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DR. CHASE'S RECIPES;
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INFORMATION FOR. EVERYBODY:
AN INVALUABLE COLLECTION OF
AUOUT EIGHT HUNDRED
PRACTICAL RECIPES,
Merchants, Uroccrs, Saloon-Keepers, rhysielans, Drujcslsts, Tanners
Shoe Makers, Harness Makers, Palmers, Jewelers, Blacksmiths
Tinners, (iunsmllhs, Farriers, Barbers, Bakers, Dyers,
Ueuovaters, Farmers, and Families Generally,
TO WHICH asVK BEEX ADDED
A. Rational Treatment of Pleurisy, Inflammation of the Lungs,
and other Inflammatory Diseases, and also for General
Female Debility and Irregularities:
All arranged In tkelr Appropriate Depart mini*.
BY A. w. chase;. M. IX
STKKKOTYPKD
CAREFULLY HKVISEI), ILLUSTRATED, AND MUCH ENLARGED,
WITH REMARKS AND FULL EXPLANATIONS.
We Learn to Live, by Living to Liearu.
IN CLOTH, $1.25; I>A.I>ER COVERS, $1.00;
MOROCCO GILT, $2.00.
THE GERMAN IN CLOTH ONLY, $1.25.
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN
y»XJBJL.IS^iBID BY THE AUTHOK-
18 6 7.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the Year 1867, by
A. W. CHASE, M. D.,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the
Eastern District of Michigan.
Forty-ninth Edition —Three Hundred and Fifty -eighth Thou-
sand—English and German.
I
PREFACE
TO THE TENTH EDITION.
Ik bringing a permanent work, or one that is designed w> to
be, before the public, it is expected of the Author that he give
his reasons for such publication. If the reasons are founded in
truth, the people consequently seeing its necessity, will appreci-
ate its advantages, and encourage the Author by quick and ex-
tensive purchases, they alone being the judges. Then:
First. — Much of the information contained in " Dr. Chase's
Receipes; or Information for Everybody," has never before
been published, and is adapted to every day use.
Second.— The Author, after having carried on the Drug and
Grocery business for a number of years, read Medicine, after
being thirty-eight years of age, and graduated as a Physician
to qualify himself for the work he was undertaking ; for, having
been familiar with some of the Recipes, adapted to these
oranches of trade, more than twenty years, he began in " Fifty-
six," seven years ago, to publish them in a Pamphlet of only
a few pages, since which time he has been traveling between
New York and Iowa, selling the work and Prescribing, so that
up to this time, " Sixty-three," over twenty-three thousand cop-
ies have been sold. His travels have brought him in contact
with all classes of Professional and Business men, Mechanics,
Barriers, and Farmers, thus enabling him to obtain from them,
many additional items, always having had his note book with
him, and whenever a prescription has been given before him,
3r a remark made, that would have a practical bearing, it has
been noted, and at the first opportunity tested, then if good,
written out in plain language expressly for the next edition of
ri PRXFAO*. ♦
this work. In this way this mass of information has been col-
lected, and ought to take away an objection which some persona
nave raised: "It is too much for one man to know!'* because
they did not realize that the work had been made up from otJien
as well as the Authcr'a actual every day experience, instead of
from untried books. Yet from the nature of some of the Recipes,
one has occasionally found its way into some of the earlier edi-
tions, which have needed revision, or to be. entirely dropped.
This, -with a desire to add to the various Departments, at every
edition, has kept us from having it Stereotyped until the present^
tenth edition.
But now, all being what we desire ; and the size of the work
being such that we cannot add to it without increasing the price
we "have it Stereotyped, and send it out, just what we ex-
pect, and are willing it should remain.
Third. — Many of the Recipe books published are very large,
containing much useless matter, only to increase the number,
consequently costing too much — this one contains only about
eight hundred recipes, upon only about four hundred different
, subjects, all of which are valuable in daily, practical life, and at
a very reasonable price — many of them are without arrange-
ment — this one is arranged in regular Departments, all of a class
being together— many of them are without remark, or explana-
tion — this one is fully explained, and accompanied with remarks
upon the various subjects introduced by the Recipes under con-
sideration — those remarks, explanations, and suggestions accom-
panying the Recipes, are a special feature of this work, making
it worth double its cost as a reading book, even if there was not
a prescription in it.
Fourth:. — The remarks and explanations are in large type,
whilst the prescriptive and descriptive parts are in a little smaller
type, which enables any one to Bee at a glance just what they
wish to find
Fifth.— It is a well known fact that many unprincipled per
sons go around " gulling" the people by selling single Recipes
for «XMr)iitajit prices. The Author fouad a thing, calling him
PREFAO* fii
•elf a man, in Battle Creek, Mich., selling a Washing-Fluid
Recipe for two dollars, which he obtained of some ; but if he
could not obtain that, he would take tw© shillings, or any other
sum between them. A merchant gave a horse for the "White
Cement" Recipe. The late Mr. Andrews, of Detroit, Mich.,
ghve three hundred dollars for a Recipe, now improved and in
this work, to cure a bone spavin upon a race mare of his. He
f amoved the spavin with it and won the anticipated wager with
tier. The Author has, himself, paid from twenty-five to fifty,
and seventy-five cents, and one to two, three five, and eight dol-
lars for single items, or Recipes, hoping thereby to improve his
work ; but often finding that he had much belter ideas already
embodied therein.
The amount paid for information in this work, and for testing
by experiment, together with traveling expenses, and cuts used
in illustrating it, have reached over two thousand dollars, and
all for the purpose of making a book worthy to be found in
"Everybody's" library, and to prevent such extortions in the
price of Recipes. Yet any single' Recipe in the work which a
person may wish to use, will often be found worth many times
liie price of the book, perhaps the lives of those you dearly love,
by having at hand the necessary information enabling you to
immediately apply the means within your reach, instead of giv-
ing time for disease to strengthen, whilst sending, perhaps miles,
for a physician. Much pain and suffering, also, will often be
saved or avoided, besides the satisfaction of knowing how many
things are made which you are constantly using, and also being
able to avoid many things which you certainly would avoid, if
you knew how they were made.
Sixth. — It will be observed that we have introduced a number
of Recipes upon some of the subjects ; this adapts the work to
all circumstances and places * the reason for it is this ; we hav€
become acquainted with them in our practice and journeyings,
and know that when the articles cannot be obtained for one
way, they may be for some other way ; as also that one pre-
scription is better for some than for other persons ; therefore,
we give the variety that all may be benefitted as much as possi-
Till PREPAOB
ble. For instance, there are twenty different prescription fo?
different diseases, and conditions of the eye ; there are also 8
dozen different liniments, &c., &c. ; yet the Author feels well
assured that the most perfect satisfaction will be experienced in
them as a whole. And although it could not be expected that
special advantages of particular Recipes could be pointed out
to any great extent, yet the Author must be indulged in referring
to a few, in the various Departments. All, or nearly all, Mer-
chants and Grocers, as also most Families, will be more or less
benefited by the directions for making or preserving butter, pre-
serving eggs, or fruit, computing interest, making vinegar, and
keeping cider palatable, «&a In ague sections of country, none
should be without the information on this subject; and in jact,
there is not a medical subject introduced but what will be found
more or less valuable to every one; even Physicians will be
more than compensated in its perusal; whilst Consumptive,
Dyspeptic, Rheumatic, and Fever patients ought, by all means,
to avail themselves of the advantages here pointed out. The
treatment in Female Debility, and th& observations on the
Changes in female life are such that every one of them over
thirteen or fourteen years of age should not be without this
work. The directions in Pleurisy and other Inflammatory dis-
eases cannot fail to benefit every family into whose hands the
bo'ok shall fall.
The Good Samaritan Liniment, we do not believe, has its
equal in the world, for common uses, whilst there are a number
of other liniments equally well adapted to particular cases.
And we would not undertake to raise a family of children with-
out our Whooping Cough Syrup and Croup Remedies, knowing
their value as we do, if it cost a hundred dollars to obtain them
Tanners and Shoemakers, Painters and Blacksmiths, Tinners
and Gunsmiths, Cabinet Makers, Barbers and Baken will find
ia their various Departments more than enough, in single reci-
pes, to compensate them for the expense of the work ; \nd Far-
riers and Farmers who deal in horses and cattle, will o*len find
that Department to save a hundred times its cost in singlo cases
of disease.
A gentleman recently called at my house for one of the hooka.
FRETACB. IX
Baying: "I have come ten miles out of my way to get it, for 1
Btaid over night with a farmer, who had one, and had been ben-
efitted more than $20, in curing a horse by its directions." A
gentleman near this city says he had paid out dollars after dol-
lars to cure a horse of spavin, without benefit, as directed by
other books, of recipes ; but a few shillings, as directed by this,
cured the horse. Another gentleman recently said to me:
•* Your Eye Water is worth more than $20." I could fill pages
of similar statements which have come to my knowledge since
I commenced the publication of this work, but must be content
by asking all to look over our References, which have been vol-
untarily accumulating during the seven years in which the
work has been in growing up to its present size and perfection ;
and the position in society, of most of the persons making these
statements is such, many of which are entire strangers to the
Author and to each other, that any person can see that no pos-
sible complicity could exist between us, even if we desired it
Families will find in the Baking, Cooking, Coloring and Alis-
cellaneous Departments, all they will need, without the aid of
any other "Cook Book;" and the Washing-Fluid, which we
have used at every washing except two for nearly eight years,
is worth to every family of eight or ten persons, ten times the
cost of the book, yearly, saving both in labor and wear of
clothes.
Seventh.— Many of the articles can be gathered from garden,
field or woods, and the others will always be iound with Drug-
gists, and most of the preparations will cost only ttvni one-half
to as low as one-sixteenth as much as to purchase them already
made ; and the only certainty, now-a-days, of naving a good
aiticle, is to make it yourself.
Finally.— There is one or two things fact about this book ;
It is the biggest humbug of the day; or it is the best work of
the kind, published in the EngHsh language. If a careful peru-
Bal does not satisfy all that if is not the first, but that it is the last,
then will the Author be willing to acknowledge that Testing,
Experimenting, Labor, Travel and Study, to be of no account in
qualifying a man for such a work, especially when that work
has been the long cherished object of his life, for a lasting bene-
I F&EPACTB
fit to hi* follow creat ires, saving them from extortion, In buying
single recipes, and alio givxg them a reliable work, for every
emergency, more th ifl fo» r.is own pecuniary benefit. Were it
not so, I should have *ept vue work smaller as heretofore, for
the eighth edition of two hundred and twenty- four pages when
handsomely bound sold for One Dollar, but in this edi-
tion you get a Dollar's worth of book, even if common reading
matter, besides the most reliable practiced information, by which
you will often save, not only dollars and cents, but relieve suffer-
ing and prolong life. It is, in fact, a perfect mass of the most
valuable methods of accomplishing the things spoken of, an
Encyclopedia upon the various branches of Science and Art,
treated of in the work, which no family can afford to do with-
out; indeed, young and old, " Everybody V book. And the
" Taxes" nor " Times" should be, for a moment, argued against
the purchase of so valuable a work, especially when we assure you
that the book is sold only by Traveling Agents, that aU may hate a
cliance to purcliase ; for if left at the Book Stores, or by Advertise-
ment only y not One in Fifty would ever see it.
Some persons object to buying a book of Recipes, as they are
constantly receiving so many in the newspapers of the day ,
but if they had all that this book contains, scattered through a
number of years of accumulated papers, it would be wortk
mwe than the price of this work to have them gathered together,
carefully arranged in their appropriate departments, with an
alphabetical inaex, and handsomely bound ; besides the advan-
tage of their having passed under the Author's carefully prun-
ing and grafting hand.
" To uproot error and do good should be the first and highest
aspiration of every intelligent being. He who labors to pro-
mote th* physical perfection of his race—he who strives to make
mankind intelligent, healthy, ana happy— cannot fail to have
reflected un his own soul the benign smiles of those whom he
has been the instrument of benefitting." The Author has re-
cieved too many expressions of gratitude, thankfulness, ana
favor, in regard to the value of " Dr. Chase's Recipes; or Infor
mation for Everybody " to doubt in the least, the truth of tot
foregoing quotation; and trusts ttiat the following quotation
PREPACK. Ki
may not bo set down to •' Egotism" or ** Bigotry , w whea he givet
't as the governing reason for the continued and permanent pub*
Uoation of the work «.
* " i live to Ucunx their «tory, who suffered for my sake ;
To emulate theii glory, anl follow in thwir wak* ;
Bards, patriots, martyrs, sage*}, and uohlf of all at?«8,
Whose d«eds crow:j History's pages, and Time's great volume m&k4
" I live for those who love me, for those who know me tm«j
For the heaven that smiles above me, and awajte my spirit too j
For the oau.se that lacks assistance, for the wrong that newis re«Jistanc«.
For the future in the distance, and the good that I can do."
May these reasons speedily become the governing principle*
throughout the world, especially with all those who have taken
upon themselves the vows of our "Holy Religion;" knowing
that it is to those only who begin to love God, and right actions,
here, with whom the glories of Heaven shall ever begin. Were
they thus heeded, we should no longer need coroborating testi-
mony to our statements. Now, however, we are obliged to
array every point before the people, as a Jftnor, that they may
judge under standingly, even in matters of the most vita* impor-
tance to themselves ; consequently we must be excused for thia
engthy Preface, Explanatory Index, and extended References
following it. Yet, that there are some who will let the work go
by them as one of the " Humbugs of the day;' notwithstanding
all that has or might be said, we have no doubt; but we beg to
refer such to the statement amongst our References, of the Rev,
C. P. Nash, of Muskegon, Mich., who, although he allowed it
thus to pass him, could not rest satisfied when he saw the relia-
bility of the work purchased by his less incremd/nu neighbors;
then if you wiU y let it go by ; but it is hoped that all purchaser*
may have sufficient confidence in the work not to allow it to
lay idle; for, that the designed and greatest possible amount of
good shall be accomplished by it, it is only necessary that it
should be generally r^oduced^ and daify used, is the positive
knowledge of the
AUTHOR.
I N I) K X
MERCHANTS' AND tfROCERS' DEPARTMENT.
PAGE.
leaking Powders, Without Drugs, 5C
Butter"; to Preserve any Length of Time — Butter Mak-
ing; Directions for Dairymen — Butter; Storing; the
Illinois Prairie Farmer's Method, 40-41
Burning Fluid, 44
Counterfeit Money; Seven Rules for Detecting, 46-47
Eggs; to Preserve for Winter Use — English Patented
Method— J. W. Cooper, M. D.'s Method of Keeping
and Shipping Game Eggs,.. 42—44
Fruits ; to Keep Without ^ Loss of Color or Flavor, 41
Honey; Domestic— Cuba Honey — Excellent Honey —
Premium Money 40-50
Interest; Computing by one Multiplication and one Di-
vision, at any Rate Per Cent — Method of Computing
by a Single Multiplication, 45-46
Inks; Black Copying or Wriiing Fluid — Common Black
—Red; The Very Best— Blue— Indeliibie— Ink Pow-
der; Black, 47-48
Je, Lies, Without Fruit 50
Mouth Glue, for Torn Paper, Notes, &c, 50
Vinegar, in Three Weeks — in Barrels without Trouble
— From Sugar, Drippings from Sugar Hogsheads, &e.,
—From Acetic Acid and Molasses — From Apple Ci-
jler — la Three Days, Without Drugs — Quick Process
by Standing upon Shavings, 32-4C
SALOON DEPARTMENT.
A pple Cider; to Keep Sweet with but Trifling Expense
—To Prepare for Medicine — Artificial Cider, or Cider
Without Apples; to Make in Kegs or to Bottle, or ir
Barrels, for Long Keeping, with Directions About
Shipping, b\ 54
A' 'lion of Sugar or Candy on the Teeth, 59
Ale ; Home Brewed, How it is Mdde, 63
fitJ>3I2L TLB
Secya; Root — Spruce, or Aromatic *tecr — Lemon- -<iin-
ger — Puiladeiphia— Patent Gas— Corn ; without Yeast
— Strong Beer ; English, improved, 61-68
Ooloriug for Wines, 74
Cream Soda ; using Cow's Cream for Fountains — Cream
Soda ; with a Fountain, 57
Cream Nectar ; Imperial, 64
Ginger Pop, 65
lee Cream— Ice Cream ; very Cheap, 66-57
Lawton Blackberry ; its Cultivation, 72
Lemonade ; to carry in the Pocket, 60
Molasses Candy and Pop Corn Balls, 58-5$
Oyster Soup, 58
Persian Sherbet, 60
Porter, Ale or Wine ; to prevent Flatness in parts of
bottles, for the Invalid, 64
Stomach Bitters ; equal to Hostellers, for one-fourth its
cost, and Schiedam Schnapps Exposed, 74
Sh'am Champagne ; a purely Temperance Drink, 65
Spanish Gingerette, 65
Soda Water ; without a Machine for Bottling, 57
Syrups ; to make the various Colors — Syrups Artificial ;
various Flavors, as Raspberry, Strawberry, Pine-
Apple, Sarsaparilla, &c— Lemon Syrup ; Common-
Lemon Syrup ; to save the -loss of Lemons — Soda
Syrup ; with or without Fountains, 54-57
Tripe ; to prepare and Pickle, 58
Wines ; Currant, Cherry, Elderberry, and other Berry
Wines— Rhubarb, or English Patent Wine — Tomato
Wine — Wine from white Currants — Ginger Wine, —
Blackberry Wine — Port Wine — Cider Wine — Grape
Wine , 67-74
Y easts ; Hop Yeast -Bakers' Yeast— Jug Yeast ; with-
out Yeast to start with — Yeast Cake, 65-66
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
Alcohol in Medicine, preferable to Brandy, Rum or Gin,
of the present day, connected with Spiritual Facts, . 7&-7*#
Ague Medicines ; Dr. Krider's Ague Pills — Ague Bitters
—Ague Powder— Ague Mixture, without Quinine —
Ague Cured for a Penny-^Ague Anodyne— Tonio
Wine Tincture, a positive cure for Ague without Qui-
nine, 77-80
Asthma; Remedies, 189
Alterative Syrup, or Blood Purifier — Alterative ; very
strong — AJterative Cathartic, powder— AJterative for
Diseases of the Skin — Alterative, Tonic and Cathar-
tic, Bitters, 148- 148
i FAGJ5.
I Artificial Skin, for Barns, Br rises, Abraskus, &c, Proof
I against Water, 191
I Adhesive P' asi er, or Sal ve, for Deep Wounds, Cuts, &c.,
' in place >:' Stitches, 103
I A Cure fuf Drunkenness 140
f Anodyne Pills, 141*
' Bread-Tea, used in taking Emetics,. lOtf
■* Bat email's Pectoral Drops, 134
Balsams; Dr. It. W. llutdiin's Indian Healimr, formerly,
Pcckham's Cough Balaam — Dr. Mitchells Balsam ;*for
; Cuts, Bruises, £c, 190-101
Bleedings; Internal and External Remedies— Styptic
Balsam, for Internal Hemorrhages— Styptic Tincture,
External Application, 1&S--194
Bronchocele, (Enlarged Neck), to Cure, 104
Burns; Salve for Burns, Frost- Bites, Cracked Nipples,
&c. ; very successful,— Dr. Downer's. Halve lor Burns,
--Poultice for Burns and Frozen Flesh, — Salve from
the Garden and Kitchen, for Burns, eiyht preparations, 110*11}
Camphor and o: her Medicated Waters, 308
Cancers, to cure, Methods of Dr. Landolti (Surgeon
General to the Neapolitan Army,) — Dr. II. G. Jud-
kins' — L. S. llodgkins'— Rev. C. C. Cuylers' — Great
English I icmedy— American, Bed Oak Bark , Salve
from the Ashes — Prof. 11. S. Newton's — Prof. Calkins",
•tec., altogether fourteen prescriptions, with Cautions
against the use of the Knife, showing when the Treat-
ment should commence, *fcc, 93 -iCX*
Cosiiveness, Common, or very Obstinate Cases, , . . 101 -101
Chronic Gout, to cure, — Gout Tincture, 102-103
Cathartic Syrup, iC 4 *
Catarrh Snuff, <Jti
Camphor-Ice, for Chapped Hands and Lips, 109
Chilblains, to cure, published by order oi the Govern
merit of Wirtemburg, 112
Cod Liver Oil, made Palatable and more Digestible, . . . 119
Consumptive Syrup, very successful, with directions
; about Travel — Remarks on the Use of Fat Meats as
Preventive of Consumption, etc.,— Chlorate of Potas h
4 in Consumption, new remedy — Rational Treatmen t
for Consumption, claimed to be the best in the world 11? 125
Composition Powder, Thompson's, , 140
Croup, Simple but Effectual Remedy— Dutch Remedy —
Croup Ointment, " . . 149-150
Cough Lozenges, two preparations — Pulmonic Wafers
foj* 'Joughs— Coughs from Recent Colds, remedy-
Cough Mixture for Recent Colds— Cough Candy-
Cough Syrup— Cough Tincture— Cough till, f?u-t78
'Cholera Tincture— Isthmus Cholera Tincture— -Cholera*
PAGE.
Preventive— Cholera Cordial — German Cholera, Tinc-
ture — Egyptian Cure for Cholera — India Prescription
for Cholera — Nature's Cholera Medicine, 178-180
Cholic, and Cholcra-Morbus ; Treatment, 180-181
Carminatives, for Children, 182
Dyspepsia; Treatment from Personal Experience, with
Cautions about Eating between Meals, especially
against Constant Nibbling; also Father Piukney's
Experience of Ninety Years, 87-93
Dyspeptic's Biscuit and Coffee ; very valuable,. ....... 2U2
Dyspeptic Tea, 140
Delirium Tremens; to obtain Sleep — Stimulating. Ano-
dyne for Delirium, / 10?
Disinfectant for Jtoorns, Meat or Fish— Coffee as a Dis-
infectant for Sick-rooms 1 08
Deafness, if recent, to Cure, if not, to Relieve, 113
Diuretic Pill—Drops, Decoction and Tincture 143-144
Dropsy Syrup and Pills ; very effectual, 144-145
Diarrhea Cordial — Injection for Chronic Diarrhea— Di-
arrhea Tincture, props and Syrup ; also for Flux and
Chronic Diarrhea in Adults and Children, when ac-
companied with Canker, 176-178
Dentrifice, which removes Tartareous adhesions from
the Teeth, arrests decay, and induces a healthy action
of the Gums, 188
Pi-ditients, to Scatter Swellings— Common Swellings
to Keduce, 191-192
Diptheria; Dr. Phinney's Treatment, of Boston, 183
Enlarged Tonsils, to Cure, .... 104
Eclectic Emetic, 105
Eye Water — often acknowledged to be worth moie than
Twenty Dollars — India Prescription for Sore Eyes—
Dr. Cook's Eye Water — Preparation for excessive .
Inflammation ot the E>es— Sailor's Eye Preparation
-Father Pinkney's reparation for very bad Sore
Eyes — Indian Eye Wu^er — Poultices for the Eye —
Films, to remove from the Eye — Eye Salve — Sore
Eyes, to remove the Granulations — Altogether,
twenty -two Prescriptions, for different condition? of
the Diseased Eye, 154-159
Essences ; very Strong, 189
Febrifuge- Wine, (to drive away Fever), ^
Fevers ; General improved Treatment, for Bilious, Ty-
phoid and Scarlet Fevers, Congestive Chills, &c;
also valuable in arresting Diarrhea, Summer Com-
plaint, Cholera-Infantum and all forms of Fever .'a
Children — Lemonade, nourishing for Fever Patients—
Prof. Hufeland'a Drink for Fever Patients, or for ex-
cessive Thirst.. . : 8U £1
*V2 INDEX.
PAGB.
Felon, if recent, to euro in Six Hours — Poultices for
Felons— Felon Ointment and Salve, 11$
Fever- Sore Plaster or Black Salve; has saved two differ-
ent Hands that two different physicians, in each case,
said must be cut off-. Red Salve lor Fever-Sores— Indian
Cure for Fever Sores— Kitridge's Salve for Fever-
Sores—Fever-Sore Poultices, Ointments, and Salve
for Fever-Sores, Abscesses, Broken breasts, &c, eleven
preparations, . 159-1(52
Female Debility and Irregularities, Explanations and
Treatment — Female Laxative Pills — Female Laxative
and Anodyne Pills— Pills for Painful Menstruation-
Injection tor Female Complaints — Emmenagogue
Tincture, (aiding menstruation) — Powder for excessive
Flooding, also full explanations of the natural Turn
with young females, in such plain and delicate lan-
guage, that every Girl over thirteen years of age,
ought u> have the book, ..." 208-214
Uterine Hemorrhages, Prof. Piatt's Treatment, twenty
years without a Failure, 88
Gravel and Kidney Complaints; Imperial Drop, 109
Godirey's Cordial, * 134
fi oilman's Anodyne or Golden Tincture, 133
Hydrophobia, to prevent — Saxon Remedy— Grecian
Remedy— Quaker Remedy ; fifty years successful... 151-153
Inflammation of the Throat, (Laryngitis)— Gargle for
Sor«i Throat— Sore Throat Liniment, with a Synopsis,
(general view), of Dr. Fitch's Treatment of Throat
Disposes, 93 ~9o
Inflammation of the Lungs —Inflammation of the Pleu-
ra, (pleurisy), with such full explanations of general
Inflammations that no difficulty will be experienced
in Treating the Disease in -any "of its forms, 19&-208
Inflammation of the Liver— Eclectic Liver Pill— Liver
Pili, Improved — Liver Drops, for obstinate cases —
Ointment for Ulcerated Liver, Ague Cake, &c; very
successful, 146- 147
[n-Growing Toe Nail ; to cure, 174
Indian Cathartic Pills, 184
Itching Feet from Frost Bites ; to cure,. Ill
Irritating Plaster, extensively used by Eclectics, 145
Jaundice; Dr. Peabody's Cure, in its worst forms —
Drink for common cases of Jaundice, ... ISO -133
Liniments; Good Samaritan, Improved — Liniment for
Old Sores— Dr. Raymond's Liniment — German Rheu-
matic Liquid or Liniment— Cook' s Electro-Magnetic
Lmhnent — Liniment for Spinal Affections — Great
Loudon Liniment— Gum Liniment— Patent Liniment
—Lobelia and Cayenne Liniment — Liniment, said to
be St. John's &c,. ...... 1 1 4« U6
;ndex xvii
PAGE.
liaudanum, 133
Night Sweats ; to relieve, 80
Ointment, for Old Sores — Mead's Salt-Rheum Ointment ;
has proved very successful — Judkin's — Sisson's
Green Ointment — exceedingly good — Dr. Kittredge's
celebrated Ointment for ''Pimpled Face," "Prairie
Itch," &c.,— Dr. Gibson's Ointment, for very bad Skin
Diseases— Itch Ointment — Magnetic Ointment, said to
be I rask's, with Stramonium Ointment and Tincture
— Toad Ointment, &c, 125-13v
Oil of Spike— Britsk Oil— Balm of Gilead Oil— Har-
lem Oil or Welch Medacamenturn ; also Black* Oils,
valuable for Persons or Animals, 174-175
Opodeldoc ; liquid, 176
Paralysis ; if recent, to cure, if not to relieve — Para-
lytic Liniment, 103
Piles; very successful Remedy — Pile Cerate — Simple
Cure tor Piles, internal and external Rerneaies ; eleven
preparations, 181-lBb
Paregoric, K:>2
Pills, to Sugar Coat— Nervous Pihs, -. 148-149
Pain-Killer"; said to be Perry Davis', 1U4
Poisons ; Antidote, 195
Rheumatic Liniment— Inflammatory Rheumatism; to
cure — Dr. Kittredge's Remedy for Rheumatism and
Stiffened Joints, from Rheumatism — French Remedy
lor Chronic Rheumatism — Bitters for Chronic Iikeu- -
matism ; very successful ; Green Bay Indian's Rem-
edy for Rheumatism— New Remedy ,*&c. ; twelve prep-
arations, 135-138
Sick-Head ache ; to cure — Periodical Headache — Head-
ache Drops — Tincture of Blood-root for certain Head-
aches — Charcoal for certain Headaches, 1*04-107
Sweating Drops — Sweating with burning Alcohol, 108
Stimulant, in Low Fevers and after Uterine Hemorrha-
ges, 141
Sore Throat ; from recent cold, Remedy, 171
Snake Bites; Effectual Remedies, for Persons and Ani-
mals, 153-154
Small Pox ; to prevent Pitting the Face, 11)1
Salves; Green Mountain Salve; exceedingly valuable
— Conklin's Celebrated Salve — AUoBalrn of Gilead
Salve and Peleg White's Old Salve 163-103
Seidiitz Powder ; cathartic, 182
Teeth ; Extracting with little or no Pain — Tooth Pow-
der; excellent — Teeth; to remove Blackness — Tooth
Cordial; Magnetic--?- Homeopathic Tooth Cordial —
Neuralgia ; internal Remedy — King of Oils, for Neu-
ralgia ami Rheumatism 184-18&
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PAGE.
Tinctures ; to mafce, 189
Tetter, Ring-Worm and Barber's Itch ; to cure, 190
Typhus Fever ; to prevent Infection, 107
Vermifuge Lozenges — Worm Tea — Worm Cake ; Eng-
lish Remedy — Tape Worm; Simple but effectual
Remedies — Vermifuge Oil ; Prof. Freeman's, 1G4-170
Vegetable Physic, 184
Wliooping-Cough Syrup — Daily's Whooping-Cough
Syrup — Soreness or Hoarseness from Coughs ; Rem-
edy, 173-174
Warts and Corns ; to cure in Ten Minutes — Dr. Hari-
man's innocent and sure cure for Warts, Corns, and
Chilblains ; five prescriptions, 113- 114
Wens ; to cure, 192
tanner's sfoe and harness maker's department.
Best Color for Boot, Shoe and Harness Edge, and Ink
which cannot Freeze — Cheap Color, for Boot, Shoe
and Harness Edge, 215
Black Varnish for the Edge, 217
Deer Skins; Tanning and Burling for Gloves; three
methods, 218
French Patent Leather — French Finish for Leather. . 221
Grain-Side Blacking, for Ten Cents a Barrel, 9,21
Tanning Sheep Skins; applicable for Mittens, Door-
Mats, Robes, &c.,— Tanning Fur and other Skins;
Fifty Dollar Recipe — Tanning Deer and Woodchuck
Skins, for Whips, Strings, &c, — Process of Tanning
Calf, Kip and Harness, in from Six to Thirty Days-
Canadian Process also, with Mr. Rose's modification,
of Madison, O 217-221
Sizing for Treeing-out Boots and Shoes, 215
Varnish for Harness ; the Best in Use, 217
Water-Poof Oil Paste Blacking, 216
Water-Proof Paste without Rubber — Neats-foot Oil
Paste 216
painter's department.
Drying Oil ; equal to the Patent Dryers, 222
Door-Plates ; to make, 227-229
Etching upon Glass, for Signs, or Side Lights; easy
Method, 229-23<,
Frosting Glass, •. 225
Fluoric Acid ; to make for Etching Purposes,. 23 j
Glass Grinding, for Signs, Shades, <S?% 236
Japan Dryers ; of the Best Quality, . 223
New Tin Roofs; Valuable Process lor Painting, 225
Fire-Proof Paint for Roofs, &c— Water- Proof Oil-
Rubber Pa>nt, 22f
INDEX. XIX
PAGE.
Oil; to prepare for Carriage, Wagon and Floor Painting, * 222
Oil Paint, to Reduce with Water, 223
Oriental or Crystal Painting, with directions to make
various Shades, or Compound Colors— Fancy Green,
&c, 220-22?
Paint Skins ; to save and Reduce to Oil, 224
Porcelain Finish; very Hard and White, for Parlors,.. . 23V
Painter's Sanding Apparatus, 224
Sketching Paper ; to prepare, 22?
painters' economy in making colors.
Chrome Green — Chrome Yellow — Green ; durable and
Cheap — Paris Green; two processes — Prusian Blue;
two processes— Pea Brown — Rose Pink,. 232-283
blacksmiths' department.
Butcher Knives; spring Temper and beautiful Edge,. 238
Cast Iron; to case harden — Cast Iron; the hardest; to
Soften for Drilling, ' , 240
Files and Rasps, (bid); to Re-cut by a chemical process, 283
Iron ; to Prevent welding, 239
Iron or Wood; to Bronze, Representing Bell -metal,. . 241
Mill Picks; to Temper; three Preparations — Mill Picks
and Saw Gummers ; to Temper — Mill Pick Temper-
ing, as done by Church, of Ann Arbor, 23d 237
Poor Iron ; to Improve, '. 236
Rust on Iron or Steel ; to Prevent 234
Silver Plating, for Carriage Work, , t 230
Trap Springs ; to Temper, 233
Truss Springs; Directions for Blacksmith's to make;
superior to the Patent Trusses, 241
Varnishes ; Transparent ; for Tools, Plows, &c. — Var-
nish ; Transparent Blue, for Steel Plows — Varnish,
Seek- No-Further, for Iron or Steel— Varnish ; Black,
having a polish, for Iron, 234-235
Weiding Cast-Steel, without Borax, 235
W elding a small piece of Iron upon a large one, with
only a Light Heat, 240
Writing upon Iron or Steel, Silver or Gold; not to cost
ibe Tenth of a Cent per letter, 236
Wrought-Iron ; to Case-harden, 240
tinner's department.
Black Varnish ; for Coal Buckets, 242
Box Metal ; to make for Machinery. , 244
Britannia; to use Old, instead of Block Tin, in Solder,. 245
Copper ; to Tin for Stew Dishes or other purposes, 244
Iron • Vo Tin for Soldering or other purposes 244
XX INDEX,
PAGE.
Iron, Jron Wire or Steel ; to Copper the Surface, 244
Japans for Tin— Black, Blue, Green, Orange, Pink,
Redand Yellow, 242
Lacquer for Tin — Gold color, Transparent, Blue, Green,
Purple and Hose Color— also, Lacquer for Brass, 24&-243
Liquid Glue, for Labelling upon Tin, 245
Liquid, to clean Brass, Door Knobs, «&c., 245
Oil Cans— Size of sheet, for from One to One Hundred
Gallons, 246
Silver Powder, for Copper or worn Plated Goods, 245
Solder for Brazing Iron, Led, Tin and Britannia, 244-245
Tinning Flux ; Improved, 245
Tin ; to Pearl, for Spittoons, Water Coolers, &c, 245
GUNSMITUING DEPARTMENT.
Broken Saws ; to Mend Permanently, 247
Browning Gun Barrels; two processes — Browning for
Twist Barrels, 24G-247
■^ase-IIardeuing, 247
Tinning ; superior to the Old Process, 243
garnish and Polish, for Stocks ; German, 24b
jewelers' department.
Galvanizing Without a Battery, 248
Galvanizing With a Shilling Battery ; also, Directions to
Make the Battery, 249-250
Jewelry ; Cleaning, and Polishing, 250
farriers' department.
Brokeu Limbs; Treatment, instead of inhumanly Shoot-
ing the Morse, 200-261
Bog-Spavin and Wind-Gall Ointment; also good for
Curbs, Splints, &c, 255
Bone Spavin ; French Paste ; Three Hundrded Dollar
Recipe — Bone Spavin ; Norwegian cure — Spavin Lin-
iment ; four preparations, , 254
Bots ; Sure Remedy, 251
Choiic Cure ; for Ilorses or Persons ; has not failed in
more than Forty Trials, 256
Condition Powder; exceedingly valuable; said to be St.
John's — Cathartic Condition Powder; designed for
Worn-down Animals, 25B- 9 , r >C
OeGruy or Sloan's LLorse Ointment, 259
Distemper, to Distinguish and Cure, 205
Eye Water, for Horses and Cattle, 205
Founder, Remedy, . 266
Grease- lieel and "common Scratches, to Cure, 262-20S
Heaves, Great Relief for; Six Methods tor Different
Conditions, 2(54-265
IXDEX.
PAGE.
ffoof-AH in Sheep, Sure Remedy, 266
Looseness or Scouring in Horses or Cattle, Remedy in
Use Over Seventy Years 253-253
Liniment for Stilf Necks, from Poll-evils — English Sta*
ble Liniment, Very Strong— Liniment for One Shil-
ling a Quart, Valuable in Strains, Old Swellings, &c. ;
and Nerve and Bone Liniment, 2C*
Poll-Evil and Fistula, Positive Cure— Poll-Evil and Fis-
tula, Norwegian Cure ; Eight Methods, all of which •
have Cured . Many Cases— Poll -Evils, to Scatter, &c. ;
Potash, to Make, Used in Poll-Evils, 256-258
Physic, Ball and Liquid ; for Horses and Cattle, 206
ftmg-bone and Spavin Cure, often acknowledged worth
the Value of the Horse — O. B. Bangs' Method for Re-
cent Cases— Rawson's Ring-bone and Spavin Cure,
has Cured Ring-bones as Thick as the Arm — Indian
Method, also, very Simple, 251-254
Splint and Spavin Liniment, 255
Sweeny Liniment, 256
Scours and Pin-Worms, to Cure, in Horses or Cattle,* . 259
Saddle and Harness Galls, Bruises, Abrasions, &c., >
Remedy, 263
Sores from Chafing of the Bits, to Cure 263-264
Shoeing Horses for Winter Travel, 265
Supporting Apparatus in Lameness of Animals, Ex-
plained, '. 261
Taming Wild and Vicious Horses — Also, Showing Who
Can Do It 267-269
Wound Balsam, for Horses or Persons, 262
cabinet-makers' department.
Finishing Furniture with Only One Coat of Varnish,
Not Using Glue, Paste, or Shellac; very Valuable,.. 270
Jet Polish ; for Wood or Leather ; Black, Red and Blue, 270
Polish; for New Furniture— Polish ; for reviving Old
Furniture; equal to the "Brother Jonathan, and
Polish fGi* removing Stains, Spots and Mildew from
Furniture, 269-270
Stains ; Mahogany on Walnut as Natural as Nature —
Rose Wood Stain; very bright Shade, used cold —
Rose- Wood Stain ; light Shade, used hot — Rose-pink,
Stain and Varnish ; also used to imitate Rose- Wood —
Black Walnut Stain— Cherry Stain, 271-273
famish ; Transparent; for Wood — Patent Varnish ; for
Wood or Canvass — Asphaltum Varnish ; black, 273-274
barbers' and toilet department. .
Ualmof aThousand Flowers, 280
tolgne Imperial—Cologne for Family Use; Cheaper,. t 27$-378
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PA6K
Faded and Worn Garments ; to Renew the Color, 278
Hair Dye ; Reliable, ...*.. 274
Hair Restorative; equal to Wood's, for a Trifling cost;
four preparations; cheap and Reliable — Uairlnvigo-
rators, two preparations ; will stop Ilair from Falling 275-276
Hair Oils; New York Barber's Star Hair Oil — Macassar
or Rose — Fragrant Home-made — Pomade or Ox-
Marrow, 278
Shamj)ooning Mixture, for Five Cents per Quart 277
innovating Mixture; for Grease Spots," Shampooning
and Killing Bed Bugs — Renovating Clothes; Gentle-
men's Wear, 277-278
ftazor Strop Paste ; very Nice, 280
bakers' and cooking department.
Breads ; Yankee Brown Bread — Graham Bread— Lon-
don Baker's superior Loaf Bread— New French Meth-
od of making Bread — Old Bachelor's Bread, Biscuit
and Pie- Crust — Baking Powders, for Biscuit, without
Shortening, 290-KV8
Takes ; Federal — Rough and Ready— Sponge Cake, with
Sour milk — Sponge Cake, with Sweet Milk — Berwick
Sponge Cake, without Milk — Surprise Cake — Sugar
Cake — Ginger Cake — Tea or Cup Cake — Cake, with-
out Eggs or Milk— Pork Cake, without Butotn, Mil*
or Eggs — Cider Cake — Ginger Snaps— Jell Cake and,
Roll Jell Cake- -Cake Table, showing how to make
Fifteen different kinds, as Pound, Genuine Whig,
Shrewsburry, Training, Nut Cake, Short, Cymbals,
Burk, and Jumbles, — Ginger Bread, — Wonders,—'
Cookies — York — Biscuit — Common and Loaf Cakes-
Molasses Cake — Marble Cake— Silver Cake, and Gold
Cake, finising with Bride and Fruit Cakes — Frosting
for Cakes, &c— Excellent Crackers— Sugar Crack-
ers—Naples Biscuit — Buckwheat Short-cake, with-
out Shortening, most excellent ; and Yeast Cake,... 281-289
Pies; Lemon Pie, extra nice — Pie-Crust Glaze, which
prevents the juices from soaking into the crust— Ap-
ple-custard Pie, the nicest ever eaten — Paste for Tarts, 293-205
Puddings; Biscuit Pudding, without Re-baking— Old
English Christmas Plum Pudding— Indian Pudding;
to Bake— Indian Pudding, to Boil— Quick Indian
Pudding — Flour Pudding, to boil— Potatoe Pud-
ding—Green Corn Pudding — Steamed Pudding-
Spreading and Dip Sauces for Puddings, 295-397
DOMESTIC DISHES.
Apples; to Bake Steamboat Style, better ti^an pre-
serves*- Apple Fritters— Apptes to Fry; extra Dice,. 298-399
INDEX. XX iiS
PAGE
Ipple Merangfe, an Excellent Substitute for Pie, and
Pudding, 299
Back- Woods Presrves, 299
Bread ; to Frv, better than Toast, 299
French Honey, 300
Fruit Jams, Jellies, and Preserves,. . 300
Fruit Extracts, 301
Green Corn Omelet, 298
Mock Oysters, 300
M j hi ns, 300
Toast ; German Style, 299
Rose, and Cinnamon Waters, 302
MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT.
Advice to Young Men, ana* Others out of Employment, 33G-341
Bed-Room Carpets, for One Shilling per Yard, 333
Currants ; to dry with Sugar, 315
Currant Catchup, 314
Coffee ; more Healthy and better Flavored, for one-
fourth the Expense of Common, 334
Cements ; Cements for China, &c., which Stands Fire
and Water — Cement, Cheap and Valuable — German
and Russian Cement — Cement. Water Proof, tor Cloth
and Belting — Cement or Furniture Glue, for House
Use — White Cement and Cement to prevent Leaks
about Chimneys, Roofs, &c. — Scrap Book Paste or
Cement, al ways ready for Use, 317-319
Canning Fruits ; Peaches, Pears, Berries, Plums, Cher-
ries, Strawberries and Tomatoes — Cement for Can-
ning Fruits, 333-314
Eggs ; to Increase the Laying — Eggs; to Fry extra nice, 44
Fence Posts ; to PrevenfRotting, 308
Fire Kindlers, 329
Fish ; Art ot Catching, 321
Gravel Houses ; to make, proportions of Lime, Sand
and Gravel , 324
Glues; Liquid Glue; Imitations, equal to Spalding's
Liquid Glue, and Water Proof Glue, 328
Grammar hi Rhyme, for the Little Folks, 341
cftusical Curiosity ; Scotch Genius in Teaching, 342
Meats; to Preserve — Beef; to Pickle tor Long keeping—
Michigan Farmer's method — Beef; to Pickle for Win
ter or Present Use, and for Drying, very nice — Mutton
Hams; to Pickle for Drying — Curing, Smoking and
Keeping Hams— T. E. Hamilton's, Maryland Premium
method— Pork; to have Fresh from Winter Killing, for
Summer Frying— Salt Pork for Frying; Nearly Equal
to Fresh — Fresh Meat; to Keep a Week or Two, in
Summer — Smoked Meat ; to Preserve for Years or for
Sea Voyages — Rural New Yorker's Method, and the
New England Farmer " Saving his Bacon,* 809-313
PAG*
Magic Paper ; used to transfer figures m Embroidery
or Impressions of Leaves for Herbariums, iU8
Percussion Matches ; best quality 329-331
Preserves ; Tomato and Watermelon Preserves, 315
Plums and other Fruits ; to prevent insects from Sting-
ing, 333
Pickling ; Apples, Peaches, Plums, and Cucumbers;
Very Nice Indeed — Peaches; to Peel, 334-3*35
Rat Destroyers ; Rat Exterminator— Death For the Old
Sly Rat — Rats; to Drive Away Alive — Rat Poison
from Sir Humphrey Davy, 320-321
Straw Bonnets ; to Color a Beaul iful Slate— Straw and
Chip Hats ; to Varnish Black, 322
Stucco Plastering; for Brick and Gra»vel Houses, . . 322-324
Steam Boilers ; to Prevent Explosion, with the Reason
why they Explode — Steam Boilers; to prevent Lime
Deposits, two Methods, 332-333
Saud Stone ; to Prevent Scaling From Frosts, 335
Sealing Wax ; to Make, Red, Black, and Blue, 336
Starch Polish, ' 329
Soaps ; Soft Soap, for Half the Expense and One-Fourth
the Trouble of the Old Way — German Erasive Soap —
Hard Soap — Transparent Soap— One Hundred Pounds
of Good Soap for One Dollar and Thirty Cents— Chemi-
cal Soft Soap — Soap Without Heat — Windsor or Toi-
let Soap—Variegated Toilet Soap, &c, 3O4-306
Tallow Candles for Summer Use — Tallow; to Cleanse
and Bleach, 30?
Tomato Catchup ; the Best I Ever Used, 314
Tomato ; Cultivation for Early and Late — Tomatoes as
Food, and Tomatoes as Food for Cattle, 60-70
Tin- Ware ; to Mend by the Heat of a Candle, 315
Tire; to keep on the Wheel Until Worn Out, 316
Washing-Fluid; Saving Half the Washboard Labor —
Liquid Bluing; used in Washing, Never Specks the
Clothes t 802-808
Water Filter ; Home-Made, 31 «
Weeds ; to Destroy in Walks, 317
WHITEWASH AND CHEAP PAINTS.
Brilliant Stucco Whitewash ; Will Last on Brick or
Stone, Twenty to Thirty Years — Whitewash; Very
Nice for Booms — Paint; to Make Without Lead or
Oil— White Paint ; a New Way of Manufacturing —
Black and Green Paint; Durable and Cheap for Out-
Door Work— Milk Paint; for Barns, Any Color, 325-32?
COLORING DEPARTMENT.
Colors on Woolen Goods ; Cbrome Black ; Superior to
any in Use— Black on Wool, for Mixtures— Steel Mix,
PAGB.
Dark—Snuff Brown—Madder Red— Green on Wool
or Silk, with Oak Bark—Green, with Fustic— Blue ;
Quick Process— Stocking Yarn or Wool; to Color
Between a Blue and Purple — Scarlet with Cochineal,
for Yirn or Cloth— Pink— Orange— Lac Red— Pur-
ple— Silver Drab ; Light Shade— Slate ; on Woolen or
Cotton — Extract of Indigo or Chemic, used in Color-
ing; to Make — Wool; to Cleanse — Dark Colors; to
Extract and Insert Light, 843-346
Durable Colors on Cotton; Black — Sky Blue — Lime
Water and Strong Lime Water ; to Make for Coloring
Purposes — Blue on Cotton or Linen, with Logwood —
Green— Yellow — Orange — Red— Muriate ©f Tin,
Liquor; to Make, 847-849
Colors for Silk; Green; Very Handsome, with Oak
Bark — Green or Yellow, on Silk or Woolen ; in Five
to Fifteen Minutes Only— Mulberry— Black— Spots;
to Remove and Prevent Spotting when Coloring Black
on Silk or Woolen— Light Chemic Blue— Purple —
Yellow — Orange — Crimson — Cinnamon or Brown —
on Cotton and Silk, by a New Process ; very Beautiful, 849-351
INTEREST DEPARTMENT.
interest Tables, Showing the Interest at a Glance : At
Six, Seven, .Eight, Nine, and Ten Per Cent, on all
Sums from One Dollar to One Thousand Dollars,
From One Day to One Year, and for Any Number of
Years ; Also, Legal Interest of all the Dirferent States,
and the Legal Consequences of Taking or Agreeing
upon Usurous Rates in the Different States, 352-861
GLOSSARIAL, EXPLANATORY, DEPARTMENT.
This Department embraces Tables of Rules for Admin-
istering Medicines, Having Reference to Age and Sex
—Explanations of Medical Abbreviations, Apotheca-
ries Weights and Measures— also, an Explanation of
About Seven Hundred Technical Terms found in Med-
ical Works, Many of which are Constantly Occurring
in the Common Writings and Literature of the Day,
which are not explained in English Dictionaries, 3G1-884
INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS.
Apparatus for Supporting Lame Animals, 261
Frontispiece, 2
Form of Lettering for Door Plates, 228
Machine for Splitting Matches,. . , , 381
Painter's Sanding Apparatus,. 224
Salves and Lozenges ; Apparatus for Making, 164
Yiacgar Generator, -***•«..•. 86
REFE..ENOE8,
Extracts from Certificates and Diplomas In the Doctor's
Possession, Connected with his Study of Medicine.
" I hereby certify that A. W. Chase has prosecuted the Study
of Medicine under my instruction during the term of two years
and sustains a good moral character.
(Signed,) O. B. REED, Physician.
Belle River, Mich/ 1
" UNrVKRSITY OF MICHIGAN, )
College of Medicine and Surgery. J
This Certifies that A. W. Chase has attended a full Course of
Lectures in this institution.
(Signed,) SILAS H. DOUGLASS, Dean.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor."
Eclectic Medical Institute, Cin., O.
Know All Men by these Presents, That A. W. Chasb has
sustained an honorable examination before the Faculty of this
Institute, on all the departments of Medical Science, &c. * *
Wherefbre we, the Trustees and Faculty, * * * by the
authority vested in us by the Legislature or the State of Ohio, do
confer on him the Degree of Doctor of Medicine.
WM. B. PIERCE, President.
W. T. HURLBERT, Vice Pres't
Jas. G. Hrnshall, Secretary.
Signed also by seven Professors, embracing the
[seal J names of Scudder, Bickley, Freeman, Newton, Bal-
dridge, Jones, and Saunders.
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MERCHANTS' AND GROCERS' DEPARTMENT.
VlN^EGrAR. — Merchants and Grocers who retail vinegar
should always have it made under their own eye, if possible,
from the fact that so many unprincipled men enter into its
manufacture, as it affords such a large profit. Afid T would
furthei remark, that there is hardly any article of domestic
use, upon which the mass of the people, have as little correct
information as upon the subject of making vinegar. I shall
be brjef in my remarks upon the different points of the
subject, yet I shall give all the knowledge necessary, tha
families, or those wishing to manufacture, may be able U
have the best article, and at moderate figures. Remeiubet
this fact — that vinegar must have air as well as warmth,
and especially is this necessary if you desire to make it in
a short space of time. And if at any time it seems to be
u Dying, " as is usually called, add molasses, sugar, alcohol,
or cider— whichever article you are makkag from, or prefer
— for vinegar is an industrious fellow ; he will either work
'«r die, and when he begins to die you may knew he has
worked up all the material in his shop, and wants more.
Remember this in all vinegars, and they will never die, if
they have air. First, then, upon a small scale, for family
lse.
To Make in Thues Weeks.— Molasges 1 qt. ; yeast 1 pt. ;
warm rain water 3 gals. Put ah into a jug or keg, and tie a
piece of gauze over the bung to keep out flies and let in air. In
hot weather set it in the sun ; in cold weather set it by the stove
or in the chimney corner, and in three weeks you will have good
vinegar.
When this is getting low, pour out some for use, and fill
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up the jug in ike same proportion as at first, and you will
never have trouble for want of good vinegar.
2. A correspondent of the Dollar Newspaper says: "The
cheapest mode of making good vinegar is, to mix 5 qts. of warm
rain water with 2 qts. of Orleans molasses, and 4 qts of yeast.
In a few weeks you will have the best vinegar yon ever tasted."
He might well say, " The best vinegar you ever tasted," for it
would have double the necessary strength, and three or four
times the strength of much that is sold ; yet this strength would
cost less to make, than to buy by the quart.
3. In Barrels Without Trouble. — Merchants and
Grocers, who retail vinegar, can always keep a good supply
on hand by having abont two or three barrels out of which
to sell, by filling the first one they sell out, before quit©
empty, with
Molasses 1 gal.; soft water 11 gals.
Keeping this proportion to fill the barrel ; the vinegar
and mother which is left in the barrel makes it work much
quicker than if put into empty barrels ; so pass around on
'•he next barrel as it is nearly out, having three barrels* and
anless you sell more than a barrel a week, you need neve>
oe out of vinegar. Some recommend to use alum, crean.
of tartar, &c, in vinegar, but / say, never. It is always ad-
visable to have a hole in the top of the barrel, if standing
on end; if on the side, the bung out and a gauze over it,
to keep out flies and let air in.
4. From Sugar, Drippings from Sugar Hogsheads,
&G. — Dealers who retail molasses, often have from five to
fifty pounds of sugar left in the barrel after selling out the
molasses. Each pound of this, or other sugar, dissolved in
two gallons of soft water, makes that amount of good vine-
gar by either of the above plans. Rinsings of molasses
barrels or drippings of sugar hogsheads brought to this de-
gree of sweetness, is as good for vinegar as any other mate-
rial. Small beer, lager beer, ale, &c, which have become
sour, make good vinegar bv reducing with water ; small
beer will need but little water ; lager beer will need as
much water as beer, or a little more ; and ale, twice as much
water as ale ; they will all need yeast, a quart or two to
each barrel, unless put into barrels **hich have some vis-
MERCHANTS' AND GROCERS* DEPARTMENT. 3&
egar in them, and it will do no harm, but quicken the pro-
cess in all cases if there is vinegar in the barrel.
5. From Acetic Acid and Molasses.— Acetic acid 4 lbs ;
molasses 1 gal. ; put them into a 40 gallon cask, and fill it up
with rain water ; shake it up and let stand from one to three
weeks, and the result is good vinegar.
If this does not make it as sharp as you like, add a little
more molasses. But some will object to this because an
aeid is used : let me say to such, that acetic acid is concen-
trated vinegar. Take 1 lb. or 1 pt. or any other quantity
of this acid, and add seven times as much soft water, and
you have just as rood vinegar as can be made from cider 9
xnd that tnatanta'ieously.
6. FroivI Apple Cfimt. — As there are those who will
not have any b»*.t cider vinegar, and have plenty of cider
out of wVich to make it, I will give you the best plan of
proceeding for manufacturers :
Have a room where it will not freeze; place on end as many
barrels or iarga casks, witho ut heads, to hold rs much as you
wishtom*ke; fill these one-third full of soft water, and the
other two thirds with apple cider ; yeast % q is. to each cask.
In a few weeks you will have good vinegar; without the
yeast it ^vuuld be all the season in becoming good. Then
611 up into barrels for sale, leaving a little, say one-eighth,
in the oped barrels, and fill them up with water and cider
as before, and it will become good much quicker than be-
fore. If die water is objected to, use the eider without it,
but pure eider makes vinegar too strong for any one to use,
and requires much longer time in making. These barrels
may havo boards over them to keep out flics and dirt. If
the reiaiier can give it his attention, by having a barrel of^
good cider vinegar to sell out of, he can always koep it up,
'd, when ae draws out two. or three gallons of the vinegar,
be will go to his cider, kept for the purpose, and replace'
the vinegar with the cider ; or if making with molasses and
water or any other article, fill up with the same ; but take
notice, if you forget or neglect, and draw your vinegar
nearly all out before you fill in, it does not keep to the point
of sharpness desired, unless you have two or three barrels
as mentioned in recipe No. 2
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J>R. CHASE'S RECIPES
Persons who have old sour cider on hand can m this T*&y t
or as mentioned in No. 6, have good vinegar from it imme-
diately, as it comes around into vinegar much quicker thau
new cider.
7. In Three Days without Drugs. — The philosophy
of making vinegar quickly, is this : The means that will
expose the largest surface of the vinegar fluid, of a certain
temperature, to the air, will convert it into vinegar in the
shortest time ; and as there is no way by which so great a sur-
face can be exposed as by the shavings process, and at the
suine time control the temperature, that plan has been adopt-
ed, as explained in tha wood cut accompanying, and in tba
descriptive note :
Main cover, or \o< >»se tx>ar<ls,
Vinegar Fluid Space,
False lop. with tub*s ; aad co?da li&agisg
through it,
Onter portion of the tub, wh«*h sbonM
be filled with the Hhavincra to vrithm an
au inch or two of the false top
Holes t«l»t in air..,.
The square projections on ifee skte of the
Generator represent hocpa.
Vinegar Generator
Descriptive Note. — Tuose wishing to manufacture, to sell
at wholesale , will prepare a tub, or square box, and arrange it
as shown in the accompanying cut, knowing that the taller and
forger the tub, the quicker will the vinegar become good. The
air holes are bored through every other, or every third stave v
around the whole tub. These holes are to be about one foot 01
eighteen inches from the bottom ; they must also be bored slant-
ing down as you bore inward, othewise the vinegar would riua
out and waste as it drips down the side of the tub. These lul*
ought to be from ten to twenty feet hisrh, atvording to the quan-
tity you desire to run o& daily. Now uky b^ech iua»4e 01
merchants' and grocers' department. 37
basswood boards — and they are valuable in the order named —
cut them off about eighteen inches in length, and plane thick-
heavy shavings from the edges; and if they do not roll up and
stay In nice rolls, you must roll and tie them up with small cord ;
or clean corn cobs will do, but they will only last one season,
whilst the shavings will last several years. If cobs are used,
they must be put in layers, each layer crossing the other, to pre-
vent their packing too' close. Then wet or soak them thorough-
ly in water, and till up the tub or tubs with them, until you are
within two or three feet of the top, at which place you will naii
a stout hoop around, upon the inside of the tub, which shall
support the false top, which has been made and fitted for that
purpose, through which false top you will have bored good sized
gimlet holes about every two inches all over its whole surface,
through each of which holes a small cord, about four or five
inches in length, is to be drawn, having a knot tied upon its
upper end to keep it in its place, and to prevent the vinegar-
fluid from working out too fast. The size of these holes, and
the size of the cord, must be such as to allow the amount of
vinegar being made to run through every twelve hours, or if
time can be given to put it up so often, it may ran through every
sir hours. You will cork all around between the false top and
th^ tub with cotton, which causes the vinegar-fluid, hereafter to
be described, to pass through the gimlet holes and drip from the
en Is of the small cords, evenly, all over the shavings, other-
wise, i f the false top was not exactly level, the vinegar-fluid
would all run oft' at the lowest point, down the side of the tub,
ai.nl be a very long time in becoming good, whilst if it drips
slowly and all over and down through the shavings, it soon
comes around into good vinegai The holes bored for that pur-
prse, iu warm weather, oxidizes or Jitctifies the vinegar-fluid, by
af brdmg the two essential points of quietly making good vinegar,
tint i* f air and heat, without the expense of a fire to warm the
fluid, or room in which the vinegar is made. Now bore five
one-inch holes through the false top, one of them through the
ceut^r, and the others two-thirds of the distance each w T ay,
towards the outside of the tub, into which holes drive as many
pins, having a three-quarter inch hole bored through them
lengthwise, which makes them tubes ; cut the tubes off an inch
bn'ow the top of the tub, so as to be out of the way of the main
c< ver or loose boards which will be thrown over the top of the
U b for the purpose of keeping out flies and dirt, and also to
keep the heated ail in, which comes up through the tubes; this
air becomes heated by the chemical action of the air upon the
vmegar fluid as it drips along down through the shavings in the
tub, becoming so hot that it would be uncomfortable to hold the
hand therein. The space between the false top and the cover
is called the vinegar fluid space, and it must be sufficiently tight
in the joints of the tub, or box, to hold the fluid when put in.
