Progress and Achievements of the Colored People: Containing the Story of the Wonderful Advancement of the Colored Americans—the Most Marvelous in the History of Nations—Their Past Accomplishments, Together With Their Present-day Opportunities and a Glimpse Into the Future for Further Developments—the Dawn of a Triumphant Era. A Handbook for Self-improvement Which Leads to Greater Success
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Olive oil will relieve the pain caused by any hot fluid that may reach
the eye.
A particle of iron or steel may be extracted from the eye by holding
near it a powerful magnet.
=When Something Gets into Your Eye.=—An easy method of removing bits of
foreign bodies from the eye is to place a grain of flaxseed under the
lower lid and close the lids. The seed becomes quickly surrounded by a
thick adherent mucilage which entraps the foreign body and soon carries
it out from the angle of the eye.
QUICK RELIEF FOR EARACHE
To relieve earache take a small piece of cotton batting, depress it in
the center with the finger and fill up the cavity with ground black
pepper. Gather it into a ball and tie it with thread. Dip the pepper
ball into sweet oil and insert it in the ear, then putting cotton over
the ear and using a bandage or cap to keep it in place. This application
will give immediate relief and can do no injury.
=Another Remedy.=—Take a common tobacco pipe, put a wad of cotton into
the bowl and drop a few drops of chloroform into it. Cover this with
another wad of cotton, place the pipe stem to the suffering ear and blow
into the bowl. The chloroform vapor will in many cases cause the pain to
cease almost immediately.
INSECTS IN THE EAR—TO REMOVE
To destroy insects which fly or crawl into the ear, pour a spoonful of
warm olive oil into the ear and keep it there for some hours by means of
a wad of cotton batting and a bandage. Afterward it may be washed out
with warm water and a small syringe.
TOOTHACHE—A QUICK RELIEF
One of the best mixtures to relieve acute pain and toothache is made as
follows: Laudanum, one drachm; gum camphor, four drachms; oil of cloves,
one-half drachm; oil of lavender, one drachm; alcohol, one ounce;
sulphuric ether, six drachms, and chloroform, five drachms. Apply with
lint, or for toothache rub on the gums and upon the face against the
tooth.
DISAGREEABLE BREATH—HOW TO CURE
Of course if the trouble comes from the teeth by decay, it is a case for
the dentist, and if because the teeth are not properly and frequently
cleaned, the remedy is a toothbrush and a good tooth powder.
Bad breath, however, is frequently the result of low vitality or
torpidity of the excretory organs, either the skin, bowels, kidneys,
liver or lungs. Should one of these, the bowels, for instance, become
affected, the others have more work to do. The lungs then have to throw
off some of this waste matter, and the result is bad breath. If from one
of these causes, or from the stomach, or from catarrh in the nose, a
doctor should be called to treat the difficulty intelligently.