HOW TO PREVENT INGROWING NAILS.—­If the nail of your toe be hard, and apt to grow round, and into the corners of your toe, take a piece of broken glass and scrape the top very thin; do this whenever you cut your nails, and by constant use it makes the corners fly up and grow flat, so that it is impossible they should give you any pain.

HOW TO WHITEN NAILS.—­The best wash for whitening the nails is two drachms of diluted sulphuric acid, one drachm of tincture of myrrh, added to four ounces of spring water; first cleanse the hands, and then apply the wash.

SURE CURE FOR NEURALGIA.—­1.  Fill a tight-top thimble with cotton wool, and drop on it a few drops of strong spirits of hartshorn.  The open mouth of the thimble is then applied over the seat of pain for a minute or two, until the skin is blistered.  The skin is then rubbed off, and upon the denuded surface a small quantity of morphia (one-fourth grain) is applied.  This affords almost instant relief.  A second application of the morphia, if required, is to be preceded by first rubbing off the new formation that has sprung up over the former blistered surface.

2.  Dr. J. Knox Hodge recommends the following as an application which will relieve facial or any other neuralgia almost instantaneously:  Albumen of egg, one drachm; rhigolene, four ounces; oil of peppermint, two ounces; colodion and chloroform, each one ounce.  Mix.  Agitate occasionally for twenty-four hours, and by gelatinization a beautiful and semi-solidified, opodeldoc-looking compound results, which will retain its consistency and hold the ingredients intimately blended for months.  Apply by smart friction with the hand, or gently with a soft brush or mop along the course of the nerve involved.

3.  Mix one and one-half drachms iodide of potash, fifteen grains of quinine and one ounce ginger syrup, and two and a half ounces water.  Dose, a tablespoonful every three hours.

4.  OF THE STOMACH.—­Take of distilled water of cherry laurel, five parts; muriate of morphia, one-tenth part.  Mix and dissolve.  One drop on a lump of sugar immediately before meals.

OINTMENT FOR SORE NIPPLES.—­Glycerine, rose water and tannin, equal weights, rubbed together into an ointment, is very highly recommended for sore or cracked nipples.

GLYCERINE OINTMENT.—­Melt together spermaceti, two drachms; white wax, one-half drachm; oil of sweet almonds, two ounces, and then add glycerine, one ounce, and stir briskly until cool.  An admirable application for chapped hands, etc.

OINTMENT FOR ITCH.—­White precipitate, fifteen grains; saltpetre, one-half drachm; flour of sulphur, one drachm; Mix well with lard, two ounces.  Long celebrated for the cure of itch.

SULPHUR OINTMENT.—­Flour of sulphur, eight ounces; oil of bergamot, two drachms; lard, one pound.  Rub freely three times a day, for itch.

OINTMENT FOR PILES.—­Tannin, two drachms; water, two fluid drachms; triturate together, and add lard, one and a half drachms.  An excellent application for piles.