Now take a barrel of good vinegar and pour it into the top oi
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the tub, and let it drip through the gimlet holes, from the cards,
over the shavings, two or three limes, each time putting in one
gallon of highwines, or two or three gallons of cider, as the case
may be, which sours the shavings and greatly helps thttbtarting
process of the vinegar-making. Without the addition to the
strength of the vinegar as it runs through, it would part with
nearly all of its own strength or acidity, to the shavings and
thus lose its own life. If you have not, nor cannot obtain, vin-
egar, to start with, you must begin with weak vinegar-fluid, and
keep adding to it every time through until it becomes very sour;
then you will consider yourself ready to begin to make vinegai in
double quick time, by using any of the fluids mentioned in the
foregoing vinegar recipes. But manufacturers generally use
highwines thirty to forty per cent above proof, one gallon ; water,
e'even gallons; but persons living a great distance from market
will find a cheaper plan by using ninety-eight per cent alcohol,
one gallon; water, fifteen "gallons; either of which make good
vinegar, using yeast, of course, with either article, from one
pint to one quart to each barrel being made. Another tub or
vat must be set in the ground, under Uie generator, or in a cellar,
as the case may be, to hold as much vinegar as the space be-
tween the false ana real top will contain, or as much as you
wish to make at one time; from which it is to be carried up in
buckets, (or a wooden pump having a leather sucker is quicker
and easier to raise it), to the top of the generator, until it be-
comes good vinegar, which it will do in the time mentioned at
the head of this recipe, if passed through the generator by the
faucet every twelve hours, which it must be ; and if the tubs are
fifteen or twenty feet high, it will only need passing through
once, or twice at most.
Some will have no vinegar but that made from apple
cider; then put in one-third water, and it makes vinegar as
strong as anybody ought to use ; but if they will have it at
full strength, make it so, only it requires a little longer time
to make.
If those who have cider which has been standing a long
time, and does not become vinegar, will reduce it one-third
with water, and pass it through this machine, they will
grind out first rate vinegar in one or two days' time. Sour
beer or ale, the artificial cider, also, if it gets sour, make
good vinegar when mixed with some other vinegar in mak-
ing. Small beer, also drippings from sugar hogsheads in
place of molasses, &c. Nothing having sugar or alcohol ia
it should be thrown away, as all will make good vinegar,
which is as good as cash, and ought to be saved — if for not
other purpose than to have the more to give the worthy poor
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J was at first, thought to be absolutely necessary to raako
the "tn?gar-fluid of about seventy-five degrees of heat, and
also to keep the room of the same temperature ; but it has
been found that by keeping the heat in the tub by the false top
and the loose cover, that in warm weather it does very well
without heating up the fluid, although it would make a little
quicker with it ; and if desired to make in cold weather,
you must heat the fluid and keep the room warm also.
If families choose to try this plan, they can make all
they will need in a keg not larger than a common churn,
whilst wholesalers will use tubs as tall as their rooms will
admit.
The first merchant to whom T sold this recipe, made all
the vinegar he could retail by placing strips of board across
the centre of a w husky barrel, which supported the shavings
in the upper half only, allowing the vinegar to stand in the
lower half; as his room was so low, he could only use the
one barrel and a wash tub at the top instead of the false-top
and space as represented in our cut; it took him only a week
to make it in this way. I used the vinegar over a year.
The strength of the fluid he used was good common whisky,
one gal. ; water, four gals. So it will be seen that all
kinds of spirit, or articles containing spirit, can be made into
vinegar.
11km auk — If you wish to make sugar into vinegar, do not at-
tempt to run it through the generator, as it forms mother in that
way. and soon rills up the little holes ; but make it by standing
in a barrel, as mentioned under that head, No. 4.
8. Quick Pkocess, by Standing upon Shavings. — Take 4
or 5 hogsheads or casks, and set them side by side, having a fau-
cet near the bottom ; then fill up the casks full of shavings pre-
pared as in the foregoing recipe, or clean corn-cobs, putting
some turning shavings over the top, after having put on an old
coffee sack to keep the fine shavings from falling down among
the coarse ones ; this is to keep in the warmth ; now sour the
shavings with the best vinegar, by throwing it on the shavings
and letting it stand half a day or so; then draw off by the fau-
cet at the bottom, and throw it on again, adding 1 qt. of high-
wines to each ban el each time you draw it off, as the shavings
absorb the acid, and t^e vinegar would become flat, but by add-
ing the spirit the shavings become soured or acetified, and the
vinegar gets better also. When the shavings are right, take
highwines 80 or 40 per cent above proof 1 gai. ; molasses 1 qt. ;
Roft water 14 gals. ; (river or well water will do, but not as good
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f(JT any vinegar ) and put it upon the shavings, and* draw off $n4
put on again from one to three times daily, until sufficiently
bout to barrel up.
Mr. Jackson, a Grocer, of Jackson, Michigan, has botm
making in this way for several years. He uses also, ft our
ale, rinsings of sugar hogsheads, or the drippings, and
throws this fluid on the shavings, and draws off and returns
from one to three times each day until sufficiently sour to bar-
rel up, which only requires a few drawings ; he then fills his
barrels only two-thirds full, and leaves the bungs out sun?-
ruer and winter, and if he finds a barrel is getting weak in
strength, he puts in a quart of highwines, which recruits
the strength, or gives it work again, which, as I remarked
before, if you give him stock to work on, and air, he labors
— without both, he dies. Bear this in mind, and your vin-
egar will improve all the time, no matter how, or of what i*
is made. He fills the tubs only one-third or one-half full
when making, does not heat, but uses yeast, and only work*
them in warm weather, and in winter fills the tubs with
good vinegar, and lets them stand over until spring, when
they are ready for work again.
This man, with five casks thus managed, has sold over
three hundred barrels of vinegar in one season.
It might not be amiss, in closing this lo-vy subject, to sv.y
that when you have no vinegar to begin with in either of
the processes, that if you commence with the fluid quite
weak at first, it begins to sour quicker than if begun with at
full strength, then as it begins to become sour, add more of
the spirit, cider, sugar, or molasses, &c, until you get tlio
desired point of strength. So you might go on until a swal-
low of it would strangle a man to death, and remove every
particle of skin from his throat.
BUTTER.— To Preserve any Length of Time.— Firs*.
— work out all the buttermilk. Second — use rock salt. Third
— pack in air-tight jars or cans. Fourth — keep in a cool place,
and you will have nice butter for years, if desired to keep so
long. A short recipe, but it makes long butter.
Merchants, who take in more butter than they can sel)
during the warm months, can put it into jars and cover the
jar with about half an inch of lard over the top of the but-
ter, and place it in the cellar ; or they can put about aa
merchants' and grocers' DEPARTMENT. 41
inch or two of brine in place of the lard, and have it do
well, first working out all the buttermilk which may remain,
when bought in. It would be well for them to have their
regular customers to furnish them butter, to whom they
furuish trie right kind of salt, as the rock, or crystal salt,
does not contain so much lime as the common, which is
evaporated by artificial heat. Let sugar, and saltpeter, and
ill other peters, alone, if you wish good butter, either for
present use or long keeping.
2. Making — Directions for Dairymen.— If butter makers
cr dairymen, will use only shallow pans for their milk — and
•he larger the curface, and the less the depth of the milk the
better— then put into each pan, before straining, 1 qt. of cold
spring-water to every 3 qts. of milk, they will rind the cream
will begin to rise immediately, aud skim every 12 hours, the
batter will be free from all strong taste arising from leaves, or
coarse pasturage.
It is a fact, also, that high or up-land makes better butter
than when the cows are kept on rich bottom pasturage. The
object of the cold water is double : it cools the milk, so that
the cream rises before the milk sours, (for when milk be-
comes sour it furnishes no more cream,) and also improves
the flavor.
8. Storing-— Tiie (Illinois) Prairie Farmer's Method.—
First, work the buttermilk carefully from the butter; then pack
it closely in jars, laying a thin cloth on top of the butter, then a
thin layer of salt upon 'the cloth; now have a dry cellar, or
make it so by draining, and dig a hole in the bottom of it lor
each jar, packing the dirt closely and tightly around the jar, al-
lowing the tops of the jars to stand only an inch or so above
the top of the cellar bottom; now place a board with a weight
upon each jar to prevent removing by accident, and all is safe.
Merchants who are buying in butter, should keep each
different lot separate, by using the thin cloth and salt, then
another cloth over the salt before putting in the next lot,
for mixed butter will soon spoil, besides not selling as well,
and finally cover the top as before described. If kegs or
barrels are used, the outside must be as well painted as pos-
sible to prevent outside tastes, and also to preserve the wood.
FRUITS TO KEEP.— Without Loss of Color or Flavor,
— To each pound of rosin, put in 1 oz. of tallow, and 1 oz. of
beeswax. Melt them slowly over the fire in an iron kettle, and
be careful and not let it boil. T*k« the ftuU separately and rub
42 DR. chase's recipes.
it over with whiting or fine chalk (to prevent the coating from
adhering to the fruit,) then dip it into the solution once and hold
it up a moment to set the coating ; then pack away carefully in
barrels or boxes in a cool place. When you dip oranges or lem-
ons, loop a thread around to hold them ; for pears or apples, in-
sert a pointed stick to hold them by, then cut it off with a pair of
sharp, heavy shears. Oranges or lemons cannot be put in boxes
but must be placed on shelves, as the accumulated weight would
mash them down.
It is* now a well established fact that articles put up sci-
entifically air-tight, may be kept fresh and fair for any
length of time, or until wanted for use. This composition
makes good sealiug for air- tight cans or bottles, pouring i£
around the top of the can cover, and dipping the neck of
the bottle into it. A ]*atent has been secured for a compo
sition for preserving fruit, of different proportions, however,
from the foregoing, but the agent, at the Ohio State Fair in
1859, had such poor success in selling rights at three dol-
lars that he reduced the price to twenty-five cents, and still
but few would take hold of it, so that I think not much
more will be done with the patent. I purchased twenty
recipes for one dollar, but finding his composition to stick
together and tear off pieces wherever they touched eacli
other, I went to work to improve it, as above. The patented
proportions are, rosin 5 lbs., lard or tallow 8 oz., beeswax
4 oz. The patentee is John K. Jenkins, of Wyoming, Pa.,
and the patent was issued December 8, 1858. It does not
work well on peaches or other juicy garden fruits.
EGGS.— -To Preserve for Winter Use. — For every three
gallons of water, put in 1 pt. of fresh slacked lime, and common
salt 1-2 pt. ; mix well, and let the barrel be about half full
of this fluid, then with a dish let down your fresh eggs into
it, tipping the dish after it fills with water, so they roll out with-
out cracking the shell, for if the shell is cracked the egg wil!
spoil.
If fresh eggs are put in, fresh eggs will come out, as 1
have seen men who have kept them two, and even four,
years, i*tsea. A piece of board may be laid across the top
of the eggs, and a little lime and salt kept upon it, which
keeps the fluid as strong at the top as at the bottom. This
wih not fail you. They must always be kept covered with
the brine. Families in towns and cities by this plan can
havs eggs for winter use at. summer prices. 1 have put up
fouv dozen , with entire success ■■,
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The plan of preserving eggs has undoubtedly come from
a patent secured by a gentleman in England in 1791,
Jaynes, of Sheffield, Yorshire, which reads as follows:
2. English- Patented Method. — " Put into a tub 1 hu. Win-
chester measure, of quick lime, (which is fresh slacked lime,)
salt 82 oz. ; cream of tartar 8 oz. Use as much water as will
give that consistency to the composition as will cause an egg to
swim with its top just above the liquid. Then put and keep
the eggs therein, which will preserve them perfectly sound at
least 2 years."
Persons who think it more safe can follow this English
plan. 1 desire in all cases to give all the information I
hav3 on each subject. Consequently I give you the follow-
ing also :
3. J. W. Cooper, M. D.'s, Method op Keeping and Snip-
ping Game Egos. — " Dissolve some gum shellac in a sufficient
quantity of alcohol to make a thin varnish, give each egg a
coat, and after they become thoroughly dry, pack them in bran
or saw dust, with their points downwards, in such a manner
thr,t they cannot shirt about. After you have kept them as long
as you desire, wash the varnish carefully off, pud they will be
in the same state as they were before packing, i^ady for eating
or hatching."
This would seem to be from good authority, as I>. Cooper
has been engaged for the last thirty years in raising nothing
but. the best game fowls, and he has frequently imported
eggs. lie invariably directed them to be packed as above,
and always had good success with them, notwithstanding
the time and distance of the journey. He has also pub-
lished a work upon Game Fowls. His address is Media,
Delaware Co., Pa.
This last plan would be a little more troublesome, but
still would not be very much to prepare all that families
wouh 1 wish to use through the winter, or even for the
retail /• as the convenience of having them in a condition
to ship would be one inducement to use the last method, for
r/ith the first they must be taken out and packed in oats or
something of that sort, to ship ; with the last they are
always ready ; and w T eather permitting, about Christmas or
New Year's, fresh and good eggs in cities always command
sufficient price to pay for all trouble and expense in the
•preservation and shipment.
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The Sex of Eons. — Mr. Gcuin lately addressed the
Academy des Sciences, France, on the subject of the sex
of eggs. He affirms that lie is now able, after having stud-
ied the subject for upwards of three years, to state with as-
surance that the eggs containing the germ of males, have
wrinkles on their smaller ends, while female eggs are smooth
at the extremities.
While on the subject of eggs, you will excuse me for
putting in a couple of items more which appropriately be-
long to other departments :
4. To Increase the Laying. — "For several years past
I have spent a few weeks of the latter part of August on
the Kennebec river, in Maine. The lady with whom I
have stopped is a highly accomplished and intelligent house-
wife. She supports a "h^ina'y " and from her I derived
my information in the matter. She told me that for many
years she had been in the habit of administering to her
hens, with theii common food :
"Cayenne pepper, pulverized, at the rate of 1 tea-spoon each
alternate day t^ 1 doz. fowls.
"Last season, when I was with her, each morning she
brought in from twelve to fourteen eggs, having but sixteen
hens in all. She again and again experimented in the mat-
ter by omitting to feed with the Cayenne for two or three
days. The consequence invariably was that the product of
eggs fell off tive or six per day. The same effect, of using
the Cayenne is produced in winter as in summer." — Boston
Tra nsenpt.
5. To Fhy— Extra Nice.— Three eggs; flour 1 table-spoon'
milk 1 cup.
Beat the eggs and flour together, then stir in the milk.
Have a skillet with a proper amount of butter in it, made
hot, for frying this mixture ; then pour it in, and when one
side is done brown, turn it over, cooking rather slowly ; if a
larger quantity is needed, it will require a little salt stirred
in, but for this amount, the salt iu the butter in which you
fry it, seasons it very nicely.
BURNING FLUID.— Best in Use.— Alcohol, of 08 per cent
9 pts. ; good camphene 1 qt., or in ilu- i se proportions. Shake
iaEUCnANTS' AND GROCERS' DEPARTMENT. 45
briskly, and it will at once become clear, when without the
{] Hiking it would take from 6 to 7 qts. of alcohol to cut the cam-
,)hene,Vhile with the least it is the best.
These proportions make the best burning fluid which can
be combined. Many put in camphor gum, alum, &o., the
first to improve its burning qualities, the last to prevent ex-
plosion, but they are perfectly useless for either, from the
fact that camp nor adds to the smoking properties, and noth-
ing can prevent the gas arising from any fluid that mV\
burn, from explosion, if the fire gets to it when it is con-
5ned. The only safety is in filling lamps in day-time, or
Par from fire or lights ) and also to have lamps which are
perfect in their construction, so that no gas may leak out
along the tube, or at the top of the lamp ; then let who will
lay he can sell you a recipe for non-explosive gas or fluid,
you may set him down at once for a humbug, ignoramus, or
knave. Yet you may set fire to this fluid, and if not con-
fined it will not explode, but will continue to burn until all
is consumed. Families cannot make fluid any cheaper than
to buy it, as the profit charged on the alcohol is usually
more than tkat charged on fluid ; but they will have a bet-
ter article by this recipe than they can buy, unless it is
made from the same, and it is best for any one, even the
retailer, only to make small quantities at a time, and get
the freshest camphene possible. When made in large quan-
tities, even a barrel, unless sold out very soon, the last part
is not as good as the first, owing to the separation of the
camphene from the alcohol, unless frequently shaken, whilst
being retailed out.
INTEREST.— Computing by One Multtplicaton and Onb
Division, at any Hate Per Cent. — Multiply the amount by
the number of days, (counting 30 days to each month.)
Divided by 60 gives the interest at 6 per cent,
do 45 " " 8
do 40 " " 9 "
do 36 . " " 10 "
do 30 " " 12
Example .— $150 at 3 months and 10 days, or 100 days, is
15000, divided by 60 gives $2,50 which is the interest at 6 per
cent ; or divided by 45 gives $3,33 interest at 8 per cent, &c.
I sold a gentleman, a miller, one of my books the second
time, as some person stole the first before he became fami-
liar with the foregoing rules, which he admired too muob
to lose.
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2 Method by a Single Multiplication.--Rule.--To finfl
the interest on any given sum of money for any number of years,
months or days. Reduce the years to months, add in the months
if any, take one-third of the days and set to the right of the
months, in decimal form, multiply this result by one-half the
principal, and you have the interest required.
Example.— The interest required on $1,400 for 2 year&> 3
months, and 9 days :
Interest on $1,400 for 2 years, 3 months, and 9 days,
27.3
700
Answer required, $191.10.0
The above example is at six per cent. Rule to obtain the
interest at any other rate : For seven per cent increase the
interest at six per cent by one-sixth, for eight per cent by
one-third, for nine per cent by one-half, for ten per cent by
two-thirds, for eleven per cent by five-sixths, for twelve per
cent multiply by two. Twelve per cent is the highest
rate of interest allowed by any State, except Minnesota,
which, I believe, allows fifteen per cent.
In pointing off, persons will observe to point off as many
figures in the product or answer as there are decimal points
in the multiplicand. The balance, or remainder, show you
the dollars and cents.
COUNTERFEIT MONEY.— Seven Rules for De-
tecting. — First — Examine the form and features of all
human figures on the notes. If the forms are graceful and
features distinct, examine the drapery — see if the folds lie
natural ; and the hair of the head should be observed, and
eee if the fine strands can be seen.
Second. — Examine the lettering, the title of the bank,
or the round handwriting on the face of the note. On all
genuine bills, the work is done with great skill and perfects
ness, and there has never been a counterfeit but was defect
ive in the lettering.
Third. — The imprint, or engraver's name. By observ-
ing the great perfection of the different company names-
in the evenness and shape of the fine letters, counterfeiters
never get the imprint perfect. This rule alone, if strictly
observed, will detect every counterfeit note in existence.
merchants' and grocers' department. Y 47
Fourth. — The shading in tho back-ground of the vig-
aette, or over or around the letters forming the nam« of the
bank, on a good bill is even and perfect, on a counterfeit is
irregular and imperfect.
Fifth. — Examine well the figures on the other parts of
the note, containing the denomination, also the letters. Ex-
amine well the die work around the figures which stand for
the denomination, to see if it is of the same character as
I hat which forms the ornamental work surrounding it.
Sixth. — Never take a bill that is deficient in any of the
cbove points, and if your impression is bad when you first
see it, you had better be careful how you become convinced
to change your mind — whether your opinion is not altered
as you become confused in looking into the texture of the
workmanship of the bill.
Seventh. — Examine the name of the State, name of the
bank, and name of the town where it is located. If it has
been altered from a broken bank, the defects can plainly be
seen, as the alteration will show that it has been stamped
on.
INKS— Black Copying, or Writing FLUiD.—Rain water 2
gals. ; gum arabic I lb. ; brown sugar £ lb. ; clean coperas ± lb. ;
powdered nutgalls £ lb. ; bruise all, and mix, shaking occasion
ally for 10 days, and strain ; if needed sooner, let it steep in an
iron kettle until the strength is obtained.
This ink can be depended upon for deeds or records
which you may wish some one to read hundreds of years to
come. Oxalic acid one-fourth oz. was formerly put in, but
since the use of steel pens it does not work well on them.
If not used as a copying ink, one-fourth the gum or sugar is
sufficient as it flows more free without them.
2. Common Black.— Logwood chips 1 lb. ; bou in 1J gal?. ^
water until reduced to 2 qts. ; pour off, and repeat the boiling
a^ain as before ; mix the two waters, 1 gal. in all ; then at. a
bi-chromate of potash { oz. ; prussiate of potash £ ok. ; prussiute
of iron (prussian blue) \ oz. ; boil again about 5 minutes, axd
Btrain and bottle for use.
"¥ou will find none of the guminess about this ink that
is iound in that made from the extract of logwood ; yet it
is not presumed that this will be as durable as the gall inks,
for deeds, records, &c, &e., but for schools and common ijs&
48 DR. chase's recipes.
it is as good as the most costly inks. This copy was pre-
pared with it, which was made two years ago.
3. Red — The Very Best.— Take an ounce vial and put into
it a tea-spoon of aqua ammonia, gum arabic the size of 2 peas,
and 6 grs. No. 40 carmine, and 5 grs. No. or 8 carmine also ;
fill up with soft water and it is soon ready for use.
This forms a beautiful ruling ink. I sold the book in
the Pike County Bank, 111., from the fact that this ink was
I go much better than what they could get of any other make.
| Speaking of banks, makes me think of what a gentleman
* "of Michigan City, .Ind., told me about a black ink for bank-
\ ing purposes which would never fade, composed of two
I articles only :
| Iron or steel filings and simple rain water, exposing it to the
I sun for a good length of time ; pale when first written with, bui
* becoming very black.
I have never thought to try it, but now mention it, for
fear it might be good, and lost to the world, unless nov
thrown to the public.
4. Blue. — Take sulphate of indigo and put it into water until
you get the desired depth of color ; that sold in dittle boxes for
blueing clothes is the article desired.
* This does well for school children, or any writing not of
importance to keep ; but for book keeping it is not good,
as the heat of a safe in a burning building fades away the
color.
5. Indellible. — Nitrate of silver 11 grs. ; dissolve it in 30
grs., (or about a tea-spoon) of water of ammonia; in 85 grs. (or
2£ tea-spoons) ol rain water, dissolve 20 grs. of gum arabic,
When the gum is dissolved put into the same vial also 22 grs.
of carbonate of s»da, (sal-soda.) When all is well dissolved,
mix both vials, or their contents, and place the vial containing
the mixture in a basin of. water, and TJoiffor several minutes,
or until a black compound is the result. When cold it is ready
for use. Have the linen or other goods starched and ironed, and
perfectly dry ; then write with a quill pen.
If twice the amount is made at a time it will not cost any
more, as the expense is only from the trouble of weighing!
so little is used of the materials. Soft soap and boiling
cannot efface it, nor years of wear. Use only glass vessels. ;
fi. Powdek — Black. — Sulphate of copper 1 dr. ; gum arable
i oz. ; copperas 1 oz. ; nutgalls and extract of logwood 4 ozs.
B\ch ; all to be pulverized and evenly mixed. — Scientific American*
merchants' and grocers* department. 49
About one *oz. of the mixture will be required to each
^int of boiling water used. It will be found a valuable
color for boot, sboe and harness-edge, also. It should stand
a couple of weeks before using, or it may be steeped a few
hours if needed sooner.
HONEYS.— Artificial Cuba Honey —Good brown sugar
10 lbs. ; water 1 qt. ; old bee bread hooey in the comb 2 lbs.;
cream of tartar 1 tea-spoon ; gum arable 3 oz. ; oil of pepper-
mint 3 drops; oil of rose 2 drops. Mix and boil 2 or 3 minutes
and have ready; 1 qt. more of water in which an egg is put well
beat up ; pour it in, and as it begins t© boil, skim w T ell, remove
from the fire, and when a little cool, add 2 lbs. of nice bees'
honey, and strain.
This is really a nice article, looking and tasting liko
honey. It has been shipped in large quantities under the
name of " Cuba Honey." It will keep any length of time
as nice and fresh as when first made, if sealed up. Some
persons use a table-spoon . of slippery elm bark in this
imount, but it will ferment in warm weather, and rise to the
*op, requiring to be skimmed off. If it is to be used only
tor eating purposes, the cream-of-tartar and gam arabic may
oe left out, also the old bee-bread honey, substituting for it
mother pound of nice honey.
2. Domestic Honey.— Coffee sugar 10 lbs. ; water 3 lbs. ;
cream of tartar 2 ozs. ; strong vinegar 2 table-spoons : the white
of 1 egg well beaten ; bees' honey £ lb. ; Lubin's extract of honey-
suckle 10 drops.
First put the sugar and water into a suitable kettle and
place upon the fire ) and when luke-warm stir in the cream
of tartar, and vinegar; then continue to add the Qgg; and
when the sugar is nearly melted put in the honey and stir
until it comes to a boil, take it off, let it stand a few min-
utes, then strain, adding the extract of honeysuckle last, let
stand over night, and it is ready for use. This resembles
candied honey, and is a nice thing.
3. ^Excellent Honey. — An article suitable for every-
day use is made as follows :
Good common sugar 5 lbs. ; water 1 qt. ; gradually bring it to
a boil, skimming well ; when cool, add 1 lb. bees' honey and 4
drops of peppermint essence.
If you desire a better article, use white sugar and one-
half pint less water and one-half pound more honey. If it is
COP
50 dr. chase's recipes/
desired to give it the ropy appearance of bees' honey, put
into the water one-fourth ounce of alum.
4. Premium Honey. — Common sugar 4 lbs. ; water 1 pt. ; let
them come to a boil, and skim ; then add pulverized alum J oz. ;
remove from the fire and stir in cream of tartar £ oz. ; and watei
or extract of rose 1 table-spoon, and it is fit for use.
This took the premium at an Ohio State Fair. We use
the recipes for common sugar and the one using Lubin's
extract of honeysuckle, and desire nothing better.
JELLIES— Without Fruit. — Take water 1 pt. and add to it
pulverized alum £ oz., and boil a minute or two ; then add 4 lbs.
of white crushed or coffee sugar, continue the boiling a little,
strain while hot; and when cold put in half of a two shilling
bottle of extract of vanilla, strawberry, or lemon, or any other
flavor you desire for jelly.
This will make a jelly so much resembling that made
from the juice of the fruit that any one will be astonished
and when fruit cannot be got, it will take its place admira-
bly. I have had neighbors eat of it and be perfectly aston-
ished at its beauty and palatableness.
BAKING POWDERS— Without Drugs.— Baking soda 6
ozs. ; cream of tartar 8 oz. ; first dry them from all dampness
by putting them on a paper and placing them in the oven for a
short time, then mix and keep dry. in bottles or boxes.
The proper amount of this will be about one tea-spoon to
each quart of flour being baked. Mix with cold water, and
bake immediately. This contains none of the drugs gen-
erally used for baking powders ; it is easy made, and does
not cost over half as much as to buy them already made.
This makes biscuit very nice without milk or shortening.
Yet if milk is used, of course it would be that much richer.
The main object of baking powders is for those who are
" Keeping bach, " as it is called, or for those who are far
from civilized conveniences, and for those who prefer this
kind of bread or biscuit to that raised with yeast or sour
milk and saleratus. I stand among the latter class.
MOUTH GLUE— For Torn Paper, Notes, &c— Any quan-
tity of glue may be used, with sugar, only half as much as oi
the glue.
First dissolve the glue in water, and carefully evaporate
as much of the water as you can without &wik$£ the glue ;
SALOON DEPARTMENT. 51
then add the sugar ; if desired to have a very nice article,
nse gelatine in place of the glue, and treat in the same
manner ; when the sugar is dissolved in the glue pour it
into moulds or a pan and cut it into squares, for conve-
nience, before it gets too hard. This dissolves very quickly
by placing the edge of a piece in the mouth, and is not
unpleasant to the taste, and is very handy for office or house
use. Use to stick together torn bills, paper, &c, by soften-
ing the edge of a piece, as above, then touching the parta
therewith and pressing together for a moment only.
SALOON DEPARTMENT.
Remarks. — If saloon keepers, and grocers, who deal in
wine, beer, cider, &c, will follow our directions here, and
make some of the following articles, they, and their custom-
ers, will be better pleased than by purchasing the spurious
articles of the day ; and families will find them equally appli-
cable to their own use. And although toe start with an ar-
tificial cider, yet it is as healthy, and is more properly a
small beer, which it should be called, but from its close re-
semblance to cider, in taste, it has been so named.
CIDERS.— Artificial, or Cider without Apples.— To cold
water 1 gal., put dark brown sugar 1 lb. ; tartaric acid \ oz. ;
yeast 3 table-spoons, and keep these proportions for any amount
desired to make ; shake it well together. Make it in the evening
and it will be fit for use the next day.
I make in a keg a few gallons at a time, leaving a few
quarts to make into next time — not using yeast again until
the keg needs rinsing. If it gets a little sour make more
into it. In hot weather draw in a pitcher with ice ; or if
your sales are slow, bottle it and keep in a cool cellar accor-
ding to the next recipe.
2. To Bottle.— If it is desired to bottle this artificial
cider by manufacturers of small drinks, you will proceed as
follows :
Put into a barrel, hot water 5 gals. ; brown sugar 30 lbs. ; tar-
taric acid f lb. ; cold water 25 gals. ; hop or brewers' yeast 3
pts. ; work the yeast into a paste with flour f lb. ; shake or stir
52 DR. chase's recipes
all well together; fill the barrel full, and let it work 24 to 48
hours, or until the yeast is done working out at the bung, by
having put in a little sweetened water occasionally to keep the
barrel full.
When it has worked clear, bottle it, putting in two or
three broken raisins to each bottle, and it will nearly equal
champagne. Let the bottles lay in a cool place on the side
— (observe also this plan of laying the bottles upon the
side, in putting away apple-cider or wine) — but if it is only
for your own retail trade you can make as follows in the
next recipe, and have it keep until a barrel is retailed. The
first recipe will last only three or four days in hot weather,
and about two weeks in winter.
3 t In Barrels for Long Keeping. — If retailers wish
to keep this cider with the least possible loss of time, or
families for their own drink or for the harvest field, proceed
as follows :
Place in a keg or barrel, cold water 20 gals. ; brown sugar 15
lbs., and tartaric acid £ lb. only, not using any yeast, but if you
have them, put in 2 or 3 lbs. dried sour apples, or boil them and
pour in the expressed juice ; without the yeast it will keep, in a
cool cellar, for several weeks, even in summer. The darker the
sugar the more natural will be the color of the cider.
Dr. 0. B. Reed, of Belle River, Mich., with whom I
read medicine, drank of this cider freely, while sick with
bilious fever, knowing its composition, and recommended it
to his patients as soon as he got out amongst them again,
as a drink that would allay thirst, with the least amount of
fluid, of any thing with which he was acquainted. But
some will prefer Prof. Hufeland's drink for Fever Patients,
which see.
4. Apple Cider, to Keep Sweet, with but Tri-
fling Expense. — Two things are absolutely necessary to
preserve cider in a palatable state for any considerable
time ; that is, to clear it of pomace, and then to keep it in
a cool place, and the cooler the place the better. And then
if kept air-tight, by bottling, it is also better, but farmers
cannot take the time nor expense of bottling. Some per-
sons leach it through charcoal, and others boil, or rather
_ scald and skim, to get clear of the pomace. In the first
place, cider, that is designed to keep over winter, should be
SALOON DEPARTMENT. 03
tattle from ripe, sound, sour applet* dy, and consequently
t will be getting cool weather, and ,m& likely to ferment
£km when made :
Stand in open casks or barrels, and put into each barrel about
i pt. each of hickory, (if you have them, if not other hard wood),
ashes and fresh slacked lime ; stir the ashes and lime first into
i qt. of new milk ; then stir into the cider. It will cause all tho
pomace to rise to the surface, from which you can skim it as it
rises, 01 you can let it remain about 10 hours, then draw off by
a faucet near the bottom, through a strainer, to avoid the hard-
ened pomace.
It is now ready for bottling, or barreling, if too much
trouble to bottle. If you barrel it, it has been found essen-
tial to sulphur the barrel. The sulphuring is done by dip-
ping cotton cloth into melted sulphur, and drying it; then
cutting into strips about two by six inches. Put about
three gallons of cider into the barrel ; fire one end of the
strip of the sulphured cloth, and introduce it into the bung-
hole, and hold it by means of the bung, giving it air suffi-
cient to let it burn, keeping the smoke in as it burns, when
you will push the bung in tight and shake the barrel until
the sulphur-gas is absorbed into the cider; then fill up the
. barrel with cider, and if not already in the cellar, place it
there, and you have accomplished the two points first spoken
of. If the above plan is too much labor, get oil barrels, if
possible, to keep your cider in, (as vinegar can scarcely be
made in an oil barrel,)the oil coming out a little and form-
ins; an air-tight coat on the top of the cider in the barrel
<h:
5. Make your cider late in the Fall, and when made, put
\nto each barrel, immediately, ground mustard £ lb.; salt 2 oz. ;
pulverized chalk 2 oz. ; stir them up in a little of the cider, then
pour into the barrel, and shake well.
I have drank cider, kept in this way, in August, which
was made in early spring; it was very nice.
6. I have had cider keep very nice, also, by keeping in
a cool cellar, and putting into each barrel :
Mustard seed 2 oz.; allspice 2 oz. ; sweet oil £ pt., and acohol
1 pt. only.
Always ship your cider, if you have cider to ship, late in
die fall, or early in spring, for if taken out of a cool cellar
64 DR. chase's recipes.
in liot weather it is sure to start fermentation. If wanted
for medicine, proceed as in the fallowing recipe :
7. To Prepare for Medicine. — To each barrel of
c*der just pressed from rip a, sour apples, not watered :
Take mustard seed, unground, 1 lb. ; isinglass 1 oz. ; alum pul
verized 1 oz. ; put all into the barrel, leave the bung out, and
shake or stir once a day for four days, then take new milk 1 qt.,
and half a dozen eggs, beat well together, and put them into the
cider and stir or shake again, as before, for 2 days; then let
it settle until you see that it is clear, and draw off by a faucet.
And if you wish to use in place of wine, in medicine,
put it into bottles; but if designed for. family use you can
barrel it, bunging it tight, and keep cool, of course, and
you will have a very nice article, if the cider was not made
too near a well, or running stream of water ; vmt it is found
that if made too near these, the cider does not keep.
Judge ye why !
In some parts of England, by using only ripe, sound ap-
pies, letting it work clear, racking off about twice, bottling,
&c, &c, cider is kept from twenty to thirty years. When
cider is drawn off and bottled, it should not be corked until
the next day after filling the bottles, as many of them will
burst. Then lay on the side.
ST PUPS.— To Mare the Various Colors.-— Powder cochi-
neal 1 oz. ; soft water 1 pt. ; boil the cochineal in the water t'oi
a few minutes, using a copper kettle; while boiling, add oO grs,
of powdered alum, and 1 dr. of cream of tartar ; when the col-
oring matter is all out of the cochineal, remove it from the fire,
and when a little cool, strain, bottle ana set aside for use.
This gives a beautiful red, and is used in the strawberry
syrups only." Colored rather deep in shade. Pine apple is
left without color. Wintergreen is colored with tincture of
camwood, (not deep.) Lemon and ginger with tincture
of turmeric. (See Tinctures.) The two last named syrups
are not colored high — a light shade only.
» 2. Artificial, Various Flavors.— The ground-work of ah
syrups ought to be the same, i. e., Simple Syrup; to make it.
take 2-J- lbs. of the best coffee sugar, which is found not to cryfr
talize, and water 1 pt., or what is the same, 60 lbs. sugar, water
3 gals.
Dissolve the sugar in the water by heat, removing an^
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scum that forms upon it, and strain while hot. This can be
kept in a barrel or keg, and is always ready to flavor, as
desired.
8. Raspberry— Is made as follows :
Take orris root, bruised, any quantity, say £ lb., and just hand-
Boniely cover it with dilute alcohol, (76 per cent, alcohol, and
water, equal quantities,) so that it cannot be made any stronger
of the root.
This is called the " Saturated Tincture ;" and use sufli.
cient of this tincture to give the desired or natural taste of
the raspberry, from which it cannot be distinguished.
4. Strawberry — Flavor is as follows :
The saturated tincture of orris, as above, 2 ozs., acetic-ether, 3
drs. ; mix, and use sufficient to give the desired flavor — a very
little only is required, in either case.
5. Ptne Apple flavor is made by using to suit the taste,
of butyric-ether. If persons have any doubt of these facts
simply, try them. Some think syrups even for fountains,
charged with carbonic acid gas, that it is best to use about
three-fourths oz. of tartaric acid to each gallon, but I *
prefer none unless the fountain is charged with the super-
fiarbonafce of soda, in which case it is necessary to use about
three-fourths oz. of the acid to each pound of sugar. See
iSoda Syrups.
This, above plan, for making simple syrup, is the true
miy of making all syrups ; but some people think they must
ase more water, that the syrup may be cheaper. Others
will object to using artificial flavors. Oh ! they say : " I
buy the genuine article." Then, just allow me to say,
don't buy the syrups nor the extracts, for ninety-nine hun-
dredths of them are not made from the fruit, ' but are artifi-
cial. Rather make your own, as given under the head of
Jams and Extracts. For the more watery syrups, see (i Soda
Syrups."
6. Sarsaparilla — Is very nice as follows ;
Simple syrup, as above, and nice golden syrup, equal quanti-
ties of each, and mix well ; then use a few drops of oils of win-
iergreen and sassafras to each bottle, as used.
The amounts for the desired flavors cannot be given ex-
actly to suit every one, but all will wish different flavors
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in some towns, using very high flavor, and in others td$&
cient to percieve it, merely. All will soon get a pit a of
their own, and like it better than that of others. This
mixture of golden syrup makes the sarsaparilla a be* utiful
dark color without other coloring.
7. Lemon Syrup, Common, — Was formerly made jy dis«
solving four pounds of crushed sugar in one quart of water,
by boiling, and adding three ounces of tartaric ac A and
flavoring with tho oil of lemon ) but it is best made as fol-
lows :
Coffee sugar 3 lbs ; water \\ pts. ; dissolve by gentle heat, and
add citric acid 3 ozs., and flavor with oil or extract of lemon.
See " Extracts."
8. Or a very nice lemon syrup is made as follows : Take cit-
ric acid in powder £ oz. ; oil of lemon 4 drops ; simple syrup 1
quart.
Eub the acid and oil in three or four spoons of the syrup,
then add the mixture to the remainder, and dissolve with
gentle heat. Citric acid is not as likely to cause inflamma-
tion of the stomach as the tartaric, hence, its better adapta-
tion to syrups calculated for drinks, and especially in disease.
9. Lemon Syrup— To Save tite Loss of Lemons.— Where
you have lemons that are spoiling or drying up, take the insides
which are yet sound, squeeze out the juice, and to each pint put
H lbs. white sugar, and a little of the peel ; boil a few minutes,
strain and cork for use.
This will not require any acid, and one-half tea-spoon of
soda to three-fourths of a glass of water with two or thiee
table-spoons of syrup, makes a foaming glass. Some per-
sons think they ought to put in water, but if water is added
the syrup will not keep as well, and takes more of it.
10. Soda Syrup, With or Without Fountains.— The com-
mon or more watery syrups are made by using loaf or crushed
sugar 8 lbs. ; pure water 1 gal. ; gum arable 2 oz. ; mix in a
brass or copper kettle ; boil until the gum is dissolved, then
skim and strain through white flannel, after which add tartaric
acid 5-fr oz. ; dissolved in hot water ; to flavor, use extract of
lemon, orange, rose, pine-apple, peach, sarsaparilla, strawberry,
&c„ £ oz. to each bottle, or to your taste.
Now use two or three table-spoons of the syrup to three-
fourth* of a tumbler of water and one-half tea-spoon of
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#per-carbonate of soda,- made fine ; stir well and be ready to
Irink, or use the soda in water as mentioned in the "Impe-
cial Cream Nectar ) " the gum arabic, however, holds the
isarbonic acid so it will not fly off as rapidly as common
soda. The above is to be used without fountains, that is to
make it up as used, in glasses, or for the cheaper fountains
which have an ounce of super-carbonate of soda to the gal-
lon of water ; but for the fountains which are charged, in
Uie cities, with carbonic acid gas, no acids are used in ta$
Syrups.
11. Cream Soda, Using Cow's Cream, for Fount ain&-»
Nice loaf sugar 5 lbs.; sweet rich cream 1 qt. ; water \\ gills;
warm gradually so as not to burn ; extract of vanilla £ ©z. ; ex-
tract of nutmeg \ oz.
Just bring to a boiling heat, for if you cook it any length
of time it will crystalize ; use four or five spoons of this
syrup instead of three as in other syrups. If used without
a fountain, tartaric acid one-quarter pound is added. The
tendency of this syrup is to sour rather quicker than other
syrups, but it is very nice while it lasts j and if only made
in small quantities and kept cool, it more than pays for the
trouble of making often.
12. Cream Soda, without a Fountain.— Coffee sugar 4 lbs ;
water 3 pts. ; nutmegs grated 3 in number ; whites of 10 eggs
well beaten ; gum arabic 1 oz. ; oil of lemon 20 drops ; or ex-
tract equal to that amount. By using oils of other fruits you
can make as many flavors from this as you desire, or prefer.
Mix all and place over a gentle fire, and stir well about
thirty minutes ) remove from the fire, strain, and divide
into two parts ; into one-half put supercarbonate of soda
eight ounces ; and into the other half put six ounces tartario
acid ) shake well, and when cold they are ready to use, by
pouring three or four spoons, from both parts, into separate
glasses which are one-third full of cool water ) stir each and
pour together, and you have as nice a glass of cream soda as
was ever drank, which can also be drank at your leisure, as
the gum and eggs hold the gas.
13. Soda Water, Without a Machine for Bottling>-
In each gallon of water to be used, carefully dissolve \ lb. of
crushed sugar, and 1 oz. of super-carbonate of soda; then fill
h^lf-pint bottles with this water, have your corks ready , now
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tfrop into each bottle £ dr. of citric acid in crystals, and tame
lately cork and tie down.
These bottles must be handled carefully without shaking, .
and kept cool, until needed ; a little more or less sugar cat
be used to suit the taste of different persons.
OYSTER SOUP.— To each dozen or dish of oysters put ■} pt.
water ; milk 1 gill ; butter £ oz. ; powdered crackers to thicken.
Bring the oysters and water to a boil, then add the other ingre-
dients previously mixed together, and boil from 3 to 5 minutes,
only.
Each one will choose to add salt, pepper, &c, to their
own taste. Keep about these proportions if you should
have to cook for an oyster supper, for parties, &c.
TRIPE— To Prepare and Pickle. — First sew it up, after it
is turned inside out; be careful to sew it up tight, that no lime
gets into it; now have a tub of lime-water, the consistence of
good thick white-wash; let it remain in from 10 to 20 minutes,
or until when you take hold of it, the dark outside skin will
come off; then put it into clean water, changing three or four
times to weaken the lime, that the hands be not injured by it;
then with a dull knife scrape off all of the dark surface, and
continue to soak and scrape several times, which removes all
offensive substances and smell. After this, let it soak 20 or 80
minutes in 2 or 3 hot waters, scraping over each time ; then pickle
in salt and water 12 hours, and it is ready for cooking; boil from
8 to 4 hours, cut in strips to suit, and put it into nice vinegar with
the various spices, as desired ; renew the vinegar at the expira-
tion of 1 week, is all that will be required further.
Many persons stick up their nose when tripe is spoken of j
but, if nicely prepared, I prefer it to any dish furnished by
the beef.
MOLASSES CANDY AND POP-CORN B ALT ,S— Candy, -
Equal quantities of brown sugar and molasses, and put them into
a suitable kettle — copper is the best — and when it begins to boil,
skim it well, and strain it, or else pour it through a fine wire
sieve to free it of slivers and sticks which are often found in the
sugar; then return it to the kettle and continue to boil, until,
when you have dipped your hand in cold water and passed one
or two fingers through the boiling candy and immediately back
to the colcl water, what adheres, when cold, will crush like dry
egg shells, and does not adhere to the teeth when bitten. When
done, pour it on a stone or pLitter which has been greased, and
as it gets cool begin to throw 7 up the edges and work it by
pulling on a hook or by the hand, until bright and glistening
like gold ; the hands should have a little flour on them occasion
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?\\v; now keep the mass by a warm stove, (if much is made
at one time), and draw it into stick size, occasionally rolling
., them to keep round, until all is pulled out and cold, then with
'shears clip a little upon them, at proper lengths for the sticks,
«.nd they will snap quickly while yet the stick will bend ; no
solor no butter, no lard or flavor is used or need be, vet any oil
can be used for flavoring, if desired, when poured out to cool.
Sugar left in molasses barrels works very nicely in this 1
preparation. Pulverized white sugar sprinkled amongst it
will prevent it from sticking together*
2. Candy Perfectly White. — If it is desired to have
candy that is perfectly white, proceed as follows :
Best coffee sugar 2£ lbs. ; the nicest syrup H pts.; boi! very
carefully, until when tried as above, it crisps like egg shells, or
flies like glass ; then draw and work upon the hook until very
white.
3. Molasses Candy Without Sugar.— Porto-Rico molasses
boiled and worked as above, has a cream shade according to the
amount of pulling, and most persons prefer it to the mixture of
sugar and molasses, as in the first.
4. Pop Corn Balls.— Pop the corn, avoiding all that is not
nicely opened ; place | bu. of the corn upon a table or in a large
dripping pan; put a little water in a suitable kettle with sugar
1 lb.; and boil as for candy, until it becomes quite waxy in
water, when tried as for candy ; then remove from the fire and
dip into it G to 7 table-spoons of thick gum solution, made by
pouring boiling water upon gum arabic, over night, or some
hours before ; now dip the mixture upon different parts of the
corn, putting a stick, or the hands, under the corn, lifting up
and mixing until the corn is all saturated with candy mixture ;
then with the hands press the corn into balls, as the boys do
snow balls, being quick, lest it sets before you get through.
This amount will make about one hundred balls, if prop-
erly done. White or brown sugar may be used. And for
variety, white sugar for a part, and molasses or syrup for
another batch. Either of these are suited to street ped :
ilars.
5. Action of sugar or Candy on the Teeth. — M
Larez, or France, in the course of his investigations on the
teeth, has arrived at the following conclusions:
First— that " refined sugar, either from cane or beet, is injuri-
ous to healthy teeth, either by immediate contact with these or-
gans, or by the gas developed, owing to its stoppage in tha
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stomach. Second — that if a tooth is macerated in a saturated
solution of sugar, it is so much altered in the chemical composi-
tion that it becomes gelatinous, and its enamel opaque, spongy,
• and easily broken. This modification is due not to free acid,
but to a tendency of sugar to combine with the calcareous basia
of the teeth."
I have destroyed my own teeth, I have no doubt now, by
constantly eating. candies, while in the grocery business, be-
fore I knew its injurious effects, and I believe it to have de-
stroyed the first teeth of all of my children which were
bo.n during my candy-eating propensities. What say our
candy-eating gentry to the above 1
LEMONADE.— To Carry in the Pocket.— Loaf sugar t-
lb. ; rub it down finely in a mortar, and add citric acid t oz. ;
(tartaric acid will do,) and lemon essence \ oz., and continue the
trituration until all is intimately mixed, and bottle for use. It is
best to dry the powders as mentioned in the Persian Sherbet,
next following.
A rounding table-spoon can be done up in a paper and car-
ried conveniently in the pocket when persons are going into
out-of-the-way places, and added to half pint of cold water,
when all the beauties of a lemonade will stand before you
waiting to be drank, not costing a penny a glass. This can
be made sweeter or more sour, if desired. If any howevei
should prefer an effervescing drink, they can follow the di-
rections given in the next recipe.
Persian Sherbet.— Pulverized sugar 1 lb. ; super-carbonate
of soda 4 ozs. ; tartaric acid 3 ozs. ; put all the articles into the
stove oven when moderately warm, being separate, upon paper
or plates ; let them remain sufficiently long to dry out all damp-
ness absorbed from the air, then rub about 40 drops of lemon
oil, (or if preferred any other Savored oil,) thoroughly with the
sugar in a mortar— wedge-wood is the best— then add the soda
and acid, and continue the rubbing until all are thoroughly
mixed.
Bottle and cork tight, for, if any degree of moisture is
ermitted to reach it, the acid and soda neutralize each'
•ther, and the virtue is thus destroyed. A middling sized
table-spoon or two tea-spoons of this put into a half pint
glass and nearly filled with water and quickly drank, makes
an agreeable summer beverage ; and if three or four glass-
es of it are taken within a short time, say an hour or two,
it has the eifect of a gentle cathartic, hence for those habit
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ually costive it would be found nearly or quite equal to the
seidlita powder, and for children it would be the pleasantest
of the two. [The printers have tried it, and can bear tes-
timony to its good qualities.]
BEERS.— Root Beer.— For each gallon of water to be used,
take hops, burdock, yellow dock, sarsaparilla, dandelion, and
spikenard roots, bruised, of each £ oz. ; boil about 20 minutes,
and strain while hot, add 8 or 10 drops of oils of spruce and
sassafras mixed in equal proportions , when cool enough not tc
scald your hand, put in 2 or 3 table-spoous of yeast ; molasses $
of a pint, or wiiite sugar £ lb. gives it about the right sweetness.
Keep these proportions for as many gallons as you wish
to make. You can use more or less of the roots to suit
your taste after trying it ; it is best to get the dr~ -oots. or
dig them and let them get dry, and of course you can add
any other root known to possess medicinal properties desired
in the beer. After all is mixed, let it stand in a jar with a
cloth thrown over it, to work about two hours, then bottle
and set in a cool place. This is a nice way to take altera-
tives, without taking medicine. And families ought to make
it every Spring, and drink freely of it for several weeks,
and thereby save, perhaps, several dollars in doctors' bills,
2. Spruce or Aromatic Beer. — For 3 gals, water put in 1 qt.
and £ pt. of molasses, 3 eggs well beaten, yeast 1 gill. Into 2
qts. of the water boiling hot put 50 drops of any oil you wish
the flavor of; or mix 1 oz. each, oils sassafras, spruce and win-
tergreen, then use 50 drops of the mixed oils.
Mix all, and strain ; let it stand two hours, then bottle,
oearing in mind that yeast must not be put in when the
fluid would scald the hand. Boiling water cuts oil for beers,
equal to alcohol
3. Lemon Beer. — Water 30 gals. ; ginger root bruised 6 ozs. ;
cream of tartar £ lb. ; coffee sugar 13 lbs. ; oil of lemon 1 oz. ;
or £ oz. of the oil may be used, aud 6 good sized lemons, sliced ;
yeast 1£ pts.
Boil the ginger and cream of tartar, about twenty to thirty
minutes, in two or three gallons of the water; then strain it
upon the sugar and oils or sliced lemons, which have been
rubbed together, having warm water enough to make the
whole thirty gallons just so you can hold your hand in it
^riUiout burning, or about seventy degrees of heat; then
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work up the yeast into a paste, as for the eider, with five or
six ounces of flour. Let it work over night, skimming off the
yeast, or letting it work over as the cider, then strain and
bottle for use. This will keep fifteen or twenty days. The
Port Huronites think it a splendid drink.
4. Ginger «BEER r - White sugar 5 lbs. ; lemon juice 1 gill ;
honey £lb. ; ginger, bruised, 5 ozs. ; water 4£ gals.
Boil the ginger thirty minutes in three qts. of the water ;
then add the other ingredients, and strain ; when cold, put
in the white of an egg, well beaten, with one tea-spoon of
lemon essence — let stand four days, and bottle. It will
keep for months — much longer than if yeast was used ; the
honey, however, operates mildly in place of yeast.
o. Philadelphia Beer. — Water 30 gals. ; brown sugar 20 lbs. ;
ginger, bruised, 1£ lbs. ; cream of tartar £ lb. ; super carbonate
of soda 3 ozs. ; oil oi lemon, cut in a little alcohol, 1 tea-spoon
whites of 10 eggs, well beaten ; hops 2 ozs. ; yeast 1 qt.
The ginger root and hops should be boiled twenty or
thirty minutes in enough of the water to make all milk
warm, then strained into the rest, and the yeast added and
llowed to work over night ; skimmed and bottled.
6. Patent Gas Beer.— Ginger 2 ozs. ; allspice 1 oz. ; cinna-
mon \ oz. ; cloves I oz. ; all bruised or ground ; molasses 2 qts. ,
cold water 7£ gals. ; yeast 1 pt.
Boil the pulverized articles, for fifteen or twenty minutes,
in the molasses; then strain into your keg, and add the
water, then the yeast; shake it well together and bung
down. If made over night it will be ready for use the next
day. There ought to be a little space in the keg not filled
with the beer. This beer is ahead of all the pops and min-
eral waters of the day, for flavor, health or sparkling quali-
ties or speed in making. Be careful you do not burst the
keg. In hot weather, draw in a pitcher with ice. I have
ioid this in the principal towns of Ohio, Indiana and Mich-
igan, traveling with a caravan, and obtained two dollars for
the recipe of the man who kept the inside stand, and Mow-
od the head out of the first keg of it which he made.
7. Corn Beer, Without Yeast.— Cold water 5 gals. ; sound
nice corn 1 qt. ; molasses 2 qts. ; put all into a keg of this size;
shake well, and in 2 or 3 days a fermentation will have beeu
brought on as nicely as with yeast. Keep it bunged tight.
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It may be flavored with oils of spruce or lemon, if desir-
M, b # f pouring on to the oils one or two quarts of the water,
^oiling hot. The corn will last five or six makings. If it
gets too sour add more molasses and water in the same pro-
portions. It is cheap, healthy, and no bother with yeast.
8. Stbofg Beer, English Improved. — Malt 1 peek ; coarse
brown sugar 6 lbs. ; hops 4 03. ; good yeast 1 tea-cup ; if you
have not malt, take a little over 1 peck of barley, (twice the
amount of oats will do, but are not as good,) and put it into an
oven after the bread is drawn, or into a stove oven, and steam
the moisture from them. Grind coarsely.
Now pour upon the ground malt 3£ gals, of water at 170 or
172° of heat. The tub in which you scald the malt should
have a false bottom, 2 or 3 inches from the real bottom ; the
false bottom should be bored full ot gimlet holes, so as to act as
a stmmer, to keep back the malt meal. When the water is
poured on, stir them well, and let it stand 3 hours, and draw ofl
by a faucet ; put in 7 gals, more of water at 180 to 182 ° ; stir it
well, and let it stand 2 hours and draw it off. Then put on a
gal. or two of cold water, stir it well and draw it oft'; you should
have about 5 or 6 gals. Put the 6 lbs. of coarse brown sugar in an
equal amount of water; mix with the w r ort, and boil H to 2
hours with the hops ; you should have eight gals, when boiled ;
when cooled to 80° put in the yeast, and let it work 18 to 20
hours, covered with a sack; use sound iron hooped kegs or por-
ter bottles, bung or cork tight, and in two weeks it will be good
sound beer, and will keep a long time ; and for persons of a
weak habit of body, and especially females, 1 glass of this with
their meals is far better than tea or coffee, or all the ardent spir-
its in the universe. If more malt is used, not exceeding j a
bushel, the beer, of course, would have more spirit, but this
strength is sufficient for the use of families or invalids.
9. Ale, Home-Brewed — How it is Made. — The follow-
ing formula for the manufacture of a famous home-brewed
ale of the English yeomanry, will convey a very clear idea
of the components and mixture of ordinary ales. The mid-
dle classes of the English people usually make their ale in
quantities of two barrels, that is, seventy-two gallons.
For this purpose a quarter of malt, (8 bus.) is obtained at the
malt-house — or, if wished to be extra strong, nine bushels of
milt — are taken, with hops, 12 lbs. ; yeast, 5 qts.
The malt, being crushed or ground, is mixed with 72 gals,
of w T ater at the temperature of 160.° , and covered up for 3
hours, when 40 gallons are drawn off, into which the hops are
put, and left to infuse. Sixty gallons of water at a temperature
of 170° arc then added to the malt in the mash- tub, and weii
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mixed, and after standing 2 hours, sixty gallons are drawn off
The wort from these two mashes is boiled with the hops for 2
hours, and after being cooled down to 65 ° , is strained through
a flannel bag into a fermenting tub, where it is mixed with the
yeast and left to work for 24 or 30 hours. It is then run into
barrels to cleanse, a few gallons being reserved for filling up the
casks as the yeast works over.
Of course when the yeast is worked out it must be bunged
If one-half a pint of this was taken each meal by men, and
half that amount by females, and no other spirits, tea noi
coffee, during the day, I hesitate not in saying that I firmly
believe it would conduce to health. I know that this, which
a man makes himself, or some of the wines mentioned in
this work, home-made, are all that any person ought to allow
themselves to use in these days when dollars and cents are
the governing influences of all who deal in such articles.
10. Porter, Ale, or Wine, to Prevent Flatness in
Parts of Bottles for the Invalid. — Sick persons who
are recommended to use ale, porter, or wine, and can only
take a small glass at a time, nearly always find the last of
the bottle flat or stale.
To prevent this put in the cork firmly, and turn the cork-«nd
downwards, in a large tumbler or other vessel nearly filled with
water.
This plan prevents communication with the external air.
11. Cream Nectar, Imperial. — First, take water 1 gal. ; loaf
sugar 8 lbs., tartaric ac\d 8 oz. ; gum arabic 1 oz. ; put into 8
suitable kettle and place on the fire.
Second, take flour 4 tea-spoons ; the whites of 4 eggs, well
beaten together, with the flour, and add water \ pt. ; when the
first is blood warm put in the second, and boil 3 minutes, and it
is done.
Directions : Three table-spoons of the syrup to a glass
half or two-thirds full of water, and add one-third tea-spoon
of super- carbonate of soda, made fine ; stir well, and drink
at your leisure.
