A GOOD CURE FOR WOUNDS.
Take the bones of a calf, and burn them until they turn to powder, and
then strew it into the wound. The powder prevents the flesh from
putrefying, and is therefore of great importance in healing the wound.
TO MAKE AN OIL OUT OF PAPER,
WHICH IS GOOD FOR SORE EYES.A man from Germany informed me that to burn two sheets of white
paper would produce about three drops of oil or water, which would heal
all sores in or about the eye if rubbed with it. Any affection of the eyes can
be cured in this way, as long as the apple of the eye is sound.
TO DESTROY CRAB-LICE.
Take capuchin powder, mix it with hog’s lard, and smear yourself with
it. Or boil cammock, and wash the place where the lice keep themselves.
TO PREVENT THE WORST KIND OF PAPER
FROM BLOTTING.Dissolve alum in water, and put it on the paper, and I, Hohman, would
like to see who cannot write on it, when it is dried.
A VERY GOOD REMEDY FOR THE GRAVEL.
The author of this book, John George Hohman, applied this remedy, and
soon felt relieved. I knew a man who could find no relief from the medicine
of any doctor; he then used the following remedy, to wit: he ate every
morning seven peach-stones before tasting anything else, which relieved
him very much; but as he had the gravel very bad, he was obliged to use it
constantly. I, Hohman, have used it for several weeks. I still feel a touch of it
now and then, yet I had it so badly that I cried out aloud every time that I
had to make water. I owe a thousand thanks to God and the person who
told me of this remedy.