The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-02-13

AND USEFUL IMPORTATION.
The Home Doctor.


To cure warts.-Cut a slice from
raw potato and rub the hand eact
night. Let the water dry on the
hand. 1t will need but few appli
cations.
Scrofula-A tea made of ripe
dried whortleberries, and drank il
the place OF water, is a sure aao
speedy cure for scrofula difficulties
For burns.-Strong, clear, fresh
lime water, mixed with as much lin
seed oil as it will cut; shake tho
bottle before applying; wrap the
burn in cotton-wadding saturated
with the lotion; wet as often as
it appears dry, without removing
the cotton from the burn for nine
days, when new skin will probably
have formed
For cholera infantum.-Wh Whites
of two eggs well beaten; then mix
with pure water, add one table
spoonful of orange flower water
and a little sugar; give table
spoonful every hour. 1t will cure
the worst case oil cholera intantum,
the egg coating the bowels ami
healing them.
Ivy poison.-In the Medical Re
cord a specific is given for the
troublesome eruption produced by
the poison ivy so common In our
woods. This specific is bromine,
which hos baar, Duoooeof,Il,- ,,cod
in at least forty cases. The bro
mine is dissolved in olive oil, cos
moline or glycerine. Bromine is
so volatile that the solution should
be renewed witain twenty-four
hours from its preparation. The
eruption never extends after the
first thorough application, and it
promptly disappears within twenty
four hours. if the application is
persisted in, and The patient is en-
tirely cured
Hoarseness and loss of voice.
We append some paragraphs on
these topics which have lately been
printed In our exchanges.
l. For hOarseness and tickling in
the throat, take a small guam ity of
powdered borax, place it on the
tongue, and let it slowly dissolve
ana run down the throat.
2. When the voice is lost, as is
sometimes the case from the effects
Of cold, simple remedy is furnish
ed by beating the white of one egg,
adding to it the juice of one lemon,
and sweetening with white sugar to
suit the taste. Take a tablespoon
full from time TO time.
3. At night before going to bed,
have ready a pint bowl into which
you have squeezed the juice of half
a lemon, add to this one teaspoon
ful Of glycerine and one or two ia
of good whisky or
brandy, pour in boiling water,
sweeten well with loaf sugar, and
drink very hot.
4. Spikenard root sliced and
bruised, and then stepped in a tea
pot containing equal parts of water
and spirits, and the vapor inhaled,
when sufficiently cooled. will relieve
The soreness and hoarseness of the
throat or lungs when arising from
cough or cold.
5. Horseradish will afford lnstan-
,aneous relief in most obstinate
cases of hoarseness. The root, of
course, possesses the most virtue,
,hough the leaves are good till they
are dry, when they lose their
strength. The root is best when it
s green The person who will use
It freely just before beginning to
speak will not be troubled with
loarsehess.
6. Beat well the whites of two
Eggs, add two tablespoonfuls of
white sugar, then CRATE in half a
lutmeg, add a pint of lukewarm
water, STIR we'll and drink often.
Repeat the preparation,if necessary.
Z. Whoever will try honey and
alum-a small portion of each-will
never suffer from hoarseness.