JS^*In getting up any of the soda drinks which are*
spoken of, it will be found preferable to put about eight
ounces of super-carbonate, often called carbonate of goda,
into one pint of water in a bottle, and shake when you
Wish to make a glass of soda, and pour of this into the glass
until it foams well, instead of using the dry soda as directed.
SALOON DEPARTMENT. 6b
\H GrNGEft Pop.— Water 54- gals. ; ginger root, bruised, | lb. ;
tartaric acid I oz. ; white sugar 2^ lbs. ; whites of 3 eggs, well
beaten ; lemon oil 1 tea-spoon ; yeast 1 gill.
Boil the root for thirty minutes in one gallon of the
Water, strain off, and put the oil in while hot ; mix. Make
over night, and in the morning skim and bottle, keeping out
sediments.
13. Spanish Qingerette.— To each gal. of wuter put 1 lb. *A
white sugar ; £ oz. best bruised ginger root; i ojs. of cream of*
tartar, and 2 lemons sliced.
Dikections: hi making 5 gals, boil the ginger and lemons 10
minutes in 2 gals, of the water; the sugar and cream of tartar
to be dissolved in the cold water, and mix all, and add £■ pint of
good yeast ; let it ferment over night, strain and bottle in the
morning.
This is a valuable recipe for a cooling and refreshing be v-
irage ; compounded of ingredients highly calculated to
st^ist the stomach, and is recommended to persous suffering
with Dyspepsia or Sick Headache. It is much used in Euro-
jKsan countries, and persons having once tested its virtues
will constantly use it as a common drink. And for saloons,
or groceries, no temperance beverage will set it aside.
14. SlIAM-CllAMPAGNK— A PUUF,LY TeMPEUANCE DllLNK. —
Tartaric acid 1 oz. ; one good sized lemon ; ginger root 1 oz. ;
white sugar 1£ lbs. ; water 2| gals. ; yc-ast 1 gill
Slice the lemon, and bruise "the ginger, mix all, except the
yeast, boil the water and pour it upon them and let stand until
cooled to blood heat ; then add the yeast and let it stand in the
sun through the day ; at night, bottle, tiei ng the corks, and in 2
days it will be lit to use. — Airs. Beecfier.
Be sure and not drink over three or four bottles at one
time. *
YEASTS— Hop Yeast.— Hops 1 oz. ; water 3 pts. ; flour 1
tea-cup ; brown sugar 1 table-spoon ; salt 1 tea-spoon ; brewers'
or bakers' yeast 1 gill.
Boil the hops twenty minutes in the water, strain into a
jar, and stir in the Hour, sugar, and salt, and when a little
cool add the yeast, and after four or five hours cover up. and
stand in a cool place or on the ice for use.
The above makes a good family yeast, but the following.
is the regular bakers' yeast, as they always keep the ' alt oa
band,
;j— oa. chase'** rk^jj^s.
66 dr. chase's recipes.
2. Bakers' Yeast. — Hops 2 oz. ; water 1 gal. ; wheat floar $
lb. ; mall flour 1 }>t. ; stock yeast i pt.
Boil the hops for thirty minutes in the water, strain, and
let cool until you can well bear your hand »n it; then stii
in the flour and yeast ; keep in a warm place until the fer-
mentation is well under way, and then let it work in a cooler
place six to eight hours, when it should be put in pint bot-
tles about half full, and closely corked, and tied down. ]>y
keeping this in a very cool cellar, or ice-house, it will keep
for months, lit for use. But as it is often troublesome to
obtain yeast, to start with, I give you the " Distillers' Jug
Yeast/' starting without yeast.
3. Jug- Ye ast. Without Yeast to Start With. — Hops £
lb. ; water 1 gal. ; fine malt flour ± pt. ; brown sugar ^ lb.
Boil the hops in the water until quite strong, strain, and
stir in the malt flour; and strain again through a coarse cloth,
and boil again for ten minutes ; when lukewarm, stir in the
sugar, and place in a jug, keeping it at the same tempera-
ture until it works over; then eork tight, and keep in a cold
oiace.
4. Yeast Cake. — Good sized potatoes 1 doz. ; hops 1 large
handful ; yeast £ pt. ; corn meal sufficient quantity.
Boil the potatoes, after peeling, and rub them through a
cullender; boil the hops in two quarts of water, and strain
into the potatoes; then scald sufiicient Indian meal to make
them the consistence of emptyings, and stir if* the yeast and
let rise ; then, with unscaldecl meal, thicken so as to roll
out and cut into cakes, drying quickly, at first, to prevent
souring. They keep better, and soak up quicker, than if
made with flour.
ICE CREAM.— Fresh cream | gal. ; rich milk £ gal. ; white
sugar 1 lb. ; some do use as mueli as 2 lbs, of sugar to the gal-
lon, yet it leaves an unpleasant astringeney in the throat after
eating the cream, but please yourselves.
Dissolve the sugar in the mixture, flavor with extract to suit
your taste, or take the peel from a fresh lemon and steep one-
Iwilf of it in as little water as you can, and add this — it makes
the lemon flavor better than the extract — and no flavor will bo
universally please as t\je lemon ; keep the same proportion for
any amount desired. The juice of strawberries or raspberries
gives a beautiful color and Savor to ice creams; er about i o%
• SALOUN DEPARTMENT. ()'<
of essence or extracts to a gallon, or to suit the taste. Have
Vour ice well broken ; 1 qt. salt to a bucket of ice.
About half an hours' constant stirring and occasional
craping down and beating together, will freeze it. The
old-fashioned freezer which turns in a tub of ice, makes
smoother and nicer ice-cream than all the patent freezers I
have seen ; and the plan of using the genuine cream and
milk gives sufficient profit; but I will give you the best sub-
stitutes there are, in the following recipe, but the less you
eat of either the better will it be for health.
2. Ice Cue am, Very Cheap.— Milk 6 qts. ; Oswego corn
search 1 lb.
First dissolve the starch in one quart of the milk, then
mix all together and just simmer a little, (not to boil.)
Sweeten and flavor to suit your taste, as above ; or —
3. Irish moss 1£ oz. ; milk 1 gal. .
First soak the moss in a little cold water for an hour, ana
rinse well to clear it of sand and a certain peculiar taste ; then
steep it for an hour in the milk just at the boilimr point, but not
to boil; it imparts a rich color and llavor witkouteggs or cream.
The moss may be steeped twice.
It is the Chicago plan. I have eaten it and know it to
be very nice. A few minutes rubbing, at the end of freez-
ing, with the spatula, against the side of the freezer, gives
ice-cream a smoothness not otherwise obtained.
WINES. — Currant, Chert; y, and other Berfv
Wines. — The juice of either of the above fruits can be
used alone, or in combinations to male y variety of flavors,
or suit persons who have some, and not the other kinds of
fruit.
Express all the juice you can, then take an equal amount of
ooiling water and pour on the pressed fruit, let stand 2 hours,
squeeze out as much as there is of juice, and mix, then add 4 lbs.
oi brown sugar to each gal kn of "the mixture; let stand until
worked, or 8 or 4 weeks, without a bung in the ke^ or barrel,
simply putting a piece of ^auze over the bung hole 'to keep out
Sties ; when it is dvnn working, bang it up.
A cool cellar, of course, is the best place for keeping
wines, as they must be kept where they will not freeze.
Some persons use only one-fourth juice, in making fruit
vines, a&d three-fourths water, but you will bear in aiiud
68 on. chase's recipes.
that the wine will be good or bad, just in proportion to tba
water and sugar used. If care is used when you express
the juice, to prevent the pulp or seeds from entering or re-
maining in the juice, no other straining or racking will be
needed. Most persons also recommend putting in brandy,
but if any spirit is used at all, let it be pure alcohol, from o no
gill to one-half pint only per gallon, but the strength of
juice I recommend, and the amount of sugar, remove all
necessity for any addition of spirit whatever. Bear inm'rd
that all fruit of which you are to make wine ought to ;>e
perfectly ripe, and then make it as soon as possible there-
after, not letting the juice ferment before the addition of
the sugar. If bottled, always lay them on the side.
J. IlnuBARU, or English Patent Wine. — An agree-
able and healthful wine is made from the expressed juice
of the garden rhubarb.
To each gal. of juice, add 1 gal. of soft water in which 7
lbs. of brown sugar has been dissolved ; fill a keg or a barrel
with tills proportion, leaving the bung out, and keep it, filled
with sweetened water as it works over until clear ; then bung
down or bottle as you desire.
These stalks will furnish about three-fourths their weight
in juice, or from sixteen hundred to two thousand gallons
of wine to each acre of well cultivated plants. Fill the bar-
rels and let them stand until spring, and bottle, as any wine
will be better in glass or stone
?>. .Some persons give Mr. Gaboon, of Kenosha, Wis.,
credit for originating pie-plant wine, but that is a mistake ;
it has long been made in England, and has even been pa-
tented in that country. They fnr>t made it by the following
directions, which also makes a very nice article, but more
applicable for present use than for keeping.
For every 4 lbs. of the stalks cut fine, pour on 1 gal of boil-
ing water, adding 4 lbs. brown sugar ; let stand covered 24 hours,
having also added a little cinnamon, allspice, cloves and nut-
meg, bruised, as may be desired for flavoring ; then strain and
let work a few days, and bottle.
4. Tomato Wink. — Express the juice from clean, ripe toma-
toes, and to each gallon of it, (without any water,) pin brown
sugar 4 lbs.
Put in <he sugar immediately, or before fermer>^uv)»
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begins — thin ought to be done in making any fruit wine.
Something of the character of a cheese press, hoop and
cloth, is the best plan to squeeze out the juice of tomatoes
or other fruits. Let the wine stand in a keg or barrel for
two or three months ; then draw off into bottles, carefully
avoiding the sediment. It makes a most delightful wine,
having all the beauties of flavor belonging to the tomato,
and I have no doubt all its medicinal properties also, either
as a tonic in disease, or as a beverage for those who are in
the habit of using intoxicating beverages, and if such per-
sous would have the good sense to make some wine of this
kind, and use it instead of rot-gut whisky, there would not
be one-hundredth part of the "snakes in the boot " that now
curse our land. It must be tasted to be appreciated. I
have it now, which is three years old, worth more than much
pretended wine which is sold for three or four shillings a
pint.
5. Tomato Cultivation, for Early and Late. — The Work-
ing Farmer says of the tomato plant, " that it bears 80 per
cent of its fruit within 18 inches of Ihegronnd, while more than
half the plant is above that part When the branches are eut
they do not bleed, and they may therefore be shortened imme-
diately above the large, or 'early-setting fruit
" The removal of the small fruit on the ends of the
branches is no loss, for the lower fruit will swell to an un-
natural size by trimming, and both a greater weight and
measure of fruit will be the consequence, besides obtaining
a large portion five to fifteen days earlier. The trimming
should be done so as to have a few leaves beyond the fruit,
to insure perfect ripening. The importance of early manur-
ing is too evident to need comment. The burying of the
removed leaves immediately around the plant is a good prac-
tice, both by insuring full disturbance of the soil, and by
the presenting of a fertilizer progressed precisely to the
point of fruit making. The portions buried decay rapidly,
and are rapidly assimilated." If wanted very early and
large, trim off all except two or three upon each plant.
6. To ripen late tomatoes, pull the plants having green toma*
toes on them, before the commencement of frosts, and hang
them in a well ventilated cellar.
The fruit will continue to ripen until early winter^ .espe-
cially if the cellar is cool and damp.
70 DR. CHASE'S recipes.
7. The Tomoto as Food. — Dr. Bennett, a professor of
some celebrity, considers the tomato an invaluable article of
diet, and ascribes to it various important medical properties.
First — that the tomato is one of the most powerful aperienU
for the liver and other organs ; where calomel is indicated, it is
probably one of the most effective and least harmful remedial
agents known to the profession. Second — that a chemical ex-
tract will be obtained from it that will supercede the use of calo-
mel in the cure of disease. Third — that he has successfully
treated Diarrhcea with this article alone. Fourth — that when
used as an article of diet, it is an almost sovereign remedy for
Dyspepsia and indigestion. Fifth — that it should be constantly
used for daily food, either cooked or raw; or in the form of catch-
up; it is the most healthy article now in use.
Knowing personally the value of the tomato in disease,
for food and wine, I freely give ail the information regard-
ing it which I can, that others may make as free use of it
as health and ccouomy demand, consequently, I give you
the next item, which I have learned just as the type were
being set, upon this subject in I860.
8. Tomatoes as Food for Cattle. — Mr Davis, the
editor of the " Michigan State News;" Ann Arbor, Mich..
says, u that he lias fed his cow, this season, at least ten
bushels of tomatoes/ 7
His plan is to mix a little bran with them, (say 3 qts. to a
half bushel of tomatoes, when fed;) they cause an excellent How
of rich and delicious milk.
He did not think of it until after the frosts, when ob
serving them going to waste, he thought to see if she would
eat them, which she did freely, from the commencement. I
have also known pigs to eat them, but this is not common
In 1862, I found my cow to eat them as freely as spoken of
by Mr. Davis.
9. Wine, from White Currants. — Ripe, white currants,
any quantity; squeeze out the juice, and put on water to get out.
a» much more as there is of the juice, and mix the two, and to
each gallon put o£ lbs. of sugar; let it work without boiling oi
skimming for 2 or 3 months,' then rack off and bottle.
The white currant has less acidity than the red, and does
not require as much sugar. I have never tasted currant
wine equal to this.
10. Gixgeii Wink — Alcohol of 93 per cent , 1 quart best ginger
1AL00N DEPARTMENT. 71
root, bruised, 1 oz. ; cayenne 5 grs. ; tartaric acid 1 dr.; . el stand
1 week and filter, or draw off by faucet above the sediment.
Now add 1 gal. of water in which 1 lb. of cruslied.su gar has
been boiled. Mix when cold. To make the color, boil £ oz. of
cochineal, f oz. of cream of tartar, £ oz. of saleratus, and \ oz.
of alum in 1 pt. of water until you get a bright red color, and
use a proper amount of this to bring the wine to the desired
color.
This wine is suitable for nearly nil the purposes for whicfc
any wine is used, and a gallon of it will not cost more than
a pint of many wines sold throughout the country for med-
icinal purposes, represented to be imported from Europe,
Let a man, suffering with a bad cold, drink about half a
pint of this wine hot, on going to bed, soaking his feet at
the same time in hot water fifteen or twenty minutes, and
covering up warm and sweating it out until morning, then
washing oif his whole body with cool or cold water, by
means of a wet towel, and rubbing briskly with a coarse dry
towel for four or five minutes, will not be able to find his
cold or any bad effects of it in one case out of a hundred.
Ladies or children would take lews in proportion to age and
strength. Females in a weakly condition, with little or no
appetite, and spare in flesh, from food not properly digest-
ing, but not yet ripened into actual indu/estion. will find
almost entire relief by taking half a wine-glass of this wine
twenty minutes before meals, and following it up a mouth
or two, according to their improved condition. For family
use it is just as good without color, as with it.
11. Blackberry Wine. — Mash the berries, and pour 1 qt, ot
boiling water to each gal. ; let the mixture stand 24 hours, stir-
ring occasionally; then strain and measure into a keg, adding 2
lbs. of sugar, and good rye whisky 1 pt., or best alcohol £ pt. to
each gal.
Cork tight, and let it stand until the following October,
and you will have wine fit for use, without further straining
or boiling, that will make lips smack as thev never smacked
under its influence before.
I feel assured that where this fruit is plenty, that this
wine should take the place of all others, as it is invaluable
in sickness as a tonic, and nothing is better for bowel dis-
ease. I therefore give the recipe for making it, and having
tried it myself, 1 speak advisedly on the subject.
72 DR. CHASES RECIPES.
The Dollar Times, Cincinnati, 0., first published this
recipe, not. using any spirits, but I find that it will often
sour without it.
12. Lawton Blackberry — Its Cultivation.- -An
editor at Coldwater, Mich., says of this fruit, " that where
it is best known it is one of the most popular small fruits
that has ever been cultivated. It has been known to pro-
duce over one thousand full-grown ripe berries in one season
on a single stalk ; the average size of fruit being from three-
fourths to one and a half inches in diameter; quality excel-
lent, very juicy, seeds very small, and few in number. Fivrf
quarts of berries will make one gallon of juice, which,
mix:d with two gallons of water and nine pounds of refined
sugar, will make three gallons of wine, equal in quality to
the best grape wine. Professor Mapes and many others,
who have tested the qualities of the same as a wine-fruit,
speak :>! it in terms of the highest praise.
13. Poti Wine. — Fully ripe wild grapes 2 bu. ; be?t alcohol
3 gals.; s'lCcJ* 25 lbs. ; water to till a barrel.
Mash tiT grapes without breaking the seed ; then put
them into i barrel with the sugar and alcohol, and fill up
with rain water, and let it lie a few weeks in the sun; or if
the weather ha* become cold, in a warm place; then in the
cellar until spring ; then rack off and bottle, or place in
perfectly clean kegs or barrels, and you have a better article
than nine-tenths of what is represented as imported Port.
14. Cider Wine. — Prof. IIorsford,a celebrated chemist,
communicated the following recipe to the Horticultural
Society of Massachusetts, and recommends .it for general
trial :
a Let the new cider from sour apples, (ripe, sound frrnt pre-
ferred,) ferment from 1 to 3 weeks, as the weather is warm or
Gool. When it has attained to a lively fermentation, add to each
gallon, according to its acidity, from £ a lb. to 2 lbs. of white
crushed sugar, and let the whole ferment until it possesses pre-
cisely the taste which it is desired should be permanent. In this
condition pour out a quart of the cider and add for each gallon
j- oz. of sulphite of lime y not sulphate. Stir the powder and cider
until intimately mixed, and return the emulsion to the ferment-
ing liquid. Agitate briskly and thoroughly for a lew moments,
arid then let the cider settle. Fermentation w T ill cease at once-
SALOON DEPARTMENT. id
*
When after a few days, the cider has become clear, draw off
carefully, to avoid the sediment, and bottle. If loosely corked,
which is better, it will become a sparkling cider wine, and may
oe kept indefinitely long.
This has been tried with varied success ; those who do
not think it too much to follow the directions, obtain a good
article, but others, supposing it to do just as well without
augur, or drawing off, or bottling, have found but little sat-
isfaction -they have no reason to expect any ; and yet they
might be well satisfied to obtain a good wine from the or
chard, even with all the above requisitions.
15. Grape Wine.— " Ripe, freshly picked, and selected, tame
grapes, 20 lbs. ; put them into a stone jar and pour over them
qts. of boiling soft water ; when sufficiently cool to allow it, yuu
will squeeze them thoroughly with the hand ; after which allow
them to stand 3 days on the pomace with a cloth thrown over
the jar, then squeeze out the juice and add 10 lbs. of nice crushed
sugar, and let it remain a week longer in the jar ; then take olf
the scum, strain and bottle, leaving a vent, until done ferment-
ing, when strain again mu\ bottle tight, and lay the bottles on
the side in a cool place."
This wine is the same as used by the Rev. Orrin Whit-
more, of Saline, Mich., for sacramental purposes. I have
tasted it myself, and would prefer it for medicinal uses to
nine-tenths of the wines sold in this country. With age, it
is nice. I am of the opinion that it might just as well re-
main in the jar until it is desired to bottle, and thus save the
trouble of the extra straining. For I have now wine, four
years old in my cellar, made in Evansville, Ind., from the
grape, which was made without the addition of any particle
of matter whatever. Simply, the juice pressed out, hauled
in from the vinery, put into very large casks in a cool cellar,
not even racked off again under one year from the time of
making. It tastes exactly like the grape itself; this, you
w*Jl perceive, saves much trouble in racking, straining, Sec
I am told by other wine makers also, that if care is observed
when the juice is pressed out to keep clear of the pomace,
that wine is better to stand without racking or straining,
and that nothing is found in the barrels, after the first year,
save the crude tartar or wine-stone, as some call it, which all
grape wine deposites on the sides of the cask. These wines
are every way appropriate for sacramental and medicinal
74 DR. CHASS's RECIPES.
purposes, and fa* more pure than can be purchased ones in
a hundred times, and if one makes their own, they have the
satisfaction of knoioing that their wines are not made of
what is vulgarly, yet truly called, " Rot-gut whisky."
16. Coloring for Wines. — White sugar 1 lb. ; water t gill •
put into an iron kettle, let boil, and burn to a red blaok, and thick;
remove from the fire and add a little hot water to keep it from
hardening as it cools ; then bottle for use.
Any of the foregoing wines can be colored with this, as
desired, but for family use I never use any color.
17. Stomach Bitters, Equal to Hostetters', fob One-
fourth its Cost, and Schiedam Schnapps Exposed, — Euro-
pean Gentian root \\ oz. ; orange peel 2£ oz. ; cinnamon \ oz. ;
anise seed \ oz. ; coriander seed \ oz. ; cardamen need i oz. ;
unground Peruvian bark \ oz. ; gum kino £ oz. ; Lruis3 all these
articles, and put them into the best alcohol 1 pt ; let it stand a
week and pour off the clear tincture ; then bo'l >L\e d^egs a few
minutes in 1 qt. of water, strain, and press out dl the strength;
now dissolve loaf sugar 1 lb. in the Lot liquid, adding 3 qts. cold
water, and mix witk the spirit tincture fk&t poured off, or you
can add these, and let it stand on the drtgi u preferred.
18. NOTE.— Schiedam Schnapps, Falsely so Called— It
is generally known that in Schiedam { Holland, they make the
best quality of Gin, calling it "Schiedam Schnapps;" conse-
quently it might be expected that unprincipled men would un-
dertake its imitation ; but hardly cedd it have been expected
that so base an imitation would sU.it into existence under the
guidance of a man, who, at least, calls himself honorable.
" Take gentian root, $ lb. ; oratt;c peel, £ lb. ; puds, i lb ; (bm
if this last cannot be obtained, poma aurantior, unripe oranges,)
or agaric, $ lb. ; best galangal, \ lb. ; centaury, £ lb. ; — cost $1,20.
Put pure spirit, 10 gals., upon them and let them stand 2 weeks;
stir it every day, and at the end of that time put 3 gals, of this
to one barrel of good whisky ; then bottle and label ; and here
follows the label :
AROMATIC SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS, a Superlative
Tonic, Diuretic, Anti-Dyspeptic, and Invigorating Cor-
dial. — Tins Medical Bevkrage is manufactured at Schiedam^
m Holland, and is warranted free from every injurious property
ind ingredient, and of the best possible quality.
Its extraordinary medicinal properties in Gravel, Gout, Chronic
Rheumatism, Incipient Dropsy, Flatulence, Colic Pains of the
Stomach or Bowels, whether in adults or infants. In all ordi-
nary cases oj obstruction in the Kidneys, Bladder and Urinary
Organs, in Dyspepsia, whether Acute or Chronic, in general
Debility, sluggish Circulation of the Blood, Inadequate Assimi-
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 75
.Ation of Food, and Exhausted Vital Energy, are acknowledged
Dy the whole Medical Faculty, and attested in their highest
written authorities."
I purchased the foregoing recipe of an extensive dealer in
E^aiisville, Ind. ; he put up the stuff in quart hottles, and labeled
it as I have shown you; his label was got up in splendid style,
bronzed letters, and sent out to the world as pure " Schiedam
Schnapps " at $1 per bottle"
I have given you the whole thing, that the tMusands into
whose hands this book may fall, shall know what confidence, or
that no confidence whatever, can be placed in the " Advertised
Nostrums" of the day, but that the only security we have is to
make our own, or go to those whom we know to be scientific.
Obtain their prescription and follow their counsel. Every person
knows that real Holland Gin possesses diuretic and other valu-
able properties ; and who would not suppose he was getting a
genuine article from this Flaming , Bronze-crested Label, pointing
out especially all the complaints that Schiedam-lovers are iconi to
complain of? And yet not one drop of gin to a barrel of it.
And my excuse for this exposure is that they and all who may
have an occasion to use such articles, may know that " good
whisky" ought to be atforded at less than $4 per gallon, even if
$1,20 worth of bitter tonics are put into 3£ barrels of the pre-
tious stuff.
Then take our advice where gin or other liquor is needed, as
mentioned in the first recipe in the Medical Department.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
I would give an introductory word of Caution in this
JLepartment.
Whenever you buy an article of medicine which is not
regularly labeled by the Druggist, have h$n, in all cases,
write the name upon it. In this wav you will not only save
money, but perhaps life. Arsenic, ^hosphjrus, laudanum,
acids, &c, should always be put where ch'.ldren cannot get
at them. And always purchase the best quality of drugs to
insure success.
ALCOHOL — In Medicines, Preferable to Brandy,
Rum, or Gin, of the Present Day. -There is no one
thing doing so much to bolster up the tottering yet strong
tower of Intemperance, as the old Fogy Physicians, who
are constantly prescribing these articles to tbeir patients,
76 DR. chase's recipes.
and one-half of the reason for it is to cover th« faults oi
their own constant use of these beverages. This unneces-
sary call for these articles thus used as a medicine, keeps up
a large demand ; and when we take into consideration the
almost impossibility of obtaining a genuine article, the sin
of prescribing them becomes so much the greater, when it
is also known by all really scientific men that with alcohol
(which is pure) and the native fruit wines, cider, and cidei
wines, (which every one can make for themselves, and can
thus know their purity,) that all the indications desired to
be fulfilled in curing disease can be accomplished without
their use.
Then, when it is deemed advisable to use spirits to preserve
any bitters or syrups from souring, instead of 1 qt. of brandy,
rum or gin, use the best alcohol | pt., with about 2 or 3 ozs. of
crushed sugar for this amount, increasing or lessening according
to the amount desired in these proportions. If a diuretic effect
is desired, which is calculated to arise where gin is prescribed,
put 1 dr. of oil of juniper into the acohol before reducing with
the water; or if the preparation admits of it you may put in
from 1 to 2 ozs. of juniper berries instead of the oil. If the as-
tringent effect is desired, as from brandy, use, say, £ oz. of gum
kino or catechu, either, or a half of each may be used. If the
sweating or opening properties are required, as indicated by the
prescription of rum, sweeten with molasses in place of the su-
gar, and use 1 dr. of oil of carraway, or 1 to 2 ozs. of the seed
for the above amount, as the juniper berries for gin.
If the strength of wine only is desired, use 1 qt. of the ginger
wine, or if that flavor is not fancied, use any other of the wines
as preferred by the patient.
But no one should use any of the descriptions of alcohol as g
constant beverage, even in medicine, unless advised to do so by
a physician who is not himself a toper.
If families will follow the directions above given, and
use proper care in making some of the various fruit wines
as given in this book for medical use, preparing ruder, &c,
which is often Ured in prescriptions, they would seldom, if
ever, be obliged ro call for the pretended pure brandies,
rums, gins, etc., of commerce, and intemperance would die
a natural death for want of support.
And you will please allow me here to correct a common
error, with regard to the presence of alcohol in wines. It
is generally supposed that wine made from fruit, without
putting some kind of spirits into it, does not contain any
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 7i
alcohol ; but a greater mistake does not exist in "the world.
Any fruit, the juice of which will not pass into the vinous
fermentation by which alcohol is produced, will not make
wine at all ; distillation will produce brandy or alcohol from
any of these fermented liquors.
There is no wine, of any note, containing less than 10 parti
of alcohol to 100 parts of the wine; and from that amount up
to 25} parts; currant 20£ ; gooseberry 11 1; cider from 5 to 9
parts; porter 4£; even small beer 1£ parts or qts. to 100 qts..
So it will be seen that every quart of fruit wine not made
tor medicine, or sacramental purposes, helps to build up the
Cuuse (intemperance) which we all so much desire not to
encourage. And for those who take any kind of spirits for
t*.-.c sake of the spirit, let me give you the following :
2. ' ; SriRiTUAL Facts. — That whis-key is the key by
•fi lieh many gain entrance into our prisons and almshouses.
3. That brandy brands the noses of all those who can-
h t govern their appetites.
4. That punch is the cause of many unfriendly punches.
5. That ale causes many ailings, while beer brings to the
6. That wine causes many to take a winding way home.
7. That t7ia?w-pagne is the source of many real pains.
8. That gin slings have " slewed" more than slings oj
o, I."
VGUB MEDICINES.— Dr. Kriedek's Fills.— Quinine 20
gi *. ; Dover's powders 10 grs. ; sub-carbonate of iron 10 grs. ; mix
with mucilage of gum arabic and form into 20 pills. Dose-
Tw t o, each hour, commencing 5 hours before the chill should set
in. Then take one night and morning, until all are taken.
I cured myself of Ague with this pill after having it hang
on to me for three years with all the common remedies of
the day, five weeks being the longest I could keep it off,
until I obtained the above pill. This was before I had
studied medicine. I have cured many others with it also,
never having to repeat the dose only in one case.
In attacks of Ague, it is best to take an active cathartic
immediately after the first ' fit/ unless the bowels are lax.
which is not generally the case, and by the time the cathar-
tic has worked off well, you will be prepared to go ahead
with the 'cure' as soon as you know its periodical return
78 dr. chase's recipes.
2. For very young children, nothing is better than 5 or 6 grs,
of quinine in a 2 oz. vial with 1 table-spoon of white sugar,
then fill with water. Dose — a tea-spoon given as above, as t(
time. A thick solution of licorice, however, hides the taste oi
the quinine quite effectually.
8. Aoue Bitters. — Quinine 40 grs. ; capsicum 20 grs. ; cloves
2 oz. ; cream of tartar 1 oz. ; whisky 1 pt. ; Mix. Dose — 1 to 2
table-spoons every 2 hours, beginning 8 hours before the chili
conies on, and 3 times daily for several days. Or, if preferred
without spirits, take the following :
4. Ague Powder. — Quinine 10 grs. ; capsicum 4 grs. ; mis
and divide into 3 powders. Directions — Take one 4 hours be-
fore the chill, one 2 hours, and the third 1 hour before the chili
should commence, and it will very seldom commence again. Oi
5. Ague Mixture without Quinine. — Mrs. Wads-
worth, a few miles south of this city, has been using the fol-
lowing Ague mixture over twenty years, curing, she says,
more than forty cases, without a failure. She takes —
Mandrake root, fresh dug, and pounds it ; then sqeezes out
tne juice, to obtain 1| table-spoons, with which she mixes the
same quantity of molasses, is dividing into 3 equal doses of 1 ta-
ble-spoon each, to be given 2 hours apart, commencing so as to
take all an hour before the chill.
It sickens and vomits some, but she says, it will scarcely
ever need repeating. Then steep dog-wood bark, (some
fsail it box-wood,) make it strong, and continue to drink it
*reely for a week or two, at least.
6. Ague Cure, by a Clairyoyant. — There is no doubt
in my mind but what there is much virtue in the following
clairvoyant prescription, for I have knowledge of the value
of one of the roots. See Choiic remedy:
Blue vervain, leaf and top, 1 lb. ; bone-set £ lb. ; best rye
whisky 1 gal.
The dose was not ghen, but most persons would take a
wiue glass five or six times daily.
7. Ague Cured for a Penny. — It has been discovered
that nitric acid is of great value in the treatment of Inter
mittent Fever, or Ague. A physician administered the arti-
cle in twenty-three cases of such fever, and it wis successful
in all but one, in interrupting the paroxysms, ana there oo*
curred no relapse.
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in the majority of cases, 5 or 6 drops of the strong acid, given
<n a little gum mucilage, every 2 hours, until 60 drops had bee a
Uxke.u, were found sufficient to break the fever, and restore the
patient to health. The foregoing confirms the following :
8. Ague Anodyne. — Muriatic acid and laudanum, of each \
oz. ; quinine 40 grs. ; brandy 4 ozs. Take 1 tea-spoon 0, 6, and ?
hours before the chill, until broken ; then at 7, 14, and 21 dayn
after, take 3 doses, and no relapse will be likely to occur.
I am well satisfied that any preparation of opium, as lau-
danum, morphine, &c, which effect the nerves, are valuable
m ague medicine, from its intimate connection with, if not
entirely confined to, the nervous system; hence the advan-
tage of th« first Ague pill, the opium being in the Dover's
powder.
I have given this large number of preparations, and fol-
low with one or two more, from the fact that almost every
physician will have a peculiar prescription of his own, and
are generally free to contribute their mite for the benefit of
the world ; and as I have seen about as much of it as most
book-makers, I have come in for a large share. The nature
of the articles recommended are such also as to justify their
insertion in this work.
9. Febrifuge Wine. — Quinine 25 grs. ; water 1 pt. ; sul-
phuric acid 15 drops ; epsom salts 2 oz. ; brandy 1 gill ; loaf su-
gar 2 ozs. ; color with tincture of red Sanders. Dose. — a wine-
glass 8 times per day.
This is highly recommended by a regular practicing phy-
sician, in one of the ague holes (Saginaw) of the west. It,
of course, can be taken without any previous preparation of
the system.
10. Tome Wine Tincture. — A positive cure for Ague with-
out quinine. Peruvian bark 2 ozs. ; wild cherry tree bark 1 oz ;
cinnamon 1 dr. ; capsicum 1 tea-spoon ; sulphur 1 oz. ; port
wine 2 qts. Let stand a week, shaking occasionally. All the
articles are to be pulverized. Dose — A wine-glass every 2 or
8 hours through the day until broken, then 2 or 3 times per day
until all is used.
Always buy your Peruvian bark, and pulverize it your-
self, as most of the pulverized article is greatly adulterated,
This is the reason why more cures are not performed by it.
11. Soot Coffee — Has cured many cases of ague, after
" everything else " had failed ; it is made as follows :
80 i>n. ciiAsr^ ..^cipsa.
Soot, scraped from a chimney, (that from stove pipes d^es not
do,) 1 table-spoon, steeped in water 1 pt., and settled with 1 egg
beaten up in a little water, as for other coffee, with surjar and
cream, 8 times daily with the meals, in place of other coffee.
It has come in very much to aid restoration in Typhoid
Fever, bad cases of Jaundice, Dyspepsia, &c, &c.
Many persons will stick up their noses at these " Old
Grandmother prescriptions/' but I tell many " upstart Phy-
sicians " that our grandmothers are carrying more informa-
tion out of the world by their deaths, than will ever be pos-
sessed by this class of " sniffers," and / really thank God,
so do thousands of others, that He has enabled me, in this
work, to reclaim such an amount of it for the benefit of the
world.
12. Balmony \ of a pint basin of loose leaves, fill with boiling
water and steep ; drink the whole in the course of the day, and
repeat 8 or 4 day?, or until well.
It has cured many cases of Ague. It is valuable in Jaun-
dice, and all diseases of the Liver ; and also for worms, by
the mouth and by injection. It is also valuable in Dyspep-
sia, Inflammatory, and Febrile diseases, generally.
NIGHT SWEATS.— To Releive.— After Agues, Fe
vers, &c, and in Consumption, many persons are troubled
with " Night Sweats ;" they are caused by weakness or gen-
eral debility. For its relief :
Take Ess. of tansy | oz. ; alcohol £ ot. ; water £ oz. ; quinine
15 grs. ; muriatic acid 80 drops ; mix. Dose — 1 tea-spoon, in a
gill of cold sage tea.
It should be taken two or three times during the day, and
at bed time ; and the cold sage toa. should be used freely aa
a drink, also, until cured. It wil! even cure Ague, also, by
repeating the above dose every hour, beginning twelve tc
fifteen hours before the chill.
' Fevers — General Improved Treatment t?or Bil-
ious, Typhoid, and Scarlet Fevers, Congestive*
Chills, &c. Also Vai/jable in Diarrhea, Summer-
Complaint, Cholera-Infantum, and all Forms os
Fever in Children. — The symptoms of Fever are gener-
ally understood, yet I will give the characteristic features
by which it will always be detected : cold chills, followed by
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a hot skin \ a quickened pulse, with a weak and languid feel-
ing of distress ; also, loss of appetite, thirst, restlessness,
scanty excretions ; in fact, every function of the body is
more or less deranged. Of course, then, that which will
restore all the different machinery to healthy action, will
restore health. That is what the following febrifuge has
done in hundreds of cases — so attested to by " Old Doctor
Cone," from whose work on u Fevers and Febrile Diseases/'
I first obtained the outlines of the treatment, and it gives
me pleasure to acknowledge my indebtedness to him through
fourteen years of neighborhood acquaintance, always finding
him as willing to communicate, as qualified to practice, and
daring, in breaking away from u Medical Society Rules," to
accomplish good.
Febrifuge for Fevers in General.— Carbonate of ammo
i>ia 2 drs. ; alum 1 dr. ; capsicum, foreign gentian, Colombo root,
and Prussiate of iron, all pulverized, of each, \ dr.; mix, lv put-
ting into a bottle, adding cold water 4 ozs. Dose — One tea-spoon
to a grown person, every 2 hours, in common cases of fever. It
may be sweetened if preferred. Shake well each time before
giving, and keep the bottle tightly corked.
The philosophy of this treatment is, the carbonate of am-
monia neutralizes the acidity of the stomach, and determines
to, and relaxes the surface ; and with the capsicum is a hun-
dred per cent more efficient. The alum constringes, soothes,
ind aids in relieving the irritated and engorged mucous mem-
brane of the stomach, and finally operates as a gentle laxa-
tive. The Colombo and gentian are gently astringent ant
stimulating, but chiefly tonic, and the Prussiate of iron is
tonic ; and in their combination are, (as experience will and
has proved) the most efficient and safe Febrifuge, in all forma
and grades of fever, yet known. We therefore wish to
sf*te that, after twenty-five years' experience in the treat-
u nut of disease, we have not been able to obtain a know-
ledge of any course of treatment that will begin to compare
with that given above, for the certain, speedy, and effectual
cure of all forms of fever ; and ail that is requisite, is, to
have sufficient confidence in the course of treatment recom-
mended ; to use it from three to five, and in extreme cases,
seven days, as directed, and that confidence will be inspired
in ail who use it, whether Physician (if unprejudiced) or
■ -C^Y RIGHT S?.OUP,KT>.
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patient, or the heads of families ; remember all processes ia
nature require time for their accomplishment.
After the patient has been twonty-fuur hours without
fever, or if the patient be pale, blanched, with a cool sur
face and feeble pulse, at the commencement of fever, pre-
pare the following :
2. Febrifuge Tea.— Take Virginia snake root and valerian
root, of each 2 drs. ; boiling water 1 pt. Pour the boiling water
on the roots and steep £ an hour, and give a tea-spoon of the
Febrifuge and a table-spoon of this Tea together, every 2 hours,
and after he has been another 24 hours without lever, give it
every 3 or 4 hours, until the patient has good appetite and diges-
tion, then 3 times daily, just before meals, until the patient has
gained considerable strength, when it may be entirely discon-
tinued ; or he may continue the simple infusion to aid digestion.
A strong tea of wild cherry bark makes the best substi-
tute for the snake root tea, and especially if mercury has
been previously used in the case, and If it has, it is best to
continue the cherry bark tea until the patient is entirely re-
covered.
A patient using this treatment, if bilious, may vomit bile
a few times, or if there is conjestion of the stomach., he wil
probably vomit occasionally for a few hours, but it will soon
subside. It will not purge, except a patient be very bilious,
in which case there will probably be two or three bilious dis
charges; but it gives so much tone to the action of tl i
stomach and bowels as to secure regular operations ; but if
the bowels should not be moved in two or three days, give
injections of warm water, or warm water with a little salt
in it.
Give the patient all the plain, wholesome diet, of auy
kind, he will take, espcially broiled ham, mush and rich
milk, boiled rice, milk or dry toast, hot mealy potatoes, boil-
ed or roasted, with good fresh butter, &c, &c. ; and good
pure, cold water, or tea and coffee, seasoned to the taste, as
drinks, and keep the person and bed clean, and room quiet
and undisturbed by conversation, or any other noise, and see
that it is well ventilated.
If there should be extreme pain in the head when the
fever is at the highest, or in the back or loins, and delirium
at night, with intolerance of light and noise : in such cases.
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in addition to keeping the room cool, dark and quiet, and
giving the febrifuge regularly, as above directed, take the
following :
3. Fever Liniment. — Sulphuric ether and aqua ammonia, oi
each 1 oz ; muriate of ammonia £ oz. ; mix, and shake the bot
tie, and wet the scalp and all painful parts, every 2 or 3 hours,
until the pain abates. Keep tightly corked.
After the application of the liniment, fold a muslin cloth
four or five thicknesses, dip it in cold water, and apply it
to the head or any part afflicted with severe pain ; or to the
pit of the stomach, if there be much vomiting ; and it may
be renewed every three or four hours.
Besides the above treatment, dip a towel in cold water,
and rub the patient off briskly and thoroughly, and be care-
ful to wipe perfectly dry, with a clean, hot and dry towel ;
this may be repeated every three or four hours, if the skin
be very hot and dry ; but if the surface be pale, cool, moist,
livid, or lead- colored, omit the general sponging ; but th^
face, neck and hands may be washed occasionally, but be
sure to wipe perfectly dry with a clean, hot and dry towel.
But if he be very pale and blanched, with a cool or cold
aurface, or have a white circle around his mouth and nose,
or be covered with a cold, clammy perspiration, give the
Febrifuge every hour, until the above symptoms disappear,
giving the patient hot coffee or tea, pennyroyal, sage, balm,
or mint tea, as hot as he can sup them, and as freely as pos-
sible, and make hot applications to his person, and put a
bottle of hot water to the soles of his feet ; and after this
tendency to prostration is overcome, then give the Febrifuge
once in two hours as before only.
Children will use the medicine in all respects as directed
for grown persons, giving to a child one year old a fourth of
a tea-spoon, or fifteen drops ; if under a year old, a little less,
(we have frequently arrested Cholera Infantum with the Feb-
rifuge, in children under six months old, and in some in-
stances under a month old,) and increase the dose in propor-
tion to the age above a year old, giving half a tea-spoon to
a child from three to six, and three-fourths of a tea-spoon
from six to ten years, old and so on ; and be sure to offer
children some food several times a day, the best of which is
broiled smoked ham, good stale wheat bread boiled in good
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rich milk, mush and milk, boiled rice, etc. ; but animal diet
agrees best, and especially in cases of Summer Complaint, or
Cholera Infantum, the diet had better be almost exclusively
animal. It will be difficult to use the infusion of snake root
with children that are too young to obey the mandate cf
parents, and the Febrifuge may be made sweet, with white or
loaf sugar, for young children, so as to cover its tasce as
much as possible, but older children will be benefited very
much by the use of the infusion of snake root and valerian,
and should take it as prescribed for adults, of course adapt
ing the dose to the age of the patient.
4. Note. — The above treatment, if persevered in for a short
time, is effectual in arresting Diarrhea, Summer Complaint, Chol-
era Infantum, and all forms of Fever in children. Give it every
two hours, or if the patient be very feeble and corpse-like, give
it every hour until there is reaction, and then giv* it every two
hours, as prescribed for fever in general, and you will be satis-
fied with the result after a short time.
5. Typhoid Fever. — If the patient be Typhoid, that is,
if his tongue be brown or black, and dry in the centre, with
glossy red* edges ) if he have Diarrhea, with thin, watery, or
muddy stools, and a tumid or swollen belly, he will probably
have a rapid, or frequent, and small pulse, and \>q deliriou?
and rest but little at night ; under these circumstances, give*
the Febrifuge in the Tea, No. 2, as for fevers in general,
every two hours, and give, also, the following :
6. Febrifuge Balsam. — Gum camphor 30 grs. ; Wsam co-
paiba, sweet spirits of nitre, compound spirits of lavender, of
each 4 oz.
Shake the vial, and give forty drops every four hours, id
with the other medicine, until the tongue becomes ruoist,
and the Diarrhea is pretty well subdued, when you will dis-
continue this preparation, and continue the Febrifuge «ind
snake root tea, as directed for fever in general.
Note.— We do not believe that one case of fever in a thousand
will develop© Typhoid symptoms, unless such cases have been in-
j ured in the treatment of the first stage, by a reducing course of
medicine, as bleeding, vomiting, especially emetic tartar, purg-
ing, especially with calomel, and compound extract of eoloevnth,
or oil, salts, or infusion of senna/and the common cooling pow-
der, which is composed of saltpetre or nitre, and tartar emetic
or ipecac, all of which irritate the mucous membrane of tho
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. S5
atomach and bowels, and consequently produce determination
of blood to these parts, that results in irritation, engorgement,
congestion, inflammation, and consequently Tj'phoid Fever.
If fever is attended with the Dysentery, or Bloody Flax, it
mould be treated in the same manner precisely as Typhoid
Fever, as it is nothing but Typhoid Fever with inflammation
of the large, and sometimes small bowels. The treatment
given for Typhoid Fever above, will cure all forms of Dyseo
tery as it does fever, but the bloody and slimy discharged
will continue for two or three days after the fever is sub-
dued and the appetite and digestion are restored, and at
dines, especially if the patient discharge bile, which will be
green, there will be a good deal of pain at stool, which, how-
ever, will soon subside.
7. Scarlet Fever. — If you have Scarlet Fever, treat it
in all respects as fever in general, and if the -patient's throat
should show any indications of swelling, apply the Fever-
Lmiment No. 3, and make4he application of cold water in
the same manner as there directed j and it had better be re-
peated every three or four hours until the swelling is entire-
ly subdued, when the wet cloth should be substituted by a
warm, dry t flannel one ] but if the patient's throat should
ulcerate, give a few drops of the Febrifuge every half hour,
or hour, until the dark sloughs separate, and the throat looks
red and clean, when you need only give the medicine at regu-
lar intervals, as recommended for fever in general, that is,
every two hours. If this treatment be pursued at the onset,
the throat will seldom, if ever, ulcerate.
8. Congestive, or Sinking Chill.— In case of Conges
tive, or Sinking Chill, give the Febrifuge as directed for fever
in general ; but if the patient be insensible and eold, or
drenched in a cold perspiration, give the Febrifuge in a table-
spoon of the snake root and valerian tea every hour until the
patient becomes warm, and then give it every two hours to
within twelve hours of the time he anticipates another chill,
when you will give the following
9. Stimulating Tonic. — Sulphate of quinine 20 grs. ; pulver-
ized capsicum 80 grs. ; pulverized carbonate of ammonia 00 grs. ;
mix and put into a bottle, and add' 15 tea-spoons of cold water,
and give a tea-spoon, together with a tra spoon of the Febrifuge,
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every hour, either alone, or what is better, in a tea-spoon of the
snake root and valerian tea, for 15 hours.
The patient should lie in bed and drink fieely of penny-
royal tea, or hot coffee, or some other hot tea, and after the
time has elapsed for the chill, give the same as for fever in
general, until the patient is entirely recovered. l xhe above
treatment will arrest any form of Ague, ana the Uter treat
ment will, with any degree of care, prevent its return. Or
the Agiie maybe arrested most speedily, by taking one gram
of quinine in a tea-spoon of the Febrifuge every hour for
six hours preceeding a paroxysm, and then pursue the above
tonic course.
I have given the foregoing treatment for fevers, because
l know that it is applicable in all cases, and that tae articles*
ure kept by all druggists. But there is a better, because
quicker method of cure, and I am very sorry to say thac for
want of knowledge, in regard to the value of the medicine-
it is not usually kept by Druggists. I mean the Tincture
of Gclseminum. It is an unrivaled Febrifuge. It relaxes
the system without permanent mostration of strength. Its
specific action is to cloud the vision, give double-sighiedness
and inability to open the eyes, with distressed prostration;
which will gradually pass off in a few hoars, leaving the pa-
tient refreshed, and if combined with quinine, completely
restored. To administer it :
10. Take the tincture of gelseminum 50 drops, put into a vial.
imi add 5 tea-spoons of -water; quinine 10 grs. S'xiake when
used. Dose — One tea-spoon in half a glass of sweetened water,
and repeat every 2 hours.
Watch carefully its action, and as soon as you discover ita
specific action as mentioned above, give no more.
Dr. Hale, of this city, one of the more liberal class of
physicians, (and I use the term, liberal, as synonymous with
the term, successful,) prefers to add twenty-five drops of the
tincture of veratrum viride with the gelseminum, and give
as there directed And in case that their full specific ac-
tion should be brought on, give a few spoons of brandy, to
raise the patient from his stupor, or what is preferable :
11. Carbonate of ammonia \ oz. ; water 4 ozs. ; mix. Dose—
one table-spoon every 15 or 20 minutes, until revived.
If Dr. Hale's addition should be used, it will be found
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 87
applicable in all cases of fever, except in Typhoid accompan-
ied with its own excessive prostration ; without the addition
of the veratrurn it is applicable in all cases of fevers above
described. Of course, in all cases where the fever is thus
subdued, you will continue quinine, or some other appropri
ate tonic treatment, *to perfect a cure, and prevent a relapse.
And it might not be amiss here to give a plan of preparing
i nourishing and agreeable lemonade for the sick, and espec
ially for persons afflicted with fever :
12. Lemonade, Nourishing, for Fever Patients. — Arrow-
root 2 or 3 tea-spoons rubbed up with a little cold water, in a
bowl or pitcher, which will hold about 1 qt. ; then squeeze in
the juice of half of a good sized lemon, with 2 or 3 table-spoons
of w T hite sugar, and pour on boiling water to fill the dish, con-
stantly stirring whilst adding the boiling water.
Cover the dish, and when cold, it may be freely drank to
allay thirst, as also to nourish the weak, but some will pre-
fer the following :
13. Prof. Hufeland's Drink for Fever Patients or
Excessive Thirst.— Cream ot tartar -£ oz. ; water 3 qts. ; boil
until dissolved ; after taking it from the fire add a sliced orange
with from 1£ to 3 ozs. of white sugar, according to the taste of
ivie paUent ; bottle and keep cool.
To be used for a common drink in fevers of all grades,
and at any time when a large amount of drink is craved by
tSio invalid. Neither is there any bad taste to it for those
i»t heaith.
UTERINE HEMORRHAGES.-Prof. Platt's Treatment
Twenty Yeaks Without a Failure.— Sugar of lead 10 grs. ;
e/got 10 grs. ; opium 3 grs. ; epicac 1 gr. ; all pulverized and
well mixod. Dose— 10 to 12 grs., given in a little honey or
syrup.
In very bad cases after child-birth, it might be repeated
in thirty minutes, or the dose increased to fifteen or eigh-
teen grains ; but in cases of rather profuse wasting, repeat
it once at the end of three hours, will usually be found ail
that is necessary, if not, repeat occasionally as the urgency
of the case may seem to require.
Prof. Piatt is connected with Antioch College, 0., and
has been a very successful practitioner.
DYSPEPSIA.—Ib the good old days of corn bread and
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crust coffee, there was but little trouble with Dyspepsia*
but since the days of fashionable intemperance, both in
eating and drinking, such as spirituous liquors, wines, beers,
ale, tea, and coffee, hot bread or biscuit, high seasoned food,
over-loading the stomach at meals, and constant eating and
drinking between meals, bolting the food, as called, that is,
wallowing it without properly chewing, excessive veneiy,
«?ant of out door exercise, with great anxiety of mind as to
bow the means can be made to continue the same indulgen-
ces, &c, all have a tendenev to debilitate the stomach, and
bring on, or cause, Dyspepsia,
And it would seem to the Author that the simple state
m-ent of its cause — the truth of which no one can reason
ably doubt — would be sufficient to. at least, suggest its cure
But I am willing to state, that, as a general thing, this over-
indulgence would not be continued, nor would it have been
allowed, had they known its awful consequences. I know
that this was true in my own case, in all its points ; this
was, of course, before I had studied, or knew but little, of
the power of the human system, or the practice of medi-
cine, and it was for the purpose of finding something to
c ure myself, that I commenced its study ; for it was by
years of over-indulgence at table, and between meals, in the
grocery business which I was carrying on, that I brought on
such a condition of the stomach that eating gave me the
most intolerable suffering — a feeling almost impossible to
describe ; first a feeling of goneness or want of support at
the stomach, heat, lassitude, and finally pain, until a thou-
sand deaths would have been a great relief; drink was
craved, and the more I drark the more intolerable the suf-
fering — apple cider, vinegar and water made palatable with
sugar, excepted. It might be asked at this point, what did
I do ? 1 would ask, what could I do ? Eat, I could not,
drink I could not ) then what else was to be done, only, to
do without either. What, starve ? No.
Treatment. — Take, — no, just stop taking. u Throw all
medicine to the dogs" — yes, and food also. What, starve ?
No, but simply get hungry ; whoever heard of a dyspeptic
being hungry? at least, those who eat three meals a day.
They eat because the victuals taste good — mouth-hunger,
only.
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The last year or two of my dyspeptic life, I only ate be-
cause it was eating tune, and supposed I must eat or die,
when I only died forty deaths, by eating.
All physicians whose books I have read, and all whose
prescriptions 1 have obtained, say : " Eat little and often ;
drink little and often." I say eat a little, and at the right
time, that is, when hungry at the stomach; drink a little,
and a'c the right time, that is, after digestion, and it is of
j et as much importance to eat and drink the right thing,
as at the r jht time.
Persons have been so low in Dyspepsia, that even one
tea-spoon of food on the stomach would not rest ; in such
cases, let nothing be taken by mouth for several days ; bu>
inject gruel, rice water, rich broths, &c. ; but these cases
occur very seldom.
First. — Then, with ordinary cases, if there is much heat
of the stomach, at bed time, wet a towel in cold water,
wringing it out that it may not drip, and lay it over the
Btomach, having a piece of flannel over it to prevent wet-
ting the clothes. This will soon allay the heat, but keep it
on during the night, and at any subsequent time, as may be
needed.
Second. — In the morning, if you have been in the habit
of eating about two large potatoes, two pieces of steak, two
slices of bread, or from four to six hot pancakes, or two to
tour hot biscuits, and drinking one to three cups of tea or
(oflee, — hold, hold,, you cry; no, let me go on. I have
'n:my times seen all these eaten, with butter, honey, or mo-
lasses, too large in amount to be mentioned, with a taste of
every other thing on the table, such as cucumbers, tomatoes,
&c, &c, and all by dyspeptics ; but,
You will stop this morning on half of one potato, two
inches square of steak, and half of one slice of cold, wheat
bread — or I prefer, if it will agree with you, that yea use
the " Yankee Brown Bread," only the same quantity ; eat
very slow, chew perfectly Jine, and swallow it without vxi-
ter, tea, or coffee ; neither must you drink any, not a drop,
until one hour before meal -time again, then as little as pos-
sible, so as vqu think not quite to choke to death.
Third. — The question now to be settled is, did you suffer
from the abundance of your breakfast, or from the kind of
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food taken? If you did, take less next time, or change
the kt'ndy and so continue to lessen the quantity, or change
the kind until you ascertain the proper quantity and kind,
which enables you to overcome this exceeding suffering
after meals ; nay, more, which leaves you perfectly comfort-
able after meals.
Lastly — You now have the whole secret of curing the
worst case of dyspepsia in the world You will, however,
bear in mind that years have been spent in indulgence ; do
not therefore expect to cure it in days, nay, it will take
months, possibly a whole year of self-denial, watchfulness
and care : and even then, one over loading of the stomach
at a Christmas pudding will set }'0u back again for months.
Make up your mind to eat only simple food, and that, in
small quantities, notwithstanding an over-anxious wife, or
other friend, will say, now do try a little of this nice pie,
pudding, or other dish, no matter wliat it may be. Oh !
now do have a cup of this nice coffee, they will often ask;
but no , NO, must be the invariable answer, or you are again
a a goner." For there is hardly any disease equally liable*
to relapse as dyspepsia ; and indulgence in a variety of food,
or over-eating any one kind, or even watery vegetable? 01
fruit, will be almost certain to make the patient pay dear foi
the whistle.
Then you must eat only such food ar you know to agree
with you, and in just as small quantities as will keep you in
health. Drink no fluids until digestion is over, or about
four hours after eating, until the stomach has become a little
strong, or toned up to bear it, th*an one cup of the " Dyspep-
sia, Coffee," or one cup of the " Coffee Made Healthy," iijvq
be used. But more difficulty is experionccd from over-
drinking, than over-eating. Most positively must Dyspeptics
avoid cold water with their meals. If the saliva and gastrin
juice are diluted with an abundance of avy fluid, they never
have the same properties to aid, or carry on digestion, which,
they had before dilution ) then the only hope of the .Dys-
peptic is to use no fluid with his food, nor until digestion
has had her perfect work.
Caution. — I may be allowed to give a word of cautioo
to Mothers, as well as to all others. One plate of food ij»
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Aiioxigh for health — two, and even three, are often eaten.
Most persons have heard of the lady who did not want a
•'< cart load," but when she got to eating, it all disappeared,
and the retort, " Back up your cart and I will load it again,"
was /ust what I would have expected to hear if the load had
been given to a Dyspeptic, which it no doubt was ; then
lean* the proper amount of food necessary fen* health, and
wheix that is eaten, by yourself or child, stop. If pudding
is on the table and you choose to have a little of it, it is ail
right -have some pudding : if pie, have a piece of pie ; or
cake, have a piece of cake ; but do not have all, and that
after you have eaten twice as much meat victuals as health
requires. If apples, melons, raisins or nuts aie on the table,
and you wish some of them, eat them before meal, and never
after it; if surprise is manifested around you, say you- eat
to live, not live to eat. The reason for this is, that persons
will eat all they need, and often more, of common food, then
eat nuts, raisins, melons, &c, until the stomach is not only
filled beyond comfort, but actually distended to its utmost
capacity of endurance; being led on by the taste, when if
the reverse course w r as taken, the stomach becomes satisfied
when a proper amount of the more common food has been
" eaten, alter the others.
Are yon a Grocer, and constantly nibbling at raisins, candy,
cheese, apples, and every other edible ? Stop, until just be-
fore meal, then eat what you like, go to your meal, and re-
turn, not touching again until meal-time, and you are safe ;
continue the nibbling, and you do it at the sacrifice of future
health. Have you children or othe^ young persons under
your care 'X See that they eat oniy a reasonable quantity at
meals, and not anything between them ; do this, and I am
willing to be called a.- fool by the younger ones, which I am
sure to bo ; but do it not, and the fool will suffer for his
folly.
You may consider me a hard Doctor — be it so then ; the
drunkard calls him hard names who says give up your
" cups," but as sure as he would die a drunkard, so sure
will you die a Dyspeptic unless you give up your over-eating
and over-drinking of water, tea, coffee, wine, beer, ale, &c.
Now you know the consequences, suit yourselves; but 1
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have paid too clearly for my experience, not to lift a warning
voice, or spare the guilty.
In recent eases, and in cases brought on by over-indul-
gence, at some extra rich meal, you will find the " Dyspep-
tic Tea/' made from " Thompson's Composition/' will be ail
sufficient, as spoken of under that head, which see.
