“ 2 “ Devil Bit,
“ 2 “ Bimbornella,
“ 2 “ Bistorda,
“ 2 “ Angelica,
“ 2 “ Gentiana,
“ 2 “ Zedary,
“ 2 “ Valerian,
“ 2 “ Elecampane,
“ 2 “ Calamos,
“ 2 “ Rue or other bitter herb.
Pulverize these as fine as possible, put them into one gallon of French
brandy of the best quality, or best fourth-proof old rye whiskey; brandy
is best--put the whole into a bottle or jar--a bottle is best if one can
be had large enough at the top, which must be closed; then place the
bottle or jar in the sand, which should be at least two inches deep at
the bottom of the kettle or crock; fill in sand to come above the drugs
when settled, and put under it a slow fire, so as to keep it warm but
not to boil. Let it digest for fourteen days and filter the whole of it
through fine flannel several times, so as to separate the drugs well;
then put in each gallon 2 ounces spirits of camphor and 2 ounces spirits
saffron, when it will be ready for use.
DIRECTIONS FOR USE.
For preventing cholera: first take one tablespoonful in the morning,
fasting on cold water, one at noon, and one at night. Second, for an
attack or symptoms take from 2 to 3 tablespoonsful every 5, 10 or 15
minutes, as the case may require, until relieved, when the doses may be
lessened, or not so often. Let the patient go to bed and keep warm and
quiet as possible until relieved. Third, for the third stage or relapse,
vomiting and pain in the stomach, take from 2 to 4 tablespoonsful every 5
or 10 minutes, as the case may be, until relieved or thrown into a sweat;
cover up warm, and if cold apply plenty of hot bricks or bottles with hot
water in, to the feet, hands, body, &c. mustard plaster on the stomach,
rubbing with the hand, some stimulant, as not a moment’s time should
be lost when the cold chill comes on. Fourth stage or relapse, attended
with cold sweats and rice water discharges, take large doses every 3 or
5 minutes; continue until the patient becomes warm and easier. No time
should be lost at this stage of the disease. Apply hot bricks, bottles,
&c. as before directed; when relieved the doses may be less and not so
often--say from ½ hour to 6 hours; continue 3 or 4 days as the case may
require, and do not fail to keep the patient warm, &c.
For bilious or cramp colic, cholera morbus, flux, bilious fever, &c.
administer doses as above. Let the patient go to bed and keep as quiet
as possible until relieved. In severe cases of cholera morbus, a mustard
plaster should be placed over the stomach, which must be kept on as long
as it can be borne. Travellers and families should not be without this
medicine, as it as considered by all who have used it to be the safest
and surest remedy for the above disease ever introduced. Take a friend’s
advice and never be without this remedy, as it was never known to fail
in curing what it is recommended to do. Give it a fair trial, and its
efficacy will soon be seen. By strictly obeying the directions it is
perfectly safe and harmless; it is also good in sick stomachs, &c.
This medicine, when persevered in according to directions, will
effectually cure cholera in all its stages, and all that it is
recommended to do, which can be attested by certificates from many
persons. By adding the tincture of cayenne you will find this medicine
effectual in cramp colic; add the tincture until as strong as it can be
taken.
To be more plain and simple,--in making of the cholera medicine, if in
the summer you can set the bottle or jar in the sun, which should be when
the sun is very warm, letting it remain some 3 or 4 weeks--the longer you
distil, the better the medicine. If in the winter season, you can place
your crock on the top of the stove, keeping the fire regular, so as not
to boil--if you distil until reduced one-third, it will be much stronger
and better.
CERTAIN REMEDY FOR RHEUMATISM.
Take of sarsaparilla root, coltsfoot root, or wild ginger root, sassafras
root, dogwood root, yellow poplar root, prickley ash root, spicewood
root, one handful of each, when dried, as much as you can hold in one
hand; cut the bark off of the roots and pulverize as fine as you can,
except the sarsaparilla, which must be cut in very small pieces; then put
the whole in one gallon of best fourth-proof old rye whiskey, and let it
stand for 1 or 2 weeks; but should you wish to use immediately, set the
vessel containing the ingredients on the stove, and keep just warm for 2
or 3 days, when it will be fit for use.
