Cussons' Horncastle Compendium, 1837Cussons, David
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Cussons' Horncastle Compendium, 1837
Cussons, David
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For this purpose, infuse 4 oz. of mustard seed in a quart of while wine,
and after 3 or 4 days, drink a wine glass full of it every morning
filling up the phial as long as the seed gives any strength.—Or boil 3
spoonsful of mustard seed in a quart of milk, take off the curd, and keep
the whey for use. This remedy is an excellent diuretic, and a cordial
for the nerves, but it differs from the first in quality. Take half a
wine glass full every morning.
Among all the lotions, and the best to use with the above diuretic, is a
pimpernel water, which is so sovereign a beautifier of the complexion as
to deserve a place on every lady’s toilet. It is prepared by only
infusing half a handful of this herb in a quart of water, letting it
stand all night. It may be used a little warm, but not hot. If not
sufficiently powerful to remove the pimples, take camphor rubbed fine in
a mortar, put upon it, a little at a time, 1 ounce of the juice of
lemons, when dissolved, add 1 pint of white wine. This is a very good
lotion for spots and flushings: it may be used with the greatest safety.
TO TAKE IRON MOULDS OR RUSTS OUT OF LINEN.
Dissolve the powder of burnt alum in the juice of lemon: wet the place
with it, and dry it with the back of a spoon, in the fore part of which
put a live coal; and in doing it 5 or 6 times, the iron moulds will be
washed out.
TO CLEAN GOLD AND RESTORE ITS LUSTRE.
Dissolve a little sal-ammoniac in urine: boil your soiled gold therein,
and it will become clean and brilliant.
HOW TO TAKE SPOTS OR STAINS OUT OF SILK OR VELVET.
Take sopwort (a herb of that name), bruise it, and strain out the juice;
add a little black soap, and mix them well to a moderate thickness; rub
it over the stained or spotted place; warm it gradually before the fire,
and the stains will rub out with the hand.
TO RESTORE THE VOICE AND REMOVE HOARSENESS.
Many causes may contribute to this defect, particularly severe colds,
breathing an air too full of dust, &c., too much speaking or singing, or
being too much exposed to the air, on quitting convivial meetings and
other entertainments of jollity.
To remove this defect, drink freely of barley and liquorice water, eat
black currant jelly, and gargle the mouth twice or thrice every morning
with the syrup of hedge mustard, diluted in a glass of milk or warm
water.
It is certainly very mortifying to a lady to have a masculine voice, and
yet it is a very frequent circumstance. As a means of contracting the
larynx, the extra wideness of which is the cause, you must drink nothing
hot; frequently drink lemonade, water acidulated with verjuice, oranges,
&c., and gargle the throat every morning with equal parts of verjuice and
water.
GARGLE FOR A SORE THROAT.
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