^. The wild black cherries, put into Jamaica rum, u
highly recommended, made very strong with the cherries,
and without sugar • but I should say put them into some of
the domestic wines, or what would be still better, make a
wine directly from them, according to directions under th«e
head of u Fruit Wines."
o. Old u Father Pinkney," a gentleman over 90 years of
age, assures me that he has cured many bad cases of Dy-
spepsia, where they would give up their over indulgences,
by taking : *
Blue flag root, w r ashed clean, and free from specks and rotten
streaks, Uien pounding it and putting into a little warm water,
and straining oat the milky juice, and adding sufficient pepper-
sauce to make it a little hot. Dose — one table-spoon 3 times
daily.
It benefits by its action on the liver, and it would be good
in Liver Complaints, the pepper also stimulating the stomach.
See " Soot-Coffee " No. 12, amongst the Ague medicines.
LARYNGITIS, — Inflammation of the Throat. —
This complaint, in a chronic form, has become very pre-
valent, and is a disease which is aggravated by every change
of weather, more especially in the fall and winter months.
It is considered, and that justly, a very hard disease to cure,
but with caution, time, and a rational course of treatment, it
can be cured.
The difficulty with most persons is, they think that it is an
uncommon disease, and consequently they must obtain some
uncommon preparation to cure it, instead of which, some of
the more simble remedies, as follows, will care nearly every
case, if persevered in a sufficient length of time. First, then,
take the :
Alterative foii Diseases of TnE Skin.-— Compound t\no
lure of pcruvian bark ozs. ; fluid extract of sarsaparilla 1 lb.;
extract of coiiium $ oz. ; iodide of potash, (often called hydrio-
date) 4 oz. ; iodine £ dr. ; dissolve the extract of conium and th4
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powders in a little of the fluid, and mix all. Dose — Two tea-
spoons 3 times daily, before meals, until all is taken. Shake the
bottle well before using.
In the next place, take the :
3. G AitG Lib for Sorb: Tttuoat.— Very strong sage tea £ pt. ;
strained honey, common salt, and strong vinegar, of each 2 table-
spoons; cayenne, the pulverized, one rounding tea-spoon;
Bleeping the ciyenne with the sage, strain, mix, and bottle for
use, gargling from 4 to a dozen times daily according to the
severity of tin. oase.
This is one uf the very best gargles in use. By persever-
ing some three months, I cured a case of two years standing
where the mouths of the Eustachian tubes constantly dis-
charged mattei at their openings through the tonsils into the
patients mouth, he having previously been quite deaf, the
whole throat being also diseased. I used the preparation for
" Deafness " also as mentioned under that head.
Remembering always to breath through nature's channel
for the breath, the nose.
Besides the foregoing, you will wash the whole surface
twice a week with plenty of the "-Toilet Soap," in water,
wiping dry, then with a coarse dry towel rub the whole sur-
face for ten minutes at least, and accomplish the coarse towel
part of it every night and morning until the skin will remain
tli rough the day with its flushed surface, and genial heat ;
this draws the blood from the throat and other internal or
gans y or in other words, equalizes the circulation ; know, and
act, upon this fact, and no inflammation can long exist, no
matter where it is located. Blood accumulates in the part
inflamed, but let it flow evenly through the whole system,
nnd of course there can be no inflammation.
You will also apply to the throat and breast the follow-
<n.£ :
3. Souk Throat Liniment. — Gum camphor 2 ozs. ; castile
Boap, shaved line, 1 dr. ; oil of turpentine 1 table-spoon ; oil of
origanum \ oz. ; opium \ oz. ; alcohol 1 pt. In a week or ten
days it will be nt for use, then bathe the parts freely 2 ir 3 times
daily.
This liniment would be found useful in almost any throat or
other disease where an outward application might be needed.
Lf the foregoing treatment should fail, there is no alternative
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but to bring in emetics with the other treatment, and con
tinue them for a long time.
I mention the emetic plan last, from the fact that so manj
people utterly object to the emetic treatment. But when
everything else fails, that steps in and saves the patient,
which goes to show how unjust the prejudice. By tho
phrase, a long time, I mean several weeks, twice daily aJ
first, then once a day, and finally thrice to twice a week, ko
A part of this course you will see, by the following, is cor-
roborated by the celebrated Lung and Throat Doctor, S. S.
Fitch, of New York, who says u it is a skin disease, and that
purifying medicines are necessary to cleanse the blood-
taking long, full breaths," &c. This is certainly good sense.
His treatment of throat diseases is summed up iu the fol-
low! uy *
■ .Note. — u Wear but little clothing around the neck — chew of-
ten a little nut-gall and swallow the juice — wear a wet cloth
about the throat at night, having a dry towel over it — bathe free-
ly all over as in consumption, and especially bathe the throat
with cold water every morning, also wash out the inside of the
throat with cold water — avoid crowded rooms — gargle with a
Very weak solution of nitrate of silver — chewing gold Uiread and
swallowing the juice and saliva from it — borax" aud honey occa-
sionally, and gum arable water, if much irritation — use the
voice as little as possible until well, also often using a liniment
externally. 1 '
I had hoped for very much benefit from using croton oil
externally, but time has shown that the advantage derived
from it is not sufficient to remunerate for the excessive irri-
tation caused by its continued application.
4. Smoking dried mullein leaves in a pipe not having
been used for tobacco, is said to have cured many cases of
Laryngitis. And I find in my last Eclectic Medical Jour-
nal so string a corroboration, taken from the Medical aud
Surgical Ileporter, of this fact, that I cannot refrain from
giving tho quotation. It says : " in that form of disease in
which there is dryness oi the trachea, -with a constant dcaire
to clear the tliroat, attended with little expectoration, and
considerable pain in the part affected, the mullein smoked
through a pipe, acts ilka a charm, and affords instant relief.
It seems to act as an anodyne in allaying irritation, while it
promotes expectoration, and removes that gelatinous mucus
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which gathers in the laryux, ami, at t^io same time, by some
unknown power, completely changes the nature of the dis-
ease, add, if persevered in, will produce a radical cure."
We read in a certain place of a gentleman who was walk
ing around and through a great city, and he came across an
inscription " To the unknown God " — and directly we find
him explaining that unknown Being to the astonished in-
habitants. And I always feel, like this old-fashioned gen-
tleman, to cry out, upon every convenient occasion, my be-
lief, that it was that God's great wisdom, seeing what was
required, and His exceeding goodness, providing according
to our necessities, this wonderful, and to some, that unknown
power in vhe thousands of plants around us. What matters
it to us hotv it is done ? If the cure is performed, it is suffi
cient.
Since the publication of the foregoing, in the ninth edi
tion, I have been smoking the dried mullein, and recom-
mending it lo others. It has given general satisfaction for
coughs and as a substitute for tobacco in smoking, exhilara-
ting the neives, and allaying the hacking coughs from recent
colds, by bieathing the smoke into the lungs. In one in-
stance, aftei retiring, I could not rest from an irritation in
the upper purtion of the lungs and throat, frequently hack-
ing without relief only for a moment ; I arose, filled my pipe
with mullein, returning to bed I smoked the pipeful, draw-
ing it into the lungs, and did not cough again during the
night.
An old gentleman, an inveterate smoker, from my sugges-
tion, began to mix the mullein with his tobacco, one-fourth
at first, for awhile ; then half, and finally three-fourths ; at
this point he rested. It satisfied in place of the full amount
of tobacco, and cured a cough which had been left upon him
after inflammation of the lungs. The flavor can hardly be
distinguished from the flavor of tobacco smoke, in rooms.
It can be gathered any time during the season, the centre
stem removed, carefully dried, and rubbed fine, when it is
ready for use. It gives a pipe the phthysic, as fast as it
cures one on the patient; but the clay pipe, which is to be
used, can be readily cleansed by burning out.
Here is the t: Substitute for Tobacco" for which the
French have offered 50,000 francs.
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It can be made into cigars by using a tobacco-leaf wrapper
Catarrh is often more or less connected with that disease.
In such cases, in connection with the above treatment, tako
several times daily of the following :
Catarrh Snuff. — Scotch snuii 1 oz. ; chloride of lime, diird
and pulverized 1 rounding tea-spoon ; mix, and bottle, corking
tightly.
The snuff has a tendency to aid the secretion from thn
parts; and the chloride corrects unpleasant fetor.
CANCERS. — To Cure— Method of Dr. Landolfi,
(Surgeon-General of the Neapolitan Army) and sev-
eral Successful American Methods. — The principle
upon which the treatment is based, consists in transforming
a tumor of a malignant character, by conferring upon it a
character of benignity, which admits of cure. This trans-'
formation is effected by cauterization with an agent looked
upon as a specific, viz : chloride of bromine, combined, oi
not, with other substances, which have already been tried,
but have hitherto been employed separately. The ln;-or-
nal treatment is merely auxiliary. (Cancers may be known
from other tumors by their shooting, or lancinating pains ;
and if an open sore, from their great fetor. — Autiiok.)
The formulas for the caustics are, with the exception of a
few cases, the following :
Equal parts of the chlorides of zinc, gold, and antimony,
mixed with a sufficient quantity of flour to" form a viscid paste.
At Vienna, he used a mixture of the same substances in differ-
ent proportions, chloride of bromine 8 parts ; chloride of zine 2
?arts; chloride of gold and antimony, each 1 part; made int" a
thick paste with powdered licorice root. This preparation
should be made in an open place, on account of the gases which
are disengaged.
The essential element is the chloride of bromine, which has
often been employed alone; thus, chloride of bromine from 24-
to 4 drs., and put licorice root as much as sufficient.
The chloride of zinc is indispensable in ulcerated cancers,
in which it acts as a hemastatic, (stopping blood.) The
chloride of gold is only useful in cases of encephaloid
(brain- like) cancers, in which it exercises a special, if not a
specific action. Cancers of the skin, (epitheliomas,) lupus,
and small cystosarcomas, (watery or bloody tumors,) are
treated with bromine mixed with basilicon ointment in the
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proportion of one part of bromine to eight of the ointment ;
the application should not extend to the healthy parts, its
action being often propagated through a space of one or two
lines. The paste is only allowed to remain od about twenty-
four hours ; on removing the dressing a line of demarkation
is almost always found separating the healthy from the mor-
bid parts. The tumor is itself in part whitish and part
reddish, or marbled with yellow and blue. The caustic is
replaced with the poultice, or with compresses smeared with
basilicon ointment only, which are to be removed every three
hours until the scar is detached ; the pain progressively di-
minishing in proportion as the mortification advances, the
line 01 demarkation daily becomes more evident ; about the
fourth or fifth day the cauterized portion begins to rise, and
from the eighth to the fifteenth day it becomes detached, or
can be removed with forceps, and without, pain, exposing
a suppurating surface, secreting pus of good quality and
covered with healthy granulations. If any points remain
of less satisfactory appearance, or present traces of morbid
growth, a little of the paste is to be again applied, then dres.
the sore as you would a simple ulcer; if the suppuratiot
proceeds too slowly, dressit with lint dipped in the following,
solution :
Chloride of bromine 20 or 30 drops ; Goulard's Extract from
1 to 2 drs, ; distilled water 16 ozs.
In the majority of cases healing takes place rapidly, cica-
trization progresses from the circumference to the center,
no complications supervene, and the cicatrix (scar,) resem-
bles that left by a cutting instrument. His internal remedy,
to prevent a relapse, is,
Ohloride of bromine 2 drops; powder of the seeds of water
fennel 23 grs.; extract of hemlock (Coniarn Maculatum) 12 grs. ;
mix and divide into 20 pills; one to be taken daily for 2 months,
and after that, 2 pills daily for a month or two longer, 1 night
and morning, after meals.
In any case of Cancer, either the foregoing, internal rem-
edy, or some of the other Alteratives, should be taken two
or three weeks before the treatment is commenced, and
should also be continued for several weeks after its cure.
2. Da. H. G. Judkins' Method. — This gentleman, of
Malaga, Monroe Co., O., takes :
4r— dr. chase's eecipes.
98 dr. chase's recipes.
' Chloride of zinc the size of a hazel nut, and puts enough wafcei
with it to make a thin paste, then mixes with it equal parts of
flour, and finely pulverized charcoal, sufficient to form a tole-
rable stiff paste.
He spreads this on a soft piece of sheep skin, sufficiently
large to cover the tumor, and applies every two days until
it is detached, then dresses it with " Judkins' Ointment/'
which see. Again —
3. L. 8. Hodgkins' Method. — This gentleman is a mer-
chant, of Reding, Mich. The method is. not original witii
him, but he cured his wife with it, of cancer of the breast,
after having been pronounced incurable. Some would use
it because it contains calomel — others would not use it fo1
the same reason ; I give it an insertion from the fact that 1
am well satisfied that it has cured the disease, and from its
singularity of composition.
Take a white oak root and bore out the heart and burn tb*
chips to get the ashes, i oz. ; lunar caustic £ oz. ; calomel £ oz. ,
salts of nitre (salt petre) £ oz. ; the body of a thousand-legged
worm, dried and pulverized, all to be made fine and mixed wi'th
* lb. of lard.
Spread this rather thin upon soft leather, and apply to the
Oancer, changing twice a day ; will kill the tumor in three ot
four days, which you will know by the general appearance ;
then apply a poultice of soaked figs until it comes out, fibres
and all ) heal with a plaster made by boiling red beech
leaves in water, straining and boiling thick, then mix with
beeswax and mutton tallow to form a salve of proper con-
sistency. To cleanse the system while the above is being
ased, and for some time after :
Take mandrake root, pulverized, 1 oz. ; epsom salts 1 oz. ; put
into pure gin 1 pt., and take of this 3 times daily, from 1 tea to
a table-spoon, as you can bear. He knew of several other cured
from the same plan.
4. The juice of pokeberries, set in the sun, upon a pew-
ter dish, and dried to a consistence of a salve, and applied
as a plaster, has cured cancer.
5. Poultices of scraped carrots, and of yellow dock root,
have both cured, and the scraped carrot poultices, especially,
not only cleanse the sore, but remove the very offensive
smell or fetor, which is characteristic of cancers.
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6. A gentleman in Ohio cures them by making a tea of
the yellow dock root, and drinking of it freely, washing the
sore with the same several times daily for several days, then
poulticing with the root, mashed and applied twice daily,
even on the tongue.
7. Rev. C. C. Cuyler, of Poughkeepsie ; N. Y., says he
has known several cases cured as follows :
Take the narrow-leaved dock root and boil it in soft water
until very strong wash the ulcer with this strong decoction 3
times in the 24 hours, till the cavity also with the same 2 min-
utes, each time, then bruise the root, and lay it on gauze, and lay
the gause next to the ulcer, and wet linen cloths in the decoction
and lay over the poultice ; and each time let the patient drink a
wine-glass of the strong tea of the same root, with £ of a glass
©f port wine sweetened with honey.
8. Dr. Buchan's work on Medicine, gives the case of a
person who had cancer <)f the tongue, cured in fourteen
days, as follows :
Dilute nitric acid 1 oz ; honey 2 ozs. ; pure water 2 pts. ; mix.
Dose — Three table-spoons frequently; to be sucked past tag
teeth, through a quill or tube.
Opium was given at night,, simply to keep down pain.
9. Great English Remedy — by which a brother of
Lowell Mason was cured, is as follows :
Take chloride of zinc, blood-root pulverized^ and flour, equal
quantities of each, worked into a paste and applied until the
mass comes out, then poultice and treat as a simple sore.
The Rural New Yorker, in reporting this case, says, in
applying it, " First spread a common sticking-plaster much
larger than the cancer, cutting a circular piece from the
center of it a little larger than the cancer, applying it, which
exposes a narrow rim of healthy skin ; then apply the ean-
eer plaster and keep it on twenty-four hours. On removing
it, the cancer will be found to be burned into, and appears
the color of an old shoe-sole, and the rim outside will ap-
pear white and parboiled, as if burned by steam.
a Dress with slippery-elm poultice until suppuration takea
plaee, then heal with any common salve."
10. Armenian Method. — In Armenia, a salve, made by boil-
ing olive oil to a proper consistence for the use, is reported by
an eastern traveler to have cured very bad cases. ;
100 DR. cease's recipes.
11. Figs boiled in new milk until tender, then split and ap
piied not — changing twice daily, washing the parts every change,
with some of the milk — drinking 1 gill of the milk also aa
often.
And continueing from three to four months, is also re-
ported to have cured a man ninety-nine years old by using
only six pounds, whilst ten pounds cured a case of ten years*
standing. The first application giving pain, but afterwards
relief, every application.
12. Red Oak Bark — A salve from the ashes, has long
been credited for curing cancer, and as I have recently seen
the method given for preparing and using it, by Isaac Dil-
lon, of Oregon, published in a paper near him, I cannot
keep the benelit of it from the public. The directions were
sent to him by his father, John Dillon, Sen., of Zanesviile,
0., and, from my knowledge of the Dillon family, I have
the utmost confidence in the prescription. It is as follows :
Take red oak bark ashes 1 peck; put on to them, boiling wa-
ter 6 qts. ; let it stand 12 hours; then draw oif the ley and boil
to a thick salve ; spread this, pretty thick, upon a thick cloth a
little larger than the cancer, and let it remain on 3 hours; if it
is too severe, half of that time; the same day, or the next, applj
again 3 hours, which will generally eflect a cure; alter the last
piaster, wash the sore with warm milk and water ; then apply a
healing salve made of mutton tallow, bark of elder, with a little
rosin and bees-wax, (some root of white lilly may be added,)
stewed over a slow fire; when the sore begins to matterate,
wash it <> or 4 times daily, renewing the salve each time; avoid
strong diet, and strong drink, but drink a tea of sassafras root
iiid spice- wood tops, lor a week before and alter the plaster.
1& Prof. R. S. Newton, of Cincinnati, uses the chloride
of zinc, a saturated solution, (as strong as can be made,) or
makes the chloride into a paste, with thick gum solution.
In cases of large tumors he often removes the bulk of
them with a knife, then applies the solution, or paste, as ho
thinks best, to destroy any remaining roots which have been
Bevered by the knife.
14. Prof. Calkins, of Philadelphia, prefers a paste made
from yellow-dock, red -clover, and poke, using the leaves only,
of cither article, in equal quantities.
Boiling, straining, and simmering to a paste, applying
from time to time, to cancerous growths or tumors, until the
. entire mass is destroyed, then poultice and heal as usuaJ
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Bat Dr. Beach, of N. Y., who is a man of much experi-
ence in cancers, says beware of the knife, or any plaster
which destroys the cancer or tumor ; but first use discutients,
(medicines which have a tendency to drive away swellings,)
unless already ulcerated, then, mild poultices to keep up a
discharge from the ulcer, with alteratives, long continued;
ketpmg the bowels regular, &c, &c. The Vienna physi-
cians, as well as Dr. Beach, allow the inhalation of a few
drops of chloroform where the pain is excruciating. And I
would say, apply a little externally, also, around the sore.
Caacwrs should not be disturbed as long as they do not
grow nor ulcerate, but as soon as either begins, then is the
time to begin with them.
COfcWVENESS— To Cure.— Costive habits are often
brought oil by neglecting to go to stool at the usual time,
foi most peisons have a regular daily passage, and the most
usual time is at rising in the morning, or immediately after
breakfast ; but hurry, or negligence, for the want of an un-
derstanding of the evil arising from putting it off, these calls
of nature are suppressed ; but let it be understood, nature,
like a good vwrkinan or student, has a time for each duty ;
then not only let her work at her own time, but if tardy go
at this time and not only aid but solicit her call, or in other
words :
When nature auls, at either door, do not attempt to bluff-hsr •
But Jtaste-aio&y, ni^ht or day, or health is sure to suffer.
'Hie above with attention to diet, using milk, roasted apples,
and if not dyspeptic, uncooked apples, pears, peaches, &c, at
meal time, u Yankee Brown Bread," or bread made of unbolted
wheat, if preferred, and avoiding a meat diet, will in most case*
noon remedy the difficulty. However :
2. In very Obstif atb Cases— Take extract of henbane $ dr, ;
extract ©f colocynth £ dr. ; extract of nux vomica 3 grs. ; care-
fully work into pill maas, and form into 15 pills. Dose — one
pill night and morning.
Continue their use uidll the difticulty is overcome, at the
*ame time, following tht; previous directions, faithfully,
102 DR. chase's recipes.
With many persons, the following will b« found all sufficient :
3. Brandy. — | pt. ; and put into it rhubarb-root, bruised, 1
dr. ; hiera-picra 1 oz. ; and fennel seed h oz.
After it has stood for several days, take a table-spoon of
it three times daily, before eating, until it operates, then half
the Quantity, or a little less, just sufficient to establish a daily
aedon of the bowels, until all is taken. Or, the second pill
under the head of Eclectic Liver Pill may be taken as an
alterative to bring about the action of the liver, which is, of
course, more or less inactive in most cases of long continued
costiveness.
4. Cotin Meal — 1 table-spoon stirred up in sufficient cold
water to drink w r eli, and drank in the morning, immediately after
rising, Las, with perseverance, cured many bad eases.
5. A Fresii Egg — Beat in a gill of water and drank on
rising in the morning, and at each meal, for a week to ten
days, has cured obstinate cases. It might be increased to
two or three at a time, as the stomach will bear,
CHRONIC GOUT— To Cure.—" Take hot vinegar, and put
into it all the table salt which it will dissolve, and bathe the
parts affected with a soft piece of tlan nel. Hub in with the hand, •
and dry the foot, &c., by the lire. Repeat this operation four
times in the 24 hours, 15 minutes each time, for four days; then
twice a day for the same period ; then once, and follow this rule
whenever the symptoms show themselves at any future time."
The philosophy of the above formula is as follows : Ohronie
gout proceeds from the obstruction of the free circulation of
the blood (in the parts affected) by the deposit of a chalky
substance, which is generally understood to be a carbonate
and phosphate of lime. Vinegar and salt dissolve these;
and the old chronic compound is broken up. The carbonate
of lime, &c, become acetate and muriate, and these being
soluble, are taken up by the circulating system, and dis-
charged by secretion. This fact will be seen by the gouty
joints becoming less and less in bulk until they assume their
natural size. During this process, the stomach and bowels
should be occasionally regulated by a gentle purgative. Ab-
•gtinence from spirituous libations; exercise in the open air,
and especially in the morning; freely bathing the whole
surface ; eating only the plainest food, and occupying the
time by study, or useful employment, are very desirable as-
sistants.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 103
2. Gout Tincture. — Veratrum viride, (swamp hellebore) £
oz. ; opium £ oz. ; wine £ pt. ; let them stand for several days.
Dose — 15 to 00 drops, according to the robustness of the patient,
ai intervals of two to four hours.
M. Hussod, a French officer, introduced this remedy in
gout gome sixty years ago, and it became so celebrated that it
sold us high as from one to two crowns a dose. It is con-
sidered valuable also in acute rheumatism. In gout h re-
moves the paroxysms, allays pain, and procures rest and
sleep, reduces the pulse and abates fever.
3. Coffee has recently been recommended, not only for
gout, but gravel also. Dr. Mosley observes, in his " Trea-
tise on Coffee," that the great use of the article in France is
supposed to have abated the prevalence of the gravel. In
the French colonies, where cofte is more used than in the
English, as well as in Turkey, where it is the principal bev-
erage, not only tbe gravel but the gout is scarcely known.
Dr. Faur relates, as an extraordinary instance of the effect'
of eoffee on goin^ the case of Dr. Deveran, who was attacked,
with gout at tin* age of twenty-live, and had it severely till
he was upward of fifty, with chalk stones in the joints of
his hands ar.** feet; but for four years preceeding the time
when the recount of his case had been given to Dr. Faur to
lay beforr the public, he had, by advice, used coffe, and had
no return of the gout afterward.
PARALYSIS,— If Recent— To Cure.— When paraly-
sis, fnumb palsy) has existed for a great length of time, but
little benefit can be expected from any treatment ; but if
recent, very much good, if not a perfect cure will be the re-
sult of faithfully governing yourself by the following direc-
tions with this :
Paralytic Liniment. — Sulphuric ether 6 ozs. ; alcohol 2 ozs. ;
laudanum 1 oz. ; oil of lavender 1 oz. ; mix and cork tightly. In
a recent case of paralysis let the whole extent of the numb sur-
face be, thoroughly bathed and rubbed with this preparation,
for several minutes, usmg the hand, at least 3 times daily, at the
same time take internally, 20 drops of the same, in a little sweet-
ened water, to prevent translation upon some internal organ.
It may be used in old cases, and, in many of them, will
undoubtedly do much good ; but I do not like to promise
wbat there is no reasonable chance to perform. It is weU
1"4 DR. CHASE'S REC1PJEC8
in very recent cases to keep the parts covered with flannels,
with a large amount of friction by the hand \ also, electricity
scientifically applied, that is by a Physician or some one who
has studied the nature and operations of the electrical ma-
chine.
This liniment should be applied so freely, that abcut an
ounce a day will be consumed, on an arm or leg, and if a
whole side is palsied, proportionolly more. In cases of paim<
in the stomach or side a tea-spoon will be taken with unusual
success ) or for pain in the head, apply to the surface, always
hearing in mind that some should be taken internally when-
ever an external application is made. In sprains and bruises
where the surface is not broken it will be found very effica-
cious. It may be, successfully, rubbed over the seat of any
internal disease accompanied with pain.
ENLARGED TONSILS— To Cure.— Where the tonsils
are enlarged from colds, or epidemic sore throat.
Take No. six 1 oz. ; molasses 2 ozs. ; and hot water 4 ozs. ,
mix and sip a little into the throat often, swallowing a little also;
it keeps up a discharge of saliva from those parts and thus re-
lieves their swollen condition ; and stimulates to renewed healthy
action.
It has proved very efficacious in the above epidemic cases,
which leave the tonsils much indurated (hardened), as w$!
as swollen, with a tendency to chronic inflammation of the
whole larynx, or throat, often with little ulcers. In tha-fc
case :
Put 10 grs. of nitrate of silver to 1 oz. of water w r ith 3 or 4
drops of creosote, and swab the throat with it, and lay a flannel
wet with turpentine upon the outside.
The worst cases will shortly yield to this mild treatment.
Should there, however, be a disposition to fever, you might
also put the feet into hot water fifteen or tw r enty minutes,
with occasional sponging the whole surface.
SICK HEAD ACHE— To Cure.— Sick head ache, pio-
per, arises from acidity, or over-loading the stomach ; when
it is not from over eating, all that is necessary, is to soak the
feet in hot water about twenty minutes, drinking at the same
time some of the herb-teus r such *ns pennyroyal catnip, oi
mint, &c, then get into Wl, cover up warm and keep up a
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 105
iweating process for about an "hour, by which time relief
will have been obtained ; but when food has been taken which
remains in the stomach, it is much the best way to take an
ginetic, and the following is the :
2. Eclectic Emetic— Which is composed of lobelia, and
ipecacuanha, equal parts, and blood root half as much as of
either of the others, each pulverized separately, and mix thor-
oughly. Dose- Half a common tea-spoon every 15 or 20 inin-
ates in some of the warm teas, fur instance, camomile-flowers,
pennyroyal, or boneset— drinking freely between doses of the
same tea in which you take it; continue until you get a free and
'full evacuation of the contents of the stomach.
After the operation, and when the stomach becomes a
little settled, some nourishment will be desired, when any
of the mild broths, or gruel, should be taken, in small quan-
tities, without fear of increasing the difficulty.
" There is, probably, no emetic surpassing this, either in
efficacy of action, or efficiency in breaking up morbid, un-
healthy conditions of the system generally ; and exciting
healthy action. It is excellent in croup, chronic affections
of the liver or stomach, &c, and in fact, when and where
ever an emetic is needed." — Beach.
But alter a full trial of both, upon my own person and
others, 1 prefer lobelia seed alone, pulverized when used.
The manner- of administering them has been the cause of
bringing the lobelia emetic into disrepute. I take " Thomp-
son's Composition" tea, made as there directed and drink
two saucers of it, fifteen minutes apart, and with the third
[ si ir in one rounding tea-spoon of lobelia seed, pulverized,
and drink it ; then every fifteen minutes I take another
saucer of the tea until free vomiting takes place, not taking
any more of the lobelia ; by this course I think it more effi-
cient and thorough than the mixed emetic, and entirely free
from danger of the " alarming symptoms/' as they are called,
brought on by continuing to give the lobelia every few min-
utes instead of waiting its action, and all for want of knowl-
edge as to what that action should be ; but if you give it its
own time, continuing the stimulating tea, it will have its
specific action, which is to vomit, no matter at which end it
is introduced. When it begins to vomit it will generally
continue its action until it empties the stomach, then I begin
to substitute the composition with :
106 dr. chase's recipes.
3. Bread Tea, Used in Taxing Emetics.-- Made by taking a
piece of dry bread and crumbing it into a bowl, with a little salt,
pepper, and butter, to suit the taste, then pouring boiling water
upon it; this soon allays the retching, and strengthens the stom-
ach to renewed healthy action.
Periodical Headache. — There are those who have sick
headache coming on at periods of from a iew weeks to Wo
or three months, lasting two or three days, accompanied
with nausea, and occasionally with vomiting. In these cases
after using the emetic to relieve the present attack, take
the Cathartic Syrup next following :
4. Cathartic Syrup. — Best senna leaf loz. ; jalap | oz. ; but-
ternut, the inner bark of the root, dried and bruised, 2 oz. ; pep-
permint leaf £ oz. ; iennel seed \ oz. ; alcohol | pt. ; water 1 \
pts. ; sugar 2 lbs. ; put all into the spirit and water, except the
sugar, and let it stand 2 weeks, then strain, pressing out from
the dregs, adding the sugar and simmering a few minutes only,
to form the syrup. If it should cause griping in any case, in-
crease the fennel seed and peppermint leaf. Dose — One table-
spoon, once a day, or less often if the bowels become too loose,
up to the next period when the headache might have been
expected, and it will not be forthcoming.
This is a mild purgative, and especially pleasant. Most
persons, after a trial of it, will adopt it for their genera)
cathartic, and especially for children. Increase or lessen
the dose, according to the effect desired.
Females in a weak and debilitated condition, often have
a headache which is purely sympathetic ; this they will dis-
tinguish by their general weakness, irregularities, and light-
headedness, often amounting to real pain; in such cases
take the following :
*>. Headache Drops. — Castor, gentian, and valerian roots,
bruised, } oz. ; laudanum 1 oz. ; sulphuric ether \\ oz. ; alcohol
\ pt. ; water £ pt. ; put all into a bottle and let stand about 10
lays. Dose — A tea-spoon as often as required, or 2 or 3 times
daily.
6. Tincture of Blood-Root.— Made by putting 1 oz. of the
dried, bruised root, to 1 pt. of gin, and taking 1 tea-spoon, before
eating, every morning, and only eating a reasonable amount of
easily digested food : "
Has worked wonders in cases where headaches had been
of very long standing. And it might not be amiss to say
that the majority of headaches are found amongst those who
are disposed to Dyspepsia, by long continued over-eating,
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then reducing the gastric juice by over-drinking, even of
water, tea or coffee.
A Niles paper gives one which is easily tried. It is as
follows :
7. " Chakcoal, a Curb for Sick Headache. — It is stated
that two tea-spoons of finely powdered charcoal, drank in half
a tumbler of water, will , in less than 15 minutes, give relief
to the sick headache, when caused, as in most cases it is, by
superabundance of acid on the stomach. We have tried this
remedy time and again, and us emcacy in every instance has
been signally satisfactory."
When headache has been brought on by eating too freely
of boiled beef, cabbage, &c, or any other indigestible din-
ner, one cup of " good tea," at. tea time, eating only a slice
of dry bread, will often allay the nervousness, quiet the
head, and aid in getting to sleep. The " Good Samaritan *'
applied to the head is also good.
DELIRIUM TREMENS.- To Obtain SLEEP.-Give an emetic
of ipecacuanha, then give 15 to 18 grs. of the same, every 2
hours, using the shower bath, and giving all the beef-tea the
patient desires.
The jail physician of Chicago reports thirty-six favorable
cases treated as above. In Boston, at the " House of Cor-
rection," the danger arising from the sudden loss of their
accustomed stimulus, according to Puritanic economy, i?
overcome by administering, freely, a strong decoction of
wormwood.
2. Stimulating Anodyne.— Sulphate of quinine 12 grs.
6u!pliat,e of morphine 1 gr. ; mix, and divide into 6 powders
Dose — One powder every hour.
Prof. King, of Cincinnati, 0., says that from two to fom
powders of the above anodyne, will nearly every time pro*
duce sleep in this whisky delirum.
TYPHUS FEVER.— To Prevent Infection.— Take nitre,
{salt petre,) pulverized, f oz. ; oil of vitriol £ oz. ; put the nitre
into a tea-cup and set it on a red hot snovel, adding the vitriol
one-sixth at a time, stirring it with a pipe stem; avoiding the
fumes as they rise from the cup ; no danger, however, in breath-
ing the air of the room.
The above amount is sufficient for a room twelve by six-
teen feet, and less or more according to the size of other
rooms. Dr. J. C. Smith, of London, is said to have re-
1U8 dr. chase's recipss.
ceived from Parliament £5000 for making this recipe publia
2. To purify the air from noxious effluvia in sick rooms,
not of a contagious character, simply slice three or four
onions, place them on a plate upon the floor, changing them
three or four times in the twenty-four hours.
3. Disinfectant, for Rooms, Meat, and Fish— Common
Bait | a tea-cup ; sulphuric acid 2 or 3 oz. ; put about \ oz. of
of the acid upon the salt at a time, every 15 minutes, stirring,
until all put on :
Which will purify a large room ; and for meat or fish,
hang them up in a box having a cover to it, and thus confine
the gas, and tainted articles of food will soon be purified, by
the same operation. And notwithstanding so much was
paid for the " Smith Disinfectant," the above will be found
equally good.
4. Coffee, dried and pulverized, then a little of it
sprinkled upon a hot shovel, will, in a very few minutes,
clear a room of all impure effluvia, and especially of an ani-
mal character.
5. Chloride of Lime — Half a saucer of it, moistened
with an equal mixture of good vinegar and water, a few
drops at a time only, will purify a sick-room in a few min-
utes.
SWEATING PREPARATIONS.— Sweating Drops.— Ipe-
cacuanha, saffron, Virginia snake root, and camphor gum, each
2 ozs. ; opium \ oz. ; alco!w>' 2 qls. Let stand 2 weeks, shaking
occasionally. Dose — A tea-spoon in a cup of hot pennyroyal,
spearmint, or catnip tea, every Ins if hour, until perspiration ia
induced; then once an hour, for a few hours.
It is excellent in colds, fevers, pleurisy, inflammation of
the lungs, &c. It is good to soak the feet in hot water at
the same time.
2. Sweating witii Burning Alcohol. — Pour alcohol into a
Bauoer, to about half fill it ; place this under a chair ; strip the
person, to be sweated, of all clothing, and place him in the chair,
putting a comforter over him, also ; now light a match and throw
into the saucer of alcohol, which sets it on fire, and by the time
the alcohol is burned out he will be in a profuse perspiration, if
not, put in half as much more of alcohol and fire it again, which
will accomplish the object; then rise up and draw the com-
forter around you, and get into bed, following up with hot teas
and sweating drops/as in the first above.
MfcDlCAL DEPARTMENT. 109
This last plan of sweating is also good in reusnt colds,
pleurisy, inflammation of the lungs, and all odiex inflamma-
tory diseases, either in recent attacks, or of long standing
complaints. See the closing remarks after the tieatinent of
u Pleurisy," also " Ginger Wine."
IMPERIAL DROP,— For Gravel and Kidney Com-
plaints. — Take saltpetre 1 oz. ; putting it into an iron mortar,
dropping in a live coal with it, which sets it on fire ; stir it
around until it all melts down into the solid form, blow out the
coals, and pulverize it ; then take an equal amount of bi-carbon-
ate of potassia, or saleratus, and dissolve both in soft water 2
ozs. Dose — from 20 to 30 drops, morning and evening, in a
Bwallow of tea made from flax seed, or a solution of gum arabic.
In connection with the drops, let the patient take from
a table-spoon to two or three table-spoons of onion juice —
that is, all the stomach will bear — eating all the raw onions
he can, and continue it until free of the complaint. I have
seen gravel the size of a common quill, crooked, and one
and one-fourth inches in length, which a lady passed from
the bladder, and smaller bits almost innumerable, by the
simple use of onion juice alone. *
The onion juice, (red onions are said to be the best.) has,
and may be injected through a catheter into the bladder ;
have no fears to do this, for I know a physician of forty
years' practice who has done it five times with success — a
physician, however, would have to be called to introduce
the catheter.
2. In what is termed " Fits of the gravel," that is, where
small gravel has become packed in the ureter, (tube which
leads from the kidney to the bladder,) causing excruciating
pain in that region, a pill of opium must be given, varying
in size from one to three grains, according to the pain,
strength, and age of the patient.
3. A strong decoction made by using a large handful of smart
weed, adding a gill of gin, and a gill each of horse mint and
onion juices, and taking all in 12 hours, has been known to dis-
charge gravel in large quantities. — Philadelphia Eclectic Journal.
The surest sign of gravel is the dark appearance of the
urine, as if mixed with coffee grounds, and a dull pain in
the region of the kidney — if only inflamation, the darkness
will not appear. See the closing remarks upon Gout.
CAMPHOR ICE — For Chapped Hands or Lips.— Spewn* ;.
110 DR. CHASE'S RECIPES.
aceti tallow H ozs. ; oil of sweet almonds 4 tea-spoons ; gnm
camphor f oz. ; made fine. Set on the stove until dissolved,
constantly stirring. Do not use only just sufficient heat to melt
them.
"W hilst warm, pour into moulds if desired to sell, then
paper and put up in tin foil. If for your own use, put up
in a tight box. Apply to the chaps or cracks two or three
times daily, especially at bed time.
BURNS.— Salve for Burns, Frost-Bites, Cracked Nip-
ples, &c. — Equal parts of turpentine, sweet oil, and beeswax;
melt the oil and wax together, and when a little cool, add the
turpentine, and stir until cold, which keeps them evenly mixed
Apply by spreading upon thin cloth — linen is the best.
I used this salve upon one of my own children, only a year
and a half old, which had pulled a cup of hot coffee upon
itself, beginning on the eye lid and extending down the face,
neck and breast, also over the shoulder, and in two places
across the arm, the gkin coming off with the clothes ; in
fifteen minutes from the application of the salve, the child
was asleep, and it never cried again from the buro, and not a
particle of scar left.
It is good for chaps on hands or lips, or for any other
sore. If put on burns before blistering has taken place,
they will not blister. And if applied to sore or cracked
nipples every time after the child nurses, it soon cures them
also. For nipples, simply rubbing it on is sufficient. I find
it valuable also for pimples, and common healing purposes }
and I almost regret to add any other preparations for the
same purposes, for fear that some will neglect this ; but
as there may be cases where some of the following can be
made when the above cannot, I give a few others known to
be valuable. The first one is from Dr. Downer, of Dixboro,
within six miles of our city ; he used it in a case where a
boy fell backwards into a tub of hot water, scalding the
whole buttock, thighs, and privates, making a bad scald in a
bad place, but he succeeded in bringing him successfully
through, and from its containing opium, it might be prefer-
able to the first in deep and very extensive burns, but in
that case the opium might be added to the first. It is as
follows :
I % Dr. Downer's Salve for Burns.— Beeswax 4 ozs. ; opium
. :fr o$. ; sugar of lead 1 oz. ; melt the beeswax, and rub the lead
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Ill
&p in the wax, then the opium ; and finally add about a gill of
sweet oil, or sufficient to make a salve of proper consistence.
Spread lightly on cloth — no pain, he says, will be felt
under its use. He highly recommends it for the pain and
tnflamation of Piles, also.
3. JfOULTICE FOR BURNS AND FROZEN FLESH. — A. BrODSOU,
of Meadville, Pa., says, from lo years' experience, that Indian
meal poultices covered with young hyson tea, moistened with
hut water, and laid over burns or frozen parts, as hot as can be
borne, will relieve the pain in 5 minutes, and that blisters, ii
tney have not, will not arise, and that one poultice is usually
sufficient.
4. Salve for Burns. — Beeswax, Burgundy pitch, white
pine pitch, and rosin, of each i lb. ; mutton tallow £ lb. ; goose
oil 1 gill ; tar £ gill, mixed and melted together, and used as
oikor salves.
This was used successfully on a very bad ease, burned all
over the face, neck, breast, bowels, &c., soothing and quiet-
ing pain, giving rest and sleep directly.
5. Garden and Kitchen Salve for Burns and Frost
Bites. — Liveforever and sweet clover leaves, camomile and
sweet elder, the inner bark, a handful of each ; simmer them in
fresh butter and mutton tallow, of each £ lb. ; when crisped,
strain out and add % or 3 ozs. of beeswax to form a salve.
Spread very thin on thin cloth.
Mrs. Miller, of Macon, Mich., cured a bad case with this,
burned by the clothes taking fire, nearly destroying the
whole surface. She speaks of it in equal praise for cuts and
frost-bites. See the Green Ointment also for Chilblains.
6. The white of an egg beat up, then beat for a long
time with % tabfc> -spoon of lard, until a little water separates
from them, I have found good for burns.
7. The white oxide of bismuth, rubbed up in r little
lard, is also a good application in burns.
8. Glycerine and tannin, equal weights, rubbed together
into an ointment, is very highly recommended for sore or
cracked nipples. See Dr. Raymond's statement in connec-
tion with the treatment of Piles.
ITCHING FEET FROM FROST BITES,- -To Cure.—
Take hydrochloric acid 1 oz. ; rain water 7 ozs. ; wash the feet
with it 2 or 3 times daily, or wet the socks with the preparation,
until relieved.
112 DR. CHASE'S RECIPES.
A gentleman whose feet had been frozen, in the Alps,
eight years before, and another mans had been irozen two
years before, on the Sierra-Nevada mountains, were effectu-
ally unreel by its use.
CHILBLAINS, — To Cube. — Published by Okder of the
Government op Wirtemburg — Mutton tallow and lard, of
each % lt>. ; melt in an iron vessel and add hydrated oxyde of
iron 2 oz. ; stirring continually with an iron spoon, unal ihe
mass is of an uniform black color; then let it cool and add
Vomce-turpentine 2 oz. : and Armenian bole 1 oz. ; oil ot bnr-
gamot 1 dr. ; rub up the bole with a little olive oil befoie
putting it in.
Apply severa. times daily by putting h upon lint or linen
—heals the worst cases m a few days
Chilblains arise from a severe cold to the part, causing
inflammation, often ulcerating, making deep, and very
troublesome, long continued sores.
FELONS,— If Recent, to Cure in Six Hours.— Venice
turpentine 1 oz., and put into it halt a tea spoon of water and
stir with a rough stick until the mass looks like candied hon-
ey, then spread a good coat on a cloth and wrap around the
finger. If the case is only recent, it will remove the pain im
C hours
2 A poke root poultice on a felon cures by absorption,
unless matter is already formed ; if it is, it soon brings it to a
head, and thus saves much pain and suffering,
3 . Blue flag and hellebore roots, equal parts, boiled in milk
and water, then soak the felon in it for twenty minutes, as
hot as can be borne, and bind the roots on the parts for one
hour, has cured many felons, when commenced in time,
4 A poultice of clay, from an old log house, made and
kept wet with spirits oi camphor, is also good.
5. Felon Ointment.— Take sweet oil % pt., and stew a 3
cent ping of tobacco in it until the tobacco is crisped; then
squeeze it out and add red lead 1 oz., and boil until black;
wh£n a little cool, add pulverized camphor gum 1 oz.
Mrs. Jordan, of Clyde, 0., paid ten dollars for this recipe,
ana has cured many bad felons, as well as fellows, with it!
Bnd fellows because they did not pay her. Certainly, this is
a rational use of tobacco.
6. Felon Salve.— A salve made by burning one table- .
spoon of copperas, then pulverizing it and mixing with the 1
yolk of an egg, is said to relieve the pain, and cure iae friou
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 113
in twenty-four hours ) then heal with cream two parts, and
soft soap one part. Apply the healing salve daily after
soaking the part in warm water.
DEAFNESS— If Recent, to Cure — If Not, to Relieve.—
Hen's oil 1 gill ; and a single handful of the sweet clover raiseo.
in gardens ; stew it in the oil until the juice is all out, strain i\
And bottle for use.
Where deafness is recent, it will be cured by putting
three or four drops daily into the ear, but if of long stand-
ing, much relief will be obtained if continued a sufficient
length of time.
2. Much has been said in France about sulphuric ether,
first tried by Madam Cleret, of Paris ; and, although she
lost her reason by the elation of feeling brought on, no
doubt, by the honor given her for the discovery, yet the
continued trial of the article does not give the satisfaction
which had been hoped for, from its first success.
WARTS AND CORNS.— To Cure in Ten Minutes.— Take
a small piece of potash and let it stand in the open air until it
slacks, then thicken it to a paste with pulverized gum arabic,
which prevents it from spreading where it is not wanted.
Pare off the seeds of the wart or the dead skin of the
corn, and apply the paste, and let it remain on ten minutes ;
wash off, and soak the place in sharp vinegar or sweet oil,
either of which will neutralize the alkali. Now do not jam
nor squeeze out the wart or corn, like " street-corner ped-
1'ers," but leave them alone, and nature will remove them
without danger of taking, cold, as would be if a sore is made
by pinching them out. Corns are caused by pressure; in
cnost cases removing the pressure cures the corn. Nine of
every ten corns can be cured by using twice, daily, upon it,
any good liniment, and wearing loose shoes or boots. See
Good Samaritan.
2. Cube for Corns. — If a cripple will take a lemon, cut
off a piece, then nick it so as to let in the toe with the corn,
the pulp next the cor» — tie this on at night, so that it can-
not move — he will find next morning that, with a blunt
knife, the corn will come away to a great extent. Two or
three applications of this will make a " poor cripple" happy
Cor life. — London Field,
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3. Acetic Acid, touched to hard or soft corns, night and
morning, for one week, will cure them. So will the Samar
itan liniment, which see.
4. Dr. Hariman's Innocent and Sure Cure for Corns,
Warts and Chilblains. — Nitric and muriatic acids, blue vitriol,
and salts of tartar, of each 1 oz. ; add the blue vitriol, pulver-
ized, to either of the acids, and in the same way add the saita
of tartar ; when done foaming, add the other acid, and in a few
days it will be fit for use.
Directions. — For frosted feet, rub them with a swab or
brush, wet with this solution very lightly, every part that
is red and dry ) in a day or two, if not cured, apply again
as before. For corns, apply in like manner, scraping off
dead skin before using. For warts, wet once a week until
they disappear, which will be soon, for it is a certain cure
in all the above cases, and very cheap. So says the Doctor,
of Anderson, Ind.
5. A gentleman in Ohio offers to pay ten dollars a-piece
for all corns not cured in three days by binding a bit of
cotton batting upon it, and wetting it three times a day
with spirits of turpentine.
6. I am assured by a gentleman of Syracuse, N. Y., that a
plaster of the " Green Mountain Salve/' put upon a corn,
will completely cure it by the time it naturally comes off.
LINIMENTS.— Good Samaritan— Improved.— Take 98 per
cent, alcohol 2 qts., and add to it the following articles : Oils of
sassafras, hemlock, spirits of turpentine, tinctures of cayenne,
catechu, guaicaci, (guac,) and laudanum, of each 1 oz. ; tincture
of myrrh 4 ozs. ; oil of origanum 2 ozs. ; oil of wintergreen $ oz. ;
gum camphor 2 ozs. ; and chloroform H ozs.
I have used the above liniment over five years, and can-
not speak too highly of its value ; I h ave cured myself of
two severe attacks of rheumatism with it, the first in the
knee and the last in the shoulder, three years after ; my
wife has cured two corns on the toes with jyfc, by wetting
them twice daily for a few days ; and it is hard to think of
anything which it has not cured, such as sprains, bruises,
cuts, jams, rheumatism, weak back, reducing swellings,
curing leg-ache in children from over-playing, for horse-
flesh, &c, &c. But you will allow me one remark about
liniments — they ought in all cases to be put on and rubbed
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in from twenty to thirty minutes, and laying tlie hand on
the part until it barns from its effects, instead of one or two
minutes, as is the usual custom ; and if made by the quart,
you can use them freely, as the cost is not more tl#n about
one-eighth as much as to purchase the two shilling bottles.
Wetting flannel with the liniment, and binding on, is a good
manner of application. Dr. Hale, of this city, has adopted
this liniment for general use ; but for headache and neural-
gia, he takes eight ounces of it and adds an ounce of chlo-
roform, and half an ounce of oil of wintergreen, rubbing
upon the head, holding to the nostrils, &c. The full pre-
emption will usually cost about two dollars.
2. Liniment for Old Sores. — Alcohol 1 qt. ; aqua ammonia
4 ozs. ; oil of origanum 2 ozs. ; camphor gum 2 ozs. ; opium 2
ozs. ; gum myrrh 2 ozs. ; common salt 2 table-spoons. Mix, and
shake occasionally for a week.
This was presented for insertion by H. Loomis, of Ed-
wardsburg, Mich., hoping it might do many others as much
good as it had done himself and neighbors. He showed me
scars of an old sore on his leg which he had cured with it,
after years of suffering; and also called r\p a young man
whose father he had cured of a similar sore, years before,
which had never broken out again; he used it twice daily.
His leg became sore after a protracted fever. I have great
confidence in it. He uses it also for cuts, bruises, horse-
flesh, inflammatory rheumatism, &c, &c.
3. Dr. Raymond's Liniment. — Alcohol 1 qt. ; oils of origa-
num 2 ozs., and wormwood 1 oz. ; with camphor gum 2 ozs. ;
spirits of turpentine 2 ozs. ; and tincture of cantharides 1 oz.
Mixed, and used as other liniments.
Dr. D. W. Raymond, of Conneaut, 0., thinks that the
last is the best liniment in the world.
4. German Rheumatic Fluid. — Oils of hemlock and cedar,
of each \ oz. ; oils of origanum and sassafras, each 1 oz. ; aqua
ammonia 1 oz. ; capsicum, pulverized, 1 oz. ; spirits of turpen-
tine and gum camphor, each \ oz. ; put all into a quart bottle
and fill with 95 per cent, alcohol.
The Germans speak equally in praise of this fluid, as a
liniment, as Dr. Raymond does of his, besides they say it ia
very valuable for cholic in man or horse. Dose. — For cholic.
for man, half a tea-spoon ; for a horse, one-half to one ounce
wa a little warm water, every fifteen minutes, until relieved.
116 DR. CHASERS RECIPES.
A gentleman purchased a horse for seventy-five dollars,
which had been strained in one of the fetlocks, worth before
the strain one hundred and twenty-five dollars. He cured
him withffhis liniment, and sold him for the original value.
He cured his wife also of neuralgia, with the same, since I
have published this recipe. Judge ye of its value.
5. Cook's Electro-Magnetic Liniment. — Best alcohol 1 gal. i
oil of amber 8 ozs. ; gum camphor 8 ozs. ; castile soap, shaved
line, 2 ozs. ; beef s gall 4 ozs. ; ammonia 3 F.'s strong, 12 ozs. ;
mix, and shake occasionally for 12 hours, and it is fit for use.
This will be found a strong and valuable liniment, and also
cheap. It may be ' used in swellings, strains, &c, and
rubbed upon the throat, breast, and lungs, in asthma, sore
throat, &c.
6. Liniment for Spinal Affections. — Take a pt. bottle and
put into it oil of origanum, wormwood, spirits of turpentine, and
gum camphor, of each 1 oz., and fill it with best alcohol.
Mr. Barr, a gentleman with whom I have been acquainted
for some four years, has been troubled with spinal weakness
and pains, and he finds great relief from the use of this lini-
ment ) and his daughter took it internally for a cough also,
with success.
7. Great London Liniment. — Take chloroform, olive oil, and
aqua ammonia, of each, 1 oz. ; acetate of morphia, 10 grs. Mix,
and use as other liniments. Very valuable.
8. Gum Liniment. — Take gum myrrh, gum camphor, and gum
opium, of each, £ oz. ; cayenne pepper \ oz. ; alcohol 1 pt. ; mix.
This liniment is ready for use in three or four days, and
is very highly recommended by E. Burrows, of Matamora
Lapeer Co., Mich. He prefers rum, if a good article can
be got, in place of the alcohol. This would be excellent in
cholic, or diarrhea also.
9. Patent Liniment. — In order that those who purchase
the patent liniments may know what they are buying, I give
a formula, from which over twelve-thousand dollars worth
of liniment was sold in two years' time, but one of the
partners going out of the firm, and into the livery-business,
gave me the plan as follows :
Take whisky 15 gals.; and put into it 2 lbs. of capsicum, pul-
verized, let stand 10 days and percolate, or draw 7 oil the whisky,
free of the sediment; in the mean time take 1 gal. of spirits of tur-
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p«Gt>:ie and put into it oils of origanum, horse-mint, sassafras,
%ud hemlock, 6 ozs. each ; add gum camphor 2 lbs. Mix and it
[% xeady to sell, for the purpose of gulling those who suppose
Everybody to be honest because they are tfiemeelves so. m
But that no loss may arise from the space this liniment
secipe occupies here, I will tell you how to make a good lini-
ment, by using a part of that with the following :
Take of the patent liniment 8 ozs. ; sweet oil and oils of origa
mini, sassafras and aqua ammonia, of each 2 ozs., and mix, shak-
ing well as used, and this mixture will make a splendid horse
liniment, with which you can easily blister, by bandaging the
part, if desired, and wetting the bandage with it.
The first would cost less than SI. 00 per gallon, whilst the
retail price, two shillings per bottle, makes it over $2.00 per
quart. See where your money goes.
10. Lobelia and Cayenne Liniment.— Take a quart bottle
and put into it \ oz. of cayenne, pulverized, then put in 2 ozs. of lo-
belia herb, and fill up the bottle with whisky ; in two weeks it
is ready for use, and applicable for cuts, bruises, strains, sprains,
&c. ; and it will heal cork cuts in the feet of oxen or horses,
without stopping them from labor, and with but very little
joreness, by applying 2 or 3 times daily.
I know a gentleman who had a gash cut in his scalp, four
inches in length, and to the scull in depth, by a falling limb,
which by the use of this liniment only, as strange as it may
appear, it healed without pain or soreness. But some may
object to it as a whisky liniment. I admit it to be such, but
by knowing how to make it yourselves, you get it for a
whisky price, and if it be not found as good as one-half of
the two-shiliing-a-bottle liniments, then you may tell me that
I do not know when I have a good thing.
11. Liniment— Said to be St. John's.— For 70 doz. bottles,
take spirits of turpentine and seneca oils, of each, 4 gals. ; lin-
seed or sweet oil, 2 gals. ; oils of origanum, hemlock, juniper,
amber, and laudanum, of each, 3 qts. ; spirits of ammonia 1 qt. ;
tincture of arnica 2 gals. ; camphor gum 1 lb. Put all into a
keg and shake well ; when you wish to fill into small bottles,
Bhake it well and draw into a convenient bottle or pitcher to
pour from ; and shake it well every time you fill o bottles ; and
shake the bottle whenever you use the liniment ; thus it might
be called Shaking Liniment. No matter what you call it, how-
ever, it is a good one. *
I obtained the recipe of a young gentleman who worked
in Mr. St. John's store over a year, yet much care was takea
118 Da. CHASES RECIPES.
to prevent the knowledge of its exact composition from being
(bund out by assistants ; it is a "well known fact, however,
that an observing mind can learn much, although not ex
pressed in words. Perhaps he will blame me for publishing
information gained in that way, but I obtain knowledge for
the benefit of the people ; and as I have called on the Doc-
tor two different times, to sell my work, but could not suc-
ceed, I do not feel under any special obligations to him, and
if I did, I go in for the greatest good to the greatest number
Were it not so, I should not publish much that is contained
in this work, for there are many persons who have and are
making fortunes out of single recipes, now published for tha
benefit of the world.
Because 1 could not sell my Recipes to I. L. St. John, a
Druggist of Tiffin, ()., however, is not saying that I do not
sell them to Druggists generally, as I do. In Aurora, 111.,
I sold to six, and in Pomcroy, O., to seven, every one in
either place, which is not common. They are, however, not
only anxious to obtain information generally, but also willing
to impart it to others; and bow Mr. St. John should have
obtained as good recipes as the ones here attributed to him,
without sometime having bought, is a little surprising; for,
as a general rule, those who put out " Patent Medicines,"
are not themselves the originators of the recipes ; even Dr.
Jayiie is reported, I know not how truly, to have picked up
the recipe, in an out-house, for his celebrated Alterative, I
s;:;. , then., am I not justified in publishing these recipes?
Nt'-y. more! urn I not honorable in thus benefiting the peo-
ple '( I rent the matter with them ; always willing to abide
their decision.
Persons only wishing to put up for their own use, will
take one-seventieth of the various amounts, which will be
about as follows :
^ Turpentine and seneca oils, of each 71 ozs. ; sw r eet oil and
rincture of arnica, of each 83 ozs. ; oils of origanum, hemlock,
juniper, amber, and laudanum, of each i£ozs. ; spirits of ammo-
nia i oz. ; and gum camphor £ oz. ; which makes a little less
than 1 qt., there being 64 qts., besides the gum camphor, in the
whole amount.
This calculation will be sufficiently near for all practical
purposes.
I have sold the condition powder and liniment, out of the
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drug store, made by the Doctor, which lias always given
good satisfaction. And I think any one who tries both will
be as weli pleased with those made from these recipes as»
with that which is sent out from Tiffin, and make it for one-
fourth the cost of the other.
COD LIVER OIL— Made Palatable asd more Digesti-
ble. — To each bottle, add fine table salt 1 oz. Mix well.
By this very simple plan cod liver oil has its peculiar un-
pleasantness overcome, as well as made far more easy for the
stomach to dispose of. But even with this improvement, I
do not consider a table-spoon of it equal, for consumption, to
a glass of rich, sweet cream, with a tea-spoon of best brandy
in it ; to be drank at each meal.
CONSUMPTIVES.— Sykup Very Successful.— Take tam-
arack bark, without rossing, (the moss may be brushed off,) 1
peck; spikenard root ^ lb.; dandelion root £ lb.; hops 2 02s.
Boil these sufficiently to get the strength, in 2 or 3 gals, of water,
strain and boil down to 1 gal. ; when blood warm add 3 lbs. or
honey and 3 pts. of best brandy ; bottle, and keep in a cool
place. Dose — A wine-glass or a little less, as the stomach will
bear, 3 or 4 times daily, before meals and at bed time.