DIRECTIONS FOR USE.
Take from 1 to 3 tablespoonsful 3 times a day, one hour before meals. It
may be taken 5 or 6 times a day provided it does not affect the nerves
too much. It is perfectly safe and has cured more cases of rheumatism
than any other remedy introduced.
I will cite one or two cases where it effected complete cures: Mr. Joshua
Deer, who had been in a most helpless condition for a long time, and
had tried many other remedies in vain, was cured in five days after he
commenced using it, so as to be able to take a ride on horseback, which
can be certified by a number of persons living in the neighborhood. Any
one doubting the above, can have it proven to their satisfaction by
addressing Ezra Deer, or Henry Gross, who was cured by it in less time.
Let it be understood that there never was a preparation that would
cure all cases: no, not one-fourth, therefore I have given a number of
preparations, so that if one fail, others may prove efficacious, though
the above remedy occupies the head of the list in our own estimation.
Never give up any one remedy until you have given it a fair trial. “He
that holds out faithfully shall be saved.”
This medicine can be distilled the same as the cholera medicine, bottled
up and kept for years. Mr. Joshua Deer, was cured with the distilled.
Henry Gross and others used it in liquor. You must keep from labor and
exposure, while using the above and be careful not to eat any thing
greasy, or that which will not agree with you.
FOR RHEUMATISM.
Take 1 ounce of saltpetre, 1 quart of ale--if ale cannot be had take
whiskey or water--dissolve the saltpetre in the ale.
DIRECTIONS FOR USE.
Take 1 wine glassful before breakfast, 1 before dinner, 1 before going
to bed, and continue until relieved. Should the second quart do no good,
stop taking it. You must keep from labor and exposure while using the
above. Mr. Dill was cured by this remedy, who had suffered for more than
a year constantly.
FOR RHEUMATISM.
Take 1 ounce of sulphur, 1¼ ounces of saltpetre, ½ ounce of gum guscomb,
2 nutmegs, the whole to be finely pulverized, to which add 12 ounces of
molasses.
DIRECTIONS FOR USE.
Take 1 tea spoonful every night before going to bed, but if it should act
too free on the bowels, the quantity must be diminished.
LINIMENT FOR RHEUMATISM.
Take 1 ounce of spirits of camphor, 1 ounce turpentine, 1 ounce sweet
oil, 1 drachm oil of juniper, 1 drachm carbonate of hartshorn, mix these
perfectly, and apply three times a day, rubbing it in by the stove or
fire with the palm of the hand for 15 minutes.
LINIMENT FOR RHEUMATISM
Take 2 ounces of saltpetre, 2 ounces spirits of hartshorn, 8 ounces of
sweet oil. Pulverize the saltpetre as fine as possible, and mix with
the spirits of hartshorn, letting it dissolve, then add the sweet oil.
Bathe and rub in with the palm of the hand for 15 minutes, at the fire
or stove, wrap with flannel if possible. If not strong enough you may
add hartshorn, if too strong add sweet oil. This is considered the best
liniment ever introduced for the purpose. Use freely.
LINIMENT FOR RHEUMATISM OR NEURALGIA.
Take 8 cayenne pepper pods, and 1 pint of whiskey, boil over a fire
until it is reduced to one-half the quantity, when it will be ready for
use. Bathe the parts affected with the liniment three times a day. This
liniment has often relieved where other remedies have failed.
NERVE AND BONE LINIMENT.
For Swellings, Bruises, Chapped Hands, Frosted Feet, Rheumatism, Cuts,
Burns, Mosquito Bites, Stings, Pains in the Limbs, Back, Chest, &c. Take
1 ounce spirits of hartshorn, 1 ounce spirits camphor, 1 ounce saltpetre,
1 tea spoonful sweet oil, 2 teaspoonsful laudanum; put all into a
bottle, shake and mix well and it is ready for use. Bathe in at a fire
3 tablespoonsful 3 times a day, rubbing with the hand for 15 minutes.
