To Remove Tape Worm
Let the patient miss two meals. Give two teaspoonfuls powdered Kamala. Should the bowels not move within two-and-a-half hours, give another teaspoonful of the Kamala. You may follow this in two hours by from half to one oz. Castor Oil. This is a positive cure for Tape Worm. It will not make the patient sick. In buying the drug be sure and get Kamala, not Camellea. Kamala is in appearance like quite red brick dust, and is nearly tasteless, whereas Camellea is of a yellowish color.
Source: One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed, C. A. Bogardus
For Colds on the Chest
Rub with embrocation, or camphorated oil, on the throat and chest, afterwards covering them with flannel or Thermogen. Give a cough mixture to relieve the cough. A linseed poultice will become necessary for a case of bronchitis, croup, pneumonia or pleurisy.
Source: Household Management, E. Stoddard Eckford & M.S. Fitzgerald
Healing Salve
One lb. Lard, 1/2 lb. Resin, 1/2 lb. Sweet Elder bark. Simmer over a slow fire 4 hours, or until it forms a hard, brown salve. This is for the cure of cuts, bruises, boils, old sores and all like ailments. Spread on a cotton cloth and apply to the parts affected.
Source: One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed, C. A. Bogardus
Feuchtwanger’s Tooth Paste
Powdered myrrh, two ounces; burnt alum, one ounce; cream tartar, one ounce; cuttlefish bone, four ounces: drop lake, two ounces; honey, half a gallon; mix.
Source: Our Knowledge Box, ed. G. Blackie
Toffee for Coughs
1/2 lb Demerara sugar
1 oz butter
2 oz treacle
1 teaspoonful ipecacuanha wine
Boil the butter, sugar and treacle together for 20 minutes and add the wine.
Pour out into a greased tin and when cold break into pieces and keep in a tin for use.
Give a small piece to be sucked slowly, from time to time when the cough is troublesome, but never allow a child to go to bed with a piece in its mouth for fear of choking.
Source: Household Management, E. Stoddard Eckford & M.S. Fitzgerald
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