_Corn Remedy._--Soak a piece of copper in strong vinegar for twelve or
twenty-four hours. Pour the liquid off, and bottle. Apply frequently,
till the corn is removed.
2. Supercarbonate of soda, one ounce, finely pulverized, and mix with
half an ounce of lard. Apply on a linen rag every night.
_Cough Compound._--For the cure of coughs, colds, asthma, whooping cough
and all diseases of the lungs; One spoonful of common tar, three
spoonfuls of honey, the yolk of three hen's eggs, and half a pint of
wine; beat the tar, eggs and honey well together with a knife, and
bottle for use. A teaspoonful every morning, noon and night, before
eating.
_Cough Syrup._--Put one quart hoarhound to one quart water, and boil it
down to a pint; add two or three sticks of licorice and a tablespoonful
of essence of lemon. Take a tablespoonful of the syrup three times a
day, or as often as the cough may be troublesome. The above receipt has
been sold for $100. Several firms are making much money by its
manufacture.
_Cure for Diarrhea._--The following is said to be an excellent cure for
the above distressing complaint: Laudanum, two ounces; spirits of
camphor, two ounces; essence of peppermint, two ounces; Hoffman's
anodyne, two ounces; tincture of cayenne pepper, two drachms; tincture
of ginger, one ounce. Mix all together. Dose, teaspoonful in a little
water, or a half teaspoonful repeated in an hour afterward in a
tablespoonful of brandy. This preparation it is said, will check
diarrhea in ten minutes, and abate other premonitory symptoms of cholera
immediately. In cases of cholera, it has been used with great success to
restore reaction by outward application.
_Digestive Pills._--Rhubarb, two ounces; ipecacuanha, half an ounce;
cayenne pepper, quarter of an ounce; soap, half an ounce; ginger,
quarter of an ounce; gamboge, half an ounce. Mix, and divide into four
grain pills.
_Dried Herbs._--All herbs which are to be dried should be washed,
separated, and carefully picked over, then spread on a coarse paper and
keep in a room until perfectly dry. Those which are intended for cooking
should be stripped from the stems and rubbed very fine. Then put them in
bottles and cork tightly. Put those which are intended for medicinal
purposes into paper bags, and keep them in a dry place.
_Dysentery Specific_, (particularly for bloody dysentery in Adults and
Children.)--Take one pound gum arabic, one ounce gum tragacanth,
dissolved in two quarts of soft water, and strained. Then take one pound
of cloves, half a pound of cinnamon, half a pound allspice, and boil in
two quarts of soft water, and strain. Add it to the gums, and boil all
together over a moderate fire, and stir into it two pounds of loaf
sugar. Strain the whole again when you take it off, and when it is cool,
add to it half a pint sweet tincture rhubarb, and a pint and a half of
best brandy. Cork it tight in bottles, as the gums will sour, if
exposed. If corked properly it will keep for years.
_Anti-Bilious Pills._--Compound extract of colocynth, 60 grains;
rhubarb, 30 grains; soap, 10 grains. Make into 24 pills. Dose 2 to 4.
2. Compound extract of colocynth, 2 drachms; extract of rhubarb, half a
drachm; soap, 10 grains. Mix, and divide into 40 pills. Dose, 1, 2, or
3.
3. Scammony, 10 to 15 grains; compound extract of colocynth, 2 scruples;
extract of rhubarb, half a drachm; soap, 10 grains; oil of caraway, 5
drops. Make into 20 pills. Dose, 1 or 2, as required.
_Great Pain Extractor._--Spirits of ammonia, one ounce; laudanum, one
ounce; oil of organum, one ounce; mutton tallow, half-pound; combine the
articles with the tallow when it is nearly cool.
_Godfrey's Cordial._--Sassafras, six ounces; seeds of coriander, caraway
and anise, of each one ounce; infuse in six pints of water; simmer the
mixture till reduced to four pints; then add six pounds of molasses;
boil a few minutes; when cold, add three fluid ounces of tincture of
opium. For children teething.
_Hydrophobia, to Prevent._--Elecampane, one drachm; chalk, four drachms;
Armenian bole, three drachms; alum, ten grains; oil of aniseseed, five
drops.
