Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-08
@arshall County Republican
PLYnouTH. INDIANA.
TIE HOME DOCTOR.


For QUNsY-Take common raisins
and eat them slowly, letting the juice run
down the throat. 1t is a sure cure, and
also pleasant medicine.
BEE-SrIN'G REMEDY. correspondent
of the Gardner's Magazine writes as
follows: A young man employed near
bees had the misfortune of being stung.
No remedy being near at hand, I re-
membered Mr.. Gordon's note on the
cure of blessings. recommended him
to apply common soil to the wound, as
described by Mr.. Gordon, and it imme-
diately relieved the pain and prevented
the swelling. Such receipt is of more
value than gold to all vino have anything
to do with bees. 1 formerly used COM
mon blue for the blessings, but COM
mon soil is preferable.
REMEDY FOR CRoUP.@Spirits of tur-
pentine is sovereign remedy for Group.
Saturate piece of flannel with it and
place it on the throat and chest, and
send for your family physician. If the
case be very urgent, and the child in great
distress, and the distance to the doctors
residence be very great, drop three drops
of the turpentine on lump of sugar and
give internally. Or a good emetic of
tincture of blood root, or lobelia, or both
combined, should be given. Every fam
lily should keep bottle of turpentine in
the house.
How TO ADMINISTER RAW MEAT AS
FooD.-It is sometimes desirable, or
even necessary, to give patients raw meat,
and in most cases the difficulty of getting
people. to take livery great. The follow
ing mode is a process of NJ Yvon's, and
meat so prepared can be taken either in
a solid or liquid state: He takes OF raw
beefsteak $50 parts +; blanched sweet al
monds, 5parts bitter almonds, parts;
white sugar, so parts. The almonds are
first blanched, and then pounded up
with meat and sugar.
CURE FOR A FELON.-As soon as dis
covered, take some spirits of trlrpentine
in cup, dip the finger in it, and then
hold the hand near hot fire till dry
then dip it in again, and repeat for fif-
teen minutes, or until the pain ceases.
The next day with sharp knife pare off
the thick skin, and you will find some
thing like a honey-comb filled with clear
water, open the cells and the felon is
gone. If the felon is too far gone for
turpentine, oil of origanum, treated in the
same way, viii cure. If too far advanced
for either cure, the felon will be bene.
fitted, as it will be less painful. Never
draw it.
REMOVAL OF TAPEwoRM- writer in
the Druggists Circular says that in
treating some cases of tapeworm he has
employed no preliminary provisions be-
yond forbidding the patient to take any
breakfast the day on which it is intended
to remove the worm, and giving him q
large dose of Rochelle salts the preced-
ing night. At 10 O'Clock in the morning,
a dose is given made of one-half ounce
of bark of pomegranate root, one-hali
dram pumkin seed, one dram ethereal
extract of male fern, one-half dram pow
dered ergot, two drains powdered gum
arabic, and two drops croton oil. The
pOmegranate bark and pumkin seeds are
thoroughly bruised, and, with the ergot,
boiled in eight ounces of water for fiji.
teen minutes, then strained through q
coarse cloth. The croton oil is first well
rubbed up with the acacia and extract of
male fern, and then formed into an emul-
sion with the decoction. In each case
the worm was expelled alive and entire
within two hours. In each case, too, the
worm was passed with the head firmly
fastened to the side of its body at about
the widest part, from which it was with
difficulty removed.