Consumption may justly be called the King of diseases,
but he has, many times, been obliged to haul down his col-
ors, and give place to health, and consequent happiness, when
he came in contact with the above syrup. It does not, how-
ever, contain any of the articles usually put into syrups for
this disease — this of itself ought to obtain for it a considera-
tion. I have been told, and that by a professional man, that
there was not an article in it of any value for consumption.
I have acknowledged it does not contain any articles com-
monly used for that disease j but allow me to ask if they
cure the disease in one case out of a hundred ? The answer
is, No. I am now using this on a case within a few miles of
the city, who had called one of our Professors. He promised
benefit, and did benefit about one week ; subsequently, two
other physicians were also called without any lasting benefit.
He had not cut his wood for nearly a year, nor done other
labor to any extent ; he has now taken our syrup nearly three
menths; he was weak, spare in flesh, and coughed very
much, with cold feet and surface ; he is now stout, fleshy,
and scarcely any cough ; surface and feet warm, * What
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more could be asked ? Yet he is very careless, for I called
on him on a cold, snowy day lately, and he was in the woods,
for wood. Do I need better proof of its value ? No one
would expect sickness of the stomach to arise from its use,
from the articles of which it is composed, but the first dose
usually makes the person rather sick at the stomach, and
sometimes vomits, but don't fear to continue its use. 1 had
rather trust to tamarack-bark tea than three-fourths of the
consumptive syrups of the day. Let every one who is afflict-
ed with cough, be careful to avoid exposure as much as pos-
sible. Remember, with this syrup , or disease, as long as
there is life, there is hope.
But it would be deceptive and wicked to hold out to aU
consumptives the idea that they could be cured — -facts
speak like this, although I have never seen it in print, nor
heard the remark, but my own observation says that nine
of every ten hereditary consumptives, will, in the end, dh
of the disease, while an equal number of those whose dis-
ease is brought on by colds being neglected, or from neglect
of acute inflammations, &c, may be cured. Then those
who know their parents or others in their family to havo
gone with this disease, need hardiy expect a cure, notwith-
standing much benefit may be derived from care, with the*
above treatment, good diet, and out-of-door exercise, while
those whose systems are not tainted from parents may ex-
pect a permanent cure.
I shall now throw in a few thoughts of my own, and from
the experience of many others in the profession, whi^h 1
hope may benefit all, needing light on the subject.
First, then — Do not go South, to smother and die ; hut
go North, for cool, fresh air, hunt, fish, and eat freely of
the roasted game ; cast away care, after having trusted all in
Christ, that it may be well, living or dying. Take a healthy,
faithful friend with you, to lean upon when needed, in your
rambles. So shall it be well with many who would other-
wise sink to the consumptive's grave. Have your potatoes
with you, and roast them in the embers ; your corn meal
also, which you will mix with cold water, having a little salt!
in it, and bake on a board before the fire, and then say you
cannot make out a good-flavored meal, and a health v one
also v from your roast venison, or broiled fish, with roast pota-
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toes and johnny-cake, I will then acknowledge that you are
indeed far gone on the consumptive's track, and especially if
you have been wandering over hills and through the valley?
of" our northern country in pursuit of the game of which you
axe about to partake.
Secondly — Do not leave home after having tried every- *
thing else in vain, and just ready to wrap the mantle of the
grave around you; then you need all the care of many
friends, and a quiet place to die ; but strike out the first
thing when you become certain that permanent disease has
fastened upon the lungs ; then you may not only reasonably
expect a cure, but be almost certain. Have the means with
you to avoid getting wet by rains ; but often wash and rub the
whole surfaco, wearing flannel next the skin, and clothe
yourself according to the weather and sex ) for there is no
reason why females should not pursue about the same course.
They can dress a la Bloomer, and with their father, hus-
band, brother, or other known friend, derive the same bene-
fit from out-door exercise, like field or forest rambles, botan-
ical huntings, geological surveys, or whatever sports o**
realities may give just the amount of exercise not to fat i<ju&
the invalid.
For females who have families and cannot leave them,
gardening will be the best substitute for the travel, or of all
the employments which can be engaged in.
Lastly — Those who are already far down the consump-
tive track and confined at home, will derive much benefit by
using, at each meal, half a pint of rich, fresh cream. In all
cases it is ahead of Cod-Liver Oil, with none of its disagreea-
bleness. And if it can be borne, a tea, to a table-spoon of
the best brandy may be added.
Much is being said, now-a-days, about the necessity of
constant inflation of the lungs by long-drawn breaths, hold-
ing the breath, also, as iong as possible, when thus fully i
inflated; but, for those whose lungs are extensively diseased,
it is not only useless, but very dangerous, from the liability
to burst blood-vessels in the lungs, causing hemorrhage, if A
not instant death. In the commencement of the disease,
however, or for those in health, the practice is decidedly
good.
2. Half a pint of new milk, witS* & wine-glass of expressed
4
122 DR. chase's recipes,
juice of green hoarhound, each morning for a month, is
said to have worked wonders in relieving the soreness of the
lungs, and giving tone to the general health in this disease.
8. Chlorate of Potash, for Consumption —A gen-
tleman of Iowa read a paper about a year ago before the
" American Medical Association," upon the subject of Chlo-
rate of Potash in Consumption, giving the history of a- fen*
cases only.* For the want of a more extended trial of it,
the Association thought best not to publish his paper, but
referred it back to him, and to the consideration of the other
members for further teet.
Amongst those members is Dr. A. B. Palmer, of this city,
one of the Vice-Presidents of the Association, and Profes-
sor of " Practice, Materia Medica," &c, in the University
of Michigan, at Ann Arbor — by the way, a gentleman and
a scholar. Having had much experience in practice, be saw
fit to give it. a trial He has used it in about thirty cases,
and with a single exception with marked success; and in
that case there was at first much improvement, but the pa-
tient was a German who does not understand our language
wry well, and from this fact when he fbu^d that it caused a
heat or burning sensation in the stomach instead of going
to the Professor and having the quantity lessened, he aban-
doned it altogether. But through Prof. Paoner's kindness I
have been permitted to refer to other ca«os where a very
marked amelioration has taken place. One u° these, a mar-
ried lady, although her lungs were full of tubercles, with
muA coughing, soreness of the lungs, with sh^rp pains upon
full breaths being taken, &c, finds her cough loose, soreness
all gone, and that full breaths can be taken without pain,
(or stitching, as commonly called,) and fully be* 'eves that if
she could have had this prescription early in th<* disease, she
would now have been well, yet derives much rch<*f from its
use. Another lady has been using it only a few months,
and finds that her symptoms are all very much relieved, and
she has gained seventeen pounds in flesh.
The Professor assures me that in the first few cases where
he prescribed the chlorate, the benefits were so mar Led, it
was really astonishing; which, of course, caused him to £ro
on in its use, until, as before remarked, about thirty e&s«s
have been more or less benefitted by its use, under his care.
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*{is method of giving it is to put about a tea-spoon of the
chlorate into a glass of water, which is to be drank a little at
a time, in from six to twenty-four hours, with other appro-
priate treatment.
] f in any case the chlorate should cause a heat or burning
sensation at the stomach, lessen the quantity • and unless
this does occur, no apprehensions need be felt in using it.
It improves the general symptoms, lessening the pulse, &c. f
whilst the Cod-Liver Oil has never done anything more than
to benefit merely as food ; and from its very disgusting smell
and taste, and the almost impossibility of keeping it upon
the stomach, I greatly prefer the fresh sweet cream men-
tioned above, or the fat meat, as mentioned below.
The hyper-phosphites have been extensively used, but
Prof. Palmer tells me that in Paris and other parts of Eu-
rope., where he traveled during the past summer, that not
one well authenticated case of cure by them Can be pro-
duced. Bet he feels much encouraged to hope that the
chlorate will prove itself worthy of great confidence.
The above was written one year ago ; and the reports
coming in since then, both in America and from Europe,
more than confirms the expected benefits and hoped-for ad-
vantages from the use of the chlorate in this disease.
4. RE MARLS ON THE USE OP FAT MEATS — PREVENTIVE
of Consumption. — There is so much said against the use of
fat meats, and especially pork, as an article of diet, that I
cannot better close my remarks upon this subject than by
giving the opposite opinions of those in high places, corro-
borated also by my own experience.
Dr. Dixon, of the Scalpel, some time ago, assumed the
position that " the use of oils would diminish the victims
of consumption nine-tenths, and that that was the whole
secret of the use of Cod-Liver Oil, to take the place of fat
meats."
Dr. Hooker's observations on the use of fat meats, con-
nected with consumption, are as follows :
" First— Of all persons between the ages of 15 and 22 years,
more than one-fifth eat no fat meat. Second — Of persons at
the age of 45, all, excepting less than 1 in 50, habitually use fat
meat. TimtD — Of persons who, between the ages of 15 and 22,
avoid fat meat, a few acquire an appetite for jLt, and live to a
124 DR. chase's recipes.
good old age, while the greater portion die with phthesis (con-
sumption,) before 35, Fourth — Of persons dying with phthesis
between the ages of 12 and 45, nine-tenths, at least, have never
used fat meats."
" Most individuals who avoid fat meat, also use little but
ter or oily gravies, though many compensate for this want
in part, at least, by a free use of those articles, and also milk,
eggs, and various saccharine substances. But they consti-
tute .an imperfect substitute for fat meat, without which,
sooner or later, the body is almost sure to show the effects
of deficient calorification/'
A lady-lecturer recently said in this city, in one of he*
lectures — " Set a piece oi'-pork before a lady : oh, horrible!
the dirty, nasty, filthy stuff: give us chicken — clean, nice
chicken/' Now this lady, certainly, was no farmer's wife,
or she would have observed that the habits of chickens are
ten times more filthy than that of the hog, if it be possible j
for even the hog's leavings and dropping3 are carefully over-
hauled by them, and much of it appropriated to u Ladies'
meat." 3:>ut their filtliiness is no argument in either case;
for nature's strainer, (the stomach,) throws off all impurities.
Why do so many young ladies, young clergymen, and stu-
dents die of consumption 1 Simply because chicken or
other lean meats, hot biscuit, &c, without exercise, make up
the sums of their diet ; when, if they would eat fat meats,
with bread not less than one day old, scrub floors, saw
wood, or other arm exercise, according to sex, an hour at
each end of each day, they might be spared for years — per-
haps to long lives of usefulness, to their families, congrega-
tions, or the world.
5. So far as pork is concerned as food, the following rule
may be safely followed : If it agrees with the stomach,
which is known by its digesting without " Risings," as it is
called, its use may be continued, but if it rises, lessen the
quantity, and if it still rises, abandon its use altogether; but
t digests better with me than mutton, or chicken, and 1
have been trying them for nearly fifty years. The same
rule is good for all articles of food. As to exercise^ for
men who are not regular laborers, wood-sawing is the best,
next, horseback riding, then walking; for women, hoeing
in the garden or field, next sweeping, dusting. &o., the*
horseback riding, walking, &c.
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6. Bat I have recently seen a piece going the rounds ot
i*»s papers as the best cure for consumption in the world,
wfcich contains so much good sense that I will close my re-
marks on the subject by giving it a quotation, and let every
one judge for themselves, which to try, if they see fit to
give either a trial. It is represented as coming from an ex-
change only, but from its style of remark, I think it must
have started from Hall's Journal of Health :
" Eat all that the appetite requires of the most nourishing
food, such as fresh beef, lamb, oysters, raw eggs, fruit, vegetables,
and 3 times a day take a glass of egg-nog, made as rich as the
patient can bear.' Avoid all other alcoholic drinks. Baihe twice
a week in water made agreably warm, and in a warm room ;
after bathing rub the body and limbs with sweet cream or sweet
oil Exercise daily in the open air ; walking is the best. Stand
erect, exercise the arms and lungs freely, keep the mind cheer-
ful ; take freely of the best cough syrup, and consumption will
be a stranger to your household.
i; For making the best cough syrup, take 1 oz. of thorough-
wort ; 1 oz. of slippery elm ; 1 oz. of stick licorice, and 1 oz. of
flax seed ; simmer together in 1 qt. of water until the strength
is entirely extracted. Strain carefully, add 1 pt. of best molas-
ses and £ lb. of loaf sugar ; simmer them all well together, and
when cold bottle tight. This is the cheapest, best, and safest
medicine now or ever in use."
" A few doses of one table-spoon at a time will alleviate
the most distressing cough of the lungs, soothes and allava
irritation, and if continued, subdues any tendency to con-
sumption ; breaks up entirely the whooping cough, and no
better remedy can be found for croup, asthma, bronchitis,
and all affections of the lungs and throat. Thousands of
precious lives may be saved every year by this cheap and
simple remedy, as well as thousands of dollars which would
otherwise be spent in the purchase of nostrums which are
both useless and dangerous." — Exchange, For egg-nog
ftee " Stimulant in Low Fevers."
OINTMENTS.— For Old Sores.— Red precipitate -J- oz ; su
;ar of lead \ oz. ; burnt alum 1 oz. ; white vitriol \ oz, or a Httl
em ; all to be very finely pulverized ; have mutton tallow made
warm \ lb. ; stir all in, and stir until cool.
Mr. Brownell, of Dowagiac, Mich., thinks there is no
ointment equal to this for fever or any other old sores, from
actual trial, as much so as Mr. Loomis does of his Liniment
Ho. 2.
Ie
126 DR. CHASES RECIPES.
2. Judkins' Ointment. — This ointment has been long
celebrated through Ohio and the Eastern States. It was
invented and put up by an old Doctor of that name, whose
family took to the profession of medicine as naturally as
ducks to water. I obtained it of one of the sons, who is
practicing at Malaga, Ohio, from whom I also obtained Lan-
dolfi's and his own method of curing cancer, (see those re-
cipes,) and he always uses this ointment to heal cancers and
all other sores :
Linseed-oil 1 pt. ; sweet oil 1 oz. ; and boil them in a kettle on
coals for nearly 4 hours, as warm as you can ; then have puher-
ized and mixed, borax £ oz. ; red lead 4 ozs., and sugur of kad
1\ ozs. ; remove the kettle from, the tire and thicken in ttie pow-
der ; continue the stirring until cooled to blood heat, then stir in
t oz. of spirits of turpentine; and now take out a little, letting
it t^et cold, and if not then sufficiently thick to spread upon thin,
Boft linen, as a salve, you will boil again until this poiat is
reached.
He says, a»d I have no doubt of it, that it is good for all
kinds of wounds, bruises, sores, burns, white swellings, rheu-
matisms, ulcers, sore breasts, and even where there are
rounds on the inside, it has been used with advantage, by
ipp!?in^ i plaster over the part.
3. Sisson's Ointment. — Best brandy \ pt. ; turpentine 1 gill ;
camphor gum 1 oz. ; beefs gall £ pt. ; (beefs gall bottled with ±
alcohol will keep nice for future use,) neats-foot oil 1 pt. Mix.
This ointment, or properly liniment, is probably not equal-
ed for reducing swellings which arise from bad bruises, or
swellings of long standing ; rub it in for quite a length of
time, then wet a flannel in it and wrap around the parts.
4. Grtcen Ointment.— White pine turpentine and lard | lb
each ; honey and bees-wax £ lb. each ; melt all together and stii
in i oz. of very finely pulverized verdigris.
In deep wounds and old sores this works admirably, it
keeps out proud flesh and heals beyond all calculation, keep-
ing up a healthy discharge. It was used on a horse, which
had run upon a fence stake, the stake entering under the
shoulder-blade and penetrating eighteen inches alongside of
the ribs ; the ointment was introduced by stiffening linen <
cloth with warm beeswax, and rolling it up into what is
called a tent, then smearing the ointment upon the tent, and
pushing it to the bottom of the wound, which kept the out-
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side from healing until it healed from the bottom, and thus
saved the horse, which everybody said must die; and of
course everybody always knows. The man owning the horse
was thrown from his buggy whilst the horse was running,
and had a leg broken ; the horse was well before the man.
Hiram Sisson, an old farrier and farmer, of Crown Point,
Essex Co., N. Y., has used this and the one bearing his
name, No. 3, several years, and speaks of them in the high-
est terms. Mr. Wykoff, a few miles north of this city, has used
this green ointment for several years, curing a deep cut in
the thigh of a friend in a few days with it, which induced
him to pay ten dollars to an English lady for the recipe ;
since then he cured a bad case of chilblains, with it, upon a
German boy who had not worn boot or shoe for three years,
on their account. I have now known it for two years, curing
cuts on horses' feet, from stepping over corn stubble in
spring ploughing, by only a few applications. It is worth
more than the cost of this book to any family who has not
got it.
This, mixed with equal parts of the " Magnetic," No. 11,
ana the world cannot beat it for general use.
5. Green Ointment — Honey and bees- wax, each \ lb. 'spfc^ta
of turpentine 1 oz. ; wintergreen oil and laudanum, each 2 ozs. ;
verdigris, finely pulverized, £ oz. ; lard H lbs ; mix by a stove
fire, in a copper kettle, heating slowly.
I have given this green ointment, varying somewhat
from the first, obtained of a gentleman at Jamestown, N.
Y., who was selling it in large quantities, as he uses the
spirits of turpentine instead of the white pine, for that fre-
quently is hard to get, and by some this will be preferred,
for the flesh of a few persons will inflame under the free use
of verdigris, and it will be seen that this last Fedpe has not
near as much of it in as the first.
6. Dr. Kittredge's Celebrated Ointment,— For " Pim-
pjjed-Face," " Prairie-Itch, &c.— Take a pint bottle and put
into it nitric acid 1 oz. ; quicksilver 1 oz., and let stand until the
silver is cut ; then melt lard | lb. in an earthen bowl and mix ail
together, and stir with a wooden spatula until cold.
Old Dr. Kittredge is an Allopathic Physician, but his
ointment has been known, over the whole State, as death to
the i% Michigan or Prairie Itch," and the Doctor recommends
128 dr. chase's recipss.
it for Cancerous, Scrofulous, and Syphilitic Ulcers, also Salt-
rheum, King-worms, " Pimpled Face/' Chronic Inflammation
of the eyelids, &c. Application. — For cutaneous erup-
tions, scratch off the scab, warm the cerate, rub in thorough-
ly once a day ; for running ulcers, spread a thin plaster, and
not change oftener than once in thirty-six or forty-eight
hours.
7. Mead's Salt- Rheum Ointment. — Aquafortis 1 oz. ; quick:
silver 1 oz. ; good hard soap dissolved so as to mix readily 1 oz. ;
prepared chalk 1 oz., mixed with 1 lb of lard ; incorporate Die
above by putting the aquafortis and quicksilver into an cart hen
vessel, and when done effervescing, mix with the other ingredi-
ents, putting the chalk in last, and add a little spirits of turpen-
tine, say | a table-spoon.
Mr. Mead is a resident of this city, advanced in age, over
ninety years, and great confidence may be placed in this re-
cipe. He sent it for insertion in the seventh edition of this
work, and muny have tried it with satisfaction. He first
proved it on himself, after suffering with Salt-rheum for ten
years ; at first it came back after two years ; he then cured
it again, and now has been free from it about fourteen years.
His only object in presenting me the recipe was to do good
to his fellow-creatures. Some physicians think that if nitric
acid one ounce and three drachms, was put upon the quick-
silver, and cut or dissolved by gentle heat, that it would be
a better way to prepare it; but I never wish to change when
an article works as well as this does.
8. Dr. Gibson, of Jamestown, Pa., says he has never failed
in curing salt-rheum or leprosy, (meaning very bad skin dis-
eases) with the following :
First, wash the part with Castile soap and water, dry with &
soft cloth, then wet the parts erupted with the tincture of iodin«.
and after this .gets dry, anoint with citron ointment. When the
eruption exists about parts not covered with clothing, use the
following -wash alternately with the tincture : Corrosive subli-
mate 1 dr.; sugar of lead 3 ozs. ; white vitriol 2 scruples; sal-
ammoniac 3 drs. ; common salt 2 drs. ; soft water 1 pt. ; mix.
He had a case — a young gentleman who was engaged to
be married, but the lady would not marry him until cured
from the fact that a sore of a leprous or obstinate character
surrounded his head where the hat came in contact with it.
But patience and nine months perseverance removed the
scab from his crown, and crowned him with a help-meet
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Let me here say, that in any disease of long standing,
ttse some of the alterative medicines to cleanse the blood,
while using the outward applications. The " Cathartic Al-
terative" is especially adapted to these skin diseases, and
fthould be continued some time, even if you are not anxious
to get married. The Citron Ointment is kept by nearly all
Druggists.
9. White lead ia sweet oil, used as an ointment, cured a
lady in Lafayette, Ind., of a bad case of Salt-Rheum.
10. Itch Ointment.— Unsal ted butter 1 lb. ; Burgundy pitch
2 oz. ; spirits of turpentine 2 ozs. ; red-precipitate, pulverized,
1£ ozs. ; melt the pitch and add the butter, stirring well together ;
then remove from the fire, and when a little cool add the spirits
of turpentine, and lastly the precipitate, and stir until cold.
This will cure all cases of psora, usually called "The
Itch," and many other skin eruptions, as pimples, blotches,
&e.
Dr. Beach thinks the animal which infests the bkin, in
real itch, is the result of the disease, whilst most authors
think it the cause.
11. Magnetic Ointment. — Said to be Trass's. — Lard, rai
gins, cut in pieces, and fine-cut tobacco, equal weights ; simmei
well together, then strain and press out all from the dregs.
The above is an excellent ointment, and looks like its
namesake, and its action is really magnetic. Mix this in
equal parts with the first Green Ointment No. 4, and it will
make a good application in Piles, Salt-Rheum, and all cuta-
neous or skin diseases, as well as cuts, bruises, &c. If used
in Salt-Rheum, some of the alterative remedies must be
taken at the same time, and long continued.
12. Stramonium Ointment. — The probability is, that
for general use, no ointment will be found superior to this,
* nen properly made. It is kept by most Druggists, but it is
oothalf as good, generally, as if made by the following direc-
tions. I give large proportions, from the fact that it will be
ised in large quantities. Stramonium is known by the
dames of " Jimpson," " Stink-Weed/' " Thorn-Apple," &c,
from i*s thorny burr.
Pkk about a bushel of the leaves, while yet ^reen, having a
suitable iron kettle placed over a slow fire ; put in a few of the
faaves and mash them as you keep adding until you gel
5— OOPY EIGHT SECURED.
130 dr. chase's recipes
them all mashed into a pulpy mass, then put in lard 5 lbs., an3
stew to a crisp ; then strain and box for use. Those who live in
towns and prefer to make it with less trouble, will purchase 1
dr. of the soft extract, kept by druggists, rubbing it with a little
water until it is of such a consistence as to allow it to be rubbed
into an ointment with lard 1 oz. This will be better than the
sale ointment, but not as good as the " Home Made," above.
It is anodyne, (relieves pain,) in burns, scalds, old irrita-
ble ulcers, skin diseases, painful hemorrhoids, (Piles,) and
is discutient, (driving away swellings.) and very strengthen-
; ing to broken limbs, i. e., after the bones are healed to rub
1 over the limb freely, and thoroughly ; it reduces the swell-
i ing and gives tone to the muscles, tendons, &e.
We have recently known two cases of fracture, one a com-
pound fracture of the ancle, the other of the wrist, both in
persons well advanced in life ; in both cases strength re-
turned very slow, but with double speed by the free appli-
cation of this ointment ; and in the first case it undoubtedly
prevented mortification. It is valuable, also, in painful oi
swelled rheumatism. Or; perhaps what would be preferable,
n such cases, is a tincture made of the seeds from the
horny-burr, two ounces, to alcohol and water, of each, a
half-pint. If it is not found ahead of the " Tincture of
Arnica/' I will give you my head for a " Foot-Ball/' In ap-
l ply m § it, wet cloths or brown paper, and bind upop the
parts, keeping them well wet. To make this tincture, see
* « Tinctures."
13. Toad Ointment. — For sprains, strains, lame-back,
i rheumatism, caked breasts, caked udders, &c, &c.
1 Good sized live toads, 4 in number; put into boiling wnter
and cook very soft ; then take them out and boil the water dowa
| to £ pt., and add fresh churned, unsalted butter 1 lb. and smv
I naer together ; at the last add tincture of arnica 2 ozs.
This was obtained from an old Physician, who thought
more of it than of any other prescription in his possession.
Some persons- might think it hard on toads, but you could
not kill them quicker in any other way.
I
| . JAUNDICE.— Dr. Peabody's Cure,— In its Worst Forms.
f * —Red iodide of mercury 7 grs. ; iodide of potassium 9 grs. ;
f aqua dis. (distilled water,) t oz. ; mix. Commence by giving 6
drops a or 4 times a day, increasing 1 drop a day until 12 or 15
Oiops are given at a dose. Give in a little water immediate
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 181
•iter meals. If it causes a griping sensation in the bowels, and
fullness in the head when you get up to 12 or 15 drops, go back
to 6 drops, and up again as before.
In two very Dad cases of jaundice, I have known tihe
above to be entirely successful
1 am aware that many persons will not use any prepara-
tion containing mercury in any of its forms, while there are
many others who would use them for that very reason ; my
object is to benefit all, without strengthening the prejvdicei
^>f amy ; for this reason I give you the following :
2. Drink for Jaundice.-— Tie up soot and saffron, equal
parts, in a cloth to the size of half of a hen's egg y let it lie in a
gla«*s of water over night ; in the morning put the yolk of an
9gg, beaten, into this water, and drink it. Do this 3 mornings,
♦kipping 3, until 9 doses have been taken.
1 am assured that it has proved successful in many bad
cases. See also Soot Coffee, No. 12, amongst the Ague
remedies.
PILES. — Successful Remedies.— Internal Remedy. —
Cream of tartar, jalap pulverized, senna, an£ flowers of sulphur
1 oz. each ; nitrate of potash, (saltpetre,) | oz. ; golden seal 1 oz. ;
thoroughly pulverize all together, in a inortar, and give a tea-
spoon three times every day, or the dose may be varied to suit
the condition* of the patient, taking more or less to suit circum-
stances, keeping the bowels in a solvent state.
External Application. — Inner bark of the white oak tree,
boil and strain, and boil again until you obtain £ pt. of the ex-
tract, very thick ; then add £ pt. of the oil of the oldest and
strongest bacon you can procure ; simmer together until a union
takes place when cold. Then apply by the finger up the rec-
tum every night until well. Be very strict to abstain from
strong and stimulating diet. The above is a sure cure for blind
or bleeding piles, in all cases, sooner or later.
Dr. Hariman, of Andersontown, Ind., has been very suc-
cessful with this plan of treating Piles ; and since I obtained ^
the plan, now two years, I have had one opportunity of
proving its efficiency, upon a gentleman who had been laid
up for days, and sometimes weeks, with the complaint ) by
a few applications of the external remedy he has been en-
abled to keep directly along with his labor.
2. Pile Cerate.— Carbonate of lead £ oz. ; sulphate of mor-
phia 15 grs. ; stramonium ointment 1 oz. ; olive oil 20 drops.
Mix, and apply 3 times a day. or as occasion and pain may re-
quire.
132 DR. CHASE'S RECIPES.
This cerate has been highly celebrated as a remedy ia
Piles* It will relieve the pain most assuredly. Piles have
been cured with lamp oil applied to the parts two or three
times a day. Even tallow, or any simple ointment, is good
for dry Piles, that is, for pain in those parts, coming oxa
often in the dead of night, without apparent cause.
3. For External Piles, — The following is very highly
Spoken of: Take oyster shells, wash and burn them, then
finely pulverize and rub up with fresh lard ; annoint with
this, and take internally sulphur one ounce, mixed with
three ounces of pulverized rosin ; take night and morning
what will lay on a five cent piece. Take every day for the
first week, then every three or four days, until well, contin-
uing the ointment.
4. Mrs. Moreheab, — Of Danville, Ind., cured herself
of Piles by simply sitting in a hip-bath of warm water,
every time the pains would come on, after stools, or any
other time, remaining in the bath until the pains left her.
Her husband cured himself by sitting in cold water, and
using upon the parts an ointment made by stewing celen-
dine in fresh lard. I give these various plans, so that if
one fails, a remedy may certainly be found amongst the
many given.
5. G. P. Rogers, of Iron ton, 0., has known cases cured
by using the following ointment : Powdered opium and pow-
dered rosin, one ounc^ each, mixed with one ounce of tallow,
and anoint as required.
6. Dr. D. W. Raymond, of Conneaut, O., says : Equal
weights of glycerine' and tannin will cure Piles, by anointing
with it, and that very speedily ; also cures sore or cracked
nipples in twenty-four hours, and is remarkably good for
#i any excoriation, or sore, of the skin. I know that simple
tallow introduced into the rectum is exceedingly beneficial
in Piles, which satisfies me that any preparation containing
oil or any kind of grease, is good.
7. I have found in the scrap of an old newspaper, the
following, and it is so easily tried, and speaks with so much
certainty, and is so simple, that I give it an insertion :
" Simple Cure for Pri^s.— - Mix one table-spoon of sul-
phur with half a pint of milk, to be taken every day utiti.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 133
favorable symptoms appear, and then occasionally, as the
case may require. The above is a cheap, simple, and most
infallible cure for that most painful and unpleasant disorder.
It has been used with complete success in old and inveterate
cases where individuals had spent scores of dollars in medi-
cal advice. It is equally useful as a preventive. It will
injure none, and only requires a trial."
8. Paschal Mason, living near this city, cured a South-
ern lady, visiting in the neighborhood, who was confined to
the bed with them, by making a strong tea of the wild
swamp-currant root, drinking occasionally for a few days
only.
9. Jimpson Leaves and parsely, a handful of each, stew-
ed in lard, one pound, and used as an ointment, has cured
many cases.
ANODYNES— Hoffman's Anodyne, or Golden Tincture.
—Sulphuric ether 2 ozs. ; alcohol 4 ozs. ; and etherial oil £ dr. ;
mix. Dose — From half to two tea-spoons, (£ dr. to 2 drs.) ac-
cording to the urgency or pain for which it is given.
It is given in a little sweetened water, and much prefer-
red by the Germans to laudanum, especially where laudanum
causes sickness of the stomach. It makes an excellent local
application in neuralgia and other painful affections, being
second cousin to the Magnetic Tooth Cordial and Paralytic
Liniment.
2. Laudanum. — Best Turkey opium 1 oz., slice, and pour
upon it boiling water 1 gill, and work it in a bowl or mortar until
it ifc» dissolved ; then pour it into the bottle, and with alcohol ol
76 per cent proof £ pt., rinse the dish, adding the alcohol to the
preparation, shaking well, and in 24 hours it will be ready for
use. Dose — From 10 to 30 drops for adults, according to the
strength of the patient, or severity of the pain.
Thirty drops of this laudanum will be equal to one grain
of opium. And this is a much better way to prepare it than
putting the opium into alcohol, or any other spirits alone,
for in that case much of the opium does not dissolve. See
the remarks occuring after Godfrey's Cordial.
3. Paregoric. — Best opium £ dr., dissolve it in about 2 table-
spoons of boiling water ; then add benzoic acid £ dr. ; oil of anise
£ a fluid dr. ; clarified honey 1 oz. ; camphor gum 1 scruple ; al-
cohol, 76 per cent, 11 fluid ozs. ; distilled water ■. 4± fluid ozs. ;
macerate, (keep warm,) for two weeks. Dose — For children, §
to 20 drops, adults, 1 to 2 tea-spoons.
134 dr. chase's recces.
Used as an anodyne and antispasmodic, allays cough, re-
lieves nausea and slight pains in the stomach and bowels,
checks diarrhea, and -procures sleep. Used principally foi
children. See the remarks after No. 5, below.
4. Bateman's Pectoral Drops. — Opium in powder, catechu
in powder, camphor gum, red saunders, rasped, of each £ oz. ;
oil of anise 1 dr. ; dilute alcohol, (alcohol of 76 per cent, and
water in equal proportions,) 1 gal. Keep w r arm for 2 weeks.
The opium strength of this is about equal to paregoric, and
it is used for similar purposes, and doses. See the remarks
below.
5. Godfrey's Cordial. — Dissolve pure carbonate of potassu 1
oz. in water 5 qts., and add nice golden syrup or best molasses
8 qts., and heat until they begin to simmer ; take off the scum,
and add laudanum 9 ozs., and oil of sassafras 1 dr. Mix well.
Used similar to the two last.
Remarks. — It is a well known fact that much injury is
done to children by the use of anodynes, such as the above,
and " Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup," which is now taking
the place, to a great extent, in towns of the foregoing, for I
noticed a short time ago eighty-seven empty bottles with
Mrs. Winslow's label upon them, sitting on a counter of one
of our drug stores, which led me to ask if they put up her
syrup. The answer was no, a lady in this city has fed that
much to one child within the past eighteen months.
The question might be asked, why do you tell people how
to make any of these anodynes ? Because they are good in
proper cases, when properly used, and to give a place for
these remarks ; for those who are evil disposed will find a
way to accomplish their designs, whilst the well disposed
will, or can, act only from knowledge, and if they do not
know the evils arising from the constant use of anodynes on
children, are as liable to do evil as the evil disposed.
Then let it be remembered that the constant use of opium
in any of its preparations on children, or adults, disturbs the
nervous system, and establishes a nervous necessity for its
continuation. Then use them only in severe pain, or ex*
treme nervousness, laying them by again as soon as possible
under the circumstances of the case. Of course we do not
give a receipe for the Soothing Syrup spoken of, as its exact
composition has not yet come out to the public j but that it*
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 135
soothing properties are owing to opium, there is not the least
doubt. See " Carminatives/' which are preferable to opiates,
especially for children.
RHEUMATISM' S— Inflammatory Rheumatism—Bill
Wright's, and other Cures. — Sulphur and salt-petre, of each
1 oz. ; gum guaiac i oz. ; colchicum root, or seed, and nutmegs,
of each £ oz. ; all to be pulverized and mixed with simple syrup
or molasses 2 oz. Dose — One tea-spoon every 2 hours until it
moves the bowels rather freely ; then 3 or 4 times daily until
cured.
Mr. Wright, of the Niagara Hotel, Toledo, 0., has several
times proved this to be an excellent medicine, and since I
obtained it I found a man at Marshall, Mich., one Saturday
evening, with his feet and legs so swollen with this disease,
that he could but just crawl with two crutches. I filled this
prescription and gave him a tea-spoon of it every two hours,
until it moved his bowels, then every four hours, and on
Monday noon he could walk quite comfortably without cane
or crutch, the medicine costing only twenty cents.
2. Rheumatic Alterative. — In Rheumatism of long
standing, the following preparation has often proved very
valuable :
Colchicum seed, and black cohosh root, of each £ oz*., the root
to be bruised ; best rye whisky 1 pt. ; put together and let stand
3 or 4 days. Dose — From one tea-spoon to a table-spoon 3 times
daily, before meals.
The action will be to loosen the bowels, or cause a little
sickness at the stomach ; and the dose may be modified not
to cause too great an effect upon the patient either way, but
increasing the dose if necessary until one of these specific
actions is felt, and lessening it if the action is too great in
any case.
3. Kheumatic Liniment.— Olive oil, spirits of camphor, and
chloroform, of each 2 ozs. ; sassafras oil 1 tea-spoon. First add
the oil of sassafras to the olive oil, then the spirits of camphor,
and shake well before putting in the chloroform, shaking when
used, keeping it corked, as the chloroform evaporates very fast
if left open. Apply 3 or 4 times daily, rubbing it well, and al-
ways towards the body.
I had a brother-in-law cured of a very bad case of inflam-
matory, or swelling rheumatism, by the use of this liniment-
accomplished in about four days, without other treatment
136 DR. chase's recipes.
He paid five dollars for the recipe after the cure. But 1
would recommend the use of this in connection with " Bill
Wright's Cure/' above, feeling perfectly assured that no
attack will stand before the internal and external combina-
tion.
4. J. B. Hitciicox, Ypsilanti, Mich., uses spirits of turpentine
1 pt. ; tar 2 tea-spoons ; oil ot vitriol 1 tea-spoon, mixing in a
tnug ; then sets them on fire, letting it burn 15 minutes, and bot-
tle for use.
He bathes the parts freely twice daily with this prepara-
tion, then binds on the mashed tory-weed, as mentioned un-
der the head of "Reducing Swellings," and gives a little
spirits of turpentine internally.
5. Alvah Raymond— Takes Rum 1 pt. ; neats-foot oil £ pt..
or if the joint is stiff, skunk's oil instead of the other; spirits of
turpentine 1 gill, and simmers them together, and bottle for use,
rubbing it in thoroughly 8 times daily.
He also directs to soak the feet in hot water, scraping tha
bottoms of the feet with an old knife ; then he has poke
root roasted and mashed, mixing with it tar and sulphur to
form drafts for the feet. With this method of treatment he
assures me he has been very successful for 30 years. And
it bears so strong a resemblance to Dr. Kittredge's prepara-
tion, next following, for stiffened joints in rheumatism, that
it gives me double confidence in them both.
6. Dr. Kittredge's Remedy for Rheumatism and Stiff
Joints. — Strong camphor spirits 1 pt. ; neats-foot, coon, bear,
or skunk's oil 1 pt. ; spirits of turpentine £ pt. Shake the bottle
when used, and apply 3 times daily, by pouring on a little at a
time and rubbing in all you can for 20 to 30 minutes.
The old Doctor recommends this as a sure cure for chronic
rheumatism, sprains, stiff-joints where they have not formed
an anchylosis, that is, if the bones have not actually grown
together; and as remarked in connection with his ointment,
No. 6, he has been a very celebrated Physician for many
years ; but like many other men with superior minds, oh !
how fallen. Rum, and its advocates, have got a most fear-
ful account to balance.
7. French and Other Remedies for Chronic Rheu-
matism. — Dr. Bonnet, of Graulbet, France, states in a
letter to the Abeille Medicale, that he " has been long it
the habit of prescribing :
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M The essential oil of turpentine for frictions against rheuma-
tism. And that he has used it himself with perfect success,
having almost instantaneously got rid of rheumatic pains in
both knees and in the left shoulder."
He was led to make the prescription from having used the
ail of turpentine to wash coal-tar and other sticking mixtures
from his hands. After having washed his hands in scap
and water, and drying them, a pricking sensation like an
electric spark upon the knuckles from a machine, lasting
about two hours, was always experienced, and it is to this
exciting action that he attributes its efficacy. It may be
used twice or thrice daily.
8. Chronic rheumatism has been cured in twenty-foui
hours, after two years' suffering, by using alcohol, spirits of
turpentine, sweet spirits of nitre, and oil of juniper, equal
parts of each ; mix ; rub well into the parts, and take ten
drops at bed time in water.
9. Bitters for Chronic Rheumatism. — Prickly-ash berries,
spikenard root, yellow poplar and dog-wood barks, of each £ lb. ;
all pulverized and put into a gallon jug, and fill it up with bran-
dy. Dose— A wine-glass of it is to be taken 3 times daily be-
fore meals.
A baker of Lafayette, Ind., was cured by the use of this
amount, of a very bad case of this disease of long standing.
10. David Mowry, of Greenville, Ohio, says yellow poplar,
dog- wood, prickly- ash, wild cherry and white-ash barks of the
trees, equal quantities of each, a good large handful, boiled in
2 gals, of water, to 1, and add 1 gal. of good old rye, will; if
taken freely 3 times daily, cure the worst inflammatory rheuma-
tism in the world.
Thnre is no question but what both of these preparations,
and the next also, are good, if made sufficiently strong with
the barks. But I should consider them much more appli-
cable in chronic cases, or rheumatism of long standing ; and
in these cases very applicable indeed, and I am well satis-
fied that no one will take them for the spirits.
11. Chronic Rheumatism, has been cured by taking
the bark of a bearing crab-apple tree, and putting a suffi-
cient amount of it into whisky to mako it very strong, then
taking a wine-glass three times daily, until a gallon was used.
12. Green Bay Indian's Remeby for Rheumatism.— Wahoo,
bark of the root, 1 oz. ; blood root 1 oz. ; black cohosh root 2 ozs. ;
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swamp hellebore \ oz. ; prickly ash, bark or berries 1 oz. ; poke
root, cut fine, 1 oz. ; rye whisk}' 1 qt. ; let stand a few days be-
fore using. Dose — One tea-spoon every 3 or 4 hours increasing
the dose to 2 or 3 tea-spoons, as the stomach will bear.
Soak the feet well and go to bed, covering up warm, and
taking the " Sweating Drops" between each dose, as there
directed, for three or four hours, and repeat the sweating
every day until the disease surrenders to the treatment. If
at any time the head feels too full, or the stomach sickens
too much, drop down to the first dose of a tea-spoon, or even
less, if necessary.
This prescription is from Jacob S. Cornelius, an Indian
of Green Bay, who was very successful in Illinois, with it, in
this disease.
13. I know an old physician who assures me that he has
cured cases where all other remedies failed, with saltpetre,
beginning with twenty grains, and doubling the dose every
three or four hours, until it reached half an ounce, in a very
robust and plethoric patient ; but this dose would be too
large to venture upon by persons not of a plethoric habit,
But as it is mostly prescribed, by putting a table-spoon to a
pint of whisky, then a tea-spoon for a dose ; you might as
well expect to dip the Atlantic into the Pacific with a tea-
spoon, as to cure rheumatism in that slow way. It may be
taken in quantities from half an ounce to an ounce and
a half in the twenty-four hours, being largely diluted with
water. If pain should come on in the stomach, under its
use, stop it at once, and give large quantities of mucilaginous
drinks, such as slippery-elm water, gum-arabic water, flax-
seed tea, &c.
14. New; Remedy.— Kerosene oil 3 ozs. ; skunk's oil 1 oz. ;
mix, and shake when applied. Put it on quite freely, and heat it in
by the stove, or by means of a hot shovel.
A firm of grocers, Slawson & Geer, of this city, have been
using this mixture during the past winter upon their own
persons, and have recommended to many others amongst
them, one of the Clergymen, and also the President of the
University, and so far as they know, it has proved very suo*
cessfdl, relieving the pain directly.
15. One of our physicians in the city has used a preparation
rery nearly resembling the above, but varying sufficient to
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satisfy myself that any other animal oil will do as well as
that from the highly-flavored one, above mentioned.
He used kerosene oil 2 ozs. ; neats-foot oil 1 oz., oil of origanum
£ oz. ; mixed and shaken as used.
The smell of the kerosene is not very pleasant, but if a
pair of ankles and feet, badly swollen, so much so that you
could not walk on them for months, could be cured in two or
three weeks, as it was in this case, it might be well to put
up with its disagreeable smell. Eub and heat it in thor«
oughly twice daily.
A STHMA — Remedies. — Elecampane, angelica, comfrey, and
spikenard roots, with hoarhound tops, of each 1 oz. ; bruise and
steep in honey 1 pt. Dose — A table-spoon, taken hot every few
minutes, until relief is obtained, then several times $aily until
a cure is effected.
It cured a young lady, near the " Falls of the Ohio/'
whom the doctors said it was wicked to disturb ; " let her
die in peace," was their advice to the parents. An old lady,
instead, let her live in peace. It will be found very excel-
lent in any cough ; even low consumptives will find great
relief from its use.
2. Dr. J. K. Finley, of Pittsburg, cured a lady with
whom I afterwards became acquainted, and from the com-
pleteness of the cure, I was induced to write to the doctor
and obtain the prescription. It is as follows :
Oil of tar 1 dr. ; tincture of veratrum viride 2 drs. ; simple
syrup 2 drs. ; mix. Dose — For adults 15 drops 3 or 4 times
daily.
I have very great confidence in this prescription.
3. A lady at Yellow Springs, O., tells me that she cured herself
of Asthma, by using, for her common drink, a tea made of the
leaves of common chestnut, which had fallen from the tree in
autmn; sweeten well, and continue its use for 2 or 3 months.
She used it for a month at first, and it returned, when
she continued its use for two months ; and ten years have
elapsed without its return. It is certainly safe as well as
simple, and of easy trial.
Lobelia is considered by some a specific in asthma, but
the prejudice against it is so great I forbear speaking fur-
ther of it ; but : „
4. Iodide of potasium lias cured a bad case of, asthma, by
140 DR. chase's recipes.
taking 5 gr. doses, 3 times daily. Take £ oz. and put it into a
vial and add 32 tea-spoons of water — then 1 tea-spoon of it will
contain the 5 grs., which put into igill more oi water, and drmk
before meals.
COMPOSITION POWDER— Thompsons.— "Bayberry bark
2 lbs. ; hemlock bark 1 lb. ; ginger root 1 lb. ; cayenne pepper
2 ozs. ; cloves 2 ozs. ; all finely pulverized and well mixed.
Dose — One-half of a tea-spoon of it, and a spoon of sugar ; put
them into a tea-cup and pour it half full of boiling water ; 1st it
stand a few minutes and fill the cup with milk, and drink freely.
If no milk is to be obtained, fill up the cup with hot water.
"This, in the first stages and less violent attacks of disease,
is a valuable medicine, and may be safely employed in all
cases. It is good in relax, pain in the stomach and bowels,
and to remove all obstructions caused by cold. A few doses,
the patient being in bed with a steaming stone at the feet,
or having soaked the feet fifteen or twenty minutes in hot
water, drinking freely of the tea at the same time, will cure
a bad cold, and often throw off disease in its first stages/'
I use it, taking, or giving, lobelia emetics as mentioned under
the head of " Eclectic Emetics." I use it also, as a :
2. Dyspeptic Tea. — Where- an attack has been brought
on by over-indulgence at an extra rich meal, you will find
immediate and generally perfect relief by having a cup of
this tea made, and drinking about one-half of it fifteen min-
utes before meals, and the balance just as you sit down to
the meal, not taking any other fluid at all ifntil after diges-
tion is over, following up the same plan for a few days or
weeks, as may be necessary. It stimulates the stomach to
action, causing dijestion and absorption, preventing also the
accumulation of gas, which is the cause of eructations of
wind from the stomach, commonly called belching, and gives
tone to the whole system.
A cup of this tea taken when going out into extreme cold,
will be found a better warmer than the whisky or any other
ardent spirit, which so many resort to upon such occasions ;
and, what is best of all, it will be found :
3. A Perfect Cure for Drunkenness. — Let those
who are accustomed to the excessive use of ardent spirits,
and who wan to stop the practice, I say, let such have a
cup of this tea made, as abo?e directed! and drink a part of
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it immediately on rising in the morning, and the balance
just before meal time, keeping entirely away from the
places of temptation, they will find a warm, healthy glow
spreading from the stomach over the whole system, with a
desire for food, instead of " rot-gut/' Follow this up faith*
fully two or three times daily, or whenever the craving begins,
for the accustomed stimulus, for a few days or weeks, if
necessary, and it will be found that the cayenne, which is
the purest stimulant in the whole Materia Medica, with its
assistant, the bayberry, which stimulate without an after
prostration^ have gradually supplied and satisfied the previ-
ous false appetite or cravings of the stomach ; whilst the
combination has toned up the stomach together with the
whole system, and again you find yourself a man.
But remember, oh, remember ! your only safety is in keep-
ing entirely away from places where intoxicating spirits are
kept or sold !
A burned child will not play with fire. I would to God
that a burned man was equally wise. For not one in a thou-
sand can resist the solicitation of enemies, (called friends,)
to take a glass, just one, and that one glass acts like fresh
coals upon extinguished brands, and the fire goes ahead again
with a hundred fold more energy than if thrown upon wood
which had never been charred ; hence, the propriety of the
sentence " plucked as a brand from the everlasting burn-
ings," — for if re-kindled there is but little prospect of another
extinguishment of the raging fire. Dr. Thompson, notwith-
standing all that has been said against him, has done more
good than any other medical man that ever lived ; for he set
the people to studying for themselves.
STIMULANT— In Low Fevers, and After Uterine Hem-
orrhages. — Mistura Spiritus vtni Gallici. — Best brandy,
and cinnamon water, of each 4 fluid ozs. ; the yolks of 2 eggs,
well beaten ; loaf sugar £ oz. ; oil of cinnamon 2 drops ; mix.
Does—From i to 1 (fluid) oz. ; as often as required. This makes
Doth eat and drink. Gf course, any other flavoring oils can be
ased, if preferred, in place of the cinnamon.
This mixture is an imitation of the well-known compound
termed " egg-flip." It is an exceedingly valuable stimulant
and restorative, and is employed in the latter stages of low
fevers, and in extreme exhaustion from uterine hemorrhages*
life'
142 DR. CHASE'S RECIPES.
It may be used in place of the " egg-nog" spoken of in the
treatment of consumption, No. 6.
ALTERATIVES.— Syrup or Blood Purifier.— Honduras
ftarsaparilla 12 ozs. ; guaiacum shavings 6 ozs. ; winter green leaf
4 ozs. ; sassafras-root bark 4 ozs. ; elder flowers 4 ozs. ; yellow
dock 3 ozs. ; burdock-root 4 ozs. ; dandelion-root 6 ozs. ; bitter-
sweet-root 2 ozs. ; all bruised. Place these ingredients in a suit-
able vessel and add alcohol 1 pt., with water sufficient to cover
handsomely, set them in a moderately warm place for 3 or 4
days, pour off 1 pt. of the tincture and set it aside until you add
water to the ingredients and boil to obtain the strength, pour off
and add more water and boil again, then boil the tw T o waters down
to 1 qt. ; strain, and add the liquor first poured off, and add 21
lbs. crushed or coffee sugar, and simmer to form a syrup ; when
' cool, bottle and seal up for use, Dose— One to 2 table-spoon* ,
according to the age and strength of the patient, \ hour bo** -
meals and at bed time.
This, or any other alterative, when given, should be fol-
lowed up fbr weeks or months, according to the disease for
which it is prescribed, as scrofula, and for every disease
depending upon an impure condition of the blood. It ougln
to be used in sore eyes of long standing, old ulcers, sak-
rheum, &c. I would not give this for Jayne's Alterative,
nor Swain's, Townsend's or Ayer's Sarsaparillas, because
I know it is good, and we also know what it is made of.
2. Alterative, Very Strong.— Poke, mandrake, yellow
dock, sassafras, blue flag, roots, and bark of the roots, guaiac
wood raspings, and sweet elder flowers, of each 4 ozs. ; caraway
seed 3 ozs. ; bruise the roots, and put to the whole, alcohol 1 qt.,
and water to cover all handsomely ; let stand 3 or 4 days in a
warm place as the last recipe above, making every way the same
except to pour off 1 qt., instead of 1 pt., as in the first, of spirit ;
then boil the waters to 1 qt., adding 4 lbs. of sugar with the qt.
of spirit tincture. The dose being only 1 table-spoon 4 times
daily as above.
But if that amount should make the bowels too loose, re-
duce the quantity ; and if that amount does not act upon
iihe bowels at all, increase the dose to keep the bowels solv-
ent. This may be used in the most inveterate diseases of
long standing, syphilis not excepted.
8. Alterative Cathartic — Powder.— Rochelle salts 5 ozs. %
©ream of tartar 2 ozs. ; sulphur 1 oz. ; (epsom salts may be usew
but are not quite as good,) place the salts in a dripping-pan and
B&t m the stove oven until all the water of crystalization is dried
out ; then place all in a mortar and rub finely and thoroughly
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togethei. Dose — Mix up a few spoons of the powder with mo
^asses ; then take a tea-spoon every 3 or 4 hours until a fre*
cathartic action is kept up for 24 to 36 hours; then take once ov
twice daily only, to act on the blood, increasing once in 10 day*
to get up the cathartic action, as at first.
This alterative is especially valuable in any disease of
the skin, as itch, pimples, salt-rheum, and any other erup-
tions where an outward application is being made, or is about
to be made, also valuable in sore eyes.
4. Alterative, Tonic, and Cathartic Bitters.— Best rye
whisky, and water, of each, 1 qt. ; best unground Peruvian bark,
Colombo root, and prickly-ash berries, of each, 2 ozs. ; prickly-
ash, black cherry, and poplar barks, of each, 1 oz. ; poke-root,
mandrake-root, and cloves, of each, £ oz. ; all to be the dry arti-
cles, and all to be pulverized before putting into the spirits ;
shake every day for a week, by which time it will be ready lor
use. Dose— -One to 2 table-spoons at morning and evening
meals.
Although this alterative is mentioned last in the list, yeb
it is not least in value. I first made this prescription for my
own use, feeling that I needed something of just such #
nature, and it worked so admirably that I gave it to others.
It has given such entire satisfaction, that I am now at the
tenth edition, giving it a place to do a greater good than if
kept from the world.
If, in any case, it causes any griping sensations, or too
great action upon the bowels, lessen the dose, and if neither
of these actions are felt, increase the dose, or take it three
times daily. I think any of the fruit wines will do in
place of the spirits and water, by adding alcohol one-half
pint.
It will be found very valuable in all cases of weakness
from general debility, and especially so when the liver is
inactive, known by constant costiveness.
After using out the spirits, it may be filled again in the
same way. It will be found very valuable in ague, ana after
all fevers, preventing relapse, and strengthening up the gen-
eral system.
DIURETICS— Prix, Drops, Decoction, &c.~ Solidified
paiba 2 parts; alcoholic extract of cubebs 1 part; formed inttf
pills with a little oil of juniper. Dose— One or 2 pills 3 or 4
times daily. Druggists can obtain them of Tilden & Co f , Nejf
York.
144 DR. CnASE'S RECIPES.
This pill has been found very valuable in afFectices of th*
kidneys, bladder, and urethra, as inflammation from gravel,
gonorrhea, gleet, whites, lucorrhea, common inflammations.
&c. For giving them a sugar coat, see that heading, if de*
sired.
2. Diuretic Drops.— Oil of cubebs i oz. ; sweet spirits of
nitre £ oz. ; balsam of copaiba 1 oz. ; Harlem Oil 1 bottle ; oil
of lavender 20 drops; spirits of turpentine 20 drops; mix.
Dose — Ten to 25 drops, as the stomach will bear, 3 times daily.
It may be used in any of the above diseases with great
satisfaction.
3. Diuretic Decoction. — Queen of the meadow, dwarf-
elder, yellow dock and poke-roots, of each 1 oz. ; dandelion, bur-
dock, American Sarsaparilla, and blue flag roots, of each i oz. ;
grind or pound all up, and thoroughly mix. Dose — Take up a
pinch with the ends of the fingers and thumb of one hand, say £
to i oz., and pour upon it 1 pt. of boiling water, steeping awhile ;
when cool, take a swallow or two sufficiently often to use up the
pt. in the course of the day.
Follow this plan two or three days, or as may be necessary,
resuming the course once in ten or twelve days. It may be
used in all obstructions of the kidneys, where the urine is
high colored or scanty.
4. # Diuretic Tincture. — Green or growing spearmint mashed,
put into a bottle and covered with gin, is an excellent diuretic.
5. Diuretic for Children. — Spirits of nitre — a few drops in
a little spearmint tea — is all sufficient. For very young children
pumpkin seed, or watermelon seed tea is perhaps the best.
DROPSY.— -Syrup and Pills.— Queen of the meadow root
dwarf-elder flowers, berries, or inner bark, juniper berries, horse-
radish root, pod milkweed or silkweed, often called, root of each
4 ozs. ; prickly-ash bark or berries, mandrake-root, Wftemveet
bark of the root, of each 2 ozs. ; white mustard seed 1 oz. • nol-
land gin 1 pt.
Pour boiling water upon all, except the gin, and keep hot
for twelve hours ; then boil and pour off twice, and boi.
down to three quarts and strain, adding three pounds of
sugar, and lastly the gin. Dose— Take all the stomach will
bear, four times daily, say a wine-glass or more. This will
be used in connection with the following :
*F2. Dropsy Pills.— Jalap 50 grs.; gamboge 30 grg.; podo-
phyllin 20 grs. ; elaterium 12 grs. ; aloes 30 grs.; cayenne & grs. ;
castile aoap shaved, dried and pulverized, 20 grs. ; croton oB 99
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 145
drops ; powder all finely, and mix thorough! j ; then form into
pill mass by using a thick mucilage made of equal parts of gum
arabic and tragacanth, and divide into 3 gr. pills. Dose— One
pill every 2 days for the first week, then every 3 or 4 days until
the water is evacuated by the combined aid of the pill with the
above syrup.
In this disease the work must be very thorough, and I
am inclined to think that if our directions are followed, that
whoever find themselves under the operations of the medi-
cine will consider the work to be about as thorough as wa
expect. Some sickness of the stomach may be expected
under the operation of the pill, but never mind it, go ahead
and four or five days will satisfy most persons of the value
of the treatment ; for you may expect to see the greatest
evacuations, front and rear, that you ever have witnessed.
Tf the patient should become weak and exhausted under the
continued treatment, s*iack up a little and throw in beef tea,
wine, &c, with rich nourishing diet, and no danger need be
apprehended. The above pill will be found very valuable
in bilious colic, and other cases hard to operate upon. They
have operated in fifteen minutes, but not usually so quick,
of course ; but it will generally be found best not to ven-
ture over one pill at a dose ; two have been taken, however
but they made a scattering among the waste paper, causing
fourteen evacuations, having to call for the second " cham-
ber" the first fire. Some have called them the " Irish Pili/'
from their resemblance to the Irish girl with her brush and
scrub-broom. They make clean work.
IRRITATING PLASTER. -Extensively Used by Eclec-
tics.— Tar 1 lb. ; burgundy pitch £ oz. ; white pine turpentine A
oz. ; rosin 2 ozs. Boil the tar, rosin and gum together a short
time, remove from the fire, and stir in finely pulverized man-
drake root, blood root, poke root, and Indian turnip, of each 1 oz.
This plaster is used extensively in all cases where counter
irritation or revulsives are indicated ; as in chronic affec-
tions of the liver and lungs, or diseased joints, &c. It is
applied by spreading it on cloth and over the seat of pain,
renewing it every day, wiping off any matter which may be
on it, and also wiping the sore produced by it with a dry
cloth, until relief is obtained, or as long as the patient caa
bear it. ^ Always avoid wetting the sore, as it will cause in-
flamloation, and yon will be obliged to heal it up imme4i»
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146 r>R. chase's recipes.
ately, instead of which the design is to keep a running &or$
as long as may be necessary, using at the same time consti-
tutional remedies as the case may require.
INFLAMMATION,— Of the LiVER.—Inflammation
of the liver, or as it is generally called, " Liver complaint,"
is of two forms, acute and chronic. The acute form is
known by a sense of weight and pain in the right side, un-
der the short ribs, and often in that shoulder, or between
the shoulders, pale or yellow appearance, often great depics-
sion of spirits, not much appetite, costivencss, high colored
urine, &c, and often with fever, and sometimes with pain
similar to that of pleurisy, difficult breathing, dry cough,
and sometimes sickness, with vomiting.
