The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-14
Simple Home Remedies.

A Cure-all-Camph0 OLA
simple homemade liniment than is al
most magical in its results is composed
of kerosene, camphor gum and sweet
oil. Into quart bottle put pint oi
kerosene, and add as much camphol
gum as will dissolve, adding little
more day by day and shakeng thor
oughly. Then add a half pint o.
sweet oil, shake well, and 1t is ready
for use. 1t should he we'll corked and
kept out of the way of children. Use
for burns, cuts, bruises, stiff neck joints
sore throat, bunions, and about all the
ailments that flesh is heir 10, as it " III
cure, and that right speedily, almost
every thing; and in our faminy it has
egained the soubriquet of "cure-all. "
To illustrate - A young girl severely
scalded her entire hand with hot grease
the day before her graduation. The
hand was Immediately swathed in soft
cloths, which were kept saturated with
the liniment and by night the heal
had been so completely drawn out that
no trace of the burn remained except
slight redness. BY the following
evening that had completely disap'
pered. -,
NV own hand was so severely scald
ed with steam that it felt as though
the flesh might be fairly cooked. Ii
was at once wrapped up and the linl-
ment applied, but so fierce was the
heat that the liniment evaporated in
less than a minute. Application after
application was made until evaporation
ceased. The accident occurred about
nine o'clock in the morning. AT tea
time unwrapped my hand, prepared
the meal, and wished the dishes with
apparently a we'll hand. 1t was, OF
course, a little tender, but not in the
least painful, and so natural in appear
ance that no one would have imagined
that in had been scalded.
A burn OF scald of any king will not
blister or long remain sore if this oil he
at once applied. Last spring, just as |
began house-cleaning, l bruised my
finger in such way that the nail was
torn half way back to the root, and the
finger mashed until the blood came.
1t was Immediately wrapped up in q
cloth saturated with the lIniment, and
instead of nursing q sore finger for
days, l went to work the next morning
with al entirely cured finger.
Que suffering with a very severe
"stiff neck" saturated flannel cloth III
the liniment, bound it about the at
fected part, went TO bed and took a
nap, and when she arose ner neck was
we'll.
A cloth saturated with the liniment
and bound over sore bunions will soon
cure them. Could fill this entire page
with instances of its wonderful cures
but the above will suffice,
Cough medicine.-This is made by
placing a tablespoonful of flaXseed in
little more than u pint OF cold water.
Put over the fire and boil fifteen or
twenty minutes. Remove, strain, add
the Juice of lemon and sweeten to
taste. Allow children to drink a few
swallow every hour or so, and it will
soon allay a severe cough. lfthe lungs
seem sore and breathing is difficult, put
tianuel sack of hot salt coarse salt
being best)on tue chest changing for
hot one as soon as one grows colu |;
or it is well to apply the following
Ointment.-lntoa tablespoonful OF
turpentine. Spread OH Il cloth, sprln-
soft, fresh lard, work teaspoontul OF
kle with salt, and apply directly to the
lungs, covering with another cloth 10
protect the clothing. This acts fully
as quick and as effective as any OF the
high-priced ointment sold i'll the drug
stores for coughs, sore lungs, etc.