to each
ounce of water. {344}

AMENORRHOEA.

The following is recommended as a reliable emmenagogue in many cases of
functional amenorrhoea:

Bichloride of mercury,
Arsenite of sodium, aa gr. iij.
Sulphate of strychnine, gr. iss.
Carbonate of potassium,
Sulphate of iron, aa gr. xlv.

Mix and divide into sixty pills. Sig. One pill after each meal.

SICK HEADACHE.

Take a spoonful of finely powdered charcoal in a small glass of warm water
to relieve a sick headache.

It absorbs the gasses produced by the fermentation of undigested food.

AN EXCELLENT EYE WASH.

Acetate of zinc, 20 grains.
Acetate of morphia, 5 grains.
Rose water, 4 ounces. Mix.

FOR FILMS AND CATARACTS OF THE EYES.

Blood Root Pulverized, 1 ounce.
Hog's lard, 3 ounces.

Mix, simmer for 20 minutes, then strain; when cold put a little in the eyes
twice or three times a day.

FOR BURNS AND SORES.

Pitch Burgundy, 2 pounds.
Bees' Wax, 1 pound.
Hog's lard, one pound.

Mix all together and simmer over a slow fire until the whole are well mixed
together; then stir it until cold. Apply on muslin to the parts affected.

FOR CHAPPED HANDS.

Olive oil, 6 ounces.
Camphor beat fine, 1/2 ounce.

Mix, dissolve by gentle heat over slow fire and when cold apply to the hand
freely.

INTOXICATION.

A man who is helplessly intoxicated may almost immediately restore the
faculties and powers of locomotion by taking half a teaspoonful of chloride
of ammonium in a goblet of water. A wineglassful of strong vinegar will
have the same effect and is frequently resorted to by drunken soldiers.
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NERVOUS DISABILITY. HEADACHE. NEURALGIA. NERVOUSNESS.

Fluid extract of scullcap, 1 ounce.
Fluid extract American valerian, 1 ounce.
Fluid extract catnip, 1 ounce.

Mix all. Dose, from 15 to 30 drops every two hours, in water; most
valuable.

A valuable tonic in all conditions of debility and want of appetite.

Comp. tincture of cinchona in teaspoonful doses in a little water, half
hour before meals.

ANOTHER EXCELLENT TONIC.

Tincture of gentian, 1 ounce.
Tincture of Columba, 1 ounce.
Tincture of collinsonia, 1 ounce.

Mix all. Dose, one tablespoonful in one tablespoonful of water before
meals.

REMEDY FOR CHAPPED HANDS.

When doing housework, if your hands become chapped or red, mix corn meal
and vinegar into a stiff paste and apply to the hand two or three times a
day, after washing them in