heal fresh wounds, burns, scalds
and all bad sores.
WARTS AND CORNS--TO CURE IN TEN MINUTES.--Take a small piece of Potash
and let it stand in the open air until it slacks, then thicken it to a
paste with pulverized Gum Arabic, which prevents it from spreading
where it is not wanted.
LINIMENT--GOOD SAMARITAN.--Take 98 per cent Alcohol two quarts, and add
to it the following articles: Oils of Sassafras, Hemlock, Spirits of
Turpentine, Tincture Cayenne, Catechu, Guaic (guac), and Laudanum, of
each one ounce, Tincture of Myrrh four ounces, Oil of Organum two
ounces, Oil of Wintergreen one-half ounce. Gum Camphor two ounces, and
Chloroform one and one-half ounce. This is one of the best applications
for internal pains known. It is superior to any other enumerated in
this work.
PLAIN COURT PLASTER, that will not stick and remains flexible: Soak
Isinglass in a little warm water for twenty-four hours, then evaporate
nearly all the water by gentle heat. Dissolve the residue with a little
Proof Spirits of Wine, and strain the whole through a piece of open
linen. The strained mass should be a stiff jelly when cool. Stitch a
piece of silk or sarcenet on a wooden frame with tacks or thread. Melt
the jelly and apply it to the silk thinly and evenly with a badger hair
brush. A second coating must be applied after the first has dried. When
the both are dry apply over the whole surface two or three coatings of
Balsam of Peru. This plaster remains quite pliable, and never breaks.
A CURE FOR CANCER (AS USED BY A NEW YORK PHYSICIAN WITH GREAT
SUCCESS).--Take Red Oak Bark, and boil it to the thickness of molasses,
then mix with sheep's tallow of equal proportion. Spread it on leaves
of Linnwood green, and keep the plaster over the ulcer. Change once in
eight hours.
DAVIS' PAIN KILLER--One quart proof Alcohol, one drm., Chloroform, one
oz. Oil Sassafras, one oz. Gum Camphor, one drm. Spirits of Ammonia,
two drms. Oil of Cayenne. Mix well and let stand 24 hours before using.
AUGUST FLOWER.--Powdered Rhubarb one oz., Golden Seal one-fourth oz.,
Aloes one drachm, Peppermint Leaves two drms., Carbonate of Potash two
drms., Capsicum five grs., Sugar five ozs., Alcohol three ozs., Water
ten ozs., Essence of Peppermint twenty drops. Powder the drugs and let
stand covered with Alcohol and water, equal parts for seven days.
Filter and add through the filter enough diluted Alcohol to make one
pint.
BLOOD PURIFIER--B.B.B.--Fluid Extrac
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