FOR SHORTNESS OF BREATH, OR DIFFICULT BREATHING.—Vitriolated spirits of ether, one ounce, camphor twelve grains. Make a solution, of which take a tea-spoonful during the paroxysm. This is usually found to afford instantaneous relief in difficulty of breathing, depending on internal diseases, and other causes, where the patient, from a very quick and laborious breathing, is obliged to be in an erect posture. CONSUMPTION.—Watercresses, eaten plentifully at every meal, are excellent for this complaint. They should also be pounded in a mortar, and the juice thus obtained be drunk by the patient. This simple remedy has completely cured some, and relieved many sufferers from consumption. For the relaxed bowels common in this disease, the following is excellent:—Take fine flour, and tie it up tight in a cloth, and boil it for a day (the longer the better). Let the patient take as much of the dry flour in the inside as will lie on a sixpence, daily, or oftener, if requisite. COLD, OR INFLAMMATION OF THE EYES.—The white of an egg mixed with a few bread crumbs (to give it substance), and put into a muslin bag, and applied as a poultice to the eye, will afford great relief in a few minutes, or generally a cure in a day or two. The poultice is best applied at night, or when lying down; when removed, the eye should be well bathed with warm water, using a bit of muslin, NOT a sponge. EXCELLENT MEDICINE FOR INDIGESTION.—Carbonate of magnesia, one ounce; carbonate of soda, one ounce; powdered ginger, one drachm; best Turkey rhubarb, half a drachm. Well mix in a mortar, and to be kept in a bottle with a glass stopper. The dose for an adult is half a tea-spoonful. EXCELLENT MEDICINE FOR RHEUMATISM.—Powdered gum guaiacum, eight grains; flour of sulphur, two drachms; powdered rhubarb, fifteen grains; cream of tartar, one drachm; powdered ginger, thirty grains; powdered nutmeg, eight grains. To be made into an electuary, with two ounces of clarified honey; a tea-spoonful to be taken night and morning. QUININE DRAUGHT.—The following draught, as ordered by Dr. Copland, was of the greatest service in a case of _dyspepsia_, accompanied by derangement of the liver:—Sulphate of quinine, two grains; diluted sulphuric acid, two drops; spirit of nutmegs, one drachm; distilled water, ten drachms. Mix. To be taken daily at mid-day. SEDATIVE OINTMENT.—The violent local irritation which often follows the application of blisters to the surface of children, is a serious objection to their use, and requires that particular care be taken to lessen the liability of sloughing, &c. Should, however, the ulcer be very irritable, the following ointment thickly spread on lint will be found serviceable:—Lime water, oil of almonds, of each half an ounce; mix well together, then add prepared lard, one ounce.