The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-06-14
THE MEDICINE CHEST.
Simple Remedies for Common All.
montS,

Simple Remedies for Common All.
ments.
A knowledge of simple remedies for
common ailments is essential for house,
wives who would drive pain from their
houses prevent ruinous doctors bills,
and above all keep the system from fire.
quent drugging. give few remedies
that may prove of use:
For acute pain in the stomach and
bowels, try strong saltpetre water.
Wiring good.sized piece of flannel from
this solution, and apply hot to the part
affected, laying over it another piece of
flannel; cover the patient we'll in bed
and lay hot brick at the feet.
A tea made by sleeping twigs from q
peach tree is excellent for worms.
Butter and sugar, about three parts Of
the latter thoroughly mi xed with one Of
the former are excellent to check
throat. If this does not avail, melt the
mixture and add little vinegar. MANY
find relief by adding little rock sail, or,
If this is impossible to obtain, table salt
will answer the same purpose, although
the first is much the better. One trou-
bled with hacking cough should never
be found without a bit ofhoarhound can
dy or few kernels OF rock salt in the
pocket, with which to check an attack at
church or during calls.
The white of an egg, into which a
small teaspoonful of sugar has been
stirred, is an excellent re medy for Group.
Give this at the first symptom, and if the
hoarse cough is not soon checked, sec
ond is needed, and in rare cases a third.
The whites of three eggs, and sometimes
the whites of two, will act as an emetic.
The little patient should have teaspoon
full of castor oil in the beginning, and then
little goose oil or hens oil occasionally,
until the cough is loosen; and the throat
and chest should be anointed with the
same.
Melt half an ounce of camphor gum;
half an ounce of glycerine, and one
pound Of mutton tallow, and apply to
the hands every night. It will whiten
them nicely. For homemade camphor-
ice, melt half teacupful of mutton tai
low, put into it piece Of camphor gum
about the size of large hickory nut, and
add teaspoonful of olive oil. Pour in
to mould to harden. Pulverized borax
is excellent todrop into the water to
soften the skin. II your hands are rough
when you wash them, dip your fingers
in the borax and rub your hands
thoroughly together.
One of set of small drawers in my
pantry is called the salve box. In one
end is small compartment like the till
of an old-fashioned chest; and in this are
kept salves of various kinds. In the
drawer there is always to be found an
abundance of old soft cotton and linen
cloths, with few strong strips for band
ages, ball of soft yarn
(Which, being flexible, is much better
than Irvine for tying up infamed fingers);
fluffy bits of cotton batting and pieces OF
old kid gloves for spreading salve upon.
Something very adhesive, like baisam
| fir salve, is a necessity, as a very little
here and there along the bandage for a
sore finger will make string necessary,
beside Keeping the cloth in place much
better than if used on.
A salve excellent for drawing and suit.
able for use in case of felon or any lesser
sore of the kind. is made in the follow
| ing manner: Take the yolk of one egg
salt, and one teaspoonful of finely
| powdered camphor gum, one teaspoon:
full of fine salt, and one teaspoonful OF
spirits of turpentine. This will make
the mixture thick and salvy, and easily
spread on old linen. If the case is very
urgent indeed, twice the quantity Of
camphor gum can be used, and in a few
cases. where the individual cannot bear
| the touch Of turpentine, only q few
| drops need be added. This is to be
laid over the felon for an hour or two.
or as long as the patient can endure it,
and then replaced by a cooling poultice.
If applied in the first stages, the sore
will be drawn rapidly to a head, and
weeks of pain avoided If very painful
put little laudanum on the poultice and
if that does not relieve, battle the hand
with chloroform.
After the felon has broken, or at any
stage when it is advisable to apply a
soft poultice, there can be nothing bet
ter than faxseed meal. Pour boiling
water slowly over tablespoonful of the
meal until a soft poultice is made-not
soft enough to run, or dry enough to be-
come easily hard. A little experience
will enable one to get it justflght: In
this rather than poultices Of Indian
meal, as it is not so heavy for the pa
TENTS chest, remains moist longer, and
is more easily prepared. Mash" poul-
tees must be sewed inside a fiat bag, Or
the meal will scatter as soon as slightly
dry; but this is 80 adhesive that the cloth
only; needs to be, folded together with
the edges pressed down. tits necessary
that the meal (Which may be bought of
any druggist) be kept in glass, TN or
stone ware, as the oil Zone of the essen
tial properties must not be lost.
I'VE think the application advised by
our correspondent for Group needs to
have an addition of turpentine in order
to set up counter irritation; and care
should be taken to keep it we'll up about
the windpipe-this, rather than the
chest, being the seat of the trouble,
though, of course, the chest should not
be neglected. But if there is fever or
continuous hoarseness, or if the harsh
cough does not speedily yield to treat
ment, it is very risky to treat the case
without professional advice. It may
turn out to be true (membraneous) Group;
and if, unfortunately, such is the case,
no ''amateur doctoring" will have the
| slightest chance of SUCCESSFULLY
Country Gentleman.
Styles i'm Hair-DressIng.
Brooklyn Eagle.
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