Ointment for Sunburn
Make a stiff paste with white Fuller’s earth, or good French chalk, and elder flower water. Let it remain on the face for a few minutes, then wash it off with hot rain water and apply a little cold cream.
Source: The Dudley Book of Cookery and Household Recipes, Georgiana Dudley
Razor-Strop Paste
Wet the strop with a little sweet oil, and apply a little flour of emery evenly over the surface.
Source: The White House Cookbook, F.L. Gillette
Diarrhea
Usually caused by indigestion, impure water, etc. Home remedies are raw flour and water paste; a raw egg in a cup of hot tea; spiced syrup of rhubarb.
Give a dose of castor oil to clear the digestive tract of the irritating material. If there is much pain, keep abdomen warm with flannel and hot-water bag. If a small child, restrict diet to barley water and white of egg in water.
Give adults milk and other liquid foods. If persistent, see doctor.
Source: The Mary Frances First Aid Book, Jane Eayre Fryer
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Two ounces of dry mustard mixed with the whites of two eggs to a paste. Spread on a cloth in a thick paste and apply while it is fresh and wet.
Source: Civic League Cook Book
Musquito Bites
Salt wetted into a sort of paste, with a little vinegar, and plastered on the bite, will immediately allay the pain; and if not rubbed, no mark will be seen next day. It is well to keep salt and vinegar always in a chamber that is infested with musquitoes[sic]. It is also good for the sting of a wasp or bee; and for the bite of any venomous animal, if applied immediately. It should be left on till it becomes dry, and then renewed.
Source: Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches, Eliza Leslie
To Prevent Mold
A small quantity of carbolic acid added to paste, mucilage and ink, will prevent mold. An ounce of the acid to a gallon of whitewash will keep cellars and dairies from the disagreeable odor which often taints milk and meat kept in such places.
Source: The White House Cookbook, F.L. Gillette
Definition: Levigated
Levigated has various meanings relating to being made smooth, but in the context of medicines or herbs it generally means to grind into a smooth paste while moist.