kneaded-sometimes pounded every forenoon, so that the bowels and kidneys will act promptly and freely. Sluggishness of the intestines will bring "spots" before the eyes, and occasional blindness. The sight depends almost exclusively upon the health of the nervous system.

White Spots on the Eyelids.

REMEDY.-Treat them as you would a mole or wart—viz. : Take a hair and tie it tight around the base of the excrescence. By cutting off the capillary circulation, and stopping the flow of the nerve-life, the blemishes become foreign bodies, decay, and soon drop off. Perhaps it will be necessary to keep the ligature on for many days. If you cannot tie a thread at the base of the mole or wart, the true substitute is to use a needle to draw a thread through the excrescence, leaving the two ends about an inch long. Occasionally pull the thread back and forth, and the contents of the spot, wart, or mole, will soon run out.

The Eye and the Mind.

The mind (says a writer,) like the eye, has its adjustment to near and remote objects. A watchmaker can find the broken tooth in a ship's chronometer quicker than the captain, and the captain will detect a sail in the distance long before the artisan can see it. Physiologists and metaphysicians look at the same object with different focal adjustments.

Wash for Sympathetic Sore Eyes.

Take a large pinch of bayberry bark (Myrica Cerifera,)—not "barberry," remember-make a strong tea of it; when cold, wash the eyelids with it, both at night and first thing in the morning.

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Pleasant Drink for the Sick.

We prescribe for the sick, everywhere, the following delicious beverage: To one and a half pounds of white sugar, two table-spoonfuls of brewers' yeast, put in one gallon of water. Let it stand in a warm place till it ferments. Then strain and bottle it. Keep it in a cold place. It should not be used until the day after it is put away in well-corked bottles.

Poultices for Wounds and Injuries.

These may be made of slippery elm, flax-seed, bread and milk, etc. A very convenient flax-seed poultice is made by taking flax-seed malt, and adding boiling water, until it assumes the consistency of a poultice. Slippery elm poultice may be made in the same manner. Bread and milk poultice may be made, by taking equal parts of each, and boiling them until they are in the form of mush. Potato and carrot poultices are made by boiling these articles, and mashing them fine. Poultices should be spread on small pieces of cloth, laid on to the part, and protected by a small piece of oiled silk.

Water Dressings for Wounds.

Many surgeons now-a-days are in the habit of applying water-dressings exclusively to wounds. These are made by taking several folds of linen or cotton, wrung out of cold or tepid water, and applying them to the part. Change as often as necessary to keep the parts moist. They should be covered with oiled silk, in the same manner as poultices.

Rapid Cure for Burns.

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it is highly important to make every one acquainted with the best means of counteracting the effects of that substance, in order that speedy relief may be afforded to those who may have had the misfortune to take some. The Medizinisch-Chirurgische Monatschrift, a German medical paper, proposes calcined magnesia as the best remedy for the purpose, stated to have been largely experimented on by Doctors Antonelli and Borsarelli. In cases of poisoning by phosphorus, or by any other substance containing that metalloid, the administration of fatty substances should be avoided; because, far from attenuating the effects of the poison, they increase its energy and facilitate its diffusion. Calcined magnesia should be administered in large quantities, suspended in water that has been exposed to ebullition. In cases of dysuria occasioned by phosphorus, the best remedy is acetate of potash. All mucilaginous beverages administered to the patient should be prepared with water that has boiled, in order that they may contain as little atmospheric air as possible.

Antidote for Strychnine.

Tannin, which retains nicotine, unites also with nearly all the other alkaloids. Kursak recommends it as an antidote for strychnine, in doses of sixty grains of nut-gall to one of alkaloid. Nearly any astringent vegetable substance which happens to be at hand, may replace the tannin, such as the glands or bark of the oak and of the chestnut. The use of acids and alcohol should be avoided, as these agents dissolve the poison.

Results of a Useful Emetic.

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