This section is from the book "Miss Leslie's New Receipts For Cooking", by Miss Eliza Leslie. Also available from Amazon: New Receipts for Cooking.
Bathe the afflicted part at night and morning, and frequently through the day, with warm salt and water, (mixed in the proportion of two handfuls of salt to a quart of water,) rubbing it well into the skin. Do this near the fire, or in a warm room; avoiding exposure to a draught of air. Sea-water heated over the fire will answer the purpose still better.
A table-spoonful of Hopkins's Compound Syrup of Sarsaparilla, taken thrice a day, and persevered in for six or eight weeks, has frequently cured a chronic rheumatism.
Swaim's Panacea has effected wonderful cures in rheumatism of long standing.
 
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