Put the liniment into a bottle, and keep it corked tight. Never pour out
more than one table spoonful at a time, being careful to keep the bottle
corked tight. This liniment is far superior to any other in use, and you
can make as much for 10 cents as you generally buy for 50 cents. Try the
experiment and see for yourself.
The spirits of camphor is made by mixing 1½ ounces of gum camphor with ½
pint of 95 per cent. alcohol. Put into a bottle and let them dissolve,
shake occasionally, after which it will be ready for use.
The spirits of saltpetre is made by taking 2 ounces pulverized saltpetre
put into a bottle, then add 2 ounces spirits of hartshorn, and let it
remain half a day, shaking frequently, then add scant ½ pint 95 per cent.
alcohol, shake and let it dissolve, when it will be fit for use. For
rheumatism add more hartshorn, and bathe the parts affected well.
OINTMENT FOR GOUT AND RHEUMATISM.
The chloride of gold made into an ointment with lard is said to speedily
relieve the pains of the gout or rheumatism. It stains the skin purple,
which can be easily removed by washing it with urine.
FOR RHEUMATISM.
Take 2 balsam apples, put into ½ gallon of good fourth proof whiskey in a
jug and let it stand for a week or ten days, shaking occasionally. Dose,
one wine glassful three times a day. Keep from exposure while using and
eat nothing greasy or that disagrees with the stomach. This has cured
where other remedies have failed, and should the first ½ gallon not
entirely cure, use the second immediately.
EFFECTUAL CURE FOR RHEUMATISM.
The following receipt, given by an Englishman to a respectable tradesman
of Limerick, (Ireland,) who had for a considerable time labored under the
most violent rheumatic pains in all his limbs and joints, having been
used by him as directed but 5 or 6 times, as he states, eradicated the
disease completely. Anxious that so effectual a remedy should be made
publicly known we publish the recipe:
Take 1 ounce of sulphur, 1¼ ounces of saltpetre, 1½ ounces gum guscomb,
2 nutmegs; the whole to be finely powdered in a mortar and 12 ounces of
molasses. A tea spoonful to be taken every night on going to bed; should
it operate too much on the bowels, a smaller quantity is to be taken.
PLASTER FOR RHEUMATISM.
Or Pains in the Back, &c. It is said to be a certain cure. Take 1 pound
of rosin and melt it over a slow fire, then add ½ pint of tar pouring in
slowly, stirring all the time; when it is well mixed pour all into cold
water, and work it well with your hands. As soon as it is cool and stiff
enough, spread it on a linen rag and apply it to the affected part. The
plaster should be a little larger than the pain extends--if you put the
plaster on sheep skin it will be better. This is sure to give relief.
TO MAKE HONEY WITHOUT BEES.
Take 8 pounds best brown sugar, 1½ pounds rendered honey, 1 ounce cream
of tartar, 4 drops essence of wintergreen, 2 drops essence of peppermint,
2 ounces best molasses, 3 parts of a pint pure cold water, dissolve the
cream of tartar, then put all in a tin or bell metal vessel, let boil
gently 6 or 8 minutes, stirring and mixing occasionally; then beat up the
white of 2 eggs into a foam, and stir them in, and when nearly cool stir
in 2 pounds more of bees honey; skim off whatever may rise to the top.
If you want it nice and clean, strain it through a coarse cloth as soon
as you have the eggs stirred in.--If you strain it put in the 2 lbs. of
honey after it is strained. This makes an excellent honey. The addition
of the eggs is simply to give it the appearance of having combs in it,
but can be left out if you wish. The same honey may be used for the
second making.
JUDKIN’S OINTMENT.
