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soap.
A wash of weak sugar of lead water, is also good for burns.
A poultice of powdered elm bark mixed with water, and put on frequently, wetting
the sore with thick cream, is also soothing; be careful that the limb does not
contract, as there is great danger if the sinews are affected.
If there should be fever, a mild cathartic should be given.
"Comstock's Pain Extractor" sometimes gives great relief;
you may also apply immediately, with benefit, a tea-spoonful of air-slacked lime
and a table-spoonful of lard; sift the lime and rub them well together.
For a burn by vitriol or any caustic substance, apply whites of eggs mixed with
powdered chalk, putting it on with a feather.
Linen rags dipped in cold water and changed every few minutes, I have known
applied day and night to give relief to a bad burn on the foot; but avoid
putting the foot in water, although it gives present relief, it is dangerous.
For Ague.
Take half an ounce of coarsely powdered race ginger, infused in three gills of
boiling water; when cool, strain and sweeten it; and for a dose give a heaped
tea-spoonful of Peruvian bark, in a wine-glassful of the ginger tea, every two
hours during the absence of the fever. To one ounce of best Peruvian bark, add
two ounces of cloves powdered, and a half an ounce of cream of tartar; mix them
well, and give two tea-spoonsful at a time every two hours: when clear of fever,
begin at four in the morning, and give it until twelve at noon.
Wormwood seed, a heaped tea-spoonful in a cup of water, as a dose, is also good.
A third recipe is to take two ounces of best Lima bark, twelve heaped
tea-spoonsful of magnesia, to be well mixed together, and divided into twelve
doses.
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