USEFUL REMEDIES, ETC.

Wairoa Bell, Volume V, Issue 178, 30 December 1892, Page 6

USEFUL REMEDIES, ETC.

Remedy for stammering. —Do not speak or attempt to speak when inhaling the breath ; but draw as much air into the lungs as they will hold, and then speak very slowly, Repeat this operation, and by patient perseverance the habit may be completely overcome, A Disinfectant Mixture for Apartments. —-Camphor, twenty parts ; caleiumhypochlorite, fifty parts ; alcohol, filly parts : water, fifty parts ; oil of eucalyptus, one part ; oil of cloves, one part. Mix in a, large vessel kept cold. A lew drops on a napkin arc enough to disinfect a room. liulp, eation. A word to .hose who cannot digest anything with eunfert. Peptonisc your food, and sake it in sn all qualities regularly. Charcoal biscuits are to be highly commended Abstain from alcho.’ic drinks, Bee that the bowels are kept regu lav. For gastric diapepsia pepsin tabloids

fro strongly recommended, while zyminc aabloids are given for intestinal dyspepsia, and compound zymine tabloids for bilious dyspepsia. There arc mites in science as well as in charity. Wa rfcs •—The best treatment of warts is to pare the hard and dry skin from their tops, and then touch them with the smallest drop of ascetic acid, taking care that the acid does not run off the wart upon the neighbouring skin, for if it dees, it will occasion inflammation and much rain. If this practice be continued cnee or twice daily, with regularity, paring' the surface of the wart when it gets hard and dry, the wart may soon be effectually cured. Domestic Salve —The following makes an excellent goner 1 1 ointm nt for all kinds of' wounds, sores, burns, etc. : —Camphor, 5 parts ; carbolic acid, 4 parts ; vaseline, 80 parts ; diachylon plaster, 30 parts. Melt together the vaseline and the plaster, and. stir in the camphor and carbolic acid when nearly cold. The directions for use should be to apply it on a piece of linen rag, after the wound or sore has been washed with lukewarm water. The dressing should b.i changed every twelve hours, washing between each application.