Toothache
Apply chloroform to the nerve of the tooth, by means of a quill tooth pick. Chloroform is so volatile that when introduced through cotton it seldom reaches the nerve.
Source: Tried and True Recipes, F.D.P. Jermain
Egg Gruel
Beat the yolk of an egg with a spoonful of white sugar, and then beat the white separately, to a stiff froth. Pour water when boiling to the yolk, then stir in the white and add spice, or any seasoning, to suit the taste. When a person has taken a violent cold, after being warm in bed give this as hot as it can be taken, and it is often a perfect cure.
Source: Miss Beecher’s Domestic Receipt Book, Catherine Beecher
Sure Remedy for a Felon
Take common soft soap and stir in air slacked lime, until of the consistency of glaziers’ putty. Make a leather thimble, fill with the composition and insert the finger therein.
Source: Tried and True Recipes, F.D.P. Jermain
Salve for Chilblains
Try out nicely a little mutton tallow; into this while melted, (after it is nicely strained) put an equal quantity of coal oil. Stir well together until it cools.
Source: Tried and True Recipes, F.D.P. Jermain
Frostbitten Feet
One of the best cures ever invented for Frostbitten Feet.
Take about six quarts chicken dung and stir it with about two gallons boiling water in a bucket, then place a small board across the bucket, on which you can put your feet and cover your feet up till the mixture is sufficiently cool to put them in, then keep them in till it gets cold.
Source: Recipes: Information for Everybody, J.F. Landis
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To purify sick rooms of any foul smells, put one tablespoonful of bromo chloralum to eight of soft water; dip cloths in and hang up to evaporate.
The surface of anything may be purified by washing well and then rubbing with a weakened solution of bromo chloralum.
This will also purify the breath which is offensive from teeth, by inserting a solution of bromo chloralum upon cotton in the tooth, and rinsing the mouth with a weaker solution three or four times a day.
Source: Tried and True Recipes, F.D.P. Jermain
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One tablespoon of salt; one teaspoon of red pepper in a half pint of water. This will act as a powerful emetic.
Source: Tried and True Recipes, F.D.P. Jermain