It should be put
on as soon as possible. Those who are troubled with cracked lips have
found this remedy successful when others have failed. It is one of
those sorts of cures, which are very likely to be laughed at; but I
know of its having produced very beneficial results.
*BURNS.--If a person who is burned will _patiently_ hold the injured
part in water, it will prevent the formation of a blister. If the
water be too cold, it may be slightly warmed, and produce the same
effect. People in general are not willing to try it for a sufficiently
long time. Chalk and hog's lard simmered together are said to make a
good ointment for a burn.
*BRUISES.--Constant application of warm water is very soothing to
bruised flesh, and may serve to prevent bad consequences while other
things are in preparation.
SORE NIPPLES.--Put twenty grains of sugar of lead into a vial with one
gill of rose-water; shake it up thoroughly; wet a piece of soft linen
with this preparation, and put it on; renew this as often as the linen
becomes dry. Before nursing, wash this off with something soothing;
rose-water is very good; but the best thing is quince-seed warmed in
a little cold tea until the liquid becomes quite glutinous.
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