d water to the back of the neck.

Wind colic is promptly relieved by peppermint essence taken in a
little warm water. For small children it may be sweetened. Paregoric
is also good.

For stomach cramps, ginger ale or a teaspoonful of the tincture of
ginger in a half glass of water in which a half teaspoonful of soda
has been dissolved.

Sickness of the stomach is most promptly relieved by drinking a
teacupful of hot soda and water. If it brings the offending matter up,
all the better.

A teaspoonful of ground mustard in a cupful of warm water is a prompt
and reliable emetic, and should be resorted to in cases of poisoning
or cramps in the stomach from over-eating.

Avoid purgatives or strong physic, as they not only do no good, but
are positively hurtful. Pills may relieve for the time, but they
seldom cure.

Powdered resin is the best thing to stop bleeding from cuts. After the
powder is sprinkled on, wrap the wound with soft cotton cloth. As soon
as the wound begins to feel feverish, keep the cloth wet with cold
water.

Eggs are considered one of the best remedies for dysentery. Beaten up
slightly, with or without sugar, and swallowed, they tend by their
emollient qualities to lessen the inflammation of the stomach and
intestines, and by forming a transient coating on those organs, enable
Nature to resume her healthful sway over the diseased body. Two, or at
most, three eggs per day, would be all that is required in ordinary
cases; and, since the egg is not merely medicine, but food as well,
the lighter the diet otherwise, and the quieter the patient is kept,
the more certain and rapid is the recovery.

Hot water is better than cold for bruises. It relieves pain quickly,
and by preventing congestion often keeps off the ugly black and blue
mark. "Children cry for it," when they experience the relief it
affords their bumps and bruises.

For a sprained ankle, the whites of eggs and powdered alum made into a
plaster is almost a specific.

MEDICINAL FOOD.

Spinach has a direct effect upon complaints of the kidneys; the common
dandelion, used as greens, is excellent for the same trouble;
asparagus purifies the blood; celery acts admirably upon the nervous
system, and is a cure for rheumatism and neuralgia; tomatoes act upon
the liver; beets and turnips are excellent appetizers; lettuce and
cucumbers are cooling in their effects upon the system; beans are a
very nutritious and strengthening vegetable; while