Take 1 pound of red lead, ¾ pound rosin, 1 pint linseed oil, 3
tablespoonsful lamp black, 2 ounces British oil, ½ ounce sugar of lead
finely pulverized. Boil this over a slow fire one hour, then add 1
pint more of linseed oil, and boil another hour, when done add ½ pint
of turpentine while cooling off, stir and mix well, do not put the
turpentine in when first taken off the fire. Let it cool 5 minutes, then
pour in the turpentine slowly, stirring well. Should it catch on fire
while pouring in the turpentine, put a lid or cover over the vessel
immediately to smother the fire. There is no danger in making if careful,
as it will be easily smothered. Pour out into a new earthen crock, let
cool off, and when cool put into a jar or tin box. There is nothing
better than this preparation for wounds, fresh or old boils, and cannot
be surpassed for scalds, burns, &c.
DIRECTIONS FOR USE.
Spread a thin coat of the ointment on a piece of linen rag large enough
to cover the scald or burn, which should be renewed twice a day.--Scrape
the old ointment off, and the rag may be used again with another coat of
fresh ointment. For boils cut a hole in the rag so as to give it room to
open and discharge its contents; renew the ointment three times a day.
This is considered one of the best ointments of the age. Give it a trial
and its effects will soon be felt.
REMEDY FOR THE BITE OF A SNAKE.
Take the spirits of camphor made of whiskey and apply it to the bite,
turning the bottle which contains it over the bite and let it remain on
until all the poison is drawn out. The bottle used should have a large
mouth so that it may cover the wound entirely. Drink freely of the
whiskey until you begin to feel its effects. This done in time has never
failed.
FOR THE PILES.
Take the kernel of three peach seeds, mash them well, then add hog’s lard
or fresh butter, not salted, enough to form a salve and rub this between
two butter plates until it becomes of a bluish color, grease with it and
take enough rhubarb to keep the bowels open.
CERTAIN CURE FOR CANCER.
Take 1 pint of strong ley and boil down till it forms a salve, then apply
every 15 minutes until seven plasters have been applied, and as soon as
it begins to bleed stop the applications, then work the core out and
grease with hog’s lard to kill it; heal with ointment or some good salve.
When the ley has been boiled down, should the substance that remains
become hard, work it into a salve. This is also good for the cure of
fistula or poll evil in horses.
FOR WHITE SWELLINGS.
Take 1 handful of mullin leaves and ½ pint of old rye whiskey; boil these
together and strain, then add 1 gill of turpentine and 2 gills of spirits
of camphor. Bathe well until all the swelling and soreness has left, wrap
with flannel which should he dampened with the lotion; this is a certain
remedy.
TO KEEP CIDER SWEET.
Make the cider as late in the fall as possible from solid apples, without
using any water, put away immediately from the press, and lay it in some
place where it may remain quiet, let the place be as cool as possible.
Fill the barrel up full, take the bung out and leave it out for four
days, filling it up occasionally as it settles or works out. Should the
cider stop working under 4 days, rack it off carefully from the dregs,
which should be done as soon as the cider stops working, then put your
cider into a clean sweet barrel--it should be a barrel that has had
whiskey or brandy in it--if not, rinse with water until perfectly clean,
then sweetened by putting in a small quantity of whiskey. If this cannot
be done soak your barrels well so that they may be sweet and clean. After
having racked your cider off from the dregs carefully, put in the whites
of 6 eggs, battered light, and a scant ½ pint of mustard seed. Bung up
and in 5 or 6 weeks rack it off again carefully from the dregs. Cleanse
the barrel well and put in the same barrel--½ gallon of old rye whiskey
will add considerably to its flavor. If your cider is very sour, add from
3 to 5 lbs. white sugar; to insure its preservation it should be strained
through a cloth from the press. By being careful--cider put up in this
way will keep for 5 years.
FOR BOILED CIDER.
