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Mix together, with frequent agitation, 1 part pure carbonate of potash, 4 parts rose-water, 2 parts Hoffmann's Life Balsam (see No. 5112), and 2 parts distilled water. Apply to the mark twice a day, shaking the bottle well before using. (Hager.) (See No. 5826.) 5887. To Disguise the Taste of Medicines. Instead of attempting to flavor the medicine, or to remove the disagreeable taste from the mouth after taking the medicine, it is far more efficacious to prepare the mouth II. Turn the patient on his face, a large bundle of tightly rolled clothing being placed beneath his stomach, and press heavily overit upon the spine for half a minute.

III. Turn the patient quickly again on his back; the roll of clothing being so placed beneath it as to make the short ribs bulge prominently forward, and raise them a little higher than the level of the mouth. Let some bystander hold the tip of the tongue out of one corner of the mouth with a dry handkerchief, and hold both hands of the patient together, the arms being stretched forcibly back above the head. beforehand with some strong aromatic flavor, IV. Kneel astride the patient's hips, and such as orange or lemon peel, or cachou aro- with your hands resting on his stomach, imatise. (See No. 1336.) In preparing the spread out your fingers so that you can grasp mouth for bitters, liquorice is the only sweet the waist about the short ribs. Now throw that should be used, all others creating a pe- all your ur weight steadily forward upon your culiarly disagreeable compound taste. hands, while you at the same time squeeze 5888. To Disguise the Taste of Cas- the ribs deeply, as if you wished to force tor Oil. Castor or cod-liver oil may be taken everything in the chest upwards out of the with porter by pouring a little in the bottom mouth. Continue this while you can slowly of the glass, and then a little on top of the count-one-two-three; then suddenly let oil, but the best method of covering the nau- go, with a final push, which springs you back to your first kneeling position. Remain erect be done quickly. The instant a person is upon your knees while you can count one known to have swallowed poison by design or two; then throw your weight forward again accident, give water to drink, cold or warm, as before, repeating the entire motions-at as fast as possible, a gallon or more at a time, first about 4 or 5 times a minute, increasing and, as fast as vomited, drink more; tepid wathe rate gradually to about 15 times a minute, ter is best, as it opens the pores of the skin and continuing with the same regularity of and promotes vomiting, and thus gives the time and motion as is observed in the natural speediest cure to the poisonous article. If breathing which you are imitating.

V. Continue this treatment, though apparently unsuccessful, for 2 hours, until the patient begins to breathe; and for a while after this, help him by well-timed pressure to deepen his first gasps into full, deep breaths; while the friction of the limbs, which should, if possible, have been kept up during the entire process, is now further increased. pains begin to be felt in the bowels, it shows that part at least of the poison has passed downwards; then large and repeated injections of tepid water should be given, the object in both cases being to dilute the poison as quickly and as largely as possible. Do not wait for warm water-take that which is nearest at hand, cold or warm, for every second of time saved is of immense importance; at the same time send instantly for a physician, and as soon as he comes turn the case into his hands, telling him what you have VI. As soon as the breathing has become perfectly natural, strip the patient rapidly and completely. Wrap him in blankets only.

Put him in bed in a room comfortably warm, done. This simple fact cannot be too widely but with a free circulation of fresh air, and, published; it is not meant to say that drinkexcept for the administration of internal treatment, let him have perfect rest. Give him a little hot brandy and water, or other stimulant at hand, every 10 or 15 minutes for the first hour, and as often thereafter as may scom expedient. 5394. Abstinence as a Cure for Disease. Disease may often be cured by abstinence from all food, especially if the disorders have been produced by luxurious living and ing a gallon or two of simple water will cure every case of poisoning; but it will cure many, and benefits all by its rapidly diluting quality. (Journal of Health.) A short summary of the antidotes resorted to in reference to particular poisons is given below. They should, of course, be administered as speedily as possible.