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Sulphur Bath
The bath may be prepared either by adding 1 ounce sulphuret of potassium for every 10 or 12 gallons Tetter. A simple and effectual cure. Moistof water used, or 1 ounce sulphuret of calen the part affected with saliva (spittle) and cium for every 15 gallons of water. The sul- rub it over thoroughly three times a day with phur bath is a powerful remedy in every dethe ashes of a good Havana segar. Simple as scription of skin disease. Leprosy (the most this remedy may appear, it has cured the obstinate of all) has been completely cured by it; the common itch requires only 1 or 2 applications to eradicate it; all scurfy and moist skin affections, &c., speedily yield to its influence. most obstinate cases. part sulphuric acid, add 16 to 20 parts water.