Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-12
The Home Doctor.

The annual harvest Of coughs and colds
Is bearing its legitimate fruits, and the
well night universal. An excellent cough
syrup that requires no persuasion to ger
it taken, Is made in this way: Steep
three tablespoonfuls of flaxseed In enough
water to make 1t half a cup of clear flax
seed tea when strained. Add to this a
cup Of loaf sugar and the juice Of three
lemons and cook until clear jelly-ike
syrup is obtained. This Is not only agree
able to the palate, but will be found mos
soothing to the irritated throat and lungs.
|. This time when every other person you
meet is suffering from q severe cold, IL
a good time to call attention to the va
ne of the lemon as 4 medicine. Lemon
Juice sWeetcned with loaf or crushed SUI
gar will relieve a cough For feverish-
ness and unnatural thirst soften a lem
on by rolling on hard surface. cut OF
the top add sugar and work it down in
to the lemon with fork, then suck slow
~ Hot lemonade will break up a cold II
cold lemonade, only use boiling water in
stead of cold water and use about half as
much sugar. 1t is alleged that a
piece of lemon, or stale bread moistened
with lemon juice, bound d corn, Will
cure it. Renew night and morning. The
first application will produce soreness,
but if treatment is persisted in for rea-
sonable length of time cure will be eff
fected. The discomfort caused by sore
and tender feet may be lessened, II not
entirely cured by applying slices of lem
ON the IGtl. 10 cure Ci1iIDIdlHS. take
a piece of lemon, sprinkle fine salt over
il and rub the feel well. Repeat ii neces-
sary. Lemon juice will relieve roughness
and vegetable stains on the hands. After
having the hands in hot soap suds rub
them with a piece Of lemon. This will
prevent chapping and make the hands
soft and white.
Few housekeepers realize the useful.
ness of lime water in the economy OF
I, the household. While it can be bought
already prepared at any drugstore. it can
easily be made at home If one is SO stu
ated as TO get the lime Put a piece of
fresh unsIacked lme-about half a peck
into a large stone jar and pour over IL
slowly $50 not TO allow 1t TO slack too
rapidly four gallons of hot water Str
until thoroughly dissolved, and then al
low ii TO settle. Repeat this process sew
eral times during the day, and then care
fully pour off into bottles all that comes
clear and limpid. Many people who find
that milk distresses them will feel no Ill
effects If a teaspoonfu Of lime water Is
added to each glass they drink. Ii put
into milk that is liable to curdle when
heated, Ii will prevent its doing so. For
burns and scalds 1t viii be found most
enectual when mixed with an equal part
of linseed oil This, in fact, is the car
ron OH which the Welsh miners always
keep ready for use in case of accidents IN
the mines. Ii will also be found useful in
cleaning babies nursing bottles or small
cream jugs, purifying and sweetening
them without leaving any unpleasant
taste behind.
"A good stout toothbrush. plenty OF
water and some antiseptic dentrifice ap-
piled morning and night" says one who
has given much thought in the interests
of antiseptic purity will afford a greater
safeguard against many diseases than
most people are aware"
Prof Lang of Vienna. condemns the
use of sponges in toto. owing to the i'm
possibility of destroying germs in them.
They have long since been banished from
the surgeons table, and he declares that
they should be excluded from the bath
room and washstand as well.
IT'S a great mistake when taking quiz
nine to break up cold" says the family
doctor. ITO take it in too large doses.
Two or three grains. four hours apart, is
quite sufficient for the purpose. When
larger doses are taken the pores are
opened and at the least exposure, the
cold is added TO instead of being cured.
In Ohio there is law making it obli-
gatory on dealers to affix the label Poi
SON on all bottles of household ammo
MIA sold.