on more, and in twenty-four hours you are cured. The
felon will be dead.
Or purchase the herb of stramonium at the druggist's; steep it and
bind it on the felon; as soon as cold, put on new, warm herbs. It will
soon kill it, in a few hours at least.
Or saturate a bit or grated wild turnip, the size of a bean, with
spirits of turpentine, and apply it to the affected part. It relieves
the pain at once; in twelve hours there will be a hole to the bone,
and the felon destroyed; then apply healing salve, and the finger is
well.
_Another Way to Cure a Felon:_ Fill a tumbler with equal parts of fine
salt and ice; mix well. Sink the finger in the centre, allow it to
remain until it is nearly frozen and numb; then withdraw it, and when
sensation is restored, renew the operation four or five times, when it
will be found the disease is destroyed. This must be done before pus
is formed.
A simple remedy for felons, relieving pain at once, no poulticing, no
cutting, no "holes to the bone," no necessity for healing salve, but
simple oil of cedar applied a few times at the commencement of the
felon, and the work is done.
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 backbone 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 bare 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 anyone 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 up
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