Make the cider late in the fall, using none but sound apples, not even
those with small specks in, without any water. Take it right from the
press and put it in a copper kettle; boil it one hour from the time it
commences; skim it off as the skum arises as clean as you can; then
pour into a clean, sweet whiskey barrel, put into a bag scant ½ pint
of mustard seed; let the bag down through the bung hole by a string,
making the string fast to the barrel so as it can be drawn out again
conveniently. It may be flavored with ground cinnamon or cloves if you
fancy the taste. Cider put up in this way will keep a long time and makes
an excellent drink, by adding ½ gallon of old rye whiskey it may be kept
a number of years. Cider, either from the press or boiled, put into
bottles or jugs, corked up tight and sealed over with sealing-wax; it can
be kept many years, and makes a delicious drink.
CHERRY BRANDY.
Press out the juice and add 1 gallon of water to 12 gallons of the juice;
then dissolve in the juice 1 pound of white sugar to the gallon; boil
slowly in a copper kettle, and skim off what rises to the top. Do not
boil too long or it will get thick; when the skum stops rising freely
pour it into some vessel to cool. Do not allow it to stand in the kettle
to cool. When it has become cool put into whatever vessel you wish to
keep it in, and add as much old rye whiskey as may suit your taste, say
from 1 to 3 gallons. The better the whiskey is the better your brandy
will be. Black heart cherries are the best if they can be had. This makes
a much better drink than port wine.
BLACK OR DEWBERRY CORDIAL.
For diarrhœa or summer complaint. This is made by adding 1 pound of
white sugar to 3 pounds of black or dewberries, allowing them to stand
for twelve hours, then pressing out the juice and strain well, adding 1
third part good french brandy and 1 tea spoonful of finely pulverized
allspice in every part of the cordial, which is ready for use at once.
This cordial cannot be surpassed for children and weak stomachs, &c.
BLACK OR DEWBERRY WINE.
An excellent wine and a valuable medicine for home use. To make a wine
equal to port wine, take ripe blackberries, or dewberries are best;
press out the juice, let it stand thirty-six hours to ferment, skim
off whatever rises to the top, then to every gallon of the juice add
one quart of water and 3 pounds of white sugar. Let this stand in open
vessels for 24 hours, skim and strain it, then barrel it up until March,
when it should be racked off carefully from the dregs, and bottled up for
use.
GAS BEER.
For 8 gallon vessel--take three pints of fresh yeast, 3 pints of New
Orleans molasses, put into your keg, then add 3 gallons of fresh water,
bung up, and shake to mix well. Then take a tin bucket and put in one
tea spoonful of ground cinnamon, 1 of ground cloves, 3 tablespoonsful of
ground allspice, 1 of ginger, 3 pints of molasses, then pour on it hot
water and mix well; let this stand some 10 or 15 minutes, then pour it
into the keg and fill up with fresh water, bung up tight; put something
over the bung to keep it from working out--use a strong keg for this
purpose. This makes an excellent cooling drink in summer. Lay your keg in
the sun several hours or until it commences to work.--In cold weather lay
your keg close to the fire--in fifteen or twenty hours it will be fit for
use.
SILVER TOP DRINK.
Take 1 quart of water, 3 pounds of sugar, 1 tea spoonful of lemon oil; 1
table spoonful of flour, with the white of 5 eggs well beat up, mix the
above well together, then divide the syrup and add 4 ounces of carbonate
acid in the other, and bottle for use. Pour about a gill out of one
bottle into a tumbler and the same quantity out of the other bottle into
another glass, add a little water if you choose, pour the two together
and drink while effervescing.
BLACK INK.
Take 4 ounces of the extract of log wood, ¼ ounce of bycromate of pot
ash, 1 pint boiling water, stir well until all is dissolved--if the ink
is not black enough, add a little more of bycromate of pot ash. This
preparation will also answer for coloring goods, &c.
RED INK.
Take of spirits of hartshorn 1 pint, pure carmine ½ drachm, put into a
bottle and shake well and it is fit for use.
INDELLIBLE INK.
Take of lunar caustic 100 grains, gum arabic 100 grains, make both fine
and pour water enough over to dissolve it, put into a phial and stop
tightly.