_Infant's Syrup._--The syrup is made thus: one pound best box raisins,
half an ounce of aniseseed, two sticks licorice; split the raisins,
pound the aniseseed, and cut the licorice fine; add to it three quarts
of rain water, and boil down to two quarts. Feed three or four times a
day, as much as the child will willingly drink. The raisins are to
strengthen, the anise is to expel the wind, and the licorice as a
physic.
_Basilicon Ointment._--Good resin, five parts; lard, eight parts; yellow
wax, two parts. Melt, and stir together till cool.
_Cancer Ointment._--White arsenic, sulphur, powdered flowers of lesser
spearwort, and stinking chamomile, levigated together and formed into a
paste with white of egg.
_Elder Flower Ointment._--Lard, twenty-five pounds; prepared mutton
suet, five pounds; melt in an earthen vessel; add elder flower water,
three gallons. Agitate for half an hour, and set it aside; the next day
gently pour off the water, remelt the ointment, add benzoic acid three
drachms; otto of roses, twenty drops; essence of bergamot and oil of
rosemary, of each, thirty drops; again agitate well, let it settle for
a few minutes, and pour off the clear into pots.
_Eruption Ointment, for Frosted Feet, etc._--Chrome yellow, and hog's
lard.
_Foot Ointment_ (for all domestic animals).--Equal parts of tar, lard
and resin, melted together.
_Golden Ointment._--Orpiment, mixed with lard to the consistence of an
ointment.
_Pile Ointment._--Powdered nutgall, two drachms; camphor, one drachm;
melted wax, one ounce; tincture of opium, two drachms. Mix.
_Swaim's Vermifuge._--Wormseed, two ounces: valerian, rhubarb,
pink-root, white agaric, of each, one and a half ounces; boil in
sufficient water to yield three quarts of decoction, and add to it
thirty drops of oil of tansy, and forty-five drops of oil of cloves,
dissolved in a quart of rectified spirits. Dose, one teaspoonful at
night.
_For Tetter, Ringworm, and Scald Head._--One pound simple cerate;
sulphuric acid, one-quarter of a pound; mix together, and ready for use.
_Tincture for Wounds._--Digest flowers of St. Johnswart, one handful, in
half a pint of rectified spirits, then express the liquor and dissolve
it in myrrh, aloes, and dragon's blood, of each one drachm, with Canada
balsam, half an ounce.
_Tonic._--The following is the tonic used by reformed drunkards to
restore the vigor of the stomach. Take of gentian root, half an ounce;
valerian root, one drachm; best rhubarb root, two drachms; bitter orange
peel, three drachms; cardamom seeds, half an ounce; and cinnamon bark,
one drachm. Having bruised all the above together in a mortar (the
druggist will do it if requested), pour upon it one and a half pints of
boiling water and cover up close; let it stand till cold; strain,
bottle, and cork securely; keep in a dark place. Two tablespoonfuls may
be taken every hour before meals, and half that quantity whenever the
patient feels that distressing sickness and prostration so generally
present for some time after alcoholic stimulants have been abandoned.
_Whooping Cough._--Mix a quarter of a pound of ground elecampane root in
half a pint of strained honey and half a pint of water. Put them in a
glazed earthen pot, and place it in a stone oven, with half the heat
required to bake bread. Let it bake until about the consistency of
strained honey, and take it out. Administer in doses of a teaspoonful
before each meal, to a child; if an adult, double the dose.
_Wild Cherry Bitters._--Boil a pound of wild cherry bark in a quart of
water till reduced to a pint. Sweeten and add a little rum to preserve,
or, if to be used immediately, omit the rum. Dose, a wineglassful three
times a day, on an empty stomach.
_A Certain Cure for Drunkenness._--Sulphate of iron, 5 grains; magnesia,
10 grains peppermint water, 11 drachms; spirits of nutmeg, 1 drachm;
twice a day. This preparation acts as a tonic and stimulant, and so
partially supplies the place of the accustomed liquor, and prevents that
absolute physical and moral prostration that follows a sudden breaking
off from the use of stimulating drinks.