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REMEDY FOR LOCKJAW.
If any person is threatened or taken with lockjaw from injuries of the arms,
legs or feet, do not wait for a doctor, but put the part injured in the
following preparation: Put hot wood-ashes into water as warm as can be borne; if
the injured part cannot be put into water, then wet thick folded cloths in the
water and apply them to the part as soon as possible, at the same time bathe the
back-bone from the neck down with some laxative stimulant--say cayenne pepper
and water, or mustard and water (good vinegar is better than water); it should
be as hot as the patient can bear it. Don't hesitate; go to work and do it, and
don't stop until the jaws will come open. No person need die of lockjaw if these
directions are followed.
Cure for Lockjaw, said to be positive.--Let any one who has an attack of lockjaw
take a small quantity of spirits of turpentine, warm it, and pour it in the
wound--no matter where the wound is or what its nature is--and relief will
follow in less than one minute. Turpentine is also a sovereign remedy for croup.
Saturate a piece of flannel with it, and place the flannel on the throat and
chest--and in very severe cases, three to five drops on a lump of sugar may be
taken internally.
BLEEDING AT THE NOSE.
Roll up a piece of paper and press it under the upper lip. In obstinate cases,
blow a little gum arabic up the nostril through a quill, which will immediately
stop the discharge; powdered alum, dissolved in water, is also good. Pressure by
the finger over the small artery near the ala (wing) of the nose, on the side
where the blood is flowing, is said to arrest the hemorrhage immediately.
Sometimes by wringing a cloth out of very hot water, and laying it on the back
of the neck, gives relief. Napkins wrung out of cold water must be laid across
the forehead and nose, the hands dipped in cold water, and a bottle of hot water
applied to the feet.
TO TAKE CINDERS FROM THE EYE.
In most cases a simple and effective cure may be found in one or two grains of
flax-seed, which can be placed in the eye without pain or injury. As they
dissolve, a glutinous substance is formed, which envelops any foreign body that
may be under the lid, and the whole is easily washed out. A dozen of these seeds
should constitute a part of every traveller's outfit.
Another remedy for removing objects from the eye: Take a horsehair and double
it, leaving a loop. If the object can be seen, lay the loop over it, close
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