The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-05
was only a matter Of care and cleanli-

was only matter Of care and Cleanli-
ness.
This for fresh hurts or new. viruIent
sores Chronic OF sluggish ulcers and
lingering sEEellings demanded the VIE
low poultice- TO make it the inner
bark of the wilIoW-saIiX alba-vVas
boiled TIL ii formedfa strong oOze. and
the ooze thickened 10 mush with equal
parts Of cornneal and pounded flax
seed. Flaxseed meal did not answer
50 wei, il had Iost most of its Oil
fIhese pO0ltices were changed twice q
day, at each change the sore was
washed with the willow ooze, as hot as
1t could be borne Within my knowl-
edge such treatment has cured tumid
land schirrous conditions that appeared
almost Enthusiastically to threaten can
GER stu here, as elsewhere, allow
ance had 70 be -made for pathological
/ ld1osyncrasy. Occasionally there was a
patient whose flesh inhamed 50 under
the first application the poultice could
not be taken on too soon.
THAT was apt TO indicate a case for
elm combined with faxseed. slippery
elm bark in fine strings was nacerated
in cold water for twelve hours and
! the thick. clear. nauciIRge scraped from
il at the end Of that time, applied on a
( linen cloth lit was sovereign for any
sort Of injury to tlse head or eyes
When haNseed came in they We're like
/ wise STEPPED, ana mixed with a very
little very fine cornmeal A fiaxsee3
poultice, pure and simple, was made
( from. pounded seed, cooked very quick
T ~ by sprinHling in boiling water.
I Properly made the result was q soft
( leathery mush, Infinitely soothing and
healing Sometimes the haxseed poul-
tice was coated lightly before apply
ing, with unsalted lamb fat Specially
rendered and kept Tor such uses.
Young beets pounded to a pOultice
and laid upon Jagged wounds, as from
a rusty nail, or a ragged splinter, were
accounted q SPECIFIC against lOCkjaNv.
( They were also mighty good for fresh
cuts and deep burns. SO were carrot
T pOuluces, both raw and cooked. The
raw We're best for fresh cuts and acute
inflammation For use on old SORES the
carrots were boiled tender, pounded
and applied very not. After a day or
two the pOultices were left off, and the
fsore healed with scraped carrot oint-
n1ent, that is, carrots scraped fine and
mixed with sweet cream, fresh butter
and beeswax. The mass was cooked in
= water bath for three hours. and put
away ia little pots lightly covered.
But the main reliance. with big, an
pOuluce and the elder flower lotion.
Why I do not know, but the elder
I samBUcus canadensfs--is natures most
potent antisceptic. In addition, it heals,
soothes and cleanses. To make the
pOuIticeS, white potatoes We're boiled
d
while hot, with their own bulk of sifted
/ cornmeal. Next the mixture was
stewed slowly to a thick mash in a
strong ooze made by boiling elder bark,
branches and leaves, for half q day. A
very little salt was stirred through the
mush 1t was spread half an inch
thick. and changed as soon as it hard
ened the least bit. At the changing the
{ sore surface was bathed plentifully
with elder flower lotion. This was
made by sleeping fresh elder flowers
in rain water for six hours, then strain
ing them out, and adding fresh flowers.
After half a dozen. patches of bloom
I had been thus infused the liquid was
strained, set over fire, brought to a
boil. SKINNED, and, when cool, mixed
with one-ffth its own bulk of whisky
barely enough indeed to keep it from
sOuTing. It was a fine complexion To-
ten good to take off sunburn and pre-
went freekles, as well as to preserve the
7 fine texture Of the skin. No germ Of
any. sort could live under it. Betwixt
the pOultices and the lotion il did not
take long to bring diseased tissues back
TO health.