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TO DISCOURAGE THE
Hiccoughs
DRINK
a glass of cold water by plac–
ing the lips on the far side of the glass
and bending forward and over.
If
the
hiccoughs should be accompanied with
dizziness, a wabbling of the knees and a
general feeling of ennui, it would be
unwise to attempt the above prophy–
lactic. Instead, eat a
lump
of sugar with
a few drops of essence of peppermint
on it.
Bromo
PuT
1 heaping teaspoonful of bromo
seltzer in a dry tumbler. Fill a second
tumbler
%
full
of cold tap water to
which add 20 drops of aromatic spirits
- of ammonia. Then mix contents of two
tumblers by rapidly pouring from one
tumbler to the other and drink while
effervescing.
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