In the chronic, or long standing complaint, in addition to
the above, there is generally flatulence, with pain in the
stomach, foul breath and mouth, coated tongue, indigestion,
eyes yellow, stools clay colored, with great weakness and slow
emaciation, frequently going on to ulceration, giving symp-
toms as mentioned under the head of " Ointment for Ulcer-
ated Liver," &c.
In the acute form you will pursue the same course as
mentioned under the head of " Pleurisy," besides taking
either of the Liver Pills or Liver Drops mentioned below, in
full cathartic doses, until relieved ; but in the chronic form,
the Pills, in connection with the " Ointment," or " Irrita-
ting Plaster," will be found all sufficient, unless Jaundice
has already set in ; then look to the directions under that
disease.
2. Eclectic Ltvek Pill.— -Podophyllin 10 grs. ; leptauclrin
20 grs. ; sanguinarin* 10 grs. ; extract of dandelion 20 grs. ;
formed into 20 pills, by being moistened a little with some es-
sential oil, as cinnamon or peppermint, &c. Dose — In chronic
diseases of the liver, take 1 pill at night, for several days, or 2
may be taken at first to move the bowels ; then 1 daily.
La connection with the pill, wear the u Irritating Plaster /'
over the region of the liver, washing the whole body daily,
by means of towels, and rubbing dry, being careful not to
wet the sore caused by the plaster ; as an active cathartio
•NOTE. —These articles are kept bj Eclectic Physicians, and &re beginning to
be kept by Druggists generally.
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from two to three pills may be taken in all cases where cal
omel or blue pills are considered applicable by " Old School
Physicians/'
8. Liver Pill IMPBOVED.—Leptandrin 40 grs. ; podophyllin
and cayenne, 30 grs. each ; sanguinarin, iridin and ipecac 15 grs.
each; see that all are pulverized and well mixed; then form into
pill-mass by using £ dr. of the soft extract of mandrake and a
few drops of anise oil, then roll out into 3 grain pills.
Dose — Two pills taken at bed time will generally operate
by morning ; but there are those that will require three,
whilst one pill every night on retiring, will be found the
best corrective of the liver of anything now in use, for com-
mon cases -, but in very bad cases where the pill doe? not
arouse the liver to action, take the following :
4. Liver Drops for Obstinate Cases. — Tinctures of man-
drake and blue flag roots, of each 1 oz. ; and of culvers root 2 ozs.
Dose — For adults, 1 tea-spoon every 3 to 5 hours, increasing the
dose gradually until you reach two or three tea-spoons, ii the
mouth does not become sore and the stomach not sickened nor
the bowels moved too freely.
These drops are especially applicable in liver and spleen
enlargements, and cases of very long standing disease of these
organs ; and in such cases it may be well to use externally,
over the liver and spleen, especialy if there is believed to be
ulceration, the following :
5. Ointment for Ulcerated Liver, Ague Cake, &c.— Take
a good handful of smartweed, wormwood, and the bark of sumac
root ; boil all together to get the strength, then strain and boil
down carefully to about i pt, adding lard ± lb., and simmering
together; when nearly cool add a tea-spoon of spirits of turpen
tine.
Apply at night, by rubbing it over the liver or other
organ which may have pain or disease located upon it, heat-
ing it in well by the stove or by a heated iron, putting it on,
'rubbing, and heating it in three or four times each applica-
tion.
I obtained this prescription from the Rev. Mr. Eraser, of
this city, whose nephew was so afflicted with ulceration of
the liver that a council of Doctors said he must die ; the
pain was situated just under the short ribs of the right side,
completely bowing him together, like the one of old who
could «in no wise lift up herself." He had had a sister,
148 DR. chase's recipes.
wlic died some year3 before ; but at this juncture gfffo 0M6
the invalid dreamed of meeting her, and she gave hi© *ki«
pr jscription, which he told his mother in the morning ; and
she would not rest until it was tried, and it entirely cured
frne patient. The Elder tells me he has given it to a great
nany persons, for pains of internal organs, ague cakes, &c,
and that it has given great satisfaction — a perfect cure. The
two first named articles I know to be good for what they are
here recommended, but they are generally used by boiling
and laying the herbs over the affected parts, or by steaming
the parts over the herbs. I s&e no reason why spirits from
the other world should not be permitted to communicate
with the spirits of friends here; but that they are so per-
mitted, to communicate in such a way as to be understood
by us frail mortals, I never did, nor do I now believe, neither
do I believe this to be the Jlrst dream of this character which
bas proved valuable. There are many things of a similar
character in the history of a number of individuals in tha
range of my acquaintance, more singular and more unac-
countable than the above, which would be very interesting
fco relate, but the nature of this work does not admit. If
tms shall benefit any, I shall be satisfied.
PILLS — Nervous Pill. — Alcoholic extract of the Ignatia
Amara, (St. Ignatius .bean) 30 grs. ; powdered gum arabic 10 grs.
Make into 40 pills.
Dose — One pill to be taken an hour after breakfast, and one
an hour before retiring at night. Half a pill is enough for young,
or very old or very delicate persons. The pills may be easily
cut if laid on a damp cloth for a few moments.
These pills will be found applicable in bad Dyspepsia,
nervous headache, sleeplessness, palpitation of the heart, con-
fusion of thought, determination of blood to the head, fail-
ure of memory, and all other forms of general nervous de-
bility, no matter of how long standing. Where a prominent
advantage is discovered in two weeks from the commence-
ment of the medicine, one a day will suffice until all ara
taken.
; The extract is made by pulverizing the seed or bean, and
putting it into alcohol from ten to fourteen davs, then evap-
orating to the consistence for working into pill mass with the
powdered gum.
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This is the prescription of the Rev. John M. Dagnal, the
" Retired Physician," brought out in 1854, and to my at-
tention, and that of the medical class, by Prof. Palmer, in the
University of Michigan, in the winter of '56-7 < He said
when this prescription first came out he was practicing in
Chicago, and many persons sent for the pills, and derived
much benefit from their use, at first, but soon after the}
seemed to lose their efficacy, and he presumed the reason to
be that tbe demand was so great that something else waa
substituted in place of the extract. This being the case,
druggists ought to prepare the extract themselves, so as to
furnish patients with the genuine article for home use. It
is undoubtedly a splendid prescription, if put up with fidelity
2. Pills — To Sugar Coat. — Pills to be sugar-coated
must be very dry, otherwise they will shrink away from the
coating and leave it a shell, easily crushed off. When they
are dry, you will :
Take ctarcli, gum arabic, and white sugar, equal parts, rubbing ^
them very fine in a marble mortar, and if damp, they must be *
dried beibre rubbing together ; then put the powder into a suita-
ble pan, or box, for shaking; now put a few pills into a small
tin box having a cover, and pour on to them just a little simple
syrup, shaking well to moisten the surface only, then throw into
the box of powder and keep in motion until completely coated,
dry, and smooth.
If you are not very careful you will get too much syrup
upon the pills; if you do, put in more and be quick about
it to prevent moistening the pill too much, getting them into
the powder as soon as possible.
3. Anodyne Pills.— Morphine 9 grs. ; extract of stramonium
and hyosciamus, of each 18 grs ; form into pill-mass by using
solution of gum arabic and tragacanth, quite thick. Divide into
40 pills. Dose — In case of severe ^ain or nervousness, 1 pill
taken at bed time will be found to give a quiet night of rest.
The advantage of this pill over those depending entirely
upon opium or morphine for their anodvne Dropertiea, is v
that they may be taken without fear ot constipation.
CROUP — Simple, but Effectual Remedy.— This dis-
ease is attended with inflammation of the windpipe, spasms
of the muscles of the throat, occasioning a peculiar sound,
Lard to be described, but when once heard by a mother,
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• never to be forgotten ; cough, difficult respiration, and fevor.
The phlegm or mucous often filling, or very much obstruct-
ing the throat, and finally forming a false membrane which
cuts off all possibility of breathing.
The first thing to be done is to get hot water ready as soon as
possible, having always on hand a bottle of emetic tincture, com
posed of equal parts of the tinctures of lobelia and blood-root
Dose — According to the age of the child ; if 2 years old, about 1
tea-spoon every 10 to 15 minutes until free vomiting takes place •
if 5 years old 2 tea-spoons, and increasing in proportion to age
to 1 "table-spoon for a child of 10 years, decreasing for very young
children, say of 4 to 8 months, only 8 to 12 drops. Place the
feet as soon as possible into hot water, and keep them there un-
til vomiting takes place, laying cloths wrung out of hot water
upon the breast and throat, changing sufficiently often to keep
them hot. The next morning give sufficient of the " Vegetable
Physic " to move the bowels rather freely. The emetic tincture
should be given in some warm tea.
Repeat the emetic as often as the returning symptoms de-
mand it, which usually occur the following nigh*, repeating
the cathartic every second or third day, and I will guarantee
success if commenced in any kind of reasonable time ; but
usually no repetition will be needed if parents keep the pre-
paration in the house so as to begin with the beginning of
the disease.
2. Dutch Remedy.-— Goose oil, and urine, equal quantities.
Dose — From a tea to a tabie-spoon of the mixture, according to
the age of the child. Repeat the dose every 15 minutes, if the
first does not vomit in that time.
This remedy will be found valuable in mild cases, and
where the first w not at hand ; and I know it to have saved
- -ft a&hild when one of their best Doctors said it must die ; but
*» J bear in mind he had not used our first prescription ; yet an
ifold Dutch woman came in at the eleventh hour, from the
next door neighbors' wash-tub, and raised the child with
what she called " p — s and goose grease." I have used it
with success.
3. Croup Ointment— Take mutton suet and nice lard, of
each £ lb. ; spermaceti tallow £ oz. ; melt them together and add
i pt. of the best vinegar, and simmer until the vinegar is nearly
evaporated, skimming well, and constantly stirring, until it be-
gins to granulate ; then add oils of amber and spruce, and pul
verized sugar of lead, of each 1 oz. ; now remove from the fire
and stir it until cool. Dosa— For a child of 2 jrears old, giy«
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from I to 1 tea-spoon every £ hour, until relief is obtained, or
until vomiting takes place ; at the same time rubbing it upon
the chest, and over the throat and lungs, freely.
Dr. , of Finley, 0., says, from his experience, lie
knows it will cure as often as quinine will break up tha
ague.
HYDROPHOBIA AND SNAKE BITES—To Pre-
vent, and Cure. — A. Hubbard, of Boone Co., 111., in s
letter to the St. Louis Republican, says : " Eighteen years
ago my brother and myself were bitten by a mad-dog. A
sheep was also bitten at the same time. Among the many
cuies offered for the little boys, (we were then ten or twelve
yeara old,) a friend suggested the following which he said
wo aid cure the bite of a rattlesnake :
" Take the root of the common upland 'ash, commonly called
black ash, peel off the bark, boil it to a strong decoction, and
of tnis, drink freely. Whilst my father was preparing the above,
the sheep spokon of began to be afflicted with hydrophobia.
When it had become so fatigued from its distracted state .as to
be no longer able to stand, my father drenched it with a pint of
the ash root ooze, hoping to ascertain whether he could depend
upon it as a cure, for his sons. Four hours after the drench had
been given, to the astonishment of all, the animal got up and
went quietly with the flock to graze. My brother and myself
continued to take the medicine for 8 or 10 days, 1 gill 3 times
daily. No effects of the dread poison were ever discovered on
either of us. It has been used very successfully in snake bites,
to my knowledge."
There is no doubt in the author's mind but what this gen-
fieman has made a mistake in the kind of ash meant, as the
upland ash is white-ash, from which flooring is made, having
a thick, rough outside bark, whilst the black has a smooth
bark P and grows in low, wet land, and is the same from which
the flour barrel hoop is extensively manufactured. It is the
upland, white-ash that is to be used ; it is known, as he says,
to cure rattlesnake bites, and a gentleman of this place has
tried it with success in rheumatism, boiled very strong and
taken in half gill doses. May vomit and purge if taken too
freely. Yet a moderate action, either up or down, will nut
be amiss. I haje cured a case of rheumatism, in a boy
twelve or fourteen years of age, with the above, since it
came to my knowledge.
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2. Saxon Remedy. — Gastell, a Saxon forester, now of
the venerable age of eighty two, unwilling to take to the
grave with him a secret of so much importance, has made
public in the Leipsic Journal the means which he has used
fifty ye?*s, and wherewith he affirms, he has rescued many
human beings and cattle from the fearful death of Hydro-
phobe.
Take immediately after the bite, warm vinegar or tepid water,
^ash the wound clean therewith, and dry it ; then pour upon
Jie wound a few drops of hydrochloric acid, because mineral
acids destroy the poison of the saliva.
3. Grecian Remedy. — Eat the green shoots of asparagus raw :
sleep and perspiration will be induced, and the disease can bt
thus cured in any stage of canine madness.
A writer in the Providence Journal^ says a man in Ath-
ens, Greece, was cured of Hydrophobia by this remedy, even
after the paroxysms had commenced.
4. Quaker Remedy — Fifty Years Successful. —
Jacob Ely, a good old honest Quaker merchant, of Lloyds-
ville, 0., gave me the following plan which his father hatf.
used since 1806 with success, to his knowledge, both on per-
sons and domestic animals; and the New Yprk Tribune has
recently published something of the same character.
The dried root of elecampane, pulverize it and measure out 9
neaping table-spoons, and mix it with 2 or 3 tea-spoons of pul-
verized gum arabic ; then divide into 9 equal portions. When
a person is bitten by a rabid animal, take one of these portions
and steep it in 1 pt. of new milk, until nearly half the quantity
of milk is evaporated ; then strain, and drink it in the morning,
fasting for 4 or 5 hours after. The same dose is to be repeated
3 mornings in succession, then skip 3, and so on until the 9
doses are taken.
The patient must avoid getting wet, or the heat of the
iun, and abstain from high seasoned diet, or hard exercise,
tnd, if costive, take a dose of salts. The above quantity it
for an adult — children will take less according to age. The
Tribune's publication is as follows :
5. Tribune's Cure for Hydrophobia. — The following
i^s sent to the N. Y. Tribune, by J. W. Woolston, of
Philadelphia :
" Reciff..— First dose, 1 oz. of elecampane root, boiled in X
pt. of milk until reduced to £ pt. Second dose, (to be taken two
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<\&y$ after the first,) H ozs. of elecampane root, boiled in 1 pt
ru milk, same as the first. Third dose, same as the second, (to
fee taken two days after,)— in all, three doses."
If there is any virtue in the elecampane, at all, the pref-
erence, of course, is to be given to the Quaker's plan, which
gives nine instead of three doses. But it &ubs tan dates Mr
Ely's plan, as it comes from the place of his fathers forme*
residence. Consequently it would seem to strengthen coiai
dence in the first.
6. Snake Bites. — In case of being bitten by any of the pof
sonous snakes, the best plan is to wash off the place immediately.
then if the position of the wound is such that you can get tht
mouth to the spot, suck out all the poison in that way, or if any
other person is present, whose mouth is not sore,' no danger
need be apprehended.
For all the poison may be upon the outside, and washed
off, yet most likely penetrates more or less into the wound,
if a snake bite, as the arrangement of their teeth is such
that the poison comes out near the point and when in the
wound, thus you see the propriety of sucking it out. Or :
7. Spirits of ammonia, a small vial of it, can be carried in the '
pocket, and if bitten, sharpen a little piece of wood to a small
point, dipping this stick into the ammonia, and then penetrating
the wound with it. A piece of lunar caustic can be carried ii
the pocket, and sharpened, if needed, and used the same as the
stick and ammonia — and one of the celebrated English farriers
has reported that this caustic, used freely on the bite of the mad
dog, destroys the poison ; but to insure even a reasonable hope
of success, it must be used immediately. This holds good in any
of the sucking or caustic applications.
All persons working on or near marshes, or wherever the
xnassasauger is known to inhabit, should always have one of
these caustics with them.
8. But when a person is bitten in the absence of all these
caustics, and not being able to reach the spot to suck out
the poison, he must drink whisky enough to get as drunk
as a fool, or his whole dependence must be upon the ash,
asparagus, or elecampane.
The National Intelligencer, a year or two since, published
a recipe for the cure of the rattlesnake bite, which it
claimed was infallible, it having been tried in a number of
cases, and always with success. It was nothing more nor
lass than the use of whisky as above reeommended t and it
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is but justice to gay that a daughter of Wru. Reed, of the
town of Pittsfield, in this county, who was bitten on the arm
some three years ago, was cured by drinking whisky until
drunkenness and stupor were produced, and she has nevei
felt any inconvenience from, the bite since, which goes to
show that the bite of the DeviVs tea is worse than the bite
of a rattlesnake.
9. I know an old physician who was called to a boy bitten
by a rattlesnake, and in the absence of all other remedies,
he cured him upon the principle that, " The hair of the
*log will cure his bite," taking a piece of the snake about
two inches long, splitting it on the back, and binding it
upon the bite. It cleansed the wound very white, and no
bad effects were seen from it.
10. Saleratus, moistened and bound upon the bite ; iliev
dissolve more, and keep the parts wet with it for a few hours
has cured many massasauger-bites, as also bee-stings.
11. Snake Bitten Cattle. — Remedy. — Cattle or hor
bos e.re usually bitten in the feet. When this is the case, ah
•that is necessary to do is to drive them into a mud-hole and
keep them there for a few hours ; if upon the nose, bind the
mud upon the place in such a manner as not to interfere
with their breathing. And I am perfectly satisfied that
soft clay mud would be an excellent application to snakii
bites on persons, for I know it to draw out the poisoning
from ivy, and have been assured that it has done the same
for snake bites, of persons as well as for cattle.
EYE PREPARATIONS~Eye Water.— Table salt and white
vitriol, of each, 1 table-spoon; heat them upon copper or earth
en until dry ; the heating drives off the acrid or biting water-
called the water of crystalization, making them much milder in,
their action ; now add them to soft water ^-pt. ; putting in white
sugar 1 table-spoon ; blue vitriol a piece the size of a commen
pea. If it should prove too strong in any case, add a little more
soft water to a vial of it. Apply it to the eyes 3 or 4 times daily
If the eyes are very sore, or if the soreness has been of
long standing, take the " Alterative Syrup," or the " Ca-
thartic Alterative," continuing them for several weeks accord
ing to the necessities of the case. I find it an excellent
plan, in using any preparation for sore or weak eyes, to
apply it again about twenty minutes from the first applies
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feoii. More than double speed is made by this repetition*
For inflammation of any part of the body, apply this bj
wetting cloths. Even for sores about the ears and groins ef
babes, reduce it, and three or four applications will cure
tnem. I have also found it valuable for horses, as a wash,
wncn they get the eye injured by straws, or otherwise, which
Causes the eye to water, or matterate, using it freely.
The use of this eye water enabled me to lay by the spec-
tacles after four years' wearing, and I have since studied
luedicine and graduated as a physician, without resorting
a^ain to their use, by the occasional application of the eye
water. But I need not have resorted to the use of the ey6
water again, had I not done in study, as I do in all things
*ise, that is, when I have anything to do, I do it with all
my might. I read steadily, day by day, sixteen hours —
oiore than five other students, read altogether, who roomed
nt the same house. Yet this counted in the end ; for when
die class began to inquire and look around, near the end of
the term, for one to deliver the Valedictory, on tbeir behalf,
which is the custom in the Eclectic Medical Institute, I re-
vived that, the first honor of the class. I do not mention
this to boast, by no means, but to show the necessity, as weli
as the advantages, of hard study, especially to those who
begin their studies late in life, and are obliged to pay their
way with their own hands, and support a family also. This
was my case exactly. In the commencement of my medi-
cal studies, I worked all day, reading half of the night,
copying off the latin terms, with their significations, on a slip
of paper, which I carried in my pocket during the next day ,
looking at two or three of the terms at a time, through tho
day, until all were committed. And thus I accomplished,
no more than what any other man may do, if he goes at it
with a will, and does as I did ; and that some one may be
itimulated to this course is the only object of this recital.
See " Advice to Young Men."
2. D . Jlaymond, of Grass Lake, Mich., who obtained
the abo\ >. prescription of me, adds to each ounce of water
used, one. grain of morphine, and he tells me he has great
success with it; the addition of the morphine making it
nearly resemble the celebrated prescription used by the Eng-
lish surgeons in India, which is as follows :
Vtfb DR. CHASE S RECIPES.
3. India Prescription for Sore Eyes.— Sulphate of zinc
2 grs.; tincture of opium, (laudanum) 1 dr.; rose water 2 ozs.;
mix. Put a drop or two in the eye 2 or 3 times daily.
4. An Eye Doctor, of Xenia, O., makes a great use of the
ollowing :
Sulnhate of zinc, acetate of lead, and rock salt, of each %
©z., ioa* sugar 1 oz.; soft water 12 ozs.; miz without heat, and
use as other eye waters.
5. Dr. Cook, of Ashtabula, Ohio, *makes and sells large
quantities, under the head of "Cook's Eye Water." It is as.
follows :
Sulphate of zinc 1 oz.; sugar of lead J£ oz.; precipitated
carbonate of iron % oz.; salt, and sugar, of each 1 table spoon -;
the whites of 2 eggs; soft water 32 ozs.; mix the whites of
the eggs, zinc, salt, lead, sugar, and iron well together, then
add the water.
6. For Excessiye Inflammation of the Eyes.— Poultice
by boiling a handful of hops in water, putting in from y z iol
dr. of opium, while boiling ; when still warm, lay the hops
over the eyes and keep them wet with the water *'n which
they were boiled.
A lady who had been blistered and starved, / herding to
the old plan, in this disease, was scon cured by 'nis poultic
mg and washing the eyes often with the hop- water contain
ing the opium, with generous diet, &c, contrary to the ex-
pectations of friends, and the predictions of enemies, to the
plan.
^ 7. If sore eyes shed much water, put a little cf the oxide of
zinc into a vial of water, and use it rather freeh r — ii will soon
cure that difficulty.
8. Copperas and water has cured sore eyes of Jong stand
ing and used quite strong, it makes an excellent application
in erysipelas.
9. Garden Rhubarb. — The juice of the root applied to
the eye, has cured bad cases.
10. Boil an egg, remove the yolk, and have ready equal
parts of sulphate of zinc and loaf sugar, pu] /erized ; fill the
place occupied by the yolk, and squeeze out the oil through
<i linen cloth, while hot, and apply as needed. If too strong,
add a little rain water.
I sold a book to a Mrs. Johnson, in Wayne county, Mich
who had used this preparation very successfully for several
years, and had I not have a-jj^dy had ic in my book, 1
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oould not have purchased it of her for less than five dollars
and she regretted very much that I was taking from her a
source of profit by selling the books in her neighborhood
containing the recipe.
11. Sailor's Eye Pkeparation.— Burn alum, and mix it
with the white of eggs and put between two cloths and lay it
upon the eyes ; taking salts and cream of tartar, equal parts, to
cleanse the blood.
This was given to me, and very highly recommended, by
an old Scotch sailor, with whom I have had much enjoy
ment, talking over the sufferings of the sea, he having used
it many times in places where nothing else could be ob-
tained.
12. Father Pinkney's Preparation for Very Bad Sorb
Eyes — Castile soap, scraped fine, and half the quantity of very
finely pulverized chalk ; wet them up to a paste with strong
juice of tobacco ; when desired to apply to the eye, drop two
or three drops of brandy into the box of paste ; then take oi?
a bit of it where the brandy was dropped, equal in size to tli|
fourth of a ^rain of wheat, to the diseased eye ; wet it on a bit
of glass, and put it into the eye with a camel's hair pencil.
Apply it twice daily at first, and from that to only once
in two days, for from one to two weeks, will, and has cured
wretched bad cases, so says old Father Pinkney, of Wayne
Co., Mich., who has used it over fifty years, he being over
ninety years of age. His only object in giving it an inser-
tion here is to do good to his fellow creatures ) and also for
animals, it being equally applicable to horses or cattle.
13. Indian Eye Water.— Soft water 1 pt. ; gum arabic 1 oz;
white vitriol 1 oz. ; fine salt £ tea-spoon ; put all into a bottle
and shake until dissolved. Put into the eye just as you retire to
bud.
I paid Mrs. Pinny, south of Ypsilanti, Midi., fifty cents
for this prescription. She would not, however, let her own
family know its composition. Her husband had removed
films from horses' eyes with it, and cured Mr. Chidister, a
merchant of Ypsilanti, by only two applications, as the say-
ing is, after he had " Tried everything else." It came from
an old Indian, but my knowledge of the articles would lead
me to say for common, at least, it would require to be re-
duced one-half.
14. Tobacco Eye Water.— Fine cut tobacco the size of a
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common hickory nut ; sugar ot lead equal in bulk ; rain water
2 ozs. ; opium the size of a pea. Reduce it with more water if
necessary.
15. Verdigris and Honey, have cured inflamed eyes, by
using just sufficient verdigris to color the water a grass color,
then making it one- third honey. It is also said to prevent scar*
by using upon burns.
16. Raw Potato Poultice, for inflamed eyes, is one of the
very best applications in recent cases, scraping fine and apply-
ing frequently.
17. Slippery-Elm Poultices, are also an excellent applica-
tion, used as above.
18. Films— To Remove prom the Eye.— Wintergreen leaf,
bruised, and stewed in a suitable quantity of hens' oil to make
the oil strong of the wintergreen — strain and apply twice daily.
The above cured a boy of this city, and T am satisfied that
the hens' oil has cured recent cases, without the winter-
green, but with it, it has cured beasts also. For cases of a
year or two's standing, however, it is best to use the follow-
ing:
19. Lime water 1 pt. ; finely pulverized verdigris £ oz. ; set on
smbers for 1 hour; then strain and bottle tight. Touch the
ilm over the pupil, or on the speck, 2 or 3 times daily, by
putting the point of a small camel's hair pencil into the prepa-
ration, then to the eye, holding away the lids for a short time by
placing the thumb and finger upon them for that purpose.
It will be found necessary to persevere for two or three
months with this application, and also to use one of the " Al-
teratives," to cleanse the blood. This course, pursued for
three months, gave sight to a young lady who had not seen
light for two years, which Doctors could not do, nor were
willing for others to do. *
20. Eye Salve.— Take white precipitate 1 tea-spocn and rub it
into a salve with 3 tea-spoons of fresh lard, and applied upon the
outside of the lid of the worst chronic, (long continued), sore
eyes, has cured them when they were so bad that even the eye-
lashes, (cilia), had fallen out, from the disease.
A Physician was cured with this eye salve when he could
not cure himself. If red precipitate will cure the itch, why
should not the white cure disease of the eye.
21. Sore Eyes— To Remove the Granulations. — Crystal
ized nitrate of silver 2 grs. ; morphia 1 gr. ; blue vitriol 1 gr. ;
salammoniac 1 gr. ; pylverize each one separately, and mix. Ap-
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ply >nce daily, by putting a small bit of the mixture upon a piece
of plass, moistening it with a little water, and putting into the
eye by means of a small camel's hair pencil.
22. Another Method — Is to take a stick of tag-alder about 2
feet long, boring a hole nearly through the middle of the stick,
crosswise, filling it with salt, and plugging it up ; then put on«
end into the fn'e and char it nearly to the salt, then the other
end the same way; and finally pulverizing and applying the
Bait, the same as the above, once daily only.
In either case after the granulations (little lumps) are re-
moved from the eye, or eyes, finish the cure by using any of
the foregoing eye waters which you may choose ; all the
time using some of the alteratives for cleansing the blood.
FEVER SORES— PLASTER, SALVES, &c\— Black Salve.
—Sweet oil, linseed oil, and red lead pulverized, of each
1 oz. (or in these proportions). Put all into an iron dish over a
moderate fire, stirring constantly, until you can draw your finger
over a drop of it on a board when a little cool, without sticking.
Spread on cloth and apply as other salves.
My brother, J. M. Chase, of Caneadea, N. Y. says he has
used this salve about fifteen years, and knows it to be one of
the best in the world for all kinds of old sores, as ulcers,
fever sores, and all inflamed parts, cleaning and taking out
redness or inflammation, causing a white healthy appearance
in a short time, and a certain preventive of mortification &c,
&c, as well as to prevent soreness in more recent cuts and
bruises, also ; and from my own knowledge of a salve which
is very similar, I have introduced it into this work, feeling
assured that whoever may have occasion to try it, will not
regret the space it occupies, especially after reading the fol-
lowing : A gentleman said to me during the past summer,
" I will give you one of the most valuable salves in the world,
for I cured a man's hand, with it, which was so swollen that
k looked more like a ham than a hand ; and two Doctors
said it must be cut off, also ulcerated." When he told me
how it was made, I opened my book to the above salve,
which was precisely the same as the one he used.
2. Red Salve. — Some prefer to prepare the salve as fol-
lows:
R*d lead 1 lb. ; bees- wax and rosin, or each 2 ozs. ; linseed
and sweet oils, of each 8 table-spoons ; spirits of turpentir- j 1
teaspoon ; melt all, except the first and last, together, thenstiir
m the lead and stir until cool, adding the turpentine.
IbO DR. CHASE'S RECIPES.
Used upon fever, and all other sores of an inflammatory
character ; at the same time taking the following pill to
purify the blood :
3. Mandkake root, dried and pulverized, | oz. ; blood root, ip
the same way, i oz. ; form into pills with extract of dandelion.
Dose— Three pills may be taken at bed time, for 2 or 3 days,
then add another pill, and at the end of a week take any cathar
tic you choose ; then take iodide of potash 10 grs., and put it
into a vial with 1 oz. of water, and take 20 to 30 drops of it in a
little more water, instead of the mandrake pill, for 3 or 4 days;
tLen that pill again, as at first.
By the time you have gone around three or four timed,
the blood will be pretty thoroughly cleansed — do not bo
afraid of the mandrake pill, as it will not act as a cathartic,
but simply work upon the blood — if it does, reduce the
number: You will be pleased with this method of purifi
cation
4. Indian Cure. — G. A. Patterson, of Ashtabula, 0.,
was cured by an Indian physician, in Cleveland, of one of
the worst fever sores almost ever known. • The muscles of
his leg were so contracted that no iwe could be made of hi»
leg in getting about. Four months, and the following treat
ment, did the work :
A syrup of Wahoo (Euonymus Atropurpureus) — and here let
me say that the Wahoo is the great Indian remedy for purifying
the blood — was made by boiling very strong, then molasses ana
rum added to make it palatable and keep it from souring ; this
was used sufficient to keep the bowels solvent, sometimes chew*
ing the bark of the root from which the syrup is made, prefer-
ring it a part of the time to the syrup. The sore was dressed
with the following salve : Rosin 1 lb. ; mutton tallow 1 lb. ; bees-
wax 1 lb. ; linseed oil 1 pt. ; ambrosial (highly flavored) soap 1|
ozs. ; to make it, mix in an iron kettle and simmer 2 hours, stir-
ring all the time. Spread on cloth, and apply as needed. The
contracted muscles were anointed with skunk's oil only.
Mr. Patterson also extols it very highly for all common
purposes. And as I have a few other recipes for fever eores
which have been so highly recommended by those who have
used them, I cannot omit their insertion, and I would espe-
cially recommend the next one following, called :
5. Kitridoe's Salve. — Bitter-sweet and sweet elder roots, of
each 11 lbs. ; hop vines and leaves, and garden plantain, top and
root, of each £ lb. ; tobacco 1 three-cent plug. Boil all in rain
water to get out the strength; then put the herbs in a thick cloth
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And press out the juice, and boil down carefully to $ pt. ; then
add unsalted butter 1 lb. ; bees- wax and rosin, of each 1 oz., and
simmer over a slow fire until the water is all out.
I obtained the above from S. B. Newton, a farmer Doctor
near Mooreville, Mich., who had cured fever sores, with it,
of thirty-five years' standing ; used it also on swellings in
every case, once upon a boy who had an eye kicked out and
swelled very bad ; he keeps it in his stable all the time for
wounds of horses aud cattle, in castration, &c, &c. I kno\*
it must be a very valuable salve.
6. Fever Sore Poultice.— Sassafras, bark of the root, drie i
and pulverized very fine ; make a bread and milk poultice quite
thin, and stir in of the above powder to make it of proper con
feistence, applying 3 times in the 24 hours for 3 weeks ; then heal
with a salve made by thickening honey to a salve with whea,
Hour.
If there are loose bones it will be quite sore wh e they
are working out, but persevere. A case was cured Ly it of
twelve years' standing ; the same man cured eight other
cases, never having a failure, and it has proved successful
on an abscess of the loins also.
7. Yeast Poultice.— Fresh yeast, the thick part, thickened
with flour and applied to fever sores has proved very valuable,
continuing it for several weeks, touching any points, which does
not heal readily, with finely pulverized verdigris rubbed up with
a little *ard ; then putting the poultice directly over the whole
again.
This heals, leaving the parts white and natural, instead of
dark, as I have seen many cases which had been cured.
8. Salve for Fever Sores, Abscesses, Broken Breasts,
&c— Thoroughly steep tobacco \ oz., in soft water 1 pt., strain-
ing out from the tobacco and boiling down to 1 gill ; then have
melted, lard, rosin, and bees- wax, of each £ oz. simmering to a
shick salve, then Stirling in 1 gill of old rum, and, if necessary,
continuing the simmering a little longer. To be used as other
salves.
9. Ointment.— Sweet clover (grown in gardens) stewed in
iard ; then add bees-wax and white pine turpentine, equal parts,
to form an ointment, is highly recommended.
10. Salve for Fever Sores, Cuts, &c.~ Spirits of turpentine
and honey, of each £ pt., simmered over a slow fire until they
unite by stirring ; then set aside to cool until you ca!2 put in the
yolk of an egg without its being cooked by the heat ; stir it in
and return it to the fire, adding camphor gum £ oz., simmer and
Etir until well mixed.
6 — COPY RIGHT SECURED
162 DR. chase's recipes.
By putting in the egg when cool, it combines with t&e
other, but if put in while the salve is hot it cooks, but docs
not combine. This is very highly recommended, as abova
indicated.
11. William Howell, a farmer living about six milet
from Jackson, Mich., says he had a fever sore on his ship
for twenty years, sometimes lay id g him up for months, an^,
at one time preparations were made to cut oiF the limb, bu'
an old man, in New Jersey, told him to:
Scrape a fresh turnip and apply it every 4 hours, night arn
day, until healed, which cured him.
And he feels assured, from using it in other cases, that
all will be pleased with it who have any occasion for its use
Apply it oftener if it becomes too offensive.
SALVES. — Gkeen Mountain Salve. — Rosin 5 lbs.; Bur-
gundy pitch, bees-wax, and mutton tallow, of each £ lb. ; oil of
hemlock, balsam of fir, oil of origanum, oil of red cedar, and
Venice turpentine, of each 1 oa. ; oil of wormwood i oz. ; ver-
digris, very finely pulverized, 1 oa. ; melt the first articles to-
gether and add the oils, having rubbed the verdigris up with a
little of the oils, and put it in with the other articles, stirring
well ; then pour into cold water and work as wax until cooi
enough to roll.
This salve has no equal for rheumatic pains, or weakness
in the side, back, shoulders, or any place where pain nia,y lo-
cate itself. Where the skin is broken, as in ulcers, and bruises,
I use it without the verdigris, making a white salve, even
superior to "Peleg White's old salve." 1c is valuable in
Dyspepsia, to put a plaster of the green salve over the stom-
achy and wear it as long as it will stay on, npjn the baox
also, or any place where pain or weakness may locate, in
cuts, bruises, abrasions, &c, spread the white salve uron
cloth and apply it as a sticking plaster until well ; for rheu-
matism or weakness, spread the green salve upon soft leather
aad apply, letting it remain on as long as it will stay. For
corns, spread the green salve upon cloth and put upon the
corn, letting it remain until cured. It has cured them.
A gentleman near Lancaster, 0., obtained one of my
books having this recipe in it, and one year afterwards he
told me he had sold over four-thousand rolls of the salve,
curing an old lady of rheumatism in six weeks, who had
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been confined to her bed for seven weeks, covering all the
the large joints with the salve, without other treatment.
For rolling out salves, see the cut below.
2. Conklin's Celebrated Salve. — Rosin 4 lbs. ; bees-wax,
burgundy pitch, white pine turpentine, and mutton tallow, each
t lb. ; camphor gum and balsam ot fir, of each £ oz. ; sweet oil
I oz. ; and alcohol £ pt. Melt, mix, roll out, and use as other
salves. Wonders have been done with it.
3. Balm op Gilead Salve. — Mutton tallow £ lb. ; balm of
gilead buds 2 ozs. ; white pine gum 1 oz. ; reel precipitate £ oz. ;
hard soap £ oz. ; white sugar 1 table-spoon. Stew the buds in
the tallow until the strength is obtained, and press out or strain,
ficrape the soap and add it with the other articles to the tallow,
using sufficient unsalted butter or sweet oil to bring it to a proper
consistence to spread easily upon cloth. "When nearly cool, stir
ai the red precipitate, mixing thoroughly.
This may be more appropriately called an ointment. It
tt> used for cuts, scalds, bruises, &«., and for burns by spread-
ing very thin — if sores get proud flesh in them, sprinkle a
little burned alum on the salve before applying it. It has
been in use in this county about forty years, with the great-
est success.
4. Adhesive Plaster, or Salve, for Deep Wounds, Cuts,
&c, in Place of Stitches.— White rosin 7 ozs. ; bees- wax and
mutton tallow, of each £ oz. ; melt all together, then pour into
cold water and work as wax until thoroughly mixed, then roll
out into suitable sticks for use.
It may be spread upon firm eloth and cut into narrow
strips. In case of deep wounds, or cuts, it will be found to
firmly hold them together, by first pressing one end of a
strip upon one side of the wound until it adheres, then draw
the edges of the wound closely together, and press down
the other end of the strip until it adheres also. The strips
should reach three or four inches upon each side of the cut,
tad run in different directions across «ach other, to draw
every part of the wound firmly in contact It will crack
easily after being spread until applied to the warm flesh, ye
\f made any softer it cannot be be depended upon for an,
length of time, but as it is, it has been worn as a strength-
ening plaster, and remained on over a year.
5. Peleg White's Old Salve. — This, formerly cele-
brated, salve was composed of only three very simple articles.
16*5
DR. CHASES RECIPES
Our (l Green Mountain Salve" is far ahead of it, yet for tht
satisfaction of its old friends I give you its composition :
Rosin 3 lbs. ; mutton tallow ana oeeswax, ot each £ lb. ; melt
ed together and poured into cold water, then pulled, and workec
as ihoe-makers wax.
It was recommended for old sores, cuts, bruises, *heu
7 atic-plasters, &c, &c.
APPARATUS FOR MAKING SALVES AND LOZENGES
The above cut represents a board prepared with slri^
ttpon it of the derired thickness for the diameter of the rolls
of salve, also a piece of board with a handle, with which to
roll the salve when properly cooled for that purpose, 'ihe
salve is laid between the strips, which are generally one in^h
thick, then, with the handle piece, roll it until that board
comes down upon the strips which makes the rolls all of one
size, use a little tallow to prevent sticking to the boards or
hands ; then cut off the desired length and put a label upon
them, to prevent them sticking to each other.
A roller, and tin-cutter, is also represented in the same
cut, with which, and another board, having thin strips upon
it to correspond with the thickness of lozenges required,
you can roll the mass down until the roller touches the
strips ) and thus you can get them as well as the salve, of
uniform thickness; then cut out with the cutter, laying
them upon paper until dry.
VERMIFUGES.— Santonin Lozenges.— Santonin 60 grs.;
pulverized sugar 5 ozs. ; mucilage of gum tragacanth sufficient
to make into a thick paste, worked carefully together, that the
santonin shall l>e evenly mixed throughout the whole mass*
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then, if not in too great a hurry, cover up the mortar L which
you have rubbed them, and let stand from 12 to 24 hours to tem-
per ; a& which time they will roll out better than if done imme-
diately ; divide into 120 lozenges. See apparatus, above, for
rolling, and cutting out. Dosb — For a child 1 year old, 1
lozenge, night and morning ; of 2 years, 2 lozenges ; of 4 years,
8 ; of 8 years, 4 ; of 10 years or more 5 to 7 lozenges ; m all
cases, to be taken twice daily, and continuing until the worm*
start on a voyage of discovery.
A gentleman came into the drug store one morning, with
the remark, " Do you know what your lozenges have been
doing V As though they had killed some one, the answer
was, no, is there anything wrong ; he held up both hands
together, scoop shovel style, saying, " They fetched away
the worms by the double handful." It is needless to at-
tempt to give the symptoms by which the presence of worms
might be distinguished ; for the symptoms of nearly every
other disease is, sometimes, manifested by their presence.
But if the belly be quite hard arid unusually large, with a
peculiar and disagreeable breath, in the morning, foul or
furred tongue, upper lip swollen, itching of the nose and
anus, milky white urine, bowels sometimes obstinately cos-
tive, then as obstinately loose, with a craving appetite, then
loatning food at times; rest assured that worm medicine
will not be amiss, whether the person be child, or adult. It
would be well to take a mild cathartic after four to six days
use of the lozenges, unless the worms have passed off suffi-
ciently free before that time, to show their general destruc-
tion. Very high praise has also been given to the follow-
ing :
2. Vermifuge Oil — Prof. Freeman's. — In the May
number of the Eclectic Medical Journal of Cincinnati, 0.,
I find so valuable a vermifuge from Prof. Z. Freeman, that
I must be excused for its insertion, as the articles can always
be obtained, whilst in some places you might not be able to
get the santonin called for in the lozenges. His remarks
following the recipe will make all needed explanations, aid
give confidence in the treatment.
The explanations in brackets are my own, according, to
the custom through the whole work.
w Tqke oil of chenopodii, \ oz. (oil of worm-seed,) ; oil of ter-
eUinth, 2 drs. (oil of turpentine,); oil of ricini, \\ ozs. (castor
L66 DE. chase's recipes.
oil,); fluid extract of spigelia, £ oz. (pink) hydrastin 10 grs. ;
syrup of menth. pip. | oz. (syrup of peppermint.) Dose — To a
child 10 years of age, a tea-spoon 3 times a day, 1 hour before
each meal ; if it purges too freely, give it less often.
u This is an excellent vermifuge, tonic, and cathartic, and
has never failed (as well as I can judge,) to eradicate worms,
if any were present, when administered for that purpose,
I have given no other vermifuge for the last five years, and
often one tea-spoon has brought away from three to twenty
of the lumbrica. Only a few days ago I prescribed one
fluid drachm of it, (about one tea-spoon,) and caused the ex-
pulsion of sixty lumbricoids, and one fluid drachm, taken a
few days afterwards, by the same child, brought away forty
more, some of them six inches in length. Where no worms
are present, it answers the purpose of a tonic, correcting the
condition of the mucus membrane of the stomach and bow-
els, improving the appetite and digestion, and operating as a
mild cathartic."
3. Worm Tea. — Carolina pink-root, senna leaf, manna, and
American worm-seed, of each -A oz. ; bruise and pour on boiling
water 1 pt,,and steep without boiling. Sweeten well, add half-
as much milk. Dose — A child of five years, may take 1 gill 3
times daily, before meals, or sufficient to move the bowels rather
freely.
If this does not carry off any worms, wait one day and
icpeat the operation ; but if the bowels do not move by the
first day's work, increase the dose and continue to give it
until that end is attained before stopping the medicine.
This plan will be found an improvement upon the old, where
the lozenges or oil cannot be obtained, as above.
4. Worm Cake— -English Remedy. — Wheat flour and jalap,
of each \ lb. ; calomel, grain -tin, and ginger, of each 1 oz. Mix
thoroughly and wet up as dough, to a proper consistence to roll
sut ; then roll out as lozenge cakes, to three-sixteenths of an
inch in thickness ; then cut out § inch square and dry them.
Dose — For a child from 1 to 2 years, | of a cake; 4 to 5 years, 1
t-vike ; from 5 to 7 years, 1£ cakes ; from 7 to 10, H ; from 10 to
12, If; from 12 to 14, 2 ; from 14 to 17, 2±; from 17 to 20 years,
and all above that age, 2| cakes, but all men above that age 3
cakes.
** Children may eat them, or they can be shaved off very
fine and mixed in a little treacle, honey, or preserves. If
after taking the first dose, they do not work as you desdx'e,
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increase the dose a little. The patient to take tho medicine
twice a week — Sundays and Wednesdays. To be taken id
the morning, fasting, and to be worked off with a little warm
tea, water gruel, or warm broth. N. B. — Milk must not be
used in working them off, and be careful of catching cold. -
Snodin, Printer, Oakham, Eng"
I obtained the above of an English family who praised it
very highly as a cathartic for common purposes, as well aa
for worms. And all who are willing to take calomel, I have
no doubt will be pleased with its operations.
TAPE-WORM. — Simple, but Effectual Remedy.
— This, very annoying and distressing, worm has been re-
moved by taking two ounce doses of common pumpkin-seeds,
pulverized, and repeated every four or five hours, for four or
five days; spirits of turpentine, also in doses of one-half
to two ounces, with castor oil, have proved very effectual ;
the root of the male fern, valerian, bark ot the pomegranate
root, &c, have been used with success. But my chief
object in speaking upon this subject, is to give the successes
of Drs. Beach, of New York, and Bowler, of Beardstown,
111., from their singularity and perfect eradication of the
worm, in both cases : The first is from "Beach's American
Practice, and Family Physician/' a large work, of three
Volumes, costing Twenty Dollars, consequently not generally
circulated ; whilst the latter is taken- from the " Eclectic
Medical and College Journal/' of Cincinnati, and therefore
only taken by physicians of that school. The last was first
published by the " New Orleans Medical and Surgical Jour-
nal." First then, Dr. Beach says :
" The symptoms of a tape-worm, as related to me by
Miss Dumouline, who had suffered with it for twenty-6ve
years, are in substance as follows : It commenced at the age
of ten, and afflicted her to the age of thirty-five. The
worm often made her distressingly sick at the stomach ; she
would sometimes vomit blood and be taken suddenly ill, and
occasionally while walking. It caused symptoms of many
other diseases, great wasting of the flesh, &c. Her appetite
was very capricious, being at times good, and then poor for
months, during which time her symptoms were much aggra-
vated ; sickness, vomiting, great pain in the chest, stomach
H8 DR. CHASES RECIPES.
and side, motion in the stomach, and also in the bowels, with
pain, a sense of fullness or swelling, and beating or throb-
bing in the same, dizziness, heaviness of the eyes ; — and
she was altogether so miserable that she feared it would des-
troy her. When she laced or wore anything tight, it pro-
duced great distress. The worm appeared to rise up in hsr
throat and sicken her. Her general health was very bad.
At intervals, generally some time after taking medicine
pieces of the worm would pass from the bowels, — often as
many as forty during the day, all alive, and would swim in
water.
u Treatment. — Miss I)urao>;Iine stated that she had employed
twenty physicians, at different periods, and taken a hundred dif-
ferent kinds of medicine without expelling the worm. She had
taken spirits of turpentine, but could not retain it upon the
stomach. Under these circumstances I commenced my treat-
ment. Cowage shipped from the pod, a small tea-spoon three
times a day, to be taken, fasting, in a little arrow-root jelly ;
then occasionally a purgative of mandrake, hi connection with
this, I directed her to cat freely of garlic, and common fine salt,
I gave these under the belief that each article possessed vermi-
fuge properties, without ever having administered them for the
tape-worm. After having taken them for some time, all her
unfavorable symptoms ceased, and subsequently the remaining
portion of the worm passed lifeless from her — an unprecedented
circumstance.
" She immediately recovered, and has since retained her
health, and there is no evidence that there is any remaining
The patient stilted that the worm which passed from her du-
ring the time she was afflicted with it, would fill a peck
measure, and reach one mile in length. Her relief and grati-
tude may be better imagined than described. I have a por-
tion of this worm in my possession. When once the tape-
worm begins to pass the bowels, care must be- taken not U>
break it off, for it will then grow again — it has this peculiai
property."
2. Secondly, Dr. Dowler says : " The subject of this
notice is a daughter of Mr. E. Fish, of Beardstown, 111.,
about six years old. The only point of special interest in
the case consists in the efficiency of the remedy — to me
wholly new, and accidentally brought to my notice — which
was used in its treatment.
" I was treating a brother of this patient ; a part of my
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 1G9
prescription for whom was, as a drink, the niucihge of elm
bark, made by putting pieces of the solid bark into water.
The girl was seen to be frequently eating portions of the
bark during the day ; the next morning after which, upon
my visiting the boy, the mother, with much anxiety, showed
me a vessel containing something that had that morning
passed the girl's bowels, with bits of the elm bark, enveloped
in mucilage, which, upon examination, proved to be about
three feet of tape-worm. As I supposed the passage of the
worm was accidental, and had occurred from the looseness
caused by the bark, I proceeded to prescribe what I sup-
posed a much more potent anthelmintic, a large dose of tur-
pentine and castor oil. The turpentine and oil were given
several times during the three consecutive days, causing
pretty active purging, but with no appearance of any por-
tions of the worm. The girl being slender, and of irritable
temperment, I was forced to desist from further active med-
ications ) arid partly to allay irritation of the bowels, and
partly to test the influence of the bark on the worm, I di-
ryted that she should resume the use of tlie bark as before,
by shewing and swallowing in moderate quantities.
" On visiting her the succeeding morning, I was shown
portions of the worm, mostly in separate joints, that had
been passed over night. Feeling now some confidence in
the anthelmintic powers of the elm bark, I directed the con-
tinued use of it, in the solid form, as before, while there
elioald be any portions of worm passing, in my daily calls
for *ome days, I had the satisfaction to learn that portions
of the worm contiuued to pass, from day to day, and some-
time several times a day.
u i now ceased to vist my little patient, intending only an
occasional visit; but my confidence in the efficacy of the
ehn hark being so well established, I advised its use to be
uontmued for even two or three days after any portions
of the worm should be seen in the evacuations. The por-
tions of the worm expelled — even the separate joints — were
alive showing more or less motion ; a sense of their pres-
ence in the rectum, from their action, seemed to urge the
patient to go to stool for their removal.
•* Having given direction for the links or joints to be
counted, care was taken to do so, by the mother ; .nnd from
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my notes of the case, I find that during about seveD weefca
of the intervening time, there had been expelled, by esti-
mate, (taking the average lengths of the joints,) about forty-
five feet of worm. At this time there had been no portions
of the worm passed for two weeks, during which time the
use of the bark had been omitted. The head of the
worm, with about fifteen inches of the body attached, nad
been expelled ! But thinking that all portions of the worm
or worms might not have been removed, I advised that the
patient should resume the use of the bark. Very soon the
next day, after doing so, farther portions commenced com
ing away, among them one about six feet long, tapering to
a thread-like termination.
" The next time I took notes of the case, my estimate of
the entire length of the worm that had been expelled, foot-
ed up one hundred and thirty-five feet, whether one or
more worms, I am unable to say, as in the portions I saw..
there were a head and tail, of what I supposed one worm.
Since the last estimate, there have been joints occasionally
evacuated
" This patient, when first treated, w T as thin in flesh — had
been growing so for some two years — attended with the
usual nervous symptoms, starting out of sleep, variable ap-
petite. cL, but with no great departure from good health.
" As to the influence of this very bland agent in the dis-
lodgment of the tape-worm, in this case, I think there cao
be no doubt, whathever may be the theory of its action.
" The passage of portions of the worm, so promptly, on
the use of the bark, and the ceasing to do so on the discon
tmuance of its use — even while active purgative anthelmin-
tics were used — leave no room to doubt its effectiveness in
at least this case, as a worm-expelling agent.
u It seems probable that the bark, with its thick mucik
age so interposes between the animal and the inner surface
of the bowels, as to prevent its lateral grasp on their surface,
in consequence of which it is compelled to yield to the foroes
naturally operating, and is carried out with the discharges.
But as my object was simply to state the practical facts in
this case, I will offer no further reflections.
COUGHS.— Cough Lozekges.— Powdered epecacuanha 25
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 171
grs. ; kermes mineral 50 grs. ; sulphate of morphia 8 grs. ; powder-
ed white sugar, gum arabic, and extract of licorice, of each 1^
ozs. ; oil of anise 20 drops ; syrup of tolu sufficient to work into
mass form; roll out and cut into 160 lozenges. Dose — One loz-
enge 3 times daily. — Parish's Pharmacy.
The above is tho prescription of the " regulars/' but there
are those, perhaps who would prefer the more rational pre-
scription' of the " irregulars," next following ; and there are
those who would prefer the " Cough Candy" in place oif
either of the lozenges. By the insertion of the variety, all
eau please themselves.
2. Cough Lozenoes. — Another valuable lozenge is made as fol-
lows: Extract of blood-root, licorice, and black'cohosh, of each
£ oz.; tinctures of ipecac and lobelia, with laudanum, of each £
oz. ; cayenne, powdereu, 10 grs.; pulverized gum arabic and
starch, of each £ oz. ; mix all together, and add pulverized sugar
3 ozs. If this should be too dry to roll into lozenges, add a thick
solution of gum arabic to give it that consistence; and if it
should be yet too moist, at any time, add more sugar. Divide
into 320 lozenges. Dose— One, 3 to times daily, as needed.
3. Pulmonic Wafers.-— Pulverized sugar 7 ozs. ; tincture of
ipecac 3 drs. ; tincture of blood-root and syrup of tolu, of each
2 drs. ; tincture of thoroughwort £ oz. ; morphine 1£ grs. Dis-
solve Ahe morphine in water i lea-spoon, having put in sul-
phuric fw.id 2 drops ; now mix all, and add mucilage of com-
frt/p revt or gum arabic, to form a suitable paste to roll and cut
into 001x1/1:11 Mized wafers or lozenges. Directions. — Allow 1
to d*SkM?.ve in the mouth for a dose, or dissolve 6 in 3 table-
spoons of ivann water, and take £ of a spoon times daily, or
often er if n-Kvl foe.
4. Couony i?,om Recent Colds — Remedy. —Linseed-oil,
honey, and Jvuuaica rum, equal pails of each ; to be shaken
when used
This has gwon very general satisfaction in recent coughs,
but the following will probably give the most general satis-
faction :
5. Cough Mixture for Recent Colds. — Tincture of
blood-root, syrups of ipecac and squills, tincture of balsam
of tolu, and paregoric, equal parts of each. Dose. — Half
of a tea-spoon whenever the cough is severe. It is a very
valuable medicine.
0. Cough Candy.— Tincture -f squills 2 ozs.; camphorated
tincture of opium, and tincture of tolu, of each i oz. ; wine of
ipecac £ oz. ; oils of gauliheria 4 drops, sassafras 3 drops, and of
ani8e-&eed oil 2 drops. The above mixture is to be put into 5
172 dr. chase's recipes.
lbs. of candy which is just ready to take from the fire, contin-
uing tne boiling a little longer, so as to form into sticks. — Far-
ish's Pharmacy.
Druggists will get confectioners to make this for a trifle
on the pound over common candies, they, of course, furnish-
ing their own compound.
7. Cough Syrup. — Wahoo, bark of the root, and elecampane
root, of each 2 ozs. ; spikenard root, and tamarack bark (unross-
ed, but the moss may be brushed off,) of each 4 ozs. ; mandrake
root i oz. ; blood-root i oz. ; mix alcohol 1 pt., with sufficient
water to cover all, handsomely, and let stand 2 or 3 days ; then
pour off 1 qt., putting on water and boiling twice, straining the
two waters and boiling down to 3 pts. ; when cool add 3 lbs. of
honey, and alcoholic rluid poiucl off, with tincture of wine of
ipecac l£ ozs. ; if the cough should be very tight, double the
ipecac; and wash the feet daily in warm water, rubbing them
thoroughly with a coarse towel, and, twice a week, extending
the washing and rubbing to the whole body. Dose. — One table-
spoon 3 to 5 times daily.
If the cough is very troublesome when you lie down at
night or on waking in the morning, put tar and spirits of
nitre, of each one tea-spoon into a four ounce vial of water
shaking well; then at these times just sip about a tea-spoon
from the bottle without shaking, which will allay the tick-
ling sensation, causing the cough.
I have cured a young lady, during the past winter, with
the above syrup, whose cough had been pretty coustant for
over two years ; her friends hardly expected it ever to be
any better, but it was only necessary to make the above
amount of syrup twice to perform the cure.
8. Cough Tincture. — Tinctures of blood-root and bal-
sam of tolu, of each four ounces ; tinctures of lobelia and
digitalis, of each two ounces ; tincture of opium (laudanum!
one ounce ; tincture of oil of anise (oil oi anise one-halt"
tea-spoon in an ounce of alcohol,) one ounce. Mix. Dose.
« — About one-half tea-spoon three times daily, in the same
amount of honey, increasing to a tea-spoon if needed to
loosen and lessen the cough. It has raised cases which
doctors said must die, causing the patient to raise matter
resembling the death-smell, awful indeed. It will cure
cough, not by stopping it, but by loosening it, assisting the
lungs and throat to throw off the offending matter, which
causes the cough, and thus scieiilifi-calli/ making the our 6
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 173
perfect; while most of the cough remedies kept for sale,
stop the cough by their anodyne and constringing effects,
retaining the mucus and ail offending matters in the blood,
causing permanent disease of the lungs.
But, notwithstanding the known value of this " Cough
Tincture," where the tamarack and other ingredients can be
obtained, I must give my preference to the " Cough Syrup/'
No. 7.
9. Cough Pili/. — Extract of hyoscyamus, balm of gilead
}mds. with pulverized ipecac, or lobelia, and balsam of fir, of
each £ oz. ; oil of anise a few drops to form into common sized
pills. Dose — One or 2 pills 3 or 4 times daily.
Dr. Beach says he endeavored for more than twenty-five
years to obtain a medicine to fulfill the indications which
are effected in this cough pill, particularly for ordinary
colds and coughs ; and this admirably answers the inten-
tion, excelling ail others. It allays the irritation of the
mucus membrane, the bronchial tubes, and the lungs, and
will be found exceedingly valuable in deep-seated coughs
and all diseases of the chest. The bad effects of opium
(so much used in coughs) are in this pill entirely obviated,
and it is altogether better than the Cough Drops, which I
now dispense with. — Beach's American Practice.
WHOOPING COUGH— Syrup.— Onions and garlics, sliced,
of each 1 gill ; sweet oil 1 gill ; stew them in the oil, in a covered
dish, to obtain the juices ; then strain and add honey 1 gill ; par
egoric and spirits of camphor, of each £ oz. ; bottle and cork
tight for use. Dose— For a child of 2 or 3 years, 1 tea-spoon
3 or 4 times daily, or whenever the cough is troublesome, in-
creasing or lessening, according to age.
