is adds to these a
preventive prescription of "wide-open eyes."

BITES AND STINGS OF INSECTS.--Wash with a solution of ammonia water.

BITES OF MAD DOGS.--Apply caustic potash at once to the wound, and give
enough whiskey to cause sleep.

BURNS.--Make a paste of common baking soda and water, and apply it promptly
to the burn. It will quickly check the pain and inflammation.

COLD ON CHEST.--A flannel rag wrung out in boiling water and sprinkled with
turpentine, laid on the chest, gives the greatest relief.

COUGH.--Boil one ounce of flaxseed in a pint of water, strain, and add a
little honey, one ounce of rock candy, and the juice of three lemons. Mix
and boil well. Drink as hot as possible.

SPRAINED ANKLE OR WRIST.--Wash the ankle very frequently with cold salt and
water, which is far better than warm vinegar or decoction of herbs. Keep
the foot as cool as possible to prevent inflammation, and sit with it
elevated on a high cushion. Live on low diet, and take every morning some
cooling medicine, such as Epsom salts. It cures in a few days.

CHILBLAINS, SPRAINS, ETC.--One raw egg well beaten, half a pint of vinegar,
one ounce spirits of turpentine, a quarter of an ounce of spirits of wine,
a quarter of an ounce of camphor. These ingredients to be beaten together,
then put in a bottle and shaken for ten minutes, after which, to be corked
down tightly to exclude the air. In half an hour it is fit for use. To be
well rubbed in, two, three, or four times a day. For rheumatism in the
head, to be rubbed at the back of the neck and behind the ears. In
chilblains this remedy is to be used before they are broken. {349}

HOW TO REMOVE SUPERFLUOUS HAIR.--Sulphuret of Arsenic, one ounce;
Quicklime, one ounce; Prepared Lard, one ounce; White Wax, one ounce. Melt
the Wax, add the Lard. When nearly cold, stir in the other ingredients.
Apply to the superfluous hair, allowing it to remain on from five to ten
minutes; use a table-knife to shave off the hair; then wash with soap and
warm water.

DYSPEPSIA CURE.--Powdered Rhubarb, two drachms; Bicarbonate of Sodium, six
drachms; Fluid Extract of Gentian, three drachms; Peppermint Water, seven
and a half ounces. Mix them. Dose, a teaspoonful half an hour before meals.

FOR NEURALGIA.--Tincture of Belladonna, one ounce; Tincture of Camphor, one
ounce; Tincture of Arnica, one ounce; Tincture of Opium, one ounce. Mix
them. Apply over the seat of the pain, and give ten to twenty drops