
desire, yet vain efforts to stool-aro some
times entirely cured hy the patient eating
OF Il hcarng tablespoonful at time OF
raw beef, cup up very fine, and repeated ut
intervals Of four hours until cured, catin"
and drinking nothing else in the mean
time.
If person swallows any poison what
ever, or has fallen into convulsinns l,y
overioadln1 The stomach, IN instantaneous
remedy, more efficient and applicable in Il
large number of eases than any half Il dozen
cases we can now think ot, is a hcarin"
tea spoonful of common salt and AS much
ground mu,la,d, stirred rapidly in Il cup Of
water, warm or cold, swallowed instantly.
1t is scarcely down before it beSns:o % come
up, bringing with i, the rcn,aiuin. contents
Of the stomach /; and les; there be any
| remnant OF poison, however small, le, the
white OF an egg, or Il len cupiui of strong
coffee, bc swallowed as soon as the stomach
is quiet, because these very common arli-
cIcs nullity larger number Of vrucnt poi
SONS than any medicines in the shops.
In case Of scald.ng. or Of burning the
body, imIneraing in cod water gives entire
relief, as instan,ancously as the lightning.
Meanwhile, set some common dry flour,
and apply it an inch or two thcI. on the
injured part, the moment it erncrges from
the water, and keep sprinklins on the -four
through anything like a pcpper-box cover,
;" AS to put it on evenly. DO nothing
else, drink nothing but water, cat nothing
until improvement commences, except some
dry bread softcncd in some very weak tea
OF some kind. Cures Of lrightiul Lurnings
have been performed in this way, as won
dc,iul as they are painless.
Erysipclas, n disease often coming with
out rrcmoni,ion, and ending fatally in
three or four days, is sometimes promptly
cured by applying pouticc OF raw cram
berries pounded, and placed on the parts
over night.
Insect bites, and even those OF a rattle
snake, have PASSED harmless, by stirring
enough Of common salt in the yolk of ii
good egg to make it, sufficiently thin for
plaster, to be kept on the bitten parts
CostIvc bowels have an agreeable remedy
III the Tree Use OF tomatoes at meals, their
seeds acting in the way Of the seeds of
white mustard or figs, 10y stimulating the
coats Of the bowels over which they pass,
III their whole State, TO increased action.
a remedy Of equal efficiency in the same
direction, is cracked whcat-lhat is. COM
mon wheat grains, broken into two or three
pieces, and then boiled until il is rs soft AS
rice, and eaten mainly at two meals Of the
day, with butter or moasses.
! Common sweet cider, boiled down to
one-ha!!, makes most excellent syrup for
coughs and colds Of children, is pleasant to
the taste, and will keep good throughout
the year in a cool cellar
recovering from an illness, the system
has IL craving for some pleasant acid drink.
This is found in cidar which is placed on
the fire rs soon rs made, and allowed to
come to boil, then cooled. put in casks,
and kept in a cool cellar. Treated thus, it
remains for many months as good as the
day it was made.
We once saved the life Of an infant
which had been inadvertently drugged
with laudanum, and was fast sinking into
the sleep which knows no awaking, by
giving it strong coffee, cleared with the
white OF an egg, teaspoonful every five
minutes, until it ceased to be drowsy.
Why is it, asked a Frenchman of a
Switzer, that you Swiss always fight for
money, while we French only fight for
honorF Il suppose said the Swift.
zer, that both fight for what they most
Lack
A Yankee who had seen Powers Greek