BLISTERS.—–­ On the feet, occasioned by walking, are cured by drawing a needleful of worsted thread through them; clip it off at both ends and leave it till the skin peals off.

RAISING BLOOD.—­Make a tea of white oak bark, and drink freely during the day; or take half a pound of yellow dock root, boil in new milk, say one quart:  drink one gill three times a day, and take one pill of white pine pitch every day.

HOW TO STOP BLOOD.—­Take the fine dust of tea, or the scrapings of the inside of tanned leather.  Bind it upon the wound closely, and blood will soon cease to flow.

BOILS.—­Make a poultice of ginger and flour, and lay it on the boil.  This will soon draw it to a head.

SWELLED BOWELS IN CHILDREN.—­Bathe the stomach of the child with catnip steeped, mixed with fresh butter and sugar.

CHILBLAINS.—­Dr. Fergus recommends sulphurous acid in this affection.  It should be applied with a camel’s hair brush, or by means of a spray producer.  One application of this effects a cure.  The acid should be used pure.  A good wash for hands or feet affected with chilblains is sulphurous acid, three parts; glycerine, one part, and water one part.  The acid will be found particularly useful in the irritating, tormenting stage of chilblains.

CHILBLAINS AND CHAPPED HANDS.—­When chilblains manifest themselves, the best remedy not only for preventing their ulcerating, but overcoming the tingling, itching pain, and stimulating the circulation of the part to healthy action, is the liniment of belladona, two drachms; the liniment of aconite, one drachm; carbolic acid, ten drops; collodion flexile, one ounce; painted with a camel’s hair pencil over their surface.  When the chilblains vesicate, ulcerate or slough, it is better to omit the aconite and apply the other components of the liniment without it.  The collodion flexile forms a coating or protecting film, which excludes the air, while the sedative liniments allay the irritation, generally of no trivial nature.  For chapped hands we advise the free use of glycerine and good oil, in the proportion of two parts of the former to four of the latter; after this has been well rubbed into the hands and allowed to remain for a little time, and the hands subsequently washed with Castile soap and water, we recommend the belladonna and collodion flexile to be painted on, and the protective film allowed to remain permanently.  These complaints not unfrequently invade persons of languid circulation and relaxed habit, who should be put on a generous regimen, and treated with ferruginous tonics.  Obstinate, cases are occasionally met with which no local application will remedy, unless some disordered state of the system is removed, or the general condition of the patient’s health improved.  Chapped lips are also benefited by the stimulating form of application we advocate, but the aconite must not be allowed to get on the lips, or a disagreeable tingling results.