Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-02-15
THE HOME DOCTOR,
THE COMPLEXION,

The COMPLEXION.
To destroy the black-points, flesh
worms, or comedones which are found
on the face, and especially near the nos
tr1ls, DIR. Unna prescribes the following:
Kaolin, four parts; glycerine, three
parts; acetic acid, two parts, with or
without the addition of some etheral oil.
With this pomade the parts effected are
covered in the evening, and if need be,
during the day. After several days the
comedones can be easily pressed out of
the skin. Bandaging with vinegar or
lemon-juice or diluted hydrochloric acid
has much the same effect.
SIMPLE TREATMENT FOR soIATIoA.
DR.. Ebrard, of Mines, states that he
has for many years treated all his cases
of sciatica and neuralgia with an i'm
provised electric apparatus, consisting
merely of flat iron and vinegar, two
things that will be found in every house.
The iron is heated until sufficiently hot
to evaporize the vinegar, and is then
covered with some wooden fabric, which
is moistened With some vinegar, and the
apparatus is applied at once to the pain
full spot. The application may be re-
peated two Or three times day. AS
rule, the disease disappears in twenty
four hours, and recovery ensues at once.
CURE FOR COLD.
A useful thing to keep in the house in
the way of a medicament for colds and
for those who don't approve of alcoholic
beverages Is wine made of ginger in
two ways: Boil together four gallons of
water and seven pounds of sugar, skim
ming it all the time; when cold squeeze
in the juice of three lemons; then boil
the peels with three ounces of white gin
ger in three pints of water one hour;
when cold put it all into a cask with one
gill of Things and three and half pounds
of Malaga raisins; then close it up, let it
stand two months and bottle it off. It
is said that lump of unslacked lime put
into the cask will keep wine from turn
ing sour. To null ginger wine: Boil to
one wine glass full and half of water
half an ounce OF cinnamon, some slightly
bruised ginger and some cloves, with
three ounces of fine white sugar, until
they form thick syrup, which must not
be allowed to burn. Pour in one pint of
ginger wine and stir it gently until it is
on the point of boiling, then serve ina
mediately. The yolk of four eggs
stirred into the mixture will be perhaps
considered great improvement, or GER
tainly an improvement on tea, to again
quote that good old Pepys, "for colds
and defuxions.
BEEF TEA.
Very savory beef tea, suitable for
convalescent, may be made In the fol-
lowing manner: Take two ounces of but
ter; put it into frying pan or spider
over a clear fire; when it is melted throw
in two small onions shredded finely; stir
them until they are nice brown. Have
ready one pound of lean beef cut into
pieces the size of dice; put it into the
pan, and let it brown also. Turn the
contents of the spider into q saucepan;
add one quart of cold water, and let it
simmer until reduced to pint. Strain
it before using. The pure juice may be
extracted from beef in two ways: First,
by cutting the meat into small pieces,
immersing it in hot water, and boiling
for several hours. Second, by taking
thick piece of juicy steak, broiling it on
a gridiron over a clear fire for a few
minutes, then cutting it in strips and
pressing it in lemon squeezer. The
juice thus obtained may be given either
cold or hot. It may be frozen, broken
into Jumps, and given Like cracked ice.
A little salt should be added before
using. An invalid who is tired of beef
tea will sometimes drink it cold or iced
with great relish. Enough isinglass or
gelatine may be added to the juice to
make a jelly.-Christi0a Union.