The Home Doctor

A poiiLTiCE of bread and vinegar, as hot as bcarable, applied to the ear is a sure and immediate relief for ear-aolie. Swellkd Feet and Ankles. - Tako plantain leaves, and wilt them by putting separately betweeu tlie hands ; cover the swollen parts with tliem, and keep in placo by wrapping the limb with rags or a towcl on going to bed at night, or keep them on during tlie day if not obliged to be upon tlie feet. A cure "will be speedily effected. Neuralgia and Rheumatism. - A very simple relief for neuralgia is to boil a small handful of lobelia in half a pint of water till the strength is out of the herb, then strain it off and add a teaspoonful of fine salt. Wring eloths out of the liquid as hot as possible, and spread over the part affected. It acts like a charm. Change the eloths as soon as cold, till the pain is all gone ; then cover the place over, so as to prevent taking cold. Eheumatism can often be relieved by application to the painfnl parts of eloths wet in a solution of sal-s;da in water. If there is inflammation in the joints, the cure is very quick ; the wash needs to be lukewarm. Cube for Dyspepsia. - Milk and lime-wator are now frequently prescribed by physicians in cases of dyspepsia and weakness of the stomach, and in some cases are said to prove beneficial. Many persons who tliink good bread and mi'ík a great luxury frequently hesitate to eat it, for the reason that milk will not digest readily ; sourness of the stomach will often follow. But experience proves that lime-water and milk are not only food and medicine at an early period of life, but also at a later, when, as in the case of infanta, the functions of digestión and assimilation have been seriously impaired. A stomach taxed by gluttony, irritated by improper food, inflamed by alcohol, enfeebled by disease, or otherwise unfitted for its duties - ás is sliown by the various symptoms attendant upon indigestión, dyspepsia, diarrhea, dysentery and fever - will resume its work, and do it energetically, on an exclusive diet of bread and milk and limcwater. A goblet of cow's milk may have four table-spoonfuls of lime-water added to it with good effect. The way to make lime-water is simply to procure a few lumps of unslacked lime, put the lime in a stone jar, add water until the lime is slacked and of about the consistency of thin cream. The lime settles, leaving the pure and clear limewater at the top. Great care should be taken not to get the lime-water too strong. Keep to the direction as to the consistency, and, when the water rises, ponr it off without obtaining any of the lime. The lime-water is also very good to apply to burns and scalds. In slacking the lime, particular pains should be taken that none of the partióles fly into the eyes.