1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE KECEIPTS.

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No. 14. A simple cure for Chilblain^ {Frost-bitten.) Take alum, and dissolve in warm water, and apply it to the affected part.

No. 15. A cure for Burning or Scalding.

Take sweet oil, mix into it pulverized red chalk and white lead. Then take a feather and anoint the affected part. With children you must be careful that they do not scratch at the sore, or else it will leave a mark.

No. 16. A cure for Scabby Heads on Children. Take 1 pound pickled pork. 1 pound cabbage.

J3oil the above the same as you would for eating; then skim it off, and wash the head with the liquid.

No. 17.

How to make a Tea for a Sleepless person to Sleep. Make a tea of Jerusalem oak, which grows in the woods, and drink it, as you would any other tea, before going to bed.

No. 18. How to make Lime - Water. pound of unslaked lime ;

•Take put it in an earthen pot; pour 2 or 3 quarts of pure water on it; cover the pot; let it stand one da}^ ; skim off the top, and take the clear water for use. To keep it any length of time, put it in bottles and seal them. -J