The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-06-09
USEFUL RECIPES.

CURE FoR 1NGsowIxG NAILs.-A cores
pondent of the Boston Medical and Surgic-
al Journal. (Dr. n. Green, of Hartford,
Conn, states that condemnation by hot tai
low is an immediate cure for ingrowing
nails. He says:
The patient on whom / first tried this
plan was young lady. who had been IN
able to put on a shoe for several months,
and decidedly the worst case that have ev-
er seen. The disease had been of long
standing. The edge of the nail was deeply
undermined, the granulatlons formed a high
ridge, partly covered with skin, and pus
constantly oozed from the root of The nail.
The whole toe was swollen and extremely
tender and painful. My mode of proceed
ing was this; ] put very small piece OF
tallow in spoon and heated it over lamp
till it become very hot. and dropped two or
three drops between the nail and the granu-
lations. The effect was almost magical
Pain and tenderness were at once relieved,
and in few days the granulations were all
gone, the diseased parts dry and destitute
of feeling, and the edge of the nail exposed
so as to admit of being pared away without
any inconvenience. The cure was COM
plete, and the trouble never returned.
ho'O SiiON WIS PiaAA pOatCOlS Sih1CB
with the same satisfactory results. The
operation causes but little if any pain, if
the tallow is properly heated. A repetition
might in some cases be necessary, although
I have never met with a case that did not
yield to one application. Admitting the
theory of DR.. Lorinser to be correct, the
nsodus operandi is very plainly to be seen.
The liquid cautery insinuates itself in every
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into the ulcer at the matrix of the nail, ac-
complishing in one minute, without pain,
all that can be effected by the painful appli-
cation of nitrate of silver for several weeks.
How TO SELECT FLouR-First, look at
the color; if it is white. with a slightly yell
lowish or straw colored tint, buy il. II it
is very white. with blush cast, or with
black specks in it. refuse it. Second, ex-
anime the adhesiveness, wet and knead a
little of it between your fingers: if it works
soft and sticky, it is poor. Flour from
spring wheat is likely to be sticky. Third,
throw lump of dry flour against dry,
smooth perpendicular surface, if it fails
like powder, it is bad. Fourth, squeeze
some of the flour in your hand; if it retains
the shape given to it by the pressure, that,
too, is good sign. Flour that will stand
all these tests is safe to buy. These modes
are given by old -four dealers, and we make
no apology for printing them, as they per-
tain to a matter that concerns every body,
namely, the quality of the staff of life.
How TO MEND CH1YA.-From an En-
glish almanac, we, long time since. cut a
receipt for mending china. and the opportu-
nifty having occurred for trying it we found
it admirable. the fracture being scarcely
visible after the article was repaired. 1t is
made thus: Take very thick solution of
gum arabic in water, and stir it into plas-
ter of Paris until the mixture becomes a
viscous paste. Apply it with brush to
the fractured edges and stick them together.
In three days the article cannot again be
broken in the same place. The whiteness
of the cement renders it doubly valuable
Exchange.
To RESTORE CRACKED IvoRY.--The.beau-
tiful little ornaments of Ivory very often
become cracked from standing in warm
room. If suds be made of warm water
and CASTLE soap, and applied to the cracks
with cancels hair brush, after the brush
has passed over them several times gradu-
ally draw together. and the crack will dis
appear. Do not wipe off all the moisture,
but merely press it with a soft rag until the
surface is smooth and dry.