This is a granny's prescription, but I care not from what
cource I derive information, if it gives the satisfaction that
this has done, upon experiment. This lady has raised a
large family of her own children, and grand children in
abundance. We have tried it witL three of our children
also, and prescribed it in many other cases with satisfaction,
for over seven years. It is excellent also in common colds
extended with much cough. This is from experience, too,
whom I have found a very competent teacher.
It is said that an European physician has discovered that
$he dangerous symptoms of whooping cough are due to sup-
174 DR. chase's aecibes.*
pressed cutaneous eruptions, and that an external irritant
or artificial rash, is a sure remedy. See " Small Pox."
2. Dailey's Whooping Cough Syrup. — Take the stronger*
"West India ram, 1 pt. ; anise oil 2 ozs. ; honey 1 pt. ; lemon
juice 4 ozs. ; mix. Dose — For adults 1 table-spoon 3 or 4 times
a day, — children, 1 tea-spoon, with as much sugar and water.
He says that he has successfully treated more than sne
hundred cases with this syrup.
3. Soreness or Hoarseness from Coughs. — Remedy. *
Spikenard root, bruised and steeped in a tea-pot, by using half
water and half spirits ; then inhaling the steam, when not too hot,
by breathing through the spout, will relieve the soreness and
hoarseness of the lungs, or throat, arising from much coughing.
IN-GROWING TOE NAIL— To Cure.— We take the
following remedy for a very common and very painful afflic-
tion, from the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal:
u The patient on whom I first tried this plan was a young
lady who had been unable to put on a shoe for several
months, and decidedly the worst I have ever seen. The
edge of the nail was deeply undermined, the granulations
formed a high ridge, partly covered with the skin ; and pus
constantly oozed from the root of the nail, The whole toe
was swollen and extremely painful and tender. My mode
of proceeding was this :
" I put a very small piece of tallow in a spoon, and heated \l
antil it became very hot, and poured it on the granulations.
The effect was almost magical. Pain and tenderness were at
once relieved, and in a few days the granulations were all gone,
the diseased parts dry and destitute of all feeling, and the edge
of the nail exposed so as to admit of being pared away without
any inconvenience. The cure was complete, and the trouble
never returned.
" I have tried the plan repeatedly since, with the sama
gntisfactory results. The operation causes but little pain, if
the tallow is properly heated. A repetition in some cases
might be necessary, although I have never met with a came
that did not yield to one application." It has now been
proven, in many other cases, to be effectual, accomplishing;
in one minute, without pain, all that can be effected by tlio
painful application of nitrate of silver for several week*.*
OILS— British Oil. — Linseed and turpentine oils, of eaci *
ozs. ; oils of amber and juniper, of each 4 oza. ; Barbadoes tay
3 oza. ; eeneca oil 1 oz. ; itix.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 175
This is an old prescription, but it is worth the whole
cost of this book to any one needing an application for cuts,
bruises, swellings, and sores of almost every description, on
persons, horses, or cattle ; so is the following, also :
2. Balm op Gilead Oil. — Balm of Gilead buds any quantity ;
place them in a suitable disn tor stewing, and pour upon them
Sufficient sweet oil to just cover them; stew thoroughly and
press out all of th« oil from tne Duds, and bottle for use.
It will be found very valuable as a healing oil, or lard'
can be used in place of the oil, making an excellent oint-
ment for cuts, bruises, &c.
3. Harlem Oil, or Welch Medicamentum. — Sublimed or
flowers of sulphur and oil of amber, of each 2 oz. ; linseed
oil 1 lb. ; spirits of turpentine sufficient to reduce all to the con-
sistence of thin molasses. Boil the sulphur in the linseed oil
until it is dissolved, then add the oil of amber and turpen-
tine. Dose — From 15 to 25 drops, morning and evening.
Amongst the Welch and Germans it is extensively used
for strengthening the stomach, kidneys, liver and lungs,
asthma, shortness of breath, cough, inward or outward
sores, dropsy, worms, gravel, fevers palpitation of the
heart, giddiness, head-ache, &c, &c, by taking it inter-
nally; and for ulcers, malignant sores, cankers, &c, anoint-
ing externally, and wetting linen with it and applying to
burns. In fact, if one-half that is said of its value is
true, no other medicine need ever be made. It has this
much in its favor, however, — probably no other medicine
now in use, has been in use half so long, — over 160 years.
The dose for a child is one drop for each year of its age.
4. Oil of Spike.— -The genuine oil of spike is made from the
Imendufa spica (broad leaved lavender,) but the commercial oil of
spike is made by taking the rock oil, and adding 2 ozs. of spirits
ot turpentine to each pint.
The rock oil which is obtained in Ohio, near Warren, is
thicker and better than any other which I have ever used.
-5. Black Oils.— Best alcohol, tincture of arnica, British oil,
and oil of tar, of each 2 ozs., and slowly add sulphuric acid \ oz.
These black oils are getting into extensive use, as a lini-
ment, and are indeed valuable, especially in cases attended
with much inflammation.
6. Ajstother Method— Is to take sulphuric*acid 2 ozs. ; nitrie
acid 1 oz. ; quicksilver £ oz. ; put them together in a quart bot-
176 mi., chase's recipes.
tie, or an open crock until dissolved ; then slowly add olive o3
and spirits of turpentine, of each i pt., putting in the oil first.
Let the work be done out of doors to avoid the fumes arising
from the mixture ; when all is done, bottle and put in all the
cotton cloths it will dissolve, when it is fit for use.
The mixture becomes quite hot, although no heat is used
in making it, from setting tree what is called latent, or
insensible beat, by their combining toge trier. Rev. Mr.
Way, of Plymouth, Mich., cured himself of sore throat
by taking a few drops of this black oil upon sugar, letting
it slowly dissolve upon the tongue, each evening after
preaching, also wetting cloths and binding upon the neck.
It will be necessary to avoid getting it upon cotton or linen
which you would not wish to show a stain. A colt wbich
had a fistulous opening between the hind legs, from a snag,
as supposed, which reduced him so that he had to be lifted
up, when down, was cured by injecting twice only, of this
oil to fill the diseased place. Also a very bad fever sore,
apon the leg, ah ! Excuse me, upon the limb of a young
kdy, which baffled the scientific skill of the town in which,
she lived. In case they bite too much in any of their ap-
plications, wet a piece of brown paper in water and lay it
over the parts.
OPODELDOC— Liquid. — Best brandy 1 qt. ; warm it and add
gum camphor 1 oz. ; salammoniac and oil of wormwood, of each
| oz. ; oils of origanum and rosemary, of each i oz. ; when th©
oils are dissolved by the aid of the heat, add soft soap 6 oz.
Its uses are too well known to need further description.
DIARRHEAS — Cordial.— The best rhubarb root, pulver-
ized, 1 oz. ; peppermint leaf 1 oz. ; capsicum $ oz. ; cover with
boiling water and steep thoroughly, strain, and add bi-carbonate
of potash and essence of cinnamon, of each i oz. ; with brand y
(or good whisky) equal in amount to the whole, and loaf sugar
£ oz. Dose— For an adult 1 to 2 table-spoons ; for a child 1 U
2 tea-spoons, ti-om 3 to 6 times per day, until relief is obtained
Thi3 preparation has been my dependence, in my travels
and in my family for several years, and it has never failed
us ; but in extremely bad cases it might be well to use, afte?
each passage, the following :
2. Injection for Chronic Diarrhea.— New milk, with \Mtik
mucilage of slippery elm, of each 1 pt. ; sweet oil 1 gill ; molas-
ses ipt. ; salt 1 oz ; laudanum 1 dr. Mix, and inject what tn«
Dowels will retain
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 177
Very many children, as well as grown persons die, annu-
ally, of this disease, who might be saved by a proper use
of the above injection and cordial. The injection should
never be neglected, if there is the least danger apprehended.
Although I believe these would not fail in one case out
of one hundred, yet I have some other prescriptions which
are so highly spoken of, I will give a few more. The first
from Mr. Hendee, of Warsaw, Indiana, for curing Diarrhea,
or Bloody Flux, as follows :
3. Dirarrhea Tincture. — Compound tincture of myrrh 6
ozs. ; tincture of rhubard, and spirits of lavender, of each 5 ozs. ;
tincture of opium 3 ozs. ; oils of anise and cinnamon, with gum
camphor and tartaric acid, of each £ oz. Mix. Dose — One
tea-spoon in £ a tea-cup of warm water sweetened with loaf
sugar ; repeat after each passage.
He says he has cured many cases after giver up bv phy-
cians. It must be a decidedly good preparation. Or,
again :
4. Diarrhea Drops. — Tincture of rhubarb, and compound
spirits of lavender, of each 4 ozs. ; laudanum 2 ozs. ; cinnamon
oil 2 drops. Mix. Dose— One tea-spoon every 3 or 4 hours,
according to the severity of the case.
This speaks from ten years successful experience.
5. Diarrhea Syrup — For Cases brought on by Long- Con-
tinued Use of Calomel.— Boxwood, black cherry and prickly
Ash barks, with dandelion root, of each 2 ozs ; butternut bark 1
oz. ; boil thoroughly, strain and boil down to 1 qt. ; then add
loaf sugar 2 lbs., and alcohol 1 gill, or brandy \ pt. Dose — A
wine-glass from 3 to 5 times daily, according to circumstances.
This regulates the bowels and tones up the system at the
same time, no matter whether loose or costive. In one case
of costiveness it brought a man around all right who had
been sowed up tight for twelve days. On the other hand,
it has regulated the system after months of calomel-Diarrhea.
6. Wintergreen Berries have been found a valuable cor-
rector of Diarrhea brought on by the long-continued use of cal-
omel In eases of fever, eating a quart of them in 3 days time.
The gentleman of whom I obtained this item tells me
that wintergreen essence has done the same thing, when the
berries could not be obtained. In the first place, " every-
thing else/' as the saying is, had been tried in vain, and the
man's wife, in coming across the woods, found these berriea
pu. chase's recipes.
178 DR. CHASE'S BE0IPE8
and picked some, which when the husband saw, he craved,
and would not rest without them, and, notwithstanding the
fears of friends, they cured him. Many valuable discove-
ries are made in a similar manner.
7. Dried Whortleberries, steeped, and the juice drank
freely, has cured Diarrhea and Bloody Flux, both in children and
adults.
8. Diarrhea and Canker Tea.— Pulverized hemlock bark,
(it is generally kept by Druggists,) 1 table-spoon, steeped in half
a tea-cup of water.
For young children, in Diarrhea, or Canker, or wr>en they
are combined, feed a tea-spoon of it, or less, according to
the child's age, two or three times daily, until cured. To
overcome costiveness, which may arise from its tuse, scorch
fresh butter, and give it in place of oil, and in quantities
corresponding with oil. Children have been saved with
three cents worth of this bark which " Alopath" said must
die. If good for children, it is good for adults, by simply
increasing the dose.
9. Sumac bobs, steeped and sweetened with loaf sugar, has
been found very valuable for Diarrhea ; adding in very severe
cases, alum pulverized, a rounding tea-spoon, to 1 pt. of the
strong tea. Dose — A tea, to a table-spoon, according to the age
of the child, and the severity of the case.
It saved the life of a child when two M. D/s (Mule Dri-
vers,) said it could not be saved.
CHOLERA TINCTURE.— Select the thinest cinnamon bark,
cloves, gum gauiac, all pulverized, of each 1 oz. ; very best
brandy 1 qt. Mix, and shake occasionally for a week or two.
Dose — A tea-spoon to a table-spoon for an adult, according to
the condition and robustness or strength of the system. It may
be repeated at intervals of 1 to 4 hours, if necessary, or mucL
more often, according to the condition of the bowels.
This I have from an old railroad-boss who used it with hig
men during the last Cholera in Ohio, and never lost a man,,
whilst other jobbers left the road, or lost their men in abund-
ance, thinking the above too simple to be of any value.
2. Isthmus Cholera TmcTURE.—Tincture of rhubarb, cay*
enne, opium, and. spirits of camphor, with essence of pepper-
mint, equal parts of each, and each as strong as can be made.
Dose— From 5 to 30 drops, or even to 60, and repeat until relief
is obtained, every 5 to 80 minutes.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 1/9
0. fl. Cuyler, who was detained upon the Isthmus du-
/mg the cholera period, was saved by this prescription, as
aLkr many others.
3 Cholera Preventive.— Ho ffman's anodyne and essence
of peppermint, of each 2 ozs. ; tincture of ginger 1 oz. ; lauda-
nun , spirits of camphor, and tincture of cayenne, of each £ oz. ;
mix. Dose — For an adult, from a tea to a table-spoon, accor-
ding (O symptoms.
4. ♦ Cholera Cordial. — Chloroform, spirits of camphor, laud-
anum, and aromatic spirits of ammonia, of each 1 dr. ; cinna-
mon Crater 2 ozs. ; m\x. Dose. — From 1 tea to a table-spoon,
to be veil shaken, and taken with sweetened water.
5. German Cholera Tincture. — Sulphuric ether 2 ozs. ;
and pu\ into it castor and gentian, of each i oz. ; opium and
agaric, uach 1 dr. ; gum camphor | oz. ; let them stand 2 days,
then adu alcohol 1 qt., and let stand 14 days, when it is ready
for use. Dose. — One tea-spoon every 15 or 2Q minutes, accor-
ding to «aie urgency of the case.
I obtained this prescription of a German at Lawrence-
burgh, I*d., who had done very much good with it during
the last cholera period in that place.
6. Egyi tian Cure for Cholera. — Best Jamaica ginger root,
bruised. 1 )Z. ; cayenne 2 tea-spoons ; boil all in 1 qt. of water
to \ pt., awd add loaf sugar to form a thick syrup. Dose. — One
table-spoou every 15 minutes, until vomiting and purging ceases,
then follow up with a blackberry tea.
The foregoing was obtained of a physician who practiced
in Egypt, ( not the Illinois Egypt,) during the great devas-
tation of the cholera there, with which he saved many
lives.
7. India ypp«CRiPTio>r for Cholera.— First dissolve gum
camphor \ o/ \n \\ oz?. of alcohol — second, give a tea spoon of
spirits of ha*-tahorn in a wine glass of water, and follow it every
5 minutes wiUi 15 drops of the camphor, in a tea-spoon of wa-
ter, for 3 dopes, then wait 15 minutes, and commence again as
before, and continue the camphor for 30 minutes, unless there is
returning heat. Should this be the case, give one more dose
and the cure is effected ; let them perspire freely, (which the
medicine is designed to cause,) as upon this the life depends, but
add no additional clothing.
Lady Ponsonby, who had spent several years in India,
and had proved the efficacy of the foregoing, returned to
Dublin in 1832, and published it in the Dublin Mail, for
the benefit of her countrymen, declaring that she never
know it to fail.
180 dr. chase's recipes,
I would say, be very sure you have the cholera, as the tea-
spoon of hartshorn would be a double dose for ordinary
cases of disease.
8. Nature's Cholera Medicine. — Laudanum, spirits of cam-
phor, and tincture of rhubarb, equal parts of each. Dose-—
One table-spoon every 15 to 30 minutes until relieved.
In attacks of cholera, the patient usually feels a general
uneasiness and heat about the stomach, increasing to actual
distress and great anxiety, finally sickness, with vomiting
and purging, surface eonstringed, the whole powers of the
system concentrated upon the internal organs, involving the
nervous system, bringing on spasms, and in the end, death.
Now, whatever will allay this uneasiness, drive to the sur-
face, correct the discharges, and soothe the nerves, cures
the disease. The laudanum does the first and the last, the
camphor drives to the surface, and the rhubarb coriects
the alimentary canal ; and if accompanied with the hot
bath, frictions, &c, is doubly sure. And to show what may
be done with impunity in extreme cases, let me say that
Merritt Blakeley, living near Flat Rock, Mich., came home
from Detroit, during the last cholera season, having the
cholera in its last stage, that is, with the vomiting, purging
and spasms ; the foregoing medicine being in the house,
the wife, in her hurry and excitement, in place of two-thirds
of a table-spoon, she read two-thirds of a tea-cup; and
gave it accordingly, and saved his life ; whilst if taken in
the spoon doses, at this stage of the disease, he would most
undoubtedly never have rallied from the collapse into which
he was fast sinking ; yet in the commencement they would
have been as effectual ; so, mistake, would be generally ac-
credited for saving the patient, I say Providence 'Ud the
work.
Five to 10 drops would be a dose for a child of 2 to 5 years,
and in this dose it saved a child of 2i years in a bad case ox
bloody flux.
If any one is permitted to die with all these prescription
before them, it must be because a proper attention is not
given ) for God most undoubtedly works through the use of
means, and is best pleased to see his children wear out,
rather than break by collision of machinery on the way,
Ol'TOUC AND CHOLERA MOlllSUS.— Treatment
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 181
— Cholera morbus arises from a diseased condition of the
bile, often brought on by over-indulgence with vegetables,
especially unripe fruits ; usually commencing with sickness
and pain at the stomach, followed by the most excruciating
pain and griping of the bowels, succeeded by vomiting and
purging, which soon piostrate the patient. The person
finds himself unavoidably drawn into a coil by the contract
tion of the muscles of the abdomen and extremities. Thirst
very great, evacuations first tinged with bile, and finally,
nearly all, very bilious.
Treatment. — The difficulty arises from the acidity of thp
bile: then take saleratus, peppermint leaf, and rhubarb root
pulverized, of each a rounding tea-spoon, put into a cu£
wh'K h you can cover, and pour upon them, boiling water £ pt;
wb.f/i nearly cold add a table-spoon of alcohol, or twice as
muc i brandy or other spirits. Dose — Two to 8 table-spoons
every 20 to 30 minutes, as often and as long as the vomiting and
pn/jsp ful purgations continue. If there should be long continued
p/v,n about the naval, use the "Injection" as mentioned under
t 7 J/; /* head, in connection with the above treatment, and you will
bF,(/o nothing to fear. If the first dose or two should be vomited
repeat it immediately, until retained.
'The above preparation ought to be made by every family,
and kept on hand, by bottling ; for diseases of this character
are as liable to come on in the night as at any other time ;
then much time must be lost in making fires, or getting the
articles together with which to make it.
2. Common Cholic. — There is a kind of cholic which
some persons are afflicted with, from their youth up, not
attended with vomiting or purging. I was afflicted with it,
from my earliest recollection until I was over twenty years
nl' age, sometimes two or three times, yearly.
In one of these fits, about that age, a neighbor woman ««me
m, and as soon as she found out what was the matter with me,
me w 7 ent out and pulled up a bunch of blue vervain, knocked
hhe dirt from the roots, then cut them off and put a good hand-
ful of them into a basin, and poured boiling water upon them,
and steeped for a short time, poured out a saucer of the tea and
gave me to drink, asking no questions, but simply saying, " If
you will drink this tea every day for a month, you will never
have cholic again as long as you live." I drank it, and in 15
minutes I was perfectly happy ; the transition from extreme pain
to immediate ami perfect relief, is too great to allow one to find
words adequate to describe the difference.
^62 dr. chase's recipes.
I continued its use as directed, and have not had a cholio
pain since, nearly thirty years. I have told it to others,
with the same result. It also forms a good tonic in agues,
and after fevers, &c.
CARMINATIVES.— For the more common pains of th*
stomach, arising from accumulating gas, in adults or child
ren, the following preparation will be found very valuable
and much better than the plan of resorting to any of the
opium mixtures for a constant practice, as many unwisely,
or wickedly, do. See the remarks after u Godfrey's Cordial/ 1
and through this subject.
Compound spirits of lavender, spirits of camphor, and tinc-
ture of ginger, of each 1 oz. ; sulphuric ether and tincture of
cayenne, of each £ oz. Mix and keep tightly corked. Dose —
For an adult, one tea-spoon every 15 minutes, until relieved ; for
a child of 2 years, 5 drops ; and more or less, according to age
and the severity of the pain.
2. Carminative for Children.— Angelica and white roots,
of each 4 oz. ; valerian and sculcap roots, with poppy heads, of
each 2 ozs. ; sweet-flag root £ oz. ; anise, dill, and fennel seed,
with catmint leaves and flowers, motherwort and mace, of each
1 oz. ; castor and cochineal, of each | oz ; camphor gum 2 scru-
ples, benzoic acid (called flower of benzoin) £ oz. ; alcohol and
water, of each 1 qt., or rum, or brandy 2 qts. ; loaf or crushed
sugar 1 lb. Pulverize all of the herbs and roots, moderately fine,
and place in a suitable sized bottle, adding the spirits, or alcohol
and w T ater, and keep warm for a week, shaking once or twice
every day; then filter or strain, and add the camphor and ben-
£oin, shaking well ; now T dissolve the sugar in another quart
of water, by neat, and add to the spirit tincture, and all is com-
plete. Dose. — For a very ; r oung child, from 3 to 5 drops; if 1
year old, about 10 drops, and from that up to 1 teaspoon if 2 to
5 years old, &c. For adults, from 1 to 4 tea-spoons, according to
the severity of the pain — to be taken in a cup of catmint or cat-
nip tea for adults, and in a spoon of the same for children. It
may be repeated every 2 to 6 hours, as needed.
Uses. — It eases pain, creates a moderate appetite and
perspiration, and produces refreshing sleep ; is also excel
lent for removing flatulency or wind cholic, and valuable m
hysteria and other nervous affections, female debility, &e , in
place of the opium anodynes.
SEIDLITZ POWDERS— GENUiNE.—Rochelle salts 2 drs. ;
bi-carbonate of soda 2 scruples ; put these into a blue paper, and
put tartaric acid 35 grs. into a white paper. To use, put each
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Into different tumblers ; fill £ with water and put a little loaf
sugar in with the acid, then pour together and drink.
This makes a very pleasant cathartic, and ought to be
used more generally than it is, in place of more severe
medicines. Families can buy 3 ozs. of the Roehelle-salts,
and 1 oz. of the bi-carbonate of soda, and mix evenly to-
gether, using about 2 tea-spoons for 1 glass, and have the
tartaric acid by itself, and use a little over $ a tea-spoon of
it for the other glass, with a table-spoon of sugar, all well
dissolved, then pour together and drink while effervescing;
and they will find this to do just as well as to have them
weighed out and put up in papers, which, cost three times aa
much, and do no better. Try it, as a child will take it
with pleasure, as a nice beverage, and ask for more.
A lady once lost hei 5 life, thinking to have a little sport,
by drinking one glass of this preparation, following it
directly with the other ; the large amount of gas, disen-
gaged, ruptured the stomach immediately.
DIPTHERIA — Dr. Phinney's Remedy, of Boston
— -Dr. Phinney, of P>oston, furnishes the Journal of that
city with a recipe for diptheria, which has recently been
re-published by the Detroit Daily Advertiser, containing
so much sound sense, and so decidedly the best thing that
I have ever seen recommended for it, that I cannot forbear
giving it an insertion, and also recommend it as the de-
pendence in that disease.
He says " the remedy on which I chiefly depend is the
&ctea Racemosa, or black snake-root, which is used both
iucally as a gargle and taken internally.
As a gargle, 1 tea-spoon of the tincture is added to 2 table-
spoons of water, and gargled every hour for twenty-four hours, or
till the progress of the disease is arrested ; after which the inter-
vals may be extended to an hour and a half, or more, as the
symptoms may justify. In connection with the use of the gar-
gle, or separately, the adult patient should take internally to the
amount of two or three tea-spoons of the tincture in the course
of twenty-four hours.
" In addition to the foregoing, give 10 drops of the muriated
tincture of iron 3 times hi the 24 hours, and a powder from 3 to
5 grains of the chlorate of potash in the intervals.
'* Under this treatment a very decided improvement takes
place within the first twenty-four hours, the ash c@lored
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iiembrane disappears usually within two days, and the
patient overcomes the malignant tendency of the disease.
"The foregoing doses are for adults; for children thev
should of course be diminished according to age, &c. ll
will be observed that great importance is attached to the
frequent use of the gargle — that is, every hour — in order
to overcome the morbific tendency of disease by a con-
stantly counteracting impression. In order to guard
against a relapse, an occasional use of the remedies should
be continued for several days after the removal of the
membrane and subsidence of unpleasant' symptoms. To
complete the cure, a generous diet and other restoratives
may be used as the intelligent practitioner shall direct/'
CATHARTICS.— Vegetable Physic.— Jalap and pepper-
mint leaf, of each. 1 oz. ; senna 2 ozs. ; pulverize all very finely,
and sift through gauze, bottle it and keep corked. Dose — Put a
rounding tea-spoon of the powder and a heaping tea-spoon of
sugar into a cup, and pour 3 or 4 spoons of boiling water upon
th£m; when cool stir it up and drink all. The best time for
taking it is in the morning, not taking breakfast, but drinking
freely of corn-meal gruel. If it does not operate in 3 hours, re-
peat half the dose until a free operation is obtained.
Dr. Beach first brought this preparation, nearly in its
preset?, proportions, to the notice of the Eclectic practition-
ers who have found it worthy of very great confidence, and
applicable in all cases where a general cathartic action is re-
quired. It may be made into syrup or pills, if preferred.
2. Indian Cathartic PrLLS- -Aloes and gamboge, of each 1
oz. ; mandrake and blood-root, with gum myrrh, of each $ oz. ;
gum camphor and cayenne, of each lj drs. ; ginger 4 ozs. ; all
finely pulverized and thoroughly mixed, with thick mucilage
(made by putting a little water upon equal quantities of gum
arabie and gum tragacanth,) into pill mass; then formed Into
common sized pills. Dose— Two to 4 pills, according to the
obustness of the patient.
Families should always have some of these cathartics, as
well as other remedies, in the house, to be prepared for acci-
dent, providence, or emergence, whichever you please to
call it. They may be sugar-coated, as directed under that
head, if desired.
TOOTHACHE AND NEURALGIA REMEDIES.— Mag-
netic Tooth Cordial and Pain Killeu.— Best alcohol 1 oz.
laudanum £ oz. ; chlorofcrm, liquid measure, | oz. j gum cam-
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phor £ oz. ; oil of eloves £ dr. ; sulphuric ether f oz. ; and oil of
lavender 1 dr. If there is a nerve exposed this will quiet it.
Apply with lint. Rub also on the gums and upon the face
agairist the tooth, freely.
'" The raging toothache why endure, when there is found a perfect cure,
Which saves the tooth and wtops the pain, and gives the sufferer ease again.*'
In the case of an ulcerated tooth at Georgetown, Ohio,
Mr. Jenkins, the proprietor of the " Jenkins' House/' had
been suffering for eight days, and I relieved him by bathing
the face with this preparation, using a sponge, for two or
three minutes only, taking a tea-spoon or two into the mouth,
for a minute or two, as it had broken upon the inside. The
operation of the cordial was really mwjical^ according tc
old notions of cure.
I offered to sell a grocer a book, at Lawrenceburgh, Ind.
He read until he saw the " Magnetic Tooth Cordial " men-
mentioned, then he says, "If you will care my toothache, I
will buy one." I applied the cordial, it being late Saturday
evening, and on Monday morning he was the first man on
hand for his book.
The Sheriff of Wayne Co., Ind., at Centerville, had been
mffering three days of neuralgia, and I gave him such de-
cided relief in one evening, with this cordial, that he gave
me a three-dollar piece, with the remark, " Take whatever
you please."
In passing from Conncatville, Pa., upon a canai boat, the
cook, (who was wife of one of the steersmen,) was taken,
after supper, with severe pain in the stomach. There be-
ing no peppermint on board, and as strange as it may appear,
no spirits of any kind whatever ; I was applied to as a phy-
sician to contrive something for her relief; I ran my mind
over the articles I had with me, and could not hit upon any
other so likely co benefit as the u Tooth Cordial/' arguing
in my mind that if good for pain where it could be applied
to the spot externally, I could apply it to the point of pain
internally in this case, (the stomach,) as well. I gave her a
tea-spoon of it in water, and waited five minutes without
relief, but concluding to go " whole hog or none/' I re-
peated the dose, and inside of the next five minutes she was
perfectly cured. Her husband, the other steersman also,
and one of the drivers, bought each a book, and the next
week, in Erie, one of her neighbors bought another, upon
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her recommendation ; since which myself and agents havs
freely used it, and recommend it for similar conditions with
equal success.
The cases are too numerous to mention more. I mention
these to give confidence to purchasers, that all, who need it,
will not fail to give it a trial. It is good for any local pain,
wherever it can be applied. Pain will not long exist under
its use.
2. Hokhopathic Tooth Cordial. — Alcohol | pt. ; tincture of
arnica and chloroform, of each 1 oz. ; oil of cloves £ oz. Mi3
and apply as the other.
There are many persons who would prefer this last to
the foregoing, from the presence of arnica; and it is espe-
cially valuable as a liniment for bruises involving effusion
of blood under the skin.
3. Neuralgia — Internal Remedy. — Sal-ammoniac £ dr.,
dissolve in water 1 oz. Dose — One table-spoon every 3 minutes,
for 20 minutes, at the end of which time, if not before, the rain
will have disappeared.
The foregoing is from a gentleman who had been long
afflicted with the disease, who found no success with any
other remedy. Instead of common water, the " Camphor
Water" or "Mint Water" might by some be preferred.
The ammonia is a very ditfusable stimulant, quickly ex-
tending to the whole system, especially tending to the sur*
face.
4. King of Oils, for Neuralgia and Rheumatism.— Burn-
ing fluid 1 pt. ; oils of cedar, hemlock, sassafras, and origanum,
of each 2 ozs. ; carbonate of ammonia, pulverized, 1 oz. ; mix.
Directions.— Apply freely to the nerve and gums, around the
tooth ; and to the face, in neuralgic pains, by wetting brown
paper and laying on the parts, not too long, for fear of blister-
ing, — to the nerves of teeth by lint.
A blacksmith, of Sturgis, Mich., cured himself and
others, with this, of neuralgia, after physicians could give
nt relief.
5. Several years ago, I was stopping for a number of
wsekd at a hotel near Detroit; whilst there, toothache was
once made the subject of conversation, at which time the
landlady, a Mrs. Wood, said she had been driven by it, to
an extreme measure — no less than boiling wormwood herb
iu alcohol and taking a table-spoon of it into the mouth
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boiling hot, immediately closing the mouth, turning the
head in such a way as to bring the alcohol into contact
with all of the teeth, then spitting it out and taking the
second immediately, in the same way, having the boiling
kept up by sitting the tin containing it upon a shovel of hot
coals, bringing it near the mouth. She said she never had
toothache after it, nor did it injure the mouth in the least)
but, for the moment, she thought her head had cot
lapsed, or the heavens and earth come together. And
although the lad}^s appearance and deportment was such
bis to gain general esteem, I dared not try it or recommend
*t to others. But during the last season I found a gentle-
man who had tried the same thing, in the same way, ex-
cept he took four spoons in his mouth at a time, and did
not observe to keep his mouth closed to prevent the con-
tact of the air with the alcohol, the result of which was a
scalded mouth, yet a perfect cure of the pain and no re-
currence of it for twelve years up to the time of conversa-
tion. And I do not now give the plan expecting it to be-
come a general favorite, but more to show the severity of
the pain, forcing patients to such extreme remedies. It
would not be applicable only in cases where the pain was
confined entirely to the teeth.
6. Horse-radish Root, bruised and bound upon the
face, or other parts where pain is located, has been found
very valuable for their relief. And I think it better than
the leaf for drafts to the feet, or other parts.
7. Teeth — Extracting with little or no Patn. —
Dr. Dunlap, a dentist of Chillicothe, 0., while filling a
tooth for me, called my attention to the following recipe,
given by a dental publication, to prevent pain in extracting
teeth. He had used it. It will be found valuable for all
who must have teeth extracted, for the feeling is suffi-
ciently unpleasant even when all is done that can be for
Js relief.
Tincture of aconite, chloroform, and alcolol of each 1 oz. ,
morphine grs. Mix. Manner of Application. — Moisten
two pledgets of cotton with the liquid and apply to the gums on
each side of the tooth to be extracted, holding them to their
place with pliers or some other convenient instrument for 5 to
15 minutes rubbing the gum freely inside and out.
188 DR. chase's recipes.
My wife lias had six teeth taken at a sitting, b it the last
two she wished to have out, she could not mak ■} up her
mind to the work until I promised her it should not hurt
in the extraction, which I accomplished by accompanying
her to Dr. Port-er's dental office, of this city, and adminis
tering chloroform in the usual way, just to the point ol
nervous stimulation, or until its effects were felt over the
whole system, at which time the teeth were taken, not
causing pain, she says, equal to toothache for on** minute.
Not the slightest inconvenience was experienced from tn«
effects of the chloroform. I consider this plan, and so
does Dr. Porter, far preferable to administering it until
entire stupefaction, hy which many valuable lives have
been lost.
8. Dentktfice which Removes Tartareotjs Adhesions,
Ait rests Decay, and Induces a Healthy Action of the
Gums. — Dissolve 1 oz. of borax in H pints of boiling water, and
when a little cool, add I tea-spoon of the tincture of myrrh and
1 table-spoon of the spirits of- camphor, and bottle for use. Di-
rections. — At bedtime, wash out {lie mouth with water; using
a badger's hair brush (bristle brushes tear the gums and should
never be used); then take a. table-spoon of the dentrince with as
much warm water, and rub the teeth and gums well, each night
until the end is attained.
9. Tooth- Wash — To Remove Blackness.— Pure rcuriath;
acid 1 oz. ; water 1 oz. ; honey 2 ozs. ; mix. Take a tooth brush
and wet it freety with this preparation, and briskly rub the black
teeth, and in a moment's time they will be perfectly white; then
immediately wash out the mouth with water, that the acid may
not act upon the enamel of the teeth.
It need not be used often, say once in three or four
months, as the teeth become black again, washing out
quickly every time. Without the washing after its use it
would injure the teeth, with it, it never will. This blackness
is hard to remove, even with the brush and tooth powder.
10. Dr. Thompson, of Evansville, Ind., gives the above
n twenty drop doses, three times daily, for laryngitis or bron-
chitis, taken in a little water, throwing it back past the
teeth.
11. Tooth Powdeh — Excellent. — Take any quantity of
finely pulverized chalk, and twice as much finely pulverized
charcoal ; make very fine ; then add a very little suds made
with Castile soap, and sufficient spirits of camphor to wet all t<*
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a thicR paste. Apply with the finger, rubbing thoroughly, and
it will whiten the teeth better than any tooth powder you can
buy.
I noticed the past season, a piece going the rounds of the
papers, " That charcoal ought not to be used on the teeth/'
1 will only add that a daughter of mine has used this pow-
der over six years, and her teeth are very white, and no
damage to the enamel, as yet. Six years would show up
the evil, if death was in the pot. Coal from basswood or
other soft wood is the easiest pulverized.
ESSENCES. — Druggists' rules for making essences is to
use one ounce of oil to one quart of alcohol, but many of
them do not use more than half of that amount, whilst most
af the peddlars do not have them made of over one-fourth
that strength. I would hardly set them away if presented
I have always nia.de them as follows :
Peppermint oil 1 oz. ; best alcohol 1 pt. And the same amount
of any other oil for any other essences which you desire to make.
Dose— A dose of this strength of essence will be only from 10
to 80 drops.
With most essences a man can drink a whole bottle with-
out danger, or benefit. Peppermint is colored with tincture
of tumeric, cinnamon with tincture of red sandal or sanders
wood, and wintergreen with tincture of kino. There is no
color, however, for essences, so natural as to put the green
leaf of which the oil is made into the jar of essence, and
let it remain over night, or about twelve hours ; then pour
off, or filter if for sale. But if families are making for
their own uss they need not bother to color them at all.
But many behove if they are high colored they are neces-
sarily strong, but it has no effect upon the strength what-
ever, unless colored with the leaf or bark, as here recom-
mended. Cinnamon bark does in place of the leaf. See
" Extracts."
TINCTURES. — In making any of the tinctures in com
mon use ? or in making any of the medicines called for ia
this work ? or in works generally, it is not only expected, but
absolutely necessary, that the roots, leaves, bark3, &c,
should be dry, unless otherwise directed ; then :
Take the root, herb, bark, leaf or gum called for, 2 ozs. ; and
Lfuise it, then pour boiling water £ pt., upon it, and when cold
190 DR. chase's recipes.
add best alcohol | pt., keeping warm for from 4 to 6 days, oi
letting it stand 10 or 12 days without warmth, shaking once oi
twice daily ; then filter or strain ; or it may stand upon the dregs
and be carefully poured off as needed.
With any person of common judgment, the foregoing
directions are just as good as to take up forty times as much
space by saying — take lobelia, herb and seed, 2 ozs. ; alcohol
i pt. ) boiling water J pt., — then do the same thing, over
and over again, with every tincture which may be called for;
or at least those who cannot go ahead with the foregoing in-
structions, are not fit to handle medicines, at all ; so I leave
the subject with those for whom the given information is
sufficient.
In making compound tinctures, you can combine tho
simple tinctures, or make them by putting the different arti-
cles into a bottle together, then use the alcohol and water it
would require if you was making each tincture separately.
TETTER, RINGWORM, AND BARBER'S ITCH— To
Cuke. — Take the best Cuba cigars, smoke one a sufficient length
of time to accumulate £ or £ inch of ashes upon the end of ilia
cigar ; now wet the whole surface of the sore with the saliva
from the mouth, then rub the ashes from the end of the cigar
thoroughly into, and all over the sore ; do this three times a day,
and inside of a week all will be smooth and well.
I speak from extensive experience ; half of one cigar
cured myself when a barber would not undertake to shave
me It is equally successful in tetters on other parts of the
body, hands, &c
Tobacco is very valuable in its place (medicine)— like
spirits, however, it makes slaves of its devotees.
2. Narrow leaved (yellow) dock root, sliced and
soaked in good vinegar, used as a wash, is highly recom-
mended as a cure for tetter, or ring- worm.
BALSAMS.— Dr. R W. Hut-chins' Indian Healing, form-
erly, Peckham's Cough Balsam. — Clear, pale rosu* 3 lbs., and
melt it, adding spirits of turpentine 1 qt. ; balsam of tolu 1 oz i;
Ijalsam of fir 4 ozs. ; oil of hemlock, origanum, with Venice tur-
pentine, of each 1 oz. ; strained honey 4 ozs. ; mix well, and
bottle. Dose — Six to 12 drops ; for a child of six, 3 to 5 drops,
on a little sugar. The dose can be varied according to the
ability of the stomach to bear it, and the necessity of the casu
It is a valuable preparation for coughs, internal rjaing, or
strains, and works benignly upon the kidneys.
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2. Doctor Mitchel's Balsam, for Cuts, Bruises, &o.—
Fenugreek seed, and guni myrrh, of each 1 oz. ; sassafras root-
bark, a good handful ; alcohol 1 qt. Put all into a bottle, and
keep warm for 5 days.
Dr. Mitchel, of Pa., during his life, made great use of
Mm balsam, for cuts, bruises, abrasions, &c, and it will be
found valuable for such purposes.
ARTIFICIAL SKIN— For Burns, Bruises, Abb asions, &c.
Pioof Against Water. — Take gun cotton and Venice turpen-
tine, equal parts of each, and dissolve them in 20 times as much
Bulphuric ether, dissolving the cotton first, then adding the tur-
pentine ; keep it corked tightly.
* The object of the turpentine is to prevent pressure or
pinching caused by evaporation of the ether when applied
to a bruised surface. Water does not affect it, hence its
value for cracked nipples, chapped hands, surface bruises,
etc., etc.
DISCUTIENTS— To Scatter Swellings.— Tobacco and
cicuta (water hemlock) leaves, of each 2 ozs. ; stramonium,
(jimpsom) and solanam nigrum (garden night shade, sometimes
erroneously called deadly night shade,) the leaves, and yellow
dock root, of each 4 ozs. ; bitter-sweet, bark of the root, 3 ozs.
Extract the strength by boiling with water, pressing out, and
re-boiling, straining and carefully boiling down to the consist-
ence of an ointment, then add lard 18 ozs., and simmer together.
It will be used for stiff joints, sprains, bruises attended
with swelling when the skin is unbroken, for cancerous
lumps, scrofulous swellings, white swellings, rheumatic
swellings, &c. It is one of the best discutients, or scatterers
in use, keeping cancers back, often for months.
SMALL POX— To Prevent Pitting the Face.— A
great discovery is reported to have recently been made by a
Surgeon of the English army in China, to prevent pitting
or marking the face. The mode of treatment is as follows :
When, in small pox, the preceding fever is at its height, and
Just before the eruption appears, the chest is thoroughly rubbed
with Croton Oil and Tartaremetic Ointment. This causes the
whole of the eruption to appear on that part of the body to the
relief of the rest. It also secures a full and complete eruption,
and thus prevents the disease from attacking the internal organs.
This is said to be now the established mode of treatment in the
English army in China, by general orders, and is regarded as
perfectly effectual.
192 dr. chase's recipes.
It is a well known fact, that disease is most likely to
make its attack upon the weakest parts, and especially upon
places in the system which have been recently weakened by
previous disease; hence, if an eruption (disease) is caused
by the application of croton oil mixed with a little of tho
Tartaremetic Ointment, there is every reason to believe that
the eruption, in Small Fox, wili locate upon that part in-
stead of the face. Ths application should be made upon
the breast, fore part of the thighs, &c, not to interfere wuh
the posture upon the bed.
It has been suggested that a similar application will re-
lieve whooping-cough, by drawing the irritation from the
lungs ) if so, why will it not help to keep measles to the
surface, especially when they have a tendency to the inter-
nal organs, called, striking in. It is worth a trial, in any
of these cases. See " Causes of Inflammation," under tho
head of " Inflammation."
2. Common Swellings, to Reduce.— Tory- weed pounded m
as to mash it thoroughly and bound upon any common swelling,
will very soon reduce the parts to their natural size.
This weed may be known from its annoyance to shc^p
raisers, as ic furnishes a small burr having a dent on one
side of it. There are two species of it, but the burr of the
other kind has no dent — is round. It will be found very
valuable in rheumatisms attended with swellings.
WENS— To Cuke. — Dissolve copperas in water to mak^ it
very strong; no w r take a pin, needle, or sharp knife and prick,
or cut the wen in about a dozen places, just sufficient to eaus^ it
to bleed; then wet it thoroughly with the copperas water, once
daily.
This, followed for four weeks, cured a man residing
within four miles of this city, who had six or eight of tlnmi,
gome of them on the head as large as a hen's egg. The
preparation is also valuable, as a wash, in erysipelas.
BLEEDINGS — Internal and External — Styptic
Balsam — For internal hemorrhage, or bleeding from the
lungs, stomach, nose, and in excessive menstruation or
bleeding from the womb, is made as follows :
Put sulphuric acid 2-J- drs. by weight, in a Wedgewood mortar
and slowly add oil of turpentine 1 fluid dr., stirring it constantly
with the pestle ,' then add slowly again, alcohol 1 fluid dr., and
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eontmue to stir as long as any fumes arise from the mixture,
thtwi bottle in glass, ground stoppered, bottles. It should be a
clewf red color, like dark blood, but if made of poor materials
it xill be a pale, dirty red, and unfit for use. Dose — To be
given by putting 40 drops into a tea-cup and rubbing it thorough-
ly witrt a tea-spoon of brown sugar, and then stir in water until
the cup is nearly full, and drink immediately — repeat every hour
for 3 or 4 kours, but its use should be discontinued as soon as no
more fresh blood appears. Age does not injure it, but a skim
forms on th<s top which is to be broken through, using the medi-
cine below iv.
This preparation was used for thirty years, with uniform
auccess, by Dr. Jas. Warren, before he gave it to the pub-
lic ; since then, Dr. King, of Cincinnati, author of the Ec-
clectic Dispensatory, has spread it, through that work, and
many lives have been saved by it. It acts by lessening the
force of the circulation (sedative power,) as also by its as-
tringent effects in contact with the bleeding vessels. Aud
the probability is that no known remedy can be as safely
depended upon for more speedy relief, or certainty of cure,
especially for the lungs, stomach, or nose ; but for bleedings
from the womb, or excessive menstruation, I feel to give
preference to Prof. Piatt's treatment as shown in the recipe
for " Uterine Hemorrhages." No relaxation from business
need be required, unless the loss of blood makes it neces-
sary, nor other treatment, except if blood has been swal-
lowed, or if the bleeding is from the stomach, it would be
well to give a mild cathartic. Bleeding from the stomach
will be distinguished from bleeding from the lungs by a
sense of weight, or pain, and unaccompanied by cough, and
discharged by vomiting, and in larger quantities at a time
than from the lungs. The blood will be darker also, and
often mixed with particles of food.
Exercise in the open air is preferable to inactivity ; and
if any symptoms of returning hemorrhage show themselves,
Degin with the remedy without loss of time, and a reason-
able hope of cure may be expected.
2. External Styptic Remedies. — Take a glazed earthern
vessel that will stand heat and put into it water 2£pts. ; tincture
of benzoin 2 ozs. ; alum ± lb., and boil for 6 hours, replacing the
water which evaporates in boiling, by pouring in boiling water
*o as not to stop the boiling process, constantly stirring. At the
end of the 6 hours it is to be filtered or carefully strained and
bottled, also in glass stoppered bottles. Application-- Wet lint
T — COPY EIGHT SECURED.
194 PR. chasf/s recipes.
and lay upon the wound, binding with bandages to prevent tba
thickened blood (coagula) from being removed from the moutha
of the vessels, keeping them in place for 24 to 48 hours will b*
sufficient.
If any doubt is felt about this remedy, pour a few dropi
of it into a vessel containing human blood — the larger the
quantity of the styptic, the thicker will be the blood mass,
until it becomes black and thick. Pagliari was the first to
introduce this preparation to public notice. — Eclectic D»-
pen&atory.
3. Sttptic Tincture — External Application.— Best bran-
dy 2 ozs. ; finely scraped Castile soap 2 drs. ; potash 1 dr. ; mix
all, and shake well when applied. Apply warm by putting lint
upon the cut, wet with the mixture.
I have never had occasion to try cither of the prepara-
tions, but if I do, it will be the " Balsam/' or " Externa]
Styptic" first, and if they should fail I would try the " Tinc-
ture," for I feel that it must stop blood, but I also am cer-
tain that it would make a sore, aside from the cut ; yet,
better have a sore than lose life, of course. These remedies
we such, that a physician might pass a lifetime without oc-
casion to use, but none the less important to know.
BRONCKOCELE— Enlarged Neck— To Cure.— Iodide of
potassium (often called hydriodateof potash,) 2 drs. ; iodine 1 dr. ;
water 2 i ozs. ; mix and shake a few minutes and pour a little
into a vial for internal use. Dose — Five to 10 drops before each
meal, to be taken in a little water. External Application. —
With a feather wet the enlarged neck, from the other bottle,
night and morning, until well.
It will cause the scarf skin to peel off several times be-
fore the cure is perfect, leaving it tender, but do not omit
the application more than one day at most, and you may
rest assured of a cure, if a cure can be performed by any
means whatever ; many cures have been performed by it,
and there is no medicine yet discovered which has proved
one-hundreth part as successful.
2. But if you are willing to be longer in performing the cu T *,
to avoid the soreness, dissolve the same articles in alcohol 1 pt,
and use the same way, as above described, (i e.) both internal
and external.
PAIN KILLER— Said to be Perry Davis'.— Alcohol 1 qk ;
gum guaiac 1 oz. ; gums myrrh and camphor, and cayenne pul-
verized, of each } oz. Mix. Shake occasionally for a week «*
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10 days and filter or let settle for use. Apply freely to surface
pains* or it may be taken in tea-spoon doses for internal pains,
and repeat according to necessities.
If any one can tell it from its namesake, by its looks or
actions, we will then acknowledge that the old minister, from
whom it was obtained, was greatly deceived, although he
was perfectly familiar for a long time with Mr. Davis, and
his mode of preparing the pain-killer.
POISONS — Antidote. — When it becomes known that a pot-
ion has been swallowed, stir salt and ground mustard, of each
a heaping tea-spoon, into a glass of water, and have it drank
immediately. It is the quickest emetic known.
It should vomit in one minute. Then give the whites of
two or three eggs in a cup or two of the strongest coffee.
If no coffee, swallow the egg in sweet-cream, and if no
cream sweet-milk, if neither, down with the egg.
I have used the mustard, with success, in the case of
my own child, which had swallowed a " Quarter " beyond
the reach of the finger, but remaining in the throat, which,
to all appearances, would have soon suffocated him. I first
took " granny's plan" of turning the head down and patting
on the back ) failing in this, I mixed a heaping tea-spoon
of mustard in sufficient water to admit its being swallowed
readily ; and in a minute we had the quarter, dinner, and
all ; without it, we should have had no child.
I knew the mustard to work well once upon about twenty
mea in a boat-yard, on Beile River, Newport, Mich. I
had been furnishing them with "Switcher' at twenty
cents per bucket, made by putting about a pound of sugar,
a quart of vinegar, and two or three table-spoons of ginger
to the bucket of water, with a lump of ice. An old man,
ai»o in the grocery business, offered to give it to them at
eighteen pence per bucket, but, by some mistake, he put in
mustard instead of ginger. They had a general vomit,
which made them think that Cholera had come with the
horrors of " Thirty-Two/' but as the downward effects were
not experienced, it passed off with great amusement, safely
establishing my custom at the twenty cents per bucket.
INFLAMMATORY DISEASES— Description.— Be-
fore I attempt to speak of the inflammation of particular
organs, I shall make a few remarks upon the subject in gen-
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eral, F which will throw* out the necessary light for those taoi
already informed ; and I should be glad to extend my treat-
ment to all of the particular organs of the body, but the
limits of the work only allows me to speak of Pleurisy, In-
flammation of the Lungs, &c. ; yet, Eclectic ideas of inflam-
mation are such, that if we can, successfully, treat inflam-
mation in one part of the system, (body,) we can, with but
little modification, succeed with it in all of its forms : And
my general remarks shall be of such a nature as to enabl*
any judicious person to, successfully, combat with inflamma-
tions in every part of the system. Then :
First. — Inflammation is, generally, attended with pain %
increased heat, redness, ar d swelling. Some, or all of these
signs always accompanyii g it, according to the structure of
the organ affected.
Second. — The more loose the structure of the organ,
the less severe will be the pain 3 and the character of the
structure also modifies the character of the pain. In mucou?
membranes, it is burning or stinging. In serous membrane? .
it is lancinating, and most usually very sharp and cutting.
In fibrous structures, it is dull, aching, and gnawing. In
nervous structures, it is quick, jumping, and most usually
excruciatingly severe ) and in nearly all structures more w
less soreness is soon present.
Third. — To make the foregoing information of value,
it becomes necessary to know the structure of the various
parts of the system. Although the ultimate portions of
muscle or flesh, as usually called, is fibrous, yet, there is a
loose cellular structure blended with it, which fills up and
rounds the form to its graceful beauty — hence, here, we
have more swelling, and less severity of pain. With the
rose, or red of the lips, commences the mucous membrane^
which forms the lining coat of the mouth, stomach, &c, "
through the whole alimentary canal, also lining the urethra,
bladder, ureters, vagina, womb, fallopian tubes, &c, hence
the heat always felt in inflammation of these organs The
whole internal surface of the cavity of the body is lined Uy
a serous membrane, which is also reflected or folded upon
the lungs — here called pleura, (the side,) hence pleurisy,
(inflammation of the pleura or side,) and also folded upon
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ihe uppej side of the diaphragm ; the diaphragm forming
a partition between the upper and lower portions of the cav-
ity of the body, the upper portion containing the lungs,
heart, large blood vessels, &c., called the chest, more com-
monly the breast — the lower portion containing the stomach,
liver, kidneys, intestines, bladder, &c., called the abdomt*
— more commonly the bowels. The sides of the abdomen
are covered with a continuation of this serous membrane,
which is also reflected upon the lower side of the diaphragm,
liver, stomach, small and large intestines, bladder, &c, —
here called peritoneum, (to extend around) in all places it
secretes (furnishes) a moistening fluid enabling one organ
of the body to move upon itself or other organs without
friction. This serous membrane is thin, but very firm,
hence the sharpness of the pain when it is inflamed, as it
cannot yield to the pressure of the accumulating blood.
Fourth. — The ligaments or bands which bind the dif-
ferent parts of the body together at the joints, and the
gracefully contracted ends of the muscles (called tendons)
which pass the joint, attaching themselves to the next bone
above, or below, and the wristlet-like bands which are
clasped around the joints through which these tendons play,
as over a pully, when the joint is bent, are all of a fibrous
construction, hence the grinding or gnawing pains of rheu-
matism (inflammations), and injuries of, or near joints; and
it also accounts for that kind of pain in the latter stages of
intestinal inflammations, as the stomach, intestines, &c, are
composed of three coats, the external, serous, — middle
fibrous, internal, mucous; and when inflammation of the
external, or internal ; coats are long continued, it generally
involves the middle — fibrous layer.
Fifth. — The greatest portion of the substance of the
lungs is of fibrous tissue, consequently, dull or obtuse pain
only, is experienced when inflamed.
Lastly. — The nervous system, although of a fibrous
character is so indescribably fine in its structure, that, like
the telegraph wire, as soon as touched, it answers with a
bound, to the call — quick as thought, whether pain or pleas-
ure, jumping, bounding, it goes to the grand citadel (the
brain) which overlooks the welfare of the whole temple.
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In general, the intensity of the pain attending inflamma-
tions will surely indicate the violence of the febrile (sympa-
thetic) reaction; for instance, in inflammation of the bron-
chial tubes, the pain is not very severe, consequently not
much fever, (reaction) ; but in inflammation of the pleura
(pleurisy) the pain is very severe, conse quently the febrile
reaction exceedingly great.
Causes of Inflammation. — In health, the Hood
carried evenly, in proportion to the size of the blood vessels,
to every part of the body. And the vessels (arteries and
veins) are proportioned in size to the necessity of the sys-
tem for vitality, nutrition, and reparation. Whatever it may
be that causes the blood to recede from the surface, or any
considerable portion of it, will cause inflammation of the
weakest portion of the system ; and whatever will draw the
blood unduly to any part of the system, will cause inflamma-
tion of that part, — for instance, cold drives the blood from
the surface, consequently, if sufficiently long continued, the
internal organ least able to bear the accumulation of blood
upon it will be excited to inflammation — a blow upon any
part, if sufliciently severe, will cause inflammation of the
injured part. Also mustard poultices, drafts to the feet, &c 9
hence the propriety of their proper use to draw the blood
away from internal organs which are inflamed. A check of
perspiration is, especially, liable to excite inflammation, and
that in proportion to the degree of heat producing the per-
spiration and the length of time which the person may be
exposed to the cold. The object of knowing tbe cause of
disease is to avoid suffering from disease, by keeping cleai
of its cause ; or thereby to know what remedy to apply for
its cure or relief.
There is a class of persons who claim that causes will have
Jieir legitimate effects, physical or moral; physicians know
that it is absurd physically ; that is, when philosophically
and scientifically combated with, — for instance, a person is
exposed to cold ; the blood is driven in upon the internal
organs, and the one which is the least able to bear the pres-
sure gives way before the invading enemy, and an inflamma-
tion is the result; which, if left to itself, will terminate in
leath ; but heat and moisture are applied to the constringec*
\rface — the blood is brought back and held there, and «
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cure is speedily effected — the natural or physical effect of
the cause is obviated or avoided.
Then why should it be thought impossible with ^Jrod that
a moral remedy should be provided against moral evils ?
Thanks be to God, it has been provided to the willing and
obedient, through our Lord Jesus Christ, but only to the
willing and obedient, morally as well as physically, for if a
person will not permit a proper course to be pursued to over-
come tne consequences arising to his body from cold, he
must suffer, not only the inflammation to go on, but also
guilt ol mind for neglecting his known duty. The same is
true in either point of view, only it looks so curious that
there should be those who can reason of physical things,
but utterly refuse to give up their moral blindness ; the con-
toquences be upon their own heads.
Just in proportion to the susceptibility of an organ to tak#
qa diseased action, is the danger of exposure ; for example
if a person has had a previous attack of pleurisy, or inflam-
mation of the lungs, those organs, or the one which has been
diseased, will be almost certain to be again prostrated, usu-
ally called relapse ; which is in most cases, ten times more
severe than the first attack ; then be very careful about ex-
posures when just getting better from these, or other disease.
Inflammation terminates by resolution, effusion, suppura-
tion, or mortification. By resolution, is meant that the parts
return to their natural condition ; by effusion, that blood
may be thrown out from the soft parts, or from mucous
membranes, — that lymph, or serum, a colorless part of the
blood may be thrown out by serous membranes, which often
form adhesions, preventing the after motions of the affected
parts — and here what wisdom is brought to light, in the
fact that whatever is thrown out from the mucus surface
never, or at least very seldom adhere, or grow up ; if it did,
any part of the alimentary canal from the mouth to the stom-
ach, and so on through the intestines, would be constantly
adhering ; so,also of the lungs ; for these various organs are
more frequently affected by inflammations than any other
parts of the body — by supjmration, when abscesses are formed
containing pus (matter,) or this may take place upon the
surface, when it is usually called canker, or corroding ulcers,
cancers, &c. j by gangrene, (mortification,) when death of
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the parts take place ; in this case, if the part is sufficiently
extensive, or if it is an internal part, death of the whole
body, if not relieved, is the result.
The methods of inflammatory termination is believed to
result from the grade of inflammation — for instance, at the
circumference of a boil, the inflammation is weak, serum is
thrown out ; near the centre, where the inflammation is a
little higner, lymph is poured out and adhesion takes place ;
— next pus — at the centre, mortijiction and consequent
sloughing takes place.
In boils, the tendency is to suppuration ; in carbuncles, the
tendency is to mortification; but in rheumatism, mumps,
&c, there is a strong tendency to resolution ; and it is often
very difficult to avoid these natural terminations.
The five different tissues of the body also modify the in-
flammation according to the tissue inflamed, viz : the cellular
(fleshy) tissue, is characterized by great swelling, throbbing
pain, and by its suppurating in cavities — not spreading all
over that tissue. Inflammation of the serous tissue, has
sharp lancinating pain, scarcely any swelling, but much
reaction (fever), throws out lymph, and is very liable to
form adhesion — not likely to terminate in mortification, ex-
cept in peritonitis (inflammation of the lining membrane of
the abdominal cavity), which sometimes terminates thus in
a few hours, showing the necessity of immediate action.
