The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-01-07
HIM AND HOUSEH0fD


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Iee, ana tnen Dohed and eaten in the ordi-
nary way, without any other food, is, with
peiIect quletude OF body, one Of the most
enecuve remeues3for troublesome loose
ness OF bowels.
some OF the severest forms of that dis
tresstng ai!ment called dysentery, that is,
wnen sne bowels pass blood, with con-
slant desire, yet vain efforts to stool, are
someumes entirely cured by the patient
eaung heaping tablespoonful at time
Oh raw peer, cut up very fine, and repeat
ed at intervals of four hours, until cured,
eatng and drinking nothing else In the
meanwhile.
II person swallows any poison what
ever, or has fallen into commissions from
having overloaded the stomach, an in
stantaneous remedy, more efficient and
applicable in larger number of cases
than any half dozen medicines we can
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common salt and as much ground mus
tard, stirred rapidly in teacup of water,
warm or cold, and swallowed instantly.
1t is scarcely down before it begins to
come I'D, bringing with it the remaining
contents of the stomach, and lest there
be any remnant of a poison, however
small, let the white of an egg, OF. teacup
| of strong coffee, be swallowed as soon as
the stomach is quiet; because these very
common articles nullify larger number
OF virulent poisons than any medicines In
the shops.
In case of scalding or burning the body,
immersing the part IN cold water gives
entire relief, as instantaneously as the
lightning. Meanwhile, get some common
dry flour, and apply it an inch or two
thick on the injured part, the moment it
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ling on the -four through ANYTHING like a
pepper-box cover, so as to nut it on even
fy. Do nothing else, drink nothing but
water, eat nothing, until Improvement
commences, except some dry bread soft.
ened in very weak tea of some kind.
Cures of frightful burnings have been
| performed in this way. as wonderful as
they are painless.
Erysipelas, disease often coming with
| out premonition. and ending fatally in
! three or four DAYS. is sometimes promptly
cured BY applying a poultice of raw Gran.
berries pounded. and nlaced on the mart
over night.
| Insect bites and even that of a rattle.
snake, have passed harmless nv stirring
enouob IF comron colt =, thc Iii e ,
goo6 COO tn male = s,,fao;artIv "a, eor =
SSIs.tore 20 y L. Pun. thin ioi
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NeSGlaigLa ana toothacne are sometimes
ePsouny renewed ~ applying 10 the wrist
4uah'i'y Oh bruised or grated horse
ra1isn.
| Cosuve bowels nave an agreeable rem
coy ID the Tree use OF tomatoes at meals
their set ds acting In the way of white
mustard or figs, by stimulating the coats of
the bowels over which they pass in their
whole state to increased action.
A remedy of equal efficiency, in the
same direction, is 'cracked wheat-that is,
common wheat grains, broken into two or
three pieces, and then boiled until it is as
soft as rice, and eaten mainly at two
| meals OF the day, with butter or molasses.
Common sweet cider, boiled down to