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the feet warm by taking a hot brick to bed, and do not increase the cold the
next day. If it is not deeply seated, taking this a few nights will give relief.
A piece of ginger root, kept about the person to chew, is good for a tickling in
the throat, which many persons are subject to, when sitting in close heated
apartments, in lecture rooms, or places of worship.
Lemon Mixture for a Cough.
Put two fresh eggs in a jar; cover them with the juice of six large lemons; let
it stand until the hard shell of the eggs is eaten off; then beat it together;
strain it, and add half a pound of rock candy, one gill of brandy and two
table-spoonsful of sweet oil.
Mixture of Lemon Juice and Honey.
Take half a pint of honey and squeeze the juice of four lemons on it; mix well
together, and add a small portion of sugar; take a tea-spoonful every time the
cough is troublesome.
Hoarhound Candy.
Put two pounds of sugar in a pint of hoarhound tea, as strong as can be made,
which may be done by drawing two sets of hoarhound in the same water, till the
strength is out of each; when it is cold, mix in the sugar and the white of an
egg; when it begins to boil, take off the scum as it rises, boil it slowly till
it becomes thick, so that when you drop it on a plate, it will be hard and
crisp, and pour it out in plates that have been greased with a little sweet
butter; when cold, you can break it up for use, and tie it up in a jar. This is
quite as useful as the candy you buy, and is much cheaper; it is very convenient
for persons that
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