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MOLASSES POSSET.
This old-fashioned remedy for a cold is as effectual now as it was in old times.
Put into a sauce-pan a pint of the best West India molasses, a teaspoonful of
powdered white ginger, and a quarter of a pound of fresh butter. Set it over the
fire, and simmer it slowly for half an hour, stirring it frequently. Do not let
it come to a boil. Then stir in the juice of two lemons, or two tablespoonfuls
of vinegar; cover the pan and let it stand by the fire five minutes longer. This
is good for a cold. Some of it may be taken warm at once, and the remainder kept
at hand for occasional use.
It is the preparation absurdly called by the common people a stewed quaker.
Half a pint of strained honey mixed cold with the juice of a lemon, and a
tablespoonful of sweet oil, is another remedy for a cold; a teaspoonful or two
to be taken whenever the cough is troublesome.
COUGH SYRUP.
Syrup of squills four ounces, syrup of tolu four ounces, tincture of bloodroot
one and one-half ounces, camphorated tincture of opium four ounces. Mix. Dose
for an adult, one teaspoonful repeated every two to four hours, or as often as
necessary.
LEANNESS
Is caused generally by lack of power in the digestive organs to digest and
assimilate the fat-producing elements of food. First restore digestion, take
plenty of sleep, drink all the water the stomach will bear in the morning on
rising, take moderate exercise in the open air, eat oatmeal cracked wheat,
Graham mush, baked sweet apples, roasted and broiled beef; cultivate jolly
people, and bathe daily.
FOR TOOTHACHE.
The worst toothache, or neuralgia coming from the teeth, may be speedily and
delightfully ended by the application of a bit of clean cotton, saturated in a
solution of ammonia, to the defective tooth. Sometimes the late sufferer is
prompted to momentary laughter by the application, but the pain will disappear.
Alum reduced to a powder, a teaspoonful of the powder and an equal quantity of
fine salt well mixed, applied to the gums by dipping your moistened finger in
the mixed powder; put some also in the tooth, and keep rubbing the gums with it;
it scarcely ever fails to cure.
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