Encyclopedia of Practical Receipts and Processes

How to silver a mirror, brew ginger beer, kill moths, make fireworks, tan a hide, bronze iron, cure a ham and clean a straw hat: William B. Dick's numbered encyclopedia answered the questions a nineteenth-century household actually had.

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If a person falls in a fit, let him remain on the ground, provided his face ing, all that is necessary is to soak the feet in hot water for 15 minutes, drink some warm herb tea, retire to bed, and take a good sweat for about an hour. This will give relief. If the trouble arises from over-eating, relief may be obtained by taking an emetic. (Sec No. 5169.)

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