Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-02-07
Eleven Hints on Coughing.

III In a lecture the celebrated DR.. Brown
Sequard gave the folio wing directions,
which NAV prove serviceable to persons
troubled with nervous cough Cough
ing can be stopped by pressing on the
nerves Of the lip in the neighborhood of
the nose. A pressure there may prevent
a cough when it is beginning. Pressing,
also, in the nelghborhood of the ear may
prevent coughing. Pressing very hard on
the top of the mouth inside, is also means
of stopping coughing. And 1 may say that
the will has immense power, too. There
Was French surgeon who used to say,
whenever he entered the wards of his hos
pitfalls, 1.-The patient who coughs will be
deprived OF food today 1t was exceed
ingly rare that patient coughed then. :"
(2) One lemon, two ounces liquorice root,
four ounces chopped raisins, four ounces
flaxseed. tut into two quarts water, and
boil down to one quart. Take tea
spoonful three times day, and as often
as you cough. ~ Melt some resin at
night On going to bed and let the smoke
from it fill the room. Inhalipg the smoke
| heals the Inflammation, and sleep is often
for much coughing. Persevere until a
cure is effected. A change for the better
| should be felt within a week. (4) One
ounce of elecampane root; one ounce OF
wild cherry bark; one ounce OF comfray
\ root; one ounce of hoarhound. Boil we'll
! in two quarts Of water; add one pound of
1 brown sugar; strain and add one pint OF
4 the best spirits. Take halt wine glass
three times day. 81 Take OF sunfiower
/ seed one pint, steep i'll three pints ct water
\ to one pint; strain, and add one pound OF
4 loaf sugar, and one pint OF best Holland
4 gin. Before adding the gin, let the sugar
1 and syrup sCeep ten minutes. Dose, q
| tablespoonful three or four times a day.
(6) One ounce of thoroughWort, one ounce
| of faxseed; simmer together in one quart
| of water until the strength is entirely ex
/ tracted; strain carefully; add one pint OF
/ best molasses and half-pound loaf sugar;
| simmer thoroughly together, and when
| cold bottle tight. A few doses of one tea
4 spoonful at a TIM will alleviate the most
| distressing cough of the lungs, subdues any
| tendency to consumption, breaks up ell
| tirely the whoOplng- cough, asthma, bron-
l chitls, and all affections of the lungs and
| throat (7) Take one ounce elecampane
4 root, one ounce aniseed, one ounce HcOrlce
| root, all powdered; one ounce sulphur. one
4 quart brandy, one pint honey. one pint
A water. Mix in an earthen vessel; let it
4 heat slowly before the fire about a quarter
1 of an hour, then SET fire to it and let it
1 burn fifteen minutes. stirring it occasion
| ally. Next day strain it off, and to the
same ingredients put half Of the above
| quantity of liquids and observe the same
! process. Then add the first and last to-
4 gether. (S) One ounce sweet oil, one
4 ounce sweet nitre, one ounce paragoric.
! one ounce ipecac, mix in one pint Of syrup
4 and take teaspoonful every hour OF two.
4 10y Hive syrup, ipecac syrup, .paragoric, OF
4 each one ounce. Dose from five drops to
4 teaspooaful, according to age, every
4 three hours. (1O) Take three ounces OF
| comfrey roots and six handfuls of planta-
| ton leaves, cut them finely, crush and
4 beat well together; strain them through a
i clean cloth or sieve; weigh it; add the
I same weight in white crushed sugar; boil
4 to a syrup. lD Boil three lemons fo1
Il fifteen minutes. Slice them thin while
hot over one pound of loaf sugar. Put on
i the fire III porcelain lined saucepan and
i stew till the syrup is quite thick. After
1 taking it from the fire, add one tablespoon
j full Of oil of sweet almonds. Stir till
/ thoroughly mixed and cool. If more than
small quantity is desired, double the
l above proportions.-V Various Sources.