Inflammation Of The Bowels

Cover the bowels with thin slices of fresh beef, and, when they begin to grow dark, remove them and put on more fresh beef; continue this until the inflammation is all drawn out.

Burns

Wet saleratus and spread on a cloth; bind this around the burnt part, and, in few hours, it will be nearly well, unless the burn is very deep, in which case the saleratus should 6e removed; and after being removed the burn should be covered with a piece of old linen on which has been rabbed a little mutton tallow or sweet oil.

Neuralgia

One of the causes of neuralgia is constipation; and therefore one of the first things to do is to get the bowels in a healthy condition.

A poultice made from the common white bean is a great relief. Boil the beans in water enough to make a thick paste; mash them, and spread the paste thickly on a cloth : then cover the paste with a thin piece of muslin, and bind on the painful parts. The bean poultice will retain heat longer than one made of any thing else; and, as heat and moisture opens the pores it thus relieves the pain. Hot oatmeal gruel heats the system quickly and thoroughly, for which reason it should be taken freely in all cases of colds, neuralgia, and rheumatism.

Growing-In-Kails

When the nails are trimmed cut a deep place in the centre of any that have a tendency to grow into the flesh. The inclination of the parts of the nail to grow together will keep it out of the flesh.

Nosebleed

Roll a piece of soft paper quite hard, and pack hard between the upper lip and gum, and in a few minutes the bleeding will stop.

Cure For Hoarseness

Bake a lemon or sour orange for twenty minutes in a moderate oven; then open it at one end, and dig out the inside, which sweeten with sugar or molasses, and eat. This will cure hoareness and remove pressure from the lungs.

Under the beading of "Medicinal" I do not give any rules that will take the place of a physician in cases of severe sickness; but I give simple remedies which have been thoroughly tested, and which I hope may relieve many others by being thus made public.