Simple Ointment is made by melting in a pipkin by the side of the fire, without boiling, one part of yellow or white wax, and two parts of hog's lard, without salt or olive oil.

Resin Ointment or Yellow Basilicon is composed of two ounces of yellow wax, five ounces of white resin, and seven ounces of hog's-lard; these must be slowly melted together, and stirred constantly with a stick, till completely mixed.

This ointment is sometimes used in treating scalds and burns; also for dressing blisters, when it is wished to keep up a discharge from them for a few days. This is a stimulating ointment.

Calamine Ointment, or Turner's Cerate, consists of half a pound of yellow wax, and a pint of olive oil, which are to be melted together; this being done, half a pound of calamine powder is to be sifted in, and stirred till the whole be completely mixed.

This is an excellent ointment for stimulating sluggish wounds or sores.

Development Of The Lungs

Multitudes, and especially ladies in easy circumstances, contract a vicious and destructive mode of breathing, not carrying the breath half way down the chest, and scarcely expanding the lower portions of the chest at all. Children that move about a great deal in the open air, and are in no way laced, breathe deep and full in the bottom of the chest, and every part of it. The lungs give us the power of action, and the more exercise we take, especially out of doors, the larger the lungs become, and the less liable to disease. In all occupations that require standing, keep the person straight. If at table, let it be high, raised up nearly to the armpits, so as not to require you to stoop; you will find the employment much easier; while the form of the chest and symmetry of the figure will remain perfect.

The Nettle Bash

This disease takes its name from its being attended by an eruption similar to what is produced by the stinging of nettles. In some cases it is accompanied with large wheals or bumps, which appear of a solid nature, without any cavity or head, containing either water or other fluid. Nothing is so efficacious in this disorder as half a teaspoon-ful of magnesia, and the same quantity of cream of tartar, mixed in half a teacupful of milk, an hour before breakfast, and repeated as required.

Sprain

To treat a sprain properly, it should be kept perfectly at rest; and, if it be of the ankle or knee, the patient must lie in bed, or on a sofa. Warm moist flannels should be repeatedly applied for some hours, and a bread-and-water poultice on going to bed. These should be continued for some days, and no attempt made to use the joint. If the pain be very severe, and it continues so for the first or following days, leeches may be applied, and repeated if necessary. Some persons are fond of putting on a vinegar poultice at once; but this is better left alone till the tenderness has subsided, and there remains only a little pain and stiffness in the joint. Then a vinegar poultice is a very good application, as it produces a diversion of the inflammation going on in the ligaments, by bringing out a crop of pimples on the skin, at a time when the pressure of rubbing in any stimulating lotion cannot be borne.

When the pain has entirely ceased, the joint must not be carelessly used; and, if it be the knee or ankle sprained, walking till the joints become weak and ache must be most carefully avoided, as irreparable mischief is thereby very often caused.

A joint often swells a long time after a sprain; under which circumstances it is best to bind it up with straps of soap-plaster or a roller.

Excellent Medicine For Rheumatism

Powdered gum guaiacum, eight grains; flour of sulphur, two drachms; powdered rhubarb, fifteen grains; cream of tar tar, one drachm; powdered ginger, thirty grains; powdered nutmeg, eight grains.

To be made into an electuary, with two ounces of clarified honey; a teaspoonful to be taken night and morning.

For Sprains and Bruises, especially where the parts are discolored with blood underneath the skin, and for rheumatic swelling of the joints:- Vinegar, one pint; distilled water, half a pint, rectified spirits, one and a half pints; camphor, two ounces.

Mix the vinegar and water, dissolve the camphor in the spirit of wine, and then put them all together.

For sprains, bruises, and other injuries, when the skin is not broken, carbonate of ammonia, two ounces; vinegar, two pints; proof spirit, three pints.

Mix the ammonia with the vinegar; when the effervescence ceases, add the spirit. In inflammation of the joints of some standing, this is mixed with linseed meal, and applied as a poultice, twice a-day. Aperient Electuary. - A very useful family medicine, particularly good for those who are troubled with asthma or rheumatism. One ounce of senna powder, half an ounce of flour of sulphur, two drachms of powdered ginger, half a drachm of saffron powder, four ounces of honey. The size of a nutmeg to be taken night and morning.

For Heartburn

Carbonate of magnesia, ten grains; carbonate of soda, five grains; ginger in powder, five grains; liquorice in powder, fifteen grains. Take as a powder two or three times during the day.

Zinc Ointment is made by rubbing well together one ounce of oxide of zinc, and six ounces of hog's lard. This ointment is useful for chilblains; it is also commonly used for dressing the sores remaining after scalds and burns, to absorb the great discharge which generally follows; and it is a very good application to cracked skin, from which a watery fluid oozes and irritates the neighboring skin.

Leeches

Leeches should be kept in a cool place, in a stone or glass jar, filled with soft water, and tied over with coarse muslin to prevent their escape, though it allows them air. The water should be changed only when it begins to get foul, as too frequent disturbing destroys them. The part on which they are to be applied should be carefully wiped with a cool moist cloth, so as to leave it damp. If they'- do not take readily, the part may be moistened with a little sugar and water, or milk. But if this does not answer, the skin may be gently scratched with a needle-point, till the blood comes, and then they will take. If it be wished to put the leeches as near as possible on one spot, the best plan is to put them all in the deep part of a pill-box, or in a small wine-glass, which is to be turned down on the part. If you wish them to spread over a large surface, as upon one of the limbs or the stomach, they must be put on singly and by hand, which is often very tedious and tiresome work. They should then be held tightly by the tail, wrapped in a piece of wet rag, so that they may be less inconvenienced by the heat of the hand; and if the leech do not soon fix, it is best to put it again into the water to cool itself, and after applying others, to try it again. It is always best to have more leeches than the number directed, in case some will not bite.