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MISCELLANEOUS
VALUABLE
RECEIPTS.
243
No.
532.
Another
Cure
for
Piles.
Take
flour
of
sulphur,
1
ounce
;
rosin,
3
ounces
pulverize,
and
mix
well
together.
Dose.
—
What
will
lie
on
a
five-cent-piece,
night
and
morning,
washing
the
parts
freely
in
cold
water
once
or
twice
a
day.
This
is
a
remedy
of
great
value.
No.
533.
A
Cure
for
Smalljoox.
Take
1
grain
each
of
powdered
foxglove
(digitalis)
and
sulphate
of
zinc.
Kub
together
thoroughly
in
a
mortar
with
5 or
6
drops
of
water
;
this
done,
add
4
or
5
ounces
of
water,
and
sweeten
with
loaf
sugar.
Dose.
—
A
tablespoonful
for
an
adult,
and
1
or
2
tea-
spoonfuls
for
a
child,
every
2 or
3
hours,
until
symp-
toms
of
disease vanish.
No.
534.
A
sure
Remedy
for
Inflammatory
Rheumatism.
Take
1
ounce
pulverized
saltpetre
and
put
it
into
a
pint
of
sweet
oil.
Bathe
the
parts
affected,
and
a
sound
cure
will
speedily
be
made.
No.
535.
A
certain
Cure
for
Corns.
One
teaspoonful
tar,
1
teaspoonful
coarse
brown
sugar,
and
1
teaspoonful
saltpetre;
the
whole
to
be
warmed
together.
Spread
it
on
kip
leather
the
size
of the
corns,
and
in
two
days
they
will
be
drawn
out.