Modern domestic cookery, and useful receipt book : adapted for families in the middling, & genteel ranks of life, with a complete family physician, instructions for making British wines, brewing, baking, &c., &c. / by Elizabeth Hammond.

  • Hammond, Elizabeth.
Date:
1816
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Credit: Modern domestic cookery, and useful receipt book : adapted for families in the middling, & genteel ranks of life, with a complete family physician, instructions for making British wines, brewing, baking, &c., &c. / by Elizabeth Hammond. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    is perfectly dissolved, pour a tea-spoonful of the solution into the affected ear, for eight or nine suc- cessive nights, while in bed, observing to lay your head on the opposite side. This will generally ef- fect a cure. Should an insect get into the ear, drop in a few' drops of sweet oil, which will effec- tually destroy it. Bleeding at the nose. Violent bleeding at the nose may be generally stopped by plugging the nostril with lint dipped in strong vinegar, applying, at the same time, cloths wetted with cold water, externally. Should this fail, surgical aid should be then had recourse to. Tooth-ache. The best preventative of this painful disorder is to keep the teeth very clean. Some cotton moist- ened with laudanum, and laid on the affected tooth, will sometimes remove the pain. If the gums be inflamed, bleeding by leeches will remove the pain; and if the tooth is hollow', it should be kept coni stantly tilled w ith tine white wax. An ointment for sore nipples. Take tw o ounces of diachylon, one ounce of olive oil, and half an ounce of vinegar, boil them toge- ther over a gentle tire, stirring them till they are become an ointment; then pour it in your jar, and apply a little of it to the sore nipple, occasionally, on a fine linen rag. If any fever accompanies the soreness of the nipple, it may be checked by the use of bark in electuary four times a day, each dose of which should be about the size of a nut- meg. Corns. To prevent corns, wear easy shoes, and bathe