The housekeeper's guide, or, Every man his own doctor : Containing many valuable receipts and prescriptions (approved of by the most eminent physicians), for the cure of the human body, &c. to which is added a description of different kinds of baths, bathing, electricity, &c. also a treatment of the cholera.

Date:
1837
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Credit: The housekeeper's guide, or, Every man his own doctor : Containing many valuable receipts and prescriptions (approved of by the most eminent physicians), for the cure of the human body, &c. to which is added a description of different kinds of baths, bathing, electricity, &c. also a treatment of the cholera. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    18 Tb make British oil. Oil of sulphur four ounces, oil of brick two ounces, Barbadoes tar one ounce, linseed oil three ounces. Mix. This will cure burns, scalds, or slight wounds, without any more help. Dress once a day. 19 lleart-hurn. Salts of tartar taken in a little water is a cure for the heart-burn ; you may mix an equal quantity of magnesia witji it, if you please. 20 Decline of Life. Succotrine aloes one ounce ; mix in one quart of British compounds. Drink a wine glass full every other day. The patient will find great comfort and relief. 21 Hooping-Cough. Cochineal ten grains, salt of tartar one scruple, dissolve it in six ounces of water, and sweeten it with a little honev ; for a child one year old, take one table spoonful, and more in proportion to the age. 22 Sore nipples. Dress them twice a day with the following lini- ment, it will not disappoint the expectation; take spermaceti cerate, and balsam of Peru, of each three drachms. 23 Essential oiCof carraivays. It is good against plague, poison, and melancholy : causeth rest, helps difhculty of urine, jaundice, dropsy, it breaks the stone, stops fluxes, and expels the wind, it comforts all the inward jvarts, it provokes the terms, and is powerful in removing all obstructions of the liver, spleen and lungs, causing a sweet breath, taking away asthmas, helping ulcers off the lungs, and causeth a good appetite; it is good in all diseases ])roceeding from cold, and any way afflicting the head B
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