Another Remedy for Dropsy

Mix 1lb (454g) of pure honey with 1 dessertspoon of ground salpetre. Bottle and cork and drink 1 teaspoon twice daily.

Source: Die N.C.V.V. Resepte Boek

A Wash for Sore Ears

Make a tea of the black or candle-alder, wet a soft rag with it, and lay it on; it should be applied three times a day, and occasionally wash it with castile soap and water. The patient should take a mild purgative. If the ears are very much inflamed, there should be a bread and milk poultice put on occasionally. Elder ointment is also beneficial.

Source: Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers, Elizabeth E. Lea

Useful Properties of Red Spurge

Warts or corns anointed with the juice of this plant, presently disappear. A drop of it put into the hollow of a decayed and aching tooth, destroys the nerve, and consequently removes the pain. Some people rub it behind the ears that it may blister, and by that means give relief.

Source: The new family receipt-book, Maria-Eliza Rundell

Asthma

Mix together 2oz (57g) fish oil, 2oz (57g) glycerine, 1 oz (28g) spirits of camphor. Take teaspoonful each morning and evening when necessary.

Source: Die N.C.V.V. Resepte Boek

Porter Plaster for Bruises

This simple, singular, and safe remedy for bruises is nothing more than a gallon of porter simmered in an earthen vessel, till, when cool, it will be of the consistence of a plaster. This preparation was spread on an old glove, and applied round the ancle of a coachman, who was thrown off his box, and miserably bruised. In three days it so effectually performed a cure, that coachee was enabled to remount his box, perfectly relieved from all swelling and pain.