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A good liniment for burns, according to the Union Medicale is composed as follows: Salol, one
part; olive oil and lime-water, each seventy parts.
That formation of hard skin on the hands which simulates eczema can often be relieved by
rubbing in lanoline, or wool fat, with pumice stone.
A simple cough remedy is made of an ounce of flaxseed boiled in a pint of water, a little honey
added, an ounce of rock candy and the juice of three lemons, the whole mixed and boiled
well.
It is said that a crick in the back is sometimes relieved as quickly as produced by stretching the
back by bending backward across a log or fence. Hot fomentations, with a vigorous rubbing,
usually give relief quite readily.
A remedy for hives: Take of aromatic spirits of ammonia about fifteen drops in a little sugar and
water. If necessary, repeat the dose in two or three hours or oftener. Salt water is also a good
external application. As hives are caused sometimes by indigestion, particularly after eating
certain kinds of fruit, attention should be paid to this matter, and articles of food avoided that are
supposed to induce it.
Taken from the Ava Advertiser, Ava, Jackson County, IL, Friday, 7 November, 1890
