The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-03-21
simple Remedies.

IN country nUlEhborhuodh ~ IN often
necessary 10 send miles for doctor,
while even in the city the family ply
stefan Is not always Ia be had Oh the
instant. Therefore IL is we'll TO be
familiar with the many simple remedies
always at hand ia every housohOld-th
prompt use Of which may frequently
save pain, and sometimes life itself OF
these hot water probably deserves the
first rank, since the facility with which
il is 10 be had is not untrrqucntly n
matter Of life or death. In commissions
from teething, or IN violent attacks of
Group, the physician when lie comes
will probably al once order the hot
bath. The water for this should be just
hot enough to bear the hand in for n
few minutes, and the patient should be
immersed for only moment or two,
taken ont, wrapped in blanket, and
the operation repeated as often as nee
essary. For a sprain, however severe,
water as hot AS can possibly be endured
is among the best Of applications, and
should be rcsurted to at once. Hot lye
and water is even better than water
alone, and IA plaster OF I've and red mud
is in great favor with old-fashiuned
nurses after the hot I've and water has
been used. Salt is another efficient
remedy in many cases. Salt water,
used AS a lotion, is excellent IN cases Of
poisoning from poison OAK or ivy, and
for the bites oi wood or seed ticks. For
this il should be- strong, while weak
salt water is good for weak or inhamed
ewes. We know OF Au old French lady
who 40 sixty was able 90 read and sew
without the aid of glasses, and who at
tributed the preservation Of her eve
sight 10 the regular application Of
French brandy and salt, night and
morning, Just before going 10 bod and
Immediately ON rising The proper
tions were gill OF brandy TO teaspoon
ful OF salt--,he application % be made
with the tip of the finger On the lid Of
the closed eve. along the lashes, keep.
ing the eve closed until the brandy
drie,i. In households where bodily III
hrmity or disease calls for hot rocks OF
hot bottles. bag Of ho, salt will be
found useful IN their stead. The salt
should bc heated ia the oven. and pour
,,d into the bag, which is then sewci
up. Ii retains It's heat longer than
either water or stone, does not scorch,
and II course cannot break and wet the
bedding. Ia addition, the fact that be-
siies the heat which II affords, the salt
- itself oi value as al outward uPpllcA-
tion in cases 81 neuralgia or rheumatism.
A roasted onion wrapped in brown
paper or in a newspaper, and LAID over
the Tar as hot A. can hc borne, will r.
lieye the most intense eanche when
arising from cold and We have known
Il successful where the pain came irum
a rising inside the head, and other
remedies had iailed. Slices 81 raw
onion laii on q plate IN the chamber of
a patient III with infectious disease, actA
as a lisiniectant-A We h"ve seen It
stated that when the diseas, was small
po1, they turned black and uecAyei IN
the course Of two or three nouns, thus
proving how much atmospheric poison
they absorb An exchange is ruspunsl-
ble for the statement that sliced raw
onions placed under the arm-pits. will
relieve svcopc act as al antldote q
poison which has been taken internally.
while no one net~is 60 bc told of hcir
virtues as an an,'scorbuiic. Wet soda
will instantly relieve the pain caused 10y
the sting of hornet or beetle cIpla-
nation being that the sting poison is nn
acid aud the soda an alkah OF course
hartshorn is. for the same reason. even
better ia such cases but the soda is
often AZ hand when the hartshoru - not.
Aud when the sting Is received out Of
doors, away from the house, fresh earth
will bc found to mitigate the pain nntl
other applications can be- used. Mus
tard and warm water stirred together
is an excellent cmetlc. and when ipccac
or tartar emctic is not at hand Il should
loo given at once. Warm soapsuds will
serve the same purpose in al emergency
when nothing else is 20 be hAd-and
A life may often depend upon the
prompt action OF al emctlc. Most
country housewives are familiar with
the virtues Of boneset, horehound, wild
cherry bark and the like. Many a
country beauty dutifully drinks EarSa.
parilla tea every spring for the sake oI
her complexion. The success OF many
a patent medicine is due to the healing
prup.rtiea of these old-fashioned roots
and herbs, and where such are needed
IL In surely better 20 use them in then
purity at home than combined with we
know not what nostrums when bought
from the druggists.