The following receipts written by DR. J. H. Gunn will be found of great value, especially in emergencies: 

ASTHMA.—­Take hyssop water and poppy water, of each ten ounces; oxymel of squills, six ounces; syrup of maiden hair, two ounces.  Take one spoonful when you find any difficulty in breathing.

AGUE IN THE BREAST.—­Take one part of gum camphor, two parts yellow bees-wax, three parts clean lard; let all melt slowly, in any vessel [earthen best], on stove.  Use either cold or warm; spread very thinly on cotton or linen cloths, covering those with flannel.  No matter if the breast is broken, it will cure if persevered in.  Do not, no matter how painful, cease from drawing milk from the breast that is affected.

AGUE, MIXTURE.—­Mix twenty grains quinine with one pint diluted gin or port wine, and add ten grains subcarbonate of iron.  Dose, a wine-glass each hour until the ague is broken, and then two or three times a day until the whole has been used.

2.  Take Peruvian bark, two ounces; wild cherry tree bark, 1 ounce; cinnamon, one drachm; powdered capsicum, one teaspoonful; sulphur, one ounce; port wine, two quarts.  Let it stand a day or two.  Dose, a wine-glassful every two or three hours until the disease is broken, and then two or three times a day until all is taken.

SPRAINED ANKLE.—­Wash the ankle frequently with cold salt and water, which is far better than warm vinegar or decoctions of herbs.  Keep your foot as cold as possible to prevent inflammation, and sit with it elevated on a cushion.  Live on very low diet, and take every day some cooling medicine.  By obeying these directions only, a sprained ankle has been cured in a few days.

APOPLEXY.—­Occurs only in the corpulent or obese, and the gross or high livers.  To treat, raise the head to a nearly upright position; unloose all tight clothes, strings, etc., and apply cold water to the head and warm water and warm cloths to the feet.  Have the apartment cool and well ventilated.  Give nothing by the mouth until the breathing is relieved, and then only draughts of cold water.

PREPARATION FOR THE CURE OF BALDNESS.—­Rum, one pint; alcohol, one ounce; distilled water, one ounce, tincture of cantharides, a half drachm; carbonate of potash, a half drachm; carbonate of ammonia, one drachm.  Mix the liquids after having dissolved the salts, and filter.  After the skin of the head has been wetted with this preparation for several minutes, it should be washed with water.

BILIOUS COLIC.—­Mix two tablespoonfuls of Indian meal in half a pint of cold water; drink it at two draughts.

BILIOUS COMPLAINTS.—­Take the root and branch of dandelion, and steep it in soft water a sufficient length of time to extract all the essence; then strain the liquor and simmer until it becomes quite thick.  Dose:  From one to three glasses a day may be taken with good effect.

BLACKBERRY CORDIAL.—­To one quart blackberry juice add one pound white sugar, one tablespoonful each cloves, allspice, cinnamon and nutmeg.  Boil together fifteen minutes, and add a wine-glass of whisky, brandy or rum.  Bottle while hot, cork tight and seal.  Used in diarrhea and dysentery.  Dose, a wine-glassful for an adult, half that quantity for a child.  It can be taken three or four times a day if the case is severe.