White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-10-19
Asefnl aud Gnrions.


CHLbLAINS.-Ibeee sores arc caused Oy froet,
and are very Troublesome, and often painful.
Where the skin is not broken, bathe the part in
strong alum water. This viii cure, II continued
week or two.
BLEEDING AT THE NosR.-Grate dried salt beef
and take two or three pinchcs - snuff. This Is
said always to cure. Other remedies will often
suppress it-such rs the following: Raise the left
back Of the head and neck in cold water. Tie u
thread very tight around the little finger.
wARTs.-wet them with tobacco juice and rub
them with chalk Another,-Rub them with fresh
| beef every day until they begin 10 disappear
This last is simple and efe.tuaL
CoRNs.-Take half an ounce of verdigris, two
ounces of beeswax, two ounces Of ammonia; melt
the two last ingredients together, and just before
| they are cold add the verdigris. Spread it on
pieces Of linen, and apply it, after pairing the corn
| This has cured inveterste cOrns
For A STING.-Bind on the place thick plaster
of common salt, or salerstus moistened-it will
sOonextract the venom.
add vinegar and ley and wash often. Gunpowdcr
and vinegar is also good. AnOther.-Lay PEN
ny in q spoonful Of vinegar, and after standing
few hours, wash it frequently. This will cure.
RIcKETs.-Keep the bowels regular-bathe the
body in tepd salt and water. Friction, air, exer-
| cise, and nutritious diet are important.
For RING WORMANDSCALD HEAD.-Givec cream
| bowels. Wash the head with fine soap and water,
and apply the citron or yellow ointment once
day. Also simmer decocti0n ofelder with cream,
| until an ointment il formed, and apply daily
| washing As above and taking the cream of tartar
| and sulphur.
ANorHER-Take of sulphate of potash. recent
ly prepared, three drachms; Spanish white soap
one drachm and half; limewafer seven ounces
| and half; spirits Of wine in phial. Battle the
head few times, morning and evening and it
will soon heal, without shaving the head.
SALT RHEUM..One quart Of vinegar to omar
ter Of pound Of litharge, boiled down to a-half
pint. When settled, turn it carefully from the
| sediment. Take o stick, round at the end, and
stir in two ounces Of sweet oil, or more until it
forms consistence thicker than cream. This has
cured very bad cases. Remedies for the blood
| should always be given while healing any cuta-
neOus disease.
THE ITcH.-To the above, add one scruple of
red precipitate, and the same quantity of pulver-
lied sal-ammOnia, and it is an infallible remedy
for this lOathsOme disease.
A CREAx, OR PAIN IN THE BACK SIDE, SHOUL-
DER, ETc.-Spread plaster Of brown hard soap
a CLOTH wet it with volatile Imminent, and
sprinkle it well with cayenne pepper, and it will
relieve entirely in day or two.
PoLYPUs.-Take pulverized blOOdrOot and bay
berry, equal parts, and use it as snuff. If the
passage is nearly closed, take a small swab, wet
and dip it into the snuff, and touch the diseased
part as far up as possible.
For WOUNDs.-W0nnds occasiOned by anything
that wouldproduce lock jaw such as nails, needless
&c, bath with I've or pearlash water, and bind
rind of pork Spirits of turpentine is also good.
Soft soap and salt, or chalk kept moist, is pre-
ventive for this dangerous disease; if from neg
lect this disease has been occasi0ned, without
delay, you must give medicine to sicken the stom-
ach, and use a warm bath to relax the nerves,
and an anOdyne, once in four hours. If il does
not yield to this treatment, and the jaw is fixed
HAT al.
lection, with the addition of strong tea of pecac,
and from half an ounce to an ounce of laudanum.
AGUE IN THE FACE.-A plaster made of brown,
hard soap and brown sugar, mashed together,
spread as plaster and applied, is an excellent rem
edy, when the inflammation is great, and will soon
relieve. But preventive and a remedy, in the
commencement of this disease, is bathing the face
with strong camphor, and applying volatile lIni-
ment to the gums, and getting the face and ears
warm as soon rs possible. Ginger pOultices are
also good.
RHEUMAnsM.-A simp,e tea of gum guiac and
and queen OF the meadow, gives often great relief
in chronic rheumatism, and in weakness of the
limbs.
EXCAVATIONS AND SOREs.-For sores that will
not heal with common remedies, use the citron or
yellow ointment, two or three times a day, at the
same time taking cleansing remedies for the blood
nearly of, in single day, or night and acts like
charm. 1t may be found at the druggists.
DEAFNEss.-Take five drops of sassafras OIL
half an ounce of sweet oil, mix, and drop into the
ear, once or twice q day. AnOther-A solution of
creOsote is also recommended, the only sensation
produced being an agreeable warmth
HYDROPHOBIA.-Wash and cleanse the wound,
and apply to every part Of it the nitrate of silver
commonly called lunar caustic. This destroys the
poison and the surface Of the wound, which will
come away. If the wound be deep, the canstc
should be pointed to reach every part. If faith
fully applied, celebrated physician declares the
patient perfectly safe.
CHAPPED LIPS AND HANDs.-Take equal parts
of beeswax and rosin, or Burgundy pitch, mutton
fallow or sweet oil, enough to make soap or
ointment; you may add little rose water. This
occasionally applied, will relieve soon.
SIMPLE ANDPERFECr CURE FOR BURxs.-Takeo of
essence of peppermint and whiskey, in proportions
of one part peppermint and three of spirits, and
apply with cloths, and it gives perfect relief in
stantly. Peppermint and sweet oil is equally
at hand, whenever there is danger from such ae- |
cidents, as 1t acts like charm, and will not fail
to relieve.
ACID acknowledgement chalk, to be found |
always at the druggists, is an excellent remedy |
for this complaint, and all unpleasant headaches
form of dyspepsia, and is sometimes relievd by
the use of this simple remedy.
To PREVENT BRUISES FROM TURNING BLACK
Make plaster Ofsat and tallow to cover the wound
MORTIFIcAnoN.-Applypo ultices of yeast thick
ened, If convenient, with fiour of slippery elm,
warm and renewed often, giving the patient q
glass Of yeast three or four times day, and
tonic bitters.
For SPRAINs AND BRUrsEs.-Take pint of soft
soap. handful of salt, Tablespoon of saltpeter
powdered, and apply to the part affected, with a
bandage. This remedy is to be used when the
skin is not broken.
FELON.-Take blue fag-root and wild turnip;
! handful of each. stewed in half pint of hogs
ard. and strained, add four teaspoonfuls of tar,
md simmer them together. Apply this ointment
until il breaks. Add beeswax and rosin to the
,intment for salve todress il with aterit breaks
his is an infallbe cure. without losing the Joint
rhe root of the feur-de-ls, the Iris four gardens
,oiled soft and mashed finc with little meal OF
iour, to make poultice, is another safe and sure
emedy. The poke-root is said to be equally good
These remedies are safe, and have given relief
md effected cures
To Stop THE BLEEDING OF WOUND-Lay on
he oriice, lint; If that is not sufficient, put on
lour and then lint
CUTs.-Bind on brown sugar until il ceases
then apply any common healing salve,
nth sugar melted in il; this takes out the sore
less, better than the salve alone.
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