of yellow wax, and one dram of camphor, stirring the whole
well together. Take it off the fire, and spread it upon sheets or slips
of paper, of any size that may be most convenient. For an adhesive
plaster, melt four ounces of white wax, and add one or two spoonfuls of
oil. Dip into this mixture, slips of moderately thin linen, and let them
dry; or spread it thin and evenly over them.--The following is a highly
esteemed method of curing scalds or burns. Take half a pound of alum in
powder, dissolve it in a quart of water; bathe the burn or scald with a
linen rag wet in this mixture; then bind the wet rag thereon with a slip
of linen, and moisten the bandage with the alum water frequently,
without removing it, in the course of two or three days. A workman who
fell into a copper of boiling liquor, where he remained three minutes
before taken out, was immediately put into a tub containing a saturated
solution of alum in water, where he was kept two hours; his sores were
then dressed with cloths and bandages, wet in the above mixture, and
kept constantly moistened for twenty-four hours, and in a few days he
was able to return to business.--The application of vinegar to burns and
scalds is to be strongly recommended. It possesses active powers, and is
a great antiseptic and corrector of putrescence and mortification. The
progressive tendency of burns of the unfavourable kind, or ill-treated,
is to putrescence and mortification. Where the outward skin is not
broken, it may be freely used every hour or two; where the skin is
broken, and if it gives pain, it must be gently used. But equal parts of
vinegar and water, in a tepid state, used freely every three or four
hours, are generally the best application, and the best rule to be
directed by.--House-leek, either applied by itself, or mixed with cream,
gives present relief in burns, and other external inflammations.

SCALD HEAD. This disorder is chiefly incident to children, and is seated
in the roots of the hair. It is frequently cured by changing the nurse,
weaning the child, and removing it to a dry and airy situation. If the
itching of the head becomes very troublesome, it may be allayed by
gently rubbing it with equal parts of the oil of sweet almonds, and the
juice expressed from the leaves of the common burdock, simmered together
till they form a soapy liniment, adding a few grains only of pearlash.
If this treatment be not sufficient, cut off the hair, or apply an
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