TO TAKE THE COLOR FROM A BLACK EYE

A black eye is usually caused by a blow and may be a very disfiguring

object. If inflamed and painful wash the eye often with very warm water,

in which is dissolved a little carbonate of soda. A repeated application

of cloths wrung out of very hot water gives relief. A poultice of

slippery elm bark mixed with milk and put on warm is also good. To

remove the discoloration of the eye bind on a poultice made of the root

of “Solomon’s seal.” It is often found sufficient to apply the scraped

root at bedtime to the closed eye and the blackness will disappear by

morning.