Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-03
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

IT is said that a poultice Of fresh tea
leaves roistened with water will cure a
stye on the eyelid.
The true philosophical way of treat
ing burns or scalds is to ut once exclude
the air, with cotton batting. flour.
scraped potato, or anything that is
handiesI.
EAR-AcHE. Take small piece of cot
ton wool, make q depression in tue CEN
ter and I'LL it with pepper, gather into a
ball and tie it up; dip it into sweet oil
and insert it into the ear.
Mr.. SoorT, of Jersey City, claims
that the following will positively cure
neuralgia Take the leaves Of the large
field thistle (not the Canada), press q
gallon measure full Of them and fill the
measure full of water. Boil them down
to q half-gallon. Strain off the water
and let it cool. OF this take q wine
glassful every morning before breakfast
and wineglassful every afternoon Just
before tea. Take the leaves OF the same
Kind of thistle, pusthem into a clean
cloth, and pound them into jelly. Put
layer of this on the afflicted part !;
bind on with cloths every night. Be
sure and get the leaves fresh.
CoLDs, taken in hand promptly, are
easily remedied. IL they are allowed to
cling on for q few days, they usually
run their course" OF couple If weeks.
if not much longer. For slight cold.
accompanied with sore throat. simple
remedy, often effective, is teaspoonful
or more Of powdered chlorate OF potash
In q tumbler of waterfall that will dis
solve. A teaspoonfsd of the solution is
to be gargled in the throat and swal-
lowed, repeating it every hour or so. A
sudden, severe cold is most often broken
by gentle physic of ealcined magnesia
or castor oil, with warm foot bath. and
avoiding any chill or draught Of cir for
day or two. For filing up of the lungs
and much gathering or coughing use q
simple cough strip, made by mixing
equal quantities of sirup OF ipecac, pare.
gorlc and castor oil, or sweet oil shake
well, aud take from half to a full tea
spoonful, according to age, three or
more times day as needed. A warm
sweat is good, if great care be taken to
have no chilly feeling for few hours
after. II one does not cool off very
gradually, more cold will be taken.
Group is, in some families, much dread
ed. Its cultural cough is unmistakable
after having once heard it. When iirst
noticed administer strip of ipecac--ten
drops for an infant, up to twenty drops
to a large child--eyery hour or SO until
vomiting is produced. Then use the
above cough sIrup three times day. or
more if needed. III more than slight
attack, the strip OF ipecac Is accompan-
led with foot baths as warm as can be
borne, with tablespoonful of good
mustard stirred into each gallon of water.
In addition the chest and neck are well
bathed with camphorated oil or volatile
liniment, and covered with flannel lined
with thick cotton batting. 1t is wei
where Group is feared to keep ready for
use flannel cut 10 fit the chest and
neck, with tying strings on the neck cor
ners, and with thick cotton batting
stitched on to the under side. These
remedies have proved effective in ordin-
airy Group. II at all severe and not
yielding immediately to the above simple
home treatment, a physician must be
called in.