--Enemas,-
--These are administered by injection into the rectum or outlet of the body. The intention is either to empty the bowels, kill worms, protect the lining membrane of the intestines from injury, restrain copious discharges, allay spasms in the bowels, or to nourish the body. These clysters,or glysters, are administered by means of an enema syringe.
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--Laxative,-
--Dissolve 2 oz of Epsom salts in 3 qtrs of a pint of gruel, or thin broth, with an oz of olive oil.
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--Nutritive,-
--Take 8 table spn of strong beef-tea and add the yoke of 1 egg beaten well up. May be given every 4 hours, the bowel being well washed out first with 1 pint of warm water given as an enema.
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--Ordinary,-
--Dissolve 2 table spn of salt in 12 oz of gruel.
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--Aperient,-
--Mix 2 oz of castor oil with 1 tea spn of starch, then rub them together, and add 14 oz of thin gruel. ~ Use as a purgative.
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--Demulcent,-
--Mix 4 oz of olive oil with half an oz of mucilage, and a half a pint of warm water.
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•--Gargles,-
--These are remedies used to stimulate chronic sore throats, or a relaxed state of the swallow, or uvula.
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--Acidulated,-
--Mix 1 part of white vinegar with 3 parts of honey of roses, and 24 parts of barley water. ~ Use in chronic inflammation of the throat, malignant sore throat, &c.
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--Astringent,-
--Take 2 tea spn of roses and mix with 8 oz of boiling water, infuse for 1 hour, strain, and add 1 tea spn of alum and 1 oz of honey of roses. ~ Use for severe sore throat, relaxed uvula, &c.
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--For Salivation,-
--Mix from 1 to 4 tea spn of bruised gall-nuts with a pint of boiling water, and infuse for 2 hours, then strain and sweeten.
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--Tonic and Stimulant,-
--Mix 6 oz of decoction of bark with 2 oz of tincture of myrrh, and half a tea spn of diluted sulphuric acid. ~ Use for chronic sore throats.
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--Alum,-
--Dissolve 1 tea spn of alum in 15 oz of water, then add half an oz of treacle, and 1 tea spn of diluted sulphuric acid. ~ Use as an astringent.
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--Myrrh,-
--Add 6 tea spn of tincture of myrrh to 7 oz of infusion of linseed, and then add 1 tea spn of diluted sulphuric acid. ~ Use as a purge.
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--For Slight Inflammation of the Throat,-
--Add 1 tea spn of common salt to a tumblerful of hot water and gargle frequently.
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-- < EWUE 118th Ed. HJLtd Pub. 1933 >
--[Note Warning : these excerts of home remedies are not advisory, and are from 85 years ago. The responsibility of use is the reader's.]
--The last, with common salt in hot water, to gargle, has been in use, and still is in my family all my life.
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