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wart and hold one end of it over the flame of a candle or lamp until the wart
fires by the heat, and it will disappear.
Another treatment of warts is to pare the hard and dry skinfrom their tops, and
then touch them with the smallest drop of strong acetic acid, taking care that
the acid does not run off the wart upon the neighboring skin; for if it does, it
will occasion inflammation and much pain. If this is continued once or twice
daily, with regularity, paring the surface of the wart occasionally when it gets
hard and dry, the wart will be soon effectually cured.
SWAIM'S VERMIFUGE.
Worm seed, two ounces; valerian, rhubarb, pink root, white agaric, senna, of
each one ounce and a half. Boil in sufficient water to yield three quarts of
decoction. Now add to it ten drops of the oil of tansy and forty-five drops of
the oil of cloves, dissolved in a quart of rectified spirit. Dose: one
tablespoonful at night.
FAINTING. (Syncope.)
Immediately place the person fainting in a lying position, with head lower than
body. In this way consciousness returns immediately, while in the erect position
it often ends in death.
FOR SEVERE SPRAINS.
The white of an egg, a tablespoonful of vinegar and a tablespoonful of spirits
of turpentine. Mix in a bottle, shake thoroughly, and bathe the sprain as soon
as possible after the accident. This was published in Life Secrets, but it is
republished by request on account of its great value. It should be remembered by
every one.
An invaluable remedy for a sprain or bruise is wormwood boiled in vinegar and
applied hot, with enough cloths wrapped around it to keep the sprain moist.
CAMPHORATED OIL.
Best oil of Lucca; gum camphor. Pound some gum camphor and fill a wide-necked
pint bottle one-third full; fill up with olive oil, and set away until the
camphor is absorbed. Excellent lotion for sore chest, sore throat, aching limbs,
etc.
LINIMENT FOR CHILBLAINS.
Spirits of turpentine, three drachms; camphorated oil, nine drachms.
Mix for a liniment. For an adult four drachms of the former and eight of the
latter may be used. If the child be young, or if the skin be tender, the
camphorated oil may be used without the turpentine.
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