To make the preparation to be used before writing on the linen, take 2
drachms of salts of tartar; 2 drachms gum arabic, dissolve these in 1
ounce of rain water. Before using the ink, wet whatever article you wish
to mark with this last preparation and dry with a smooth iron, then wash
the gum out and you have the name indellibly fixed.
ANOTHER BLACK INK.
Take 1 pound logwood, 1 gallon soft water, boil it 1 hour and add 25
grains of bycromate of pot ash, 12 grains of prusiate of pot ash, stir a
few minutes over the fire, take it off, and when settled strain it.
WASHING FLUID.
Take 1 gallon of soft soap, 4 ounces of sal soda, ½ gallon soft water,
and ½ gill of spirits of turpentine, place them all into a pot over a
fire and allow the mixture to boil a few minutes, it is then ready for
use and can be kept in an earthen or stone vessel. In using this fluid
the clothes intended to be washed should be soaked in water 10 or 12
hours, say over night, and then to a 10 or 12 gallon boiler or kettle
full of clothes, covered with water, add 1 pint of fluid, boil briskly
for fifteen minutes, and then wring them out in fresh water. It will be
found that little or no rubbing will be necessary.--This preparation will
save a great deal of hard rubbing and labor--it is truly worth trying.
TRANSPARENT SOAP.
Take 3 pounds of best rosin soap, 1 quart of best alcohol, 1 ounce of
venice turpentine, 1 ounce of oil of sassafras, or you may use bergamot
or the oil of lemon, or cinnamon, either of which will answer. Cut the
soap into thin shavings, put into a pan the alcohol and soap, melt over
a slow fire so as just to keep from boiling; when all is dissolved let
it boil a minute or two, you must be careful not to let the blaze of
the fire get to it or it will catch on fire; it is best to put it on
a stove where there will be no danger, keep stirring slowly until all
is melted, then add your venice turpentine, stirring and mixing for a
minute or so, then take your pan off the fire and put in your oil of
sassafras immediately, or whatever oil you intend using, the oil of
sassafras is however the best. This soap cannot be surpassed for shaving,
washing, and is excellent for sore or rough hands. Try it and you will be
surprised--the rosin soap used must be clear.
PROF. BIDDLE’S CELEBRATED PREPARATION FOR THE HAIR AND HEAD.
To make 1 quart, take nearly one half a pint of cold pressed castor oil
and fill it nearly full of 95 per cent. alcohol, then add ½ ounce of
spirits of hartshorn, ½ ounce of tincture of cantharides, 40 drops oil of
bergamot, which gives it an elegant perfume--shake well and it is ready
for use.
DIRECTIONS FOR USE.
Wash your head first with whiskey, then apply the hair oil freely, pour
it on the head gently and rub with the hand or stiff brush. For children
only use the hair oil. To remove the dandruff, comb the head well with a
fine comb, do this every time you use the preparation. This oil should be
applied twice a week, which will loosen the dandruff so that it may be
easily removed. A great and valuable discovery for the hair and head, two
or three applications of which will remove every particle of dandruff,
purify the skin and prevent the hair from coming out, giving new life
and vigor to every hair on the head, and changing light or sandy hair to
a beautiful dark lustre; also curing dizzy or nervous headache. No one
should be without this valuable preparation, especially those who are
subject to dandruff eruptions of the skin, falling off of the hair, dizzy
or nervous headache. If it should make the head tender, only use half the
tincture of cantharides. The alcohol must be strictly 95 per cent.--you
can add hartshorn if not strong enough, also bergamot for perfume to
suit. It is good for tetter on the head. Every ingredient can be had at
almost any of the drug stores.
TO RESTORE THE HAIR IN BALDNESS.
Take of cold pressed castor oil 2 ounces, tincture of cantharides ½
ounce, acetic acid ½ ounce, strong water of amonia 1½ ounces, oil of
nutmegs ½ drachm, oil of lavender ½ drachm, put this in a bottle, make
into a lotion, when it will be ready for use.
DIRECTIONS FOR USE.