SCALD HEAD.

Acidi Boracici   2 drams
Salol            2 drams
Balsam Peru      1 dram
Carbolic Acid   20 drops
Vaselin          1 ounce
Lanoline         2 ounces

Mix.  This is excellent.  First wash the head thoroughly with castile soap and apply morning and night.  The above amount would cost about 25 cents.

[Patent medicines 483]

PATTERSON’S EMULSION OF PUMPKIN SEEDS.

Patterson’s Emulsion of Pumpkin Seeds is said to be a good emulsion for expelling tapeworms.  Take two ounces of pumpkin seeds, peel and pound to a paste with sugar, then add by degrees eight fluid ounces of water, the whole to be taken in two or three draughts at short intervals.  The above amount would cost about 25 cents or less.

TAPE WORM.

Powdered Kamalia    3 drams
Syrup Simple        3 ounces

Mix.  This is very good.  Two doses of this mixture hardly ever fails to bring the worm.  Give oil and turpentine two hours after the last dose.

The above amount would cost about 25 cents.

SOUTHERN CHOLERA CURE.

Tincture Laudanum or Opii    1 ounce
Tincture Capsicum            1 ounce
Spirits Camphor              1 ounce
Chloroform                 180 minims
Alcohol to make              5 ounces

Mix.  Dose:  One-half to one teaspoonful fifteen minutes apart for two doses or one-half to one teaspoonful every four hours.  The above would cost about 40 cents.

PARRY’S COMPOUND SARSAPARILLA BLOOD PURIFIER.

Turkey Corn Root      1/4 lb. 
Stillingia Root       1/4 lb. 
Sarsaparilla Root     1/4 lb. 
Yellow Dock Root.     1/4 lb. 
Sassafras Bark          2 ounces
Simple Syrup            1 qt. 
Diluted Alcohol         4 ounces. 
Iodide of Potassa     1/4 lb. 
Water                 sufficient

Percolate roots and bark with diluted alcohol, add syrup, then iodide of potassa.  Dissolve in water to make 6 gallons.  The above amount, six gallons, would cost about $2.00.

Toothache.

Gum Camphor          1 grain
Chloral Hydrate      1 grain
Oil of Cloves        2 drams
Chloroform to make   1 ounce

Mix.  Put on some cotton and put around the tooth.  No physician can give a better prescription for toothache than this.

The above amount would cost about 25 cents.

[484 Mothers’ remedies]

PERRY DAVIS’S PAIN KILLER.

Gum Myrrh           7-1/5 ounces
Cayenne Pepper          2 ounces
Gum Opium            1-3/5 ounces
Gum Benzoin          1-1/5 ounces
Gum Guaiac             3/5 ounce
Gum Camphor              2 ounces
Alcohol enough to make   1 gallon

The above amount would cost about $3.50 or 45 cents per pint.