Inflammation of the mucous tissue, is characterized by
burning heat . or stinging pain (hence the heat of the stom-
ach, bowels, &c.) — without swelling, not much febrile re-
action, and never terminates in resolution (health) without
a copious discharge of mucus, as from the nose and lungs,
in colds, catarrhs, coughs, &c. Inflammation of the dermoid
(skin) tissue, as in erysipelas, is characterized by burning
pain — spreads irregularly over the suaface, forming blisters
containing a yellowish serum, but never forms adhesions }
nor suppurates in cavities, but upon the surface. Inflamma-
tion of the fibrous tissue, or rheumatic inflammation, is
characterized by severe aching or gnawing pain — is not
liable to terminate in suppuration nor mortification — nearly
always throwing out a gelatinous serum, often causing stiff-
joints, or depositing earthy matter, as in gout — is peculiarly
liable to change its place, being very dangerous if it change
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I any of the vital organs, as the brain, heart, stomach, &c,
a. d in the acute form the febrile reaction is usually quite
severe. Internal inflammation will be known by the con-
stant pain of the inflamed part, by the presence of fever,
which does not generally attend a spasmodic or nervous
pain, and by the position chosen by the patient, to avoid
pressuie upon the afflicted organs.
Inflammation is known under two heads, acute and chronic
The first is generally rapid and violent in its course and
chaiitcteristics. The last is usually the result of the first,
— is more slow and less dangerous in its consequences.
Treatment. — Sound philosophy (Eclecticism) teaches,
that if cold has driven the blood (consequently the heat)
fiom th<? surface, heat will draw it back; and thus relieve
the internal engorgements (over-full organs) and if held
there, sufficiently long, entirely cure the difficulty (inflam-
mation) , upon the same ground, if a person is cola, warm
him ; if wet and cold, warm and dry him ; if hot, cool him ;
if dry and hot, wet and cool him — equalize the circulation
and pain or disease cannot exist.
The foregoing remarks must suffice for general directions ;
but the following special application to 'pleurisy and inflam-
mation of the lungs shall be suffleienUy explicit to enable
ail to make their general applications.
2. Pleurisy. — Pleurisy is an inflammation of the serous
membrane inveloping (covering) the lungs, which is also re-
flected (folded) upon the parieties (sides or walls) of the '
chest, (but I trust all will make themselves familiar with
the description of " Inflammation in General," before they
proceed with the study of pleurisy,) attended with sharp
lancinating pain in the side, difficult bteathing, fever, with
a quick, full, and hard pulse, usually commencing with a
chill. In many cases the inflammation, consequently the
pain, is confined to one point, most commonly about
the short ribs ; but often gradually extends towards the
shoulder and forward part of the breast ; the pain increas-
ing, arxd often becoming very violent. It may not, but
uFiially, is attended with cough, and the expectoration is
seldom mixed with blood, or very free, but rather of a glairy
or mucous character. As the disease advances, the pain is
compared to a stab with a sharp instrument, full breathing
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not being indulged, from its increasing the difficulty ; the
cough also aggravates the pain ; great prostration of strength,
the countenance expressing anxiety and suffering. The
breathing is short, hurried, and catching, to avoid increase
of pain ; in some cases, the cough is only slight. It may
be complicated with inflammation of the lungs, or bronchial
tubes, and if so complicated, the expectoration will b^
mixed or streaked with blood. Yet it makes but very little
difference, as the treatment is nearly the same — with thcr
exception of expectorants, quite the same; although ex-
pectorants are not amiss in pleurisy, but absolutely neces
sary in inflammation of the lungs. Even Mackintosh, of
the " Regulars," says : " It must be recollected that pneu
monia " (inflammation of the lungs) (i and pleuriti^ " (pleu-
risy) " Frequently co-exist " (exist together);, " But neither
is that circumstance of much consequence, being both
inflammatory diseases, and requiring the same genera*
remedies." But there I stop with him, for I cannot go tha
bleeding, calomel, and antimony. I have quoted his words
to satisfy the people that the " Kegmars " acknowledge the
necessity of a similar treatment in all inflammatory diseases,
the difference between the two branches of the profession,
existing only in the remedies used.
Causes of Pleurisy. — Cold, long applied, constriuges
(makes smaller) the capillaries (hair-like blood-vessels)
which cover as a net-work the whole surface, impairing the
circulation, driving the blood internally, causing congestion
(an unnatural accumulation of blood) upon the pleura, hence
pleurisy. Exposures to rains, especially cold rains, cold,
wet feet, recession (striking in) of measles, scarlet fever,
rheumatism, &c, often cause inflammation of this char-
acter.
Indications. — Relax the whole surface, which removes
the obstructions — restore, and maintain, an equal circulation,
and the work is accomplished. The temperature of the
surface and extremities is much diminished, showing mat
the blood has receded (gone) to the internal, diseased, or-
gans, the temperature of which is much increased ; for with
the blood goes the vitality (heat) of the body. This condi-
tion of the system clearly indicates the treatment, viz : the
application of heat to the surface in such a way as to be
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*Ue to keep it there until nature is again capable of carry*
nig on her own work, in her own way.
Treatment. — It has been found that the quickest and least
troublesome way in which heat could be applied to the whole
surface, is by means of burning alcohol, formerly called a "Rum
sweat," because rum was stronger than at present, and more
plenty than alcohol ; but now alcohol is the most plenty, and
much the strongest and cheapest. It should always be in the
house (the 98 per cent.) ready for use as described under the
head of " Sweating with Burning Alcohol," (which see), or if it
is day time, and fires are burning, you can give the vapor-bath-
Bwe&t, by placing a pan, half or two-thirds full of hot water,
under the chair, having a comforter around you ; then putting
into it occasionally a hot stone or brick, until a free perspiration
is produced and held for from 15 to 30 minutes, according to the
severity of the case ; and if this is commenced as soon as the
attack is fairly settled upon the patient, in not more than one
case out of ten will it be necessary to do anything more ; but if
fairly established, or if of a day or two's standing, then, at the
same time you are administering the sweat, place the patient's
feet in water as hot as it can be borne ; have also a strong tea
made of equal parts of pleurisy-root and catnip, (this root is also
called white root — Doctors call it asclepias tuberosa)-~into a
Baucer of this hot tea put 2 tea-spoons of the " Sweating Drops,"
Irinking all at one time, repeating the dose every hour for 5 or
8 hours, using only 1 tea-spoon ot the drops at other times, ex-
cept the first, giving the tea freely once or twice between doses.
As soon as the ?w r eating is over, place the patient comfortably
tn bed so as to Veep up the perspiration from 6 to 12 hours, or
until the pain and uneasiness yield to the treatment. If neces-
sary, after the patient takes the bed, place bottles of hot water
to the feet and along the sides, or hot bricks, or stones wrapped
with flannel wet with vinegar, to help keep up the perspiration.
Mustard may also be placed over the seat of pain, and upon the
feet also rubbing the arms and legs with dry Manuel, which very
much aids the process when the attack is severe. If the pain
sonknues severe, and perspiration is hard to maintain, steep cay-
enne, or common red peppers in spirits and rub the whole sur-
face with it, well and long, and I will assure the blood to come
out &oon and see what is going on externally. Keep the patient
well covered all the time, and avoid drafts cf cold air. As the
painful symptoms begin to subside, the doses of medicine may
be lessened, and the time between doses lengthened, until the
disease is fairly under control ; then administer a dose of the
"Vegetable Physic," or some other cathartic, if preferred, or if
that is not at hand, this course may be repeated or modified to
meet returning or changing symptoms.
Wetting ihe surface daily, with alcohol and water, equal parts,
will be found an excellent assistant in treating any disease, es-
pecially, internal inflmmations, as Pleurisy, Inflammation of the
Lunge, Conauinpton, Bron chits, &e., &a
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The pleurisy root is almost a specific in pleurisy or in-
flammation of the lungs ; no other known root or herb is
equal to it for producing and keeping up perspiration (drug-
gists usually keep it,) but if it cannot be got, pennyroyal,
sage, &c, or one of the mints, must be used in its place.
The only objection to the foregoing treatment is thib, tlx»
Doctors say :
Heigh ! I guess he wasn't very sick ;
For see ! he's round in " double quick" ; '
But alopath holds 'em for weeks, six or seven,
When bleeding, calomel, and antimony are given.
To illustrate : I awoke one night with severe pain in the
left side (I had been exposed to cold during the afternoon,)
could not move or draw a full breath without very much
increasing the difficulty; the night was cold and fires all
down ; I studied my symptoms for a few minutes, and also
reflected upon the length of time which must elapse, if I
waited for fires to be built ; then awoke my wife, saying do
aot be frightened, I have an attack of Pleurisy ; you will
get me a comforter, saucer, and the alcohol, and return to
bed without disturbing any one ; with persuasion, or almost
compulsion, she did so ; for she desired to build a fire and
make a more thorough work of it ; but I had made up my
mind and resolved to carry out the experiment upon myself,
and now had the only chance. I arose and poured the
saucer nearly full of alcohol, and set it on fire ; wrapping
the comforter around me, I sat down upon the chair, over
it, and continued to sit until the alcohol was ail burned out,
and I in a most profuse perspiration ; the pain and diffi-
cult breathing having nearly all subsided; I then returned
to bed, the perspiration continuing for some considerable
longer, by retaining the comforter around me to avoid
checking it as I returned to bed, during which time I again
fell asleep. Wheu I awoke in the morning I could just
realize a little pain, or rather uneasiness, upon taking a
full breath, but did nothing more, being very careful about
exposure however, through the day ; but at bed time I took
another alcohol sweat, and that was the last of the pleurisy.
Again : Mr. , a medical student rooming in the
same house where I lived, awoke in the night, attacked
with pleurisy, the same as myself, after exposure ; but a*
he was attending the lectures of alopath ic professor^ $f
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course, he must have one of them to attend him ; one was
called, three pints of blood were taken, calomel and anti-
mony were freely given ; and in about three or four days'
the disease gave way to time, or the treatment ; but a calo-
mel-Diarrhea set in, and came very near terminating his
life, and kept him from college and his studies o^ver six
weeks; and he said if he was ever calomelized again, he
would prosecute the doer to the end of his life; uut he
graduated in that school of medicine, and no doubt is now
expecting to go and do the same thing. Choose ye your serv-
ant. Shall he be reason, with common-sense resuxts, 01
shall he be silver-slippered fashion, with hiss health-destroy-
ing policy ? It need not Da arsmed that these wore not
parallel cases, for I had the pleurisy when youag, s*nd was
treated in the fashionable style, and was constantly liable
to, and had frequent attacks of it during my earlier life.
In chronic cases, which sometimes occur, and frequently
under other treatment, it will be necessary, not only to use
the foregoing treatment, but to add to it an emetic about
once a week, alternating with the sweating process, with
much external friction, occasionally, with the pepper and
spirits to hold the blood to the surface.
Since the first publication of the foregoing, I have seen
a statement going the rounds of the " Papers/' that a bad
case of burning had taken place in N. Y., by the alcohol
process of sweating, calling it new ; but it has been in use
more than forty years ; I have used it, I speak safely, more
than a hundred times, and never before heard of its injuring
any one; but still it is possible that some accident may have
occurred in its use, or that some one has undertaken it who
was not capable of prescribing; but; if calomel could claim
one year's use under its most accomplished prescribers with
only one case of injury, I would say, let it be continued ;
but in place of one, it is hundreds ; farther comment is
unnecessary.
But, those who prefer, or from the absence of alcohol, or
other necessities, can take " grandmother's plan," i. «., place
fche feet into hot water, and drink freely of pennyroyal, sage,
or other hot teas, for fifteen to twenty minutes ; then get
into bed, continuing the teas for a short time, remaining in
bed for a few hours; which, if commenced soon after the
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attack of colds, or even more severe diseases, will, in mm
out of ten cases, not only relieve, but prevent days, perhaps
weeks, of inconvenience and suffering.
Where there are complications with the substance of the
lungs, you will find explanations under the next head.
3. Inflammation of the Lungs — Is usually, by phy-
sicians, called Pneumonia, from the Greek, Pneumon, tne
Lungs. It may involve the whole lung, on one or both sides,
but is more generally confined to one side, and to the lowei
portion, than to the whole lung.
Causes. — Exposure to cold, wet, cold feet, drafts of air,
especially if in a perspiration, recession of eruptive diseases,
&c, and consequently more liable to come on in the winter,
or cold wet changes of spring, than at any other time ; and
upon those whose lungs are debilitated by previous attacks,
or are predisposed to, or actuallysuffering under disease.
Symptoms. — Inflammation of the Lungs, like other dis~
eases of an inflammatory character, nearly always commen-
ces with a chill, soon followed by fever, more or less violent,
according to which, the severity of the case may be some-
what predetermined, unless of a congestive character; in
which case, instead of a hot and fevered surface, there will
be a cold, clammy feel to the hand, as well as unpleasant to
the patient. There will be difficulty in taking full breaths,
as well as an increased number of breaths to the minute,
which in healthy persons is generally about twenty. Dull
pain, with a tightness of the chest, short and perpetual hack-
ing cough, scanty expectoration, which is tough, and sticks
to the vessel used as a spittoon, and is more or less streaked
with blood, or more like iron-rust in color, and may have so
much blood in it as to make it a brighter red. The pulse is
variable, so much so that but little confidence can be placed
in it. The tongue soon becomes dry and dark; but a dry
and glossy tongue, with early delirium, are considered dan-
gerous symptoms, that is, under " Old School treatment."
But with our rational treatment we very seldom have a fatal
termination, yet it is occasional, and really wonderful that it la
not more frequent, when we take into account the neglect o|
some physicians and imprudence of many patients.
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Indications. — As the blood has receded from the sur-
faase and centered upon the lungs ; the indications are to
renarn it to its original vessels, by judiciously applying
hea* and moisture, which is sure to relax their constringed
condition, instead of cutting a hole and letting it run out
(bleeding), which prostrates the patient and retards his
recovery.
Treatment. — The treatment of Inflammation of the Lungs in
recent cases, will be, at first, the same as for " Pleurisy," that is,
to produce free perspiration — soak the feet in hot water while
administering the " Alcohol Sweat," or Vapor Bath, as there di-
rected, with the white-root tea and " Sweating Drops," for sev-
eral hours, with bottles of hot water or hot bricks to the feet and
•ides, mustard-drafts to the feet also, as they can be borne ; and
after 6 or 8 hours, the •' Vegetable," or other cathartic should be
administered, and great care not to expose the patient to drafts
of air during its operation, especially if in perspiration. If this
course is faithfully persevered in, it will call the blood to the
surface — prevent congestion of the lungs (unnatural accumula-
tion of blood) — lessen the fever — ease the pain and aid expecto-
ration. But if the expectoration becomes difficult, and the dis-
ease should not seem to yield in from 8 to 12 hours at farthest,
or by the time the cathartic has freely operated, then, or soon
after, give the " Eclectic," or " Lobelia-seed Emetic," as directed
ander that head ; and if called to a case which is already con-
firmed, it is best to begin with the emetic, then follow up as above
directed in recent cases. An expectorant, in confirmed (estab-
lished) cases will be needed— let it be composed of tincture of
lobelia 1 oz. ; tincture of ipecac £ oz. ; tincture of blood-root i
oz. ; simple syrup or molasses 2 ozs. ; mix. Dose — One tea-
spoon every 2 hours, alternately with the white-root tea and
" Sweating Drops," except the first dose may be 2 tea-spoons.
The case must then be watched carefully ; and any part or all
of the treatment may be repeated, lessened, increased, or modi-
fied, to suit returning or remaining symptoms.
Persons having this book in the house, and being gov-
erned by it, having also the leading medicines on hand ;
and commencing with this disease, or inflammation of any
other organs, modifying the treatment by common sense,
according to the remarks on " General Inflammation/' will
aot have to repeat the course in one case out of ten.
In inflammations of the stomach, known by heat, accor-
ding to the degree of the inflammation, drinks of slippery-
elm water, or mucilage of gum arabic, &c., may be freely
taken ; and in inflammation of other organs, other modifi-
cations will be required ; as for Dysentery, which is an in-
208 BR. CHASE'S RECIPES.
flammation of the large intestines, the " Injection" must be
freely used, as also the perspiring processes, in all cases.
In chronic inflammation, the emetic should be given once a
week ; and some other time during the week, the sweating
should be gone through also, with dry frictions to the whole
surface, by means of a coarse towel, for fifteen to twenty min-
utes each time, twice daily ; and if the feet are habitually cold,
wash them in cold water and wipe them dry, at bed time, then
rub them with a coarse cloth or the dry hand until they are
perfectly warm and comfortable ; and it may be expected that
these long standing cases will soon yield to this rational
course.
Female Debility and Irregularities. — It is a self-evi-
dent fact that the finer the work, and the more complicated a
piece of machinery, the more liable is it to become deranged,
or out of order ; and the more skillful must be the mechanic
who undertakes to make any necessary repairs.
Upon this consideration I argue that the system of the
female is the finer and more complicated, having to perform a
double work, (child-bearing,) yet confined to the same or less
dimensions than the male. And to perform this double func-
tion of sustaining her own life, and giving life to her species,
it becomes necessary in the wisdom of God to give her such
a peculiar formation, that between the ages of fifteen and
forty-five, or the child-bearing period, she should have a san-
guineous, monthly flow, called by various names, as, monthly
periods, menstruation, menses, catamenia, courses, &c, &c.
Why it should have been so arranged, or necessary, none
can tell. We are left to deal with the simple fact; and it
would be just as wise in us to say that it was not so, as to say
there was no one who planned it, because we cannot see and
fully understand the reason why it is so. This flow varies in
amount from one to three, four, or five ounces, lasting from
three to four or five days only, when usual health is enjoyed.
And as this book will fall into the hands of very many fami-
lies who will have no other medical work for reference upon
this subject, it will not be amiss for me to give the necessary
instructions here, that all may be able to qualify themselves
to meet the exigencies (demand) of all cases. A day or two
previous to the commencement of these periods, for the first
time, an uneasiness often amounting to pain, in the parts, is
felt, with sense of heaviness also in the womb — lying in the
lower part of the abdomen.
Some females are very nervous at these periods, others
have a flushed face accompanied with dizziness and headache,
sickness at the stomach, &c. In young girls these new feel-
ings produce uneasiness, for want of knowledge as to their
cause and result, and should lead them to seek maternal
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advice and counsel, unless they have some book of this kind
which explains the whole matter. And it would certainly bo
advisable, in all cases, for girls to not only seek such advice
from the mother, or lady with whom they may be living, but
be guided by it alsu. And although, with many girls, there *
may be uneasiness in the mammae, often amounting to real
pain, yet, no real danger need be apprehended; for these
unpleasant sensations will continue, and increase in severity.
until in healthy young females there will be what is knows as
a "show," which will afford immediate relief, not from the
quantity of the flow, at the first few periods, tut from the
fact that the organs peculiar to the female have accomplished
their mysterious work. Ordinarily these periods begin at
about fifteen years of age, some earlier or later even as much
as a year and sometimes more. With girls who take an
active part in the labors of the house, freely romping, play-
ing, &c, their health and strength becoming fully developed
thereby, these periods come on a little earlier, and are more
healthy and regular.
Allow me here to give a word of caution about taking cold
at this period. It is very dangerous. I knew a young girl,
who had not been instructed by her mother upon this subject,
to be so afraid of being found with this show upon her
apparel which she did not know the meaning of, that she
went to a brook and washed herself and clothes — took cold,
and immediately became insane — remaining so as long as I
knew her. Any mother who so neglects her duly to her
child, in not explaining these things, nor by putting a work of
this kind into her hands, runs the risk of injury to her daugh-
ter that may never be remedied, even with the best treatment,
after the harm is done. '#&&$
After this flow takes place, the unpleasant feelings usually
subside, and the health again becomes good for the month,
when all of the foregoing sensations recur again, with a
larger flow and longer continued, recurring every four weeks,
and is then called menses &c, &c.
This function of the female system, from the fineness and
complication of the structures, is very liable to become
deranged in various ways.
J!* It may be partially suppressed or entirely stopped, called,
amenorrhea, — it may become painful or imperfect, dysmenor-
rhea, — it may be very free or excessive, menorrhagia, (like
hemorrhage, for the treatment of which see recipe for Uterine
Hemorrhage in another part of the book), — or, it may be
irregular in its recurrence and duration, or a continual glairy
flow which indicates an inflammation of the parts, leucorrhea.
But as this monthly flow is absolutely necessary to health,
between these periods of life, say fifteen to forty-five — its sup-
210 BR.
pression, — painfulness — excessiveness, or irregularity, will
soon produce general debility.
Causes. — The female organism is such that what affects the
.general system of the male, much more frequently affects the
organs peculiar to her system only. No reason can be given
for it except the wisdom of the Creator, and the necessities of
her construction. Bat this debility and irregularity are so
interwoven together that what causes one must necessarily
affect the other.
In the good old grandmother-days, when girls helped with
the work of the household, warm but loose clothing, plain
food, good thick-soled shoes, and absence of novels, to excite
the passions, &c, such a thing as a feeble, debilitated woman
or girl was seldom known ; but now, sedentary habits, stimu-
lating food, every conceivable unphysiological style of dress,
paper-soled shoes, checking perspiration, excitable reading,
repeated colds by exposure going to and from parties, thinly
clad, standing by the gate talking with supposed friends (real
enemies) when they ought to be by the fire or in bed, all tend
to general debility ; and the real wonder is that there is not
more debility than there is.
Symptoms. — The very word debility, shows plainly the
leading symptom, weakness. She appears pale, especially
about the lips, nose, &c, with a bluish circle about the eyes,
which appear rather sunken, she feels dull, languid, and
drowsy, stomach out of order, nausea, often with fluttering
about the heart ; the nervous system sometimes becoming so
much involved as to bring on fits of despondency leading
many to commit suicide. The feet and limbs frequently, be-
come swollen, restless in sleep, often craving unnatural food,
as clay, soft stones, &c. There may also be a sensation of
bearing down, or even falling of the womb, as it is called,
(prolapsus uteri) which is much the most common among
the married. The bowels are usually costive, often griping
pains which cause much suffering. Pains in the head and
back also ; but instead of being looked upon as unfavorable,
they rather show that nature is trying to accomplish her
work, and needs the assistance of rational remedies.
It is not to be supposed that every patient will experience
all of these symptoms, at one time, or all of the time ; but
they commence as pointed out, and if allowed to go on with-
out proper correction, they will increase in severity until they
may be all experienced in a greater or less degree.
Indications. — The symptoms indicate (point out) the treat-
ment, that is, if there is debility, tonics are required ; paleness
shows that the blood has become deficient in iron ; and the
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softness of the flesh indicates that a more nutritious diet is
needed. The dullness and drowsy languidness indicate the
necessity of out-door, active exercise. Travel, or, agreeable
home company, to ramble over hill and dale, resting as often
and as long as may be necessary, not to tire, but sufficient to
create an appetite and aid digestion — using, once a week, any
gentle cathartic to move the bowels once or twice only at
each time, with the " Tonic Wine Tincture" given in another
part of this work, or the iron and ginger, given below, as
deemed^best or most convenient to obtain.
In cases of inflammation of these organs, known by a glairy
flow, cooling ancl astringent injections are called for, both as an
act of cleanliness, as also of cure. In cases where the womb has
fallen — settled low in the pelvis — trie necessity is shown for a
pessary support, until the general treatment relieves the dif-
ficulty. Costiveness, points out laxatives, whilst nature's ef-
forts, shown by pains in the head, back, &c, call for the whole
general remedies above pointed out ; and which shall be a lit-
tle more, particularized in the following:
Treatment. — For the weakness and general debility of the
patient, let the " Tonic Wine Tineture " be freely taken in
connection with iron to strengthen and invigorate the system ;
beth-root, (often called birth-root, Indian balm, ground Illy,
&c.,) the root, is the'part used, Solomon's seal and columbo,
spikenard, comfrey, gentian, the roots, with camomile flowers,
of each 1 oz. ; with a little white-oak bark, may be added to
the wine tincture to adapt it to these particular cases, taking
a wine-glass, if it can be borne, from 3 to 5 times daily. Do-
mestic wine can be used in place of the Port, in making the
tonic wine tincture.
1. A very good way to take iron, is to go to a blacksmith
and have him take a piece of nail-rod, a foot or two in length,
and heat it, letting it cool in the cinders of the forge, which
softens it ; then have him file it all up for you, saving the
filings on a piece of paper, with which filings, mix as much
ground ginger, rubbing them thoroughly together. Dose —
Half of a tea-spoon three times daily, in a little honey or mo-
lasses. The natural action of the iron upon the system will
be to make the stools dark, or nearly black, so do not be fear-
ful about that condition ; for, without it, we should not be
sure of the desired action of the iron. Let the use of thejiron
be kept up for two or three months at least, or until health is
obtained.
In places where it may be difficult to get the iron filings,
given in No. 1., the sweet liquor of the protoxide of iron, kept
by druggists, the technical name of which is Liq. Ferri Protox-
idi Dule.j may be used in place of that, a dose of which will
212 i>K. chase's kecipes.
be about one teaspoon 3 times daily, just after meals. I hare
prescribed this preparation with very great success, contin-
uing its use, in one very bad case, nearly a year.
With the above treatment, let there be a warm bath taken,
once a week, putting into the water a quart or two of weak-
lye, made by putting a fire-shovel or two of wood ashes into
the water and stirring up well, and let stand a while, then
pour off into the bathing water. Castile-soap will do about
as well, but common soap is not as good. Wash well, and
wipe off the water from the body, then with a dry coarse tow-
el, have some one to rub the whole body and limbs "briskly
unti the surface glows with warmth and comfort.
For diet, moderate quantities of broiled pork, broiled beef,
baked beef or mutton, wild game &c, baked or broiled, with
bread baked, at least, the day before, roast or baked potatoes,
with but little butter, unless very nice, or just made, then, not
very freely. This treatment, and diet, will soon overcome
the softness of the flesh, and give strength for the necessary
exercise, which will remove the dullness and drowsy, languid
feelings. The exercise may be labor about the house, but
better to be out of doors, as gardening, romping, swinging,
singing and riding, or running, when it can be borne, with
agreeable company, travel, &c. The following pill will be
found a gentle and excellent cathartic, or laxative :
2. Female Laxative Pill.— Aloes, macrotin, and cream
of tartar, of each 2 drs. ; podophylin and ground ginger, 1 dr.
each ; make into common sized pills by using oil of pepper-
mint 15 to 20 drops and thick solution of gum Arabic mucil-
age. Dose — One pill at bed time, or two if found necessary,
and sufficiently often to keep the bowels just in a solvent con-
dition, but not less often than once a week.
If the aloes should not agree with any, they may use the
following :
3. Female Laxative; and Anodyne Pill.— Macrotin
and rhubarb, of each 10 grs. ; extract of hyoscyamus, 10 grs ;
Castile-soap, 40 grs. ; scrape the soap and mix well together,
forming into common sized pills with gum solution as in the
above recipe. Dose — One pill, as the other, or sufficiently
often to keep the bowels solvent, but not too loose. The hy-
oscyamus tends to quiet the nerves without constipating the
bowels.
Some females are always troubled with pains, to a greater
or less degree, in the commencement of these periods, and
some through the whole period. The following pill will be
found very soothing and quieting to the nervous system of all
such persons.
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4 Pill for Painful Menstruation— Anodyne— Ex-
tract of stramonium and sulphate of quinine, of each 16 grs. ;
macrotin * 8 grs. ; morphine, 1 gr, ; make into 8 pills. Dose
— One pill, repeating once or twice only, 40 minutes to an
hour apart, if the pain does not subside. If the pain subsides,
there is no need of repeating the dose. The advantage of this
pill is that costiveness is not increased, and pain must subside
under its use.
5. Tea — Injection for Leucorrhea. — In cases of leucor-
rhea which continue any length of time, the following decoc-
tion, will be found very valuable as an injection :
The inner bark of the common hemlock tree, and the leaves
and bark of the witch-hazel, sometimes called spotted -alder,
an ounce of each, will make a quart of the decoction, a little
of which, with a female syringe, should be injected, morning
and evening, while in a recumbent position.
If the case does not yield to the above in a few days then
use a little of the following, in the same way :
6. Injection for Leucorrhea. — WJiite vitriol and
sugar of lead, of each 10 grs. ; common salt, loaf sugar
and pulverized alum, of each 5 grs. ; soft water, 1 pt. Sim-
mer all over a slow fire for ten or fifteen minutes, when cool
strain and bottle, keeping well corked. When desired to use,
pour out about half as much as needed and put an equal
amount of soft water with it, and inject, as of the above. It
may be reduced with more soft water if there should be
sufficient inflammation to cause much uneasiness. A little
uneasines is expected, however, and necessary.
7. In cases of permanent falling of the womb, a good pes-
sary may be made of a piece of fine, firm sponge, cut to a
proper size to admit, when damp, of being placed in the
vagina to hold the womb to its place.- The sponge should
have a stout piece of small cord sewed two or three times
through its center, and left of sufficient length to aid in its
removal, morning and evening, for the purpose of cleansing
it, using the necessary injections, &c. After having injected
either No. 5 or 6 of the above, as thought preferable, the
sponge having been thoroughly washed and pressed dry, it
will be again introduced sufficiently high to hold the womb in
place. Remembering, however, in almost all of these cases
of falling of the womb, that the patient will find it necessary
to keep the bed until well, or very much relieved.
One thing is very evident in these cases of debility ; the
blood is deficient in iron ; consequently that article should en-
* Note.— Macrotin, Podophylin, &c, are kept by all Eclectic Phy-
sicians, and should be kept by all druggists.
214. DR.
ter largely into any medicine intended for its relief; and in
most cases the iron-filings and ginger, or the sweet liquor, will
be found, continued for two or three months, all the medicine
required ; and the iron must not be omitted in any case whatev-
er. Iron is the main-spoke in these female-wheels, and very
valuable in general debility of males as well as females.
For real hemorrhage, which may be known by the coagula-
tion (clotting) of the blood, as the menstrual flow does not
coagulate, see " Uterine Hemorrhage," or the " Styptic Bal-
sam," but for profuse or long continued flowing or wasting,
use the following ;
8. Powder for Excessive Flooding. — Gums kino and
catechu, of each 1 dr. ; sugar of lead and alum, of each 1-2 dr. ;
pulverize all and thoroughly mix, then divide into 7 to 10
grain powders. Dose — One every 2 to 3 hours until checked,
then less often, merely to control the flow.
If any female, into whose hands this book shall come, will
carefully study and use the foregoing rational remarks and
prescriptions, and is not an hundred times better pleased with
the results than she would have been by calling half of the
physicians of the day, I should be very much disappointed,
and I would be sure that the remedies did not have their com-
mon effects, which, I feel, will not be the case from the great
good they have already done, many times ; besides they save
the delicacy of exposures, in many instances ; and they will al-
ways save the delicacy of conversing with and explaining
their various feelings and conditions, to one of the opposite
sex. So highly important is this fact — that the information
should become general — every girl, old or young, ought to be
furnished with " Dr. Chase's Recipes," and also receive all the
additional instruction that a mother's experience can give her.
BANKER'S, SHOE, AND HARNESS MAKER'S
DEPARTMENT.
COLORS— Best Color for Boot, Shoe, and Harness
Edge, and Ink Which Cannot Freeze. — Alcohol 1 pi; tinc-
ture of iron 1^ oz.; extract of logwood 1 oz.; nutgalls, pulver-
ised, 1 oz.; soft water | pt.; mix. Or:
2. Take alcohol 1 pt.; extract of logwood and tincture of iron,
of each 1 oz.; nutgalls, pulverized, 1 oz.; and sweet oil £ oz.;
mix.
I have found shoemakers using these colors, each think-
ing he had the best color in the world. The sweet oil is
believed to prevent the hot iron from sticking, and to make
a better polish.
The first one makes a very passable ink for winter use,
by carrying a quick hand to prevent it from spreading in
the paper, from the presence of the alcohol, which, of course,
is what prevents it from freezing, and that is the only argu-
ment in favor of it as an ink for writing purposes.
3. Cheap Color for the Edge.— Soft water 1 gal.; extract
of logwod 1 oz.; and boil them until the extract is dissolved,
then remove from the fire and add copperas 2 ozs.; bi-chromate
of potash and gum arabic, of each \ oz.; all to be pulverized.
This makes a cheap and good color for shoe or harness
edge, but for cobbling or for new work, upon which you do
not wish to use the " hot kit," but finish with heel-ball, you
will find that if, as you pour this out into the bottle to use, you
put a table-spoon of lamp-black to each pint of ii it will
make a blacker and nicer finish. It makes a good color for
cheap work, but for fine work, nothing will supercede the
first colors given. This also makes a very good ink lot
writing purposes, if kept corked to avoid evaporation, which
makes it gummy or sticky. See also "Grain Side Blacking."
4. Sizing for Boots and Shoes, in Treeing-out.— Take
water 1 qt, and dissolve in it, by heat, isinglass 1 oz., adding
more water to make up for evaporation ; when dissolved, add
Btarch 6 oz.; extract of logwood, bees- wax, and tallow, of each 2
oz.; and continue the heat until all is melted and well mixed.
Kub the starch up first, by pouring on sufficient boiling water
for- tiiat purpose.
(215)
216 dr. chase's recipes
It makes boots and shoes soft and pliable, applying ifr
when treeing-out, and is especially nice to clean up worJi
which has stood long on the shelves.
5. Water-Proof Oil-Paste Blacking.— Take camphene 1
pt., and put into it all the India-rubber it will dissolve ; when
dissolved, add currier's oil 1 pt.; tallow 6 lbs.; lamp-black 2 ozs/
mix thoroughly by heat.
This is a nice thing for old harness or carriage tops, as
well as for boots and shoes. Or you can dissolve the rubber
in tne oil by setting them in rather a hot place for a day or
two ) and save the expense of camphene, as that is of no
use only as a solvent to the rubber. There are those, how-
ever, who do not like to use the rubber, thinking it rots the
leather ; then use the following :
6. Water-Proof Paste Without Rubber.— Take tallow 1
lb.; bees-wax J lb.; castor or neats-foot oil £ pt.; and lamp-black
£ oz.; mix by heat. Or :
7. Neat's-Foot Oil, brought to a proper consistent with
a little bees- wax and tallow ; colored with lamp-black, will be
found proof against snow or water.
8. Some, however, may prefer the following manner of
preserving their boots and shoes, from a correspondent of
the Mechanics 1 Gazette ; but if they do ihe boots must be
made large, from the fact that the preparation has a ten-
dency to shrink the leather. He says :. "I have had only
three pair of boots for the last six years, (no shoes) and I
think I shall not require any more the next six years to
come. The reason is, that I treat them in the following
manner :
" I p'At 1 lb. of tallow and £ pound of rosin in a pot on the fire ;
when melted and mixed, 1 warm the boots and apply the hot
stuff with a painter's brush until neither the sole nor the upper
will soak in any more. If it is desired that the boots should
immediately take a polish, dissolve 1 oz. of wax in spirits of tur-
pentine, to which add a tea-spoon of lamp-black A day after
the boots have been treated with the tallow and rosin, rub over
them this wax in turpentine, but not before the fire.
" Thus the exterior will have a coat of wax alone, and will
shine like a mirror. Tallow or any other grease becomes
iancid, and rots the stitching as well as the leather, but the
rosin gives it that antiseptic quality which preserves the
whole. Boots and shoes should be made so large as to ad-
LEATHER-WORKING DEPARTMENT. 217
mit of wearing cork soles. Cork is so bad a conductor of
heat, that with it in the boots, the feet are always warm on
the coldest stone floor."
9. Black Varnish for Edge. — Take 98 per cent alcohol 1
pt. ; shellac 8 ozs. ; rosin 2 ozs. ; pine turpentine 1 oz. ; lamp-
black l oz. ; mix, and when the gums are all cut, it is ready to
use ; but bear in mind that low proof alcohol will not cut gums
properly, for any varnish.
This, applied to a boot or shoe edge, with a brush, gives
it the shining gloss resembling much of the Eastern work.
It is also applicable to wood or cloth requiring a gloss, after
having been painted.
10. Varnish for Harness, the Best in Use. — Take 98 per
cent alcohol 1 gal. ; white pine turpentine 1£ lbs. ; gum sheliar
1£ lbs. ; Venice turpentine 1 gill. Let these stand in a jug ii
the sun or by a stove until the gums are dissolved, then add
Bweet oil 1 gill, and lamp-black 2 ozs., rub the lamp-black first
with a little of the varnish.
This varnish is better than the old style, from the fact
that it's polish is as good, and it does not crack when the
harness is twisted or knocked about.
If you wish a varnish for fair leather, make it as the
above, in a clean jug, but use no lamp-black. The pine
turpentine and sweet oil make it pliable, yet not sticky.
TANNING, BLACKING, AND FINISHING.— Process for
Calf, Kip, and Harness, in from Six to Thirty Days. — For
a 12 lb. calf skin, take terra-japonica 3 lbs. ; common salt 2 lbs.;
alum 1 lb. ; put these into a copper kettle with sufficient water
to dissolve the whole by boiling.
The skin, or skins, will first be limed, haired, and treated
*u every way as for the old process ) then it will be put
*nto a vessel with sufficient water to cover it, at which time
fou will put in one pint of the composition, stirring it well ;
Adding the same amount each night and morning for three
►lays, when you will add the whole ) handling two or three
times daily all the time tanning ; you can continue to use
ihe tanning liquid by adding half the quantity each time,
of new liquor, and by keeping these proportions for any
Amount, and if you desire to give the leather the appearance
df bark color, you will put in one pound of Sicily sumac.
Kip skins will require about twenty days, light horse
Mdes for harness, thirty days, to make good leather, while
218 I)R. chase's recipes.
calf skins will only require from six to ten days at most.
The japonica is put up in large cakes of about one hundred
and fifty pounds, and sells, in common times, at about fou*
cents per pound, in New York
Byron Rose, a tanner, of Madison, 0., says that ons
quart of oil of vitriol to fifty sides of leather, with the japon-
ica and alum, as above, leaving out the salt, will very much
improve it; the acid opens the pores, quickening the pj<r
cess without injury to the leather.
2. Canadian Process. — The Canadians make feu*
liquors in using the japonica :
The first liquor is made by dissolving, for 20 sides of upper,
15 lbs. of terra japonica in sufficient water to cover the upper,
being tanned. The second liquor contains the same amount of
japonica, and 8 lbs. of saltpetre also. The third contains 20
lbs. of japonica, and 4£ lbs. of alum. The fourth liquor con-
tains only 15 lbs. of japonica, anfl H lbs. of sulphuric acid; and
the leather remains 4 days in each liquor for upper ; and for sole,
the quantities and time are both doubled. They count 50 calf
skins in place of 20 sides of upper, but let them lie in each
liquor only 3 days.
3. Deer Skins—Tanning and Buffing for Glovfs.— For
each, skin, take a bucket of water, and put into it 1 qt. .of lime ;
let the skin or skins lay in from 3 to 4 days ; then rinse in clean
w T ater, hair, and grain ; then soak them in cold water to get out
the glue ; now scour or pound in good soap suds, for half an
hour; after which take w T hite vitriol, alum, and salt, 1 table-
spoon of each to a skin ; these will be dissolved in sufficient water
to cover the skin and remain in it for 24 hours ; wring out as
dry as convenient ; and spread on with a brush £ pt. of currier's
oil, and hang in the sun about 2 days ; after which you will
scour out the oil w T ith soap suds, and hang out again until per-
fectly dry ; then pull and work them until they are soft ; and if
a reasonable time does not make them soft, scour out in suda
again as before, until complete. The oil may be saved by pour-
ing or taking it from the top of the suds, if left standing a short
time. The buff color is given by spreading yellow ochre evenly
over the surface of the skin, w T hen finished, rubbing it in well
with a brush.
The foregoing plan was pursued for a number of years by
a brother of mine, and I have worn the gloves and know
the value of the recipe ; but there are plans of using acid,
and if the quantity is not too great, there is no reason in the
world why it may not be used ) the only caution necessary ia
to see that the strength of acid doaa nnt kill Hi<? ?>aji>T$ of
LEATHER-WORKING DEPARTMENT. 219
the leather ; in proper quantities it tans only, instead of de-
stroying the fiber. ^1 will give a couple of the most valuable
methods.
4. Tanning- with Acid. — After having removed the hair,
scouring, soaking, and pounding in the suds, &c, as in the last
recipe, in place of the white vitriol, alum, and salt, as there
mentioned, take oil of vitriol, (sulphuric acid) and water, equal
parts of each, and thoroughly wet the flesh-side of the skin
with it, by means of a sponge or cloth upon a stick ; then
folcli g up the skin, letting it lie for 20 minutes only, having
eaclyn a solution of sal soda and water, say one lb, to a bucke
of wnter, and soak the skin or skins in that for 2 hours, whet
you will wash in clean water and apply a little dry salt, lettinn
lie in the salt over night, or that length of time ; then removg
the flesh with a blunt knife, or, if doing business on a large
scale, by means of the regular beam and flesh-knife ; when dry e
or nearly so, soften by pulling and rubbing with the hands,
and also with a piece of pumice-stone. This, of course, is the
quickest way of tanning, and by only wetting the skins with,
the acid and soaking out in twenty minutes, they are noe
rotted
5. Another Method.— Oil of vitriol i oz.; salt 1 teacupof
milk sufficient to handsomely cover the skin, not exceeding 3
qts.j warm the milk, then add the salt and vitriol; stir the
skin in the liquid 40 minutes, keeping it warm ; then dry and-
work it as directed in No. 4.
6 Tanning Sheep-Skins, Applicable for Mittens
Door-Mats, Robes, &c. — For mats, take two long-wooled
skins, make a strong suds, using hot water ; when it is cold
wash the skins in it, carefully squeezing them between the
hands to get the dirt out of the wool; then wash the soap
out with clean cold water. Now dissolve alum and salt, of
each half a pound, with a little hot water, which put into a
tub of cold water sufficient to cover the skins, and let them
soak in it over night, or twelve hours, then hang over a pole
to drain. When they are well drained, spread or stretch
carefully on a board to dry. They need not be tacked if
you will draw them out, several times with the hand, while
drying. When yet a little damp, have one ounce, each,
of saltpetre and alum, pulverized, and sprinkle on the flesh-
side of each skin, rubbing in well ; then lay the flesh-sides
together and hang in the shade for two or three days, turn
ing the under skin uppermost every day, until perfectly dry
Then scrape the flesh-side with a blunt knife, to remove any
remaining scraps of flesh, trim off projecting points, and rub
220 dr. chase's recipes.
the flesh-side with pumice or rotten stone, and with tbt
hands ; they will be very white and beautiful, suitable for
a fookniat, also nice in a sleigh or wagon of a cold day,
They also make good robes, in place of the buffalo, if col-
ored, and sewed together. And lamb-skins, (or sheep-skins,
if the wool is trimmed off evenly to about one-half or three
fourths of an inch in length) make most beautiful and warm
mittens for ladies, or gentlemen.
7. Tanning Fur and Other Skins — Fifty Dollah
Recipe. — First, — Remove the legs and other useless parts,
and soak the skin soft ; then remove the fleshy substances
and soak in warm water for an hour ; now :
Take for each skin, borax, saltpetre, and glauber-salts, of each
£ oz., and dissolve or wet with soft water sufficient to allow it to
be spread on the flesh-side of the skin.
Put it on with a brush, thickest in the centre or thickest
part of the skin, and double the skin together, flesh-side in,
keeping it in a cool place for twenty-four hours, not allow
ing it to freeze, however.
Second, — Wash the skin clean, and then :
Take sal-soda 1 oz. ; borax £ oz. ; refined soap 2 ozs. ; (Col
gate's white soap is recommended as the best, but our " White
Hard Soap" is the same quality, ) ; melt them slowly together
being careful not to allow them to boil, and apply the mixture tc
the flesh-side as at first — roll up again and keep in a wcurffi
place for 24 hours.
Third. — Wash the skin clean, as above, and have salera-
tus two ounces, dissolved in hot rain water sufficient to well
saturate the skin, then :
Take alum 4 ozs. ; salt 8 ozs. ; and dissolve also in hot rain
water ; when sufficiently cool to allow the handling of it with-
out scalding, put in the skin for 12 hours ; then wring out the
water and hang up, for 12 hours more, to dry. Repeat this last
soaking and drying from 2 to 4 times, according to the desired
'oftness of the skin when finished.
Lastly, — Finish by pulling, working, &c, and finally by
rubbing with a piece of pumice-stone and fine sand-paper.
This works admirably on sheep-skins as well as on fur-
skins,'* dog, cat, or wolf-skins also, making a durable leather
well adapted to washing.
A man in our county paid fiifty dollars for this recipe, and
LEATHER-WORKING DEPARTMENT. 221
has made liis money out of it many times. It is very valu-
able.
8. Tanning Deer and Woodchtjck-sbins for Whips,
Strings, &c. — Prepare the skin according to the last recipe,
then:
Take oil of vitriol 1 oz. ; salt 1 pt. ; milk 3 qts. ; mix.
Now dip the skin in warm rain water having sufficient
saleratus in it to make it rather strong, or as in the third
head of last recipe, and work and squeeze it well for a few
minutes, then wring dry as convenient and put it into the
vitriol mixture for fifty minutes, stirring all the time ; now
wring out and soak awhile ; and finally dry and work until
soft.
9. Grain-side Blacking, for Ten Cents a Barrel.— Take
a barrel and put into it quite a quantity of old iron, cast or
wrought, then fill nearly full of soft water, and add 1 pt. of oil
of vitrol ; stir it up well, and in a month or two you have just
as good blacking for the grain-side, as could be made by using
vinegar in place of water.
This makes good blacking for boot, shoe, or harness edge,
also. The acid used is so trifling that no injury will arise
to the leather.
Tanners will, of course, first apply the urine before ap-
plying the blacking, saving from ten to twenty dollars
yearly, in this way, instead of the old plan of using vine-
gar.
10. French Finish, for Leather. — Take a common
wooden pail of scraps, (the legs and pates of calf-skins are
the best) and put a handful each, of salt and pulverized
alum amongst them and let them stand three days ; then boil
them until you get a thick paste; in using you will warm
it; in the first application, put a little tallow with it, and
for the second, a little soft soap, and use it in the regular
way of finishing, and your leather will be soft and pliable,
like the French calf-skin.
I have no doubt that this would make a good preparation
far shoemakers to use in treeing-out, leaving a soft pliable-
ness, not otherwise obtained.
11. French Patent Leather. — The process which has
bee-n so successfully adopted by the French artisans in glaz-
ing leather, so as to give it the repute for superior quality
222 DR. chase's recipes.
arid beauty which it now universally sustains, is as follows :
Work into the skin with appropriate tools three or four sue
cessive coatings of drying varnish, made by boiling linseed-oii
with white-lead and litharge, in the proportion of one pound of
each of the latter to a gallon of the former, and adding a por-
tion of chalk or ochre — each coating being thoroughly dried be-
fore the. application of the next. Ivory black is then substituted
for the chalk or ochre, the varnish thinned with spirits of tur-
pentine, and five additional applications made in the same man-
ner as before, except that it is put on thin and not worked in.
The leather is rubbed down with pumice-stone, in powder, and
then placed in a room at 90 degs., out of the w r ay of dust. The
last varnish is prepared by boiling \ lb. of asphaltum with 10 lbs.
of the drying oil used in the first step of the process, and tnen
stirring in 5 lbs. of copal varnish and 10 lbs. of turpentine.
It must have a month/ s age before it is fit for use, b>
order to exhibit its true characteristics. — U. S. Gazette.
PAINTER'S DEPARTMENT.
DRYING OILS— To Prepare for Carriage, Wagon, and
Floor Painting. — Take linseed oil 1 gal., and add gum shellac
& lbs. ; litharge £ lb. ; red-lead £ lb. ; umber 1 oz. Boil slowly,
2 or 3 hours, until the gums are dissolved.
Grind your paints in this (any color) and reduce with
turpentine. Yellow ochre is used for floor painting. This
dries quick and wears exceedingly well.
2. Drying Oil, Equal to the Patent Dryers.— Linseed-oil
2 gals., and add litharge, reel-lead, and umber, of each 4 ozs., and
sugar of lead and sulphate of zinc, of each 2 ozs.
Boil until it will scorch a feather. Use this, or either
of the others, in quantity to suit the object of the work
being done.
3. Japan Dryer op the Best Quality.— Ta&e linseed oil 1
fal., and put into it gum shellac f lb. ; litharge and burned Tur-
ey umber, of each % lb. ; red-lead £ lb., and sugar of lead 6 ozs.
Boil in the oil until all are dissolved, which will require afojut 4
hours ; remove from the fire, and add spirits of turpentine 1 gal.,
and it is done.
While in Princeton, Ind., after selling one of my bcokg
to T. & J. T. Ewing, extensive carriage maDufacturers* of
painter's department. 223
that place, I obtained the foregoing recipe. It was pub-
lished in a work printed in Columbus, 0., devoted to the
art of painting, From this fact, and also that the gentle-
men from whom I obtained it, had tested it and were using
it, I have not myself tried it, but know, from the nature
of the articles used, that nothing better will be required.
4. Another. — Another dryer is made by taking linseed oil 5
gals,, and adding red-lead and litharge, of each S£ lbs. ; raw
umber 1£ lbs. ; sagar of lead and sulphate of zinc, of each | lb. ;
pulverize all ths articles together, and boil in the oil until dis-
solved ; when a little cool, add turpentine, 5 gals., or to make it
of a proper consistence.
The gentleman of whom I obtained this recipe paid ten
dollars for it. He was using it successfully, and said he
used two or three drops of it to a quart of varnish also,
and especially when the varnish did not dry readily.
OIL— PAINT— To Reduce with Water,— Take gum shel
lac 1 lb. ; sal-soda £ lb. ; water 3 pts. ; put all into a suitable
kettle and boil, stirring till all is dissolved. " If it does not all
dissolve, add a little more sal-soda ; this, when cool, can be bot-
tled for use. If it smells bad when opened it does not hurt it,
Directions for Using. — Mix up two quarts of oil paint
as usual, except no turpentine is to be used — any color de-
sired. Now put one pint of the gum shellac mixture with
the oil paint when it becomes thick, and may be reduced
with water to a proper consistence to lay on with a brush.
Two coats will be required, and with the second coat sand
may be applied if desired. I used this upon a picket-fence
with white-lead and yellow ochre for the body and a little
lamp-black to give it a dark shade, putting on sand with
the second coat. It is still firm and good, the work being
done nearly four years ago.
The sand was applied with a tub-like box, with many
small holes to allow the even spreading of the sand, as with
a pepper-box. I do not regret using this kind of paint, nor
the sanding, as it adds much to the durability of any out-
door painting. But a better plan of sanding is represented
in the " Painter's Sanding Apparatus " below.
9 Another Method.— Take soft water 1 gal., and dissolve
in it, pearlash 3 ozs.; bring to a boil, and slowly add shellac 1
lb.; when cold it is ready to be added to oil-paint, in equal pro*
portions. The expense of these is only one-third of oil-paint
224 r>R. chase's recipes.
Some persons may think it bad policy to learn painters to
reduce oil-paint with water, but I think every man should
be told of the plan, who is going to have a job of work done,
and if he makes up his mind to try any thing of the kind, it
is then his own business ; and I am perfectly sincere in
recommending it, for if there was any great fault in it four
years would show it.
painter's sanding apparatus .
8. It is made of tin 5 the tube C, enters upon the no«l*
of a small bellows ; the sand is put into the funnel B, which
stands perpendicular upon the apparatus when the broad
mouth-piece A, is held level in using. The funnel dis~
charges the sand, just before the nozzle of the bellows ; and
by working the bellows the sand is blown evenly upon the
freshly put on paint, through the mouth-piece A, the escape
orifice not being over the sixteenth part of an inch in
depth, and may be made two and a half or three inches wide.
Many persons like the plan of sanding generally, after
painting ; but from the fact that when it is desired to renew
the paint, brushes cannot last long upon the sand, I think it
©nly proper to sand fences or fronts, where boys' knivef
Wsuld be too freely used.
PAINT SKINS— To Save and Reduce to Oil.— Dissolve
»al-soda £ lb., in rain-water 1 gal.
The skins that dry upon the top of paint, which has been
left standing for any length of time, may be made fit for use
again by covering them with the sal- soda-water and soaking
them therein for a couple of days ; then heat them, adding
oil to reduce the mixture to a proper consistence for paint-
ing, and straining. Painters who are doing extensive busi-
ness will save many dollars yearly by this rample process.
painter's department. 225
NEW TIN ROOFS— Valuable Process for Pafnt-
DJ-Q. — Scrape off tke rosin as clean as possible and sweep
the roof ; now:
Dissolve sufficient sal-soda in a bucket of water to mafce it
quite stroug ; wash the roof thoroughly with the aoda-wator and
let it remain until it is washed off by ihe rains, or after a few
kours, washing off with clean water, rinsing well.
When dry give it one coat of pure Venetian-red, mixed
with one-third boiled, and two-thirds raw linseed-oil; the
second coat may be any color desired. The soda-water dis-
solves the rosin remaining after scraping ; destroys the
greasy nature of the solder, and of the new tin, so that there
will be sufficient " Grip " for the paint to adhere firmly.
The pure Venetian-red is one of the most durable paints for
metallic-roofs, but is often rejected on account of its color.
The above mode of painting will set aside this difficulty.
2. Fire-Proof Paint — for Hoofs, &c— Slack stone- lime by
putting it into a tub, to be covered, to keep in the steam. When
Blacked, pass the powder through a line sieve; and fcreach 6
qts. of it add, 1 qt. of rock-salt, and water 1 gal.; then boil and
6kim *».lean. To each 5 gals, of this add, pulverized alum 1 lb.
pulverized copperas 4 lb.; and still slowly add powdered potasl
| lb.; then fine sand or hickoiy ashes 4 lbs.
ft /W add any desired color, and apply with a brush — looks
better than paint, and is as durable as slate. It stops smah
leaks in roofs, prevents moss, and makes it incombustible •
and renders brick impervious to wet. — Maine Farmer,
3. Water-Proof, Oil-Rubber Paint.— Dissolve about 5 lbs.
of India rubber in 1 gal. of boiled linseed- oil, by boiling. If
this is too thick, reduce with boiled-oil; if too thin, use more
rubber.
Especially appliccible to cloth, but valuable for anj other
material.
Frosting Glass. — The frosty appearance of glass, which
W3 oftea ^ec, where it is desired to keep out the sun, or
" JMan 3 observing eye," is done by using a paint composed
as follows :
Sugar of lead well ground in oil, applied as other paint ; then
pounced, while fresh, with a wad of batting held between the
thumb and finger.
After which it is allowed to partially dry ) then with a
stsaight-edge laid upon the sash, you run along by the side
226 DR. chase's RECirES.
of it, a stick sharpened to the width of line you wish to ap-
pear in the diamonds, figures, or squares, into which you
choose to lay it off; most frequently, however, straight lines
are made an inch or more from the sash, according to the
Bize of light, then the centre of the light made into dia-
monds.
ORIENTAL — Crystal Painting. — The colors used
are Prussian-blue, crimson, white, and yellow-lakes, Kos-
sean, white-zinc, and No. 40 carmine. Druggists keep them,
in small tubes. They must be mixed with Demar-varnish,
rubbing with a table-knife or spatula upon glass.
Directions for Making Vaiuous Shades, or Compound
Colors. — Proportion them about as follows — tor green 1-5 blue,
4-5 yellow— purple, 1-6 blue, 5-0 crimson — orange, £ crimson, J
yellow — wine-color, 1 12 blue, 11-12 crimson — pink, add a little
crimson to white-zinc — brown, mix a dark purple and add yel-
low according to the shade desired — black, add erimso-n to dark
green until the shade suits you — to make the compound colors
lighter, add the lightest, color in it, and make darker by using
more of the darkest color in the compound. For backgrounds
—white, white-zinc, or pink white with turpentine and boiled
inseed oil and Demar-varnish — black, lamp-black, with asphal-
um-varnish and boiled linseed-oil and turpentine in equal quan-
tities — flesh-color, white-zinc with a small portion of crimson
and chrome yellow to suit. For sketching out the figures on
the ground-work, use a little lamp-black with asphal turn- varnish,
turpentine and boiled linseed-oil to make it flow freely.
Directions for Painting. — Make your glass perfecUy
clean, and place it over the picture you wish to copy ; then
with the sketching preparation, trace on the glass all t v jte
lines connected with the figures of the picture which yoti
are copying, being careful to sketch vines very distinct ;
when the sketching is done and dry, proceed to lay on tho
background inside of the sketched lines until all the sketch-
ing is closed ; and when the background is dry, proceed to
put on the colors, commencing with green, if any in the
figures, ending with yellow. When the colors are all laid,
put the background upon the balance of the glass j and
when all is dry have tin foil crumpled very much in your
hand, and then partly straightened out, and lay it ever the
figure and keep it in its place by pasting paper over it >y>
such a manner that it cannot slip away, letting the pa^ei
cover the whole back of the glass, or a wood-back ea& **
PAINTERS' DEPARTMENT. 227
placed behind the glass, and all is complete, and will look
well or ill, according to the practice *nd taste of the painter.
2. Fancy Green. — Unsco relied, pulverized coffee, put
into the white of an egg will, in twenty-four hours, produce
a very beautiful green for fancy painting — proof of poison,
in unbrowncd coffee.
SKETCHING PAPER— To P ft naviuc.— Bleached linseed-on,
turpentine and balsam of fir, equal parts of each ; mix.
Elave a frame of a little less si^e than the paper to be
prepared, and apply paste or thick guru solution to one side
and the outer edge of it; wet the paper in clean water and
lay it upon the frame and press it dowu upon the pasted
side of the frame, and turn the outer part of the paper over
the outside of the frame upon the paste there, which holds
it firm; and when it becomes dry it is tight like a drum-
head; whilst in this condition, with a brush saturate it with
the above mixture; three or four coat* will be needed, giv-
ing each one time to dry before applying the next. Only
sufficient is needed to make it transparent, so that when you
wish to sketch a rose, or other flower or leaf, from nature,
the paper can be placed upon it like the glass in the " Ori-
ental Painting" ; then trace the lines ard finish it up in the
same way also, as there described ; or that you may see
through it in taking perspective views of distant scenery.
DOOR PLATES— To Make.— Cut your glass the right size,
and make it perfectly clean with alcohol or soap; then cut a
strip of tin-foil sufficiently long and wide tor the name, and with
a piece of ivory or other burnisher rub it lengthwise to make it
smooth; now wet the glass with the tongue, (as saliva is the best
sticking substance,) or if the glass is very large, use a weak solu-
tion of gum arabie, or the white of an egg in half a pint of
water and lay on the foil, rubbing it down to the glass with a bit
of cloth, then also with the burnisher ; the more it is burnished
the better will it look ; now mark the width on the foil which in
to be the night of the letter, and put on a straight-edge and hold
it firmly to the foil, and with a sharp knife cut the foil and take
off the superfluous edges ; then either lay out the letters on the
back of the foil, (so they shall read correctly on the front) by
your own judgment or by means of pattern-letters, which can be
purchased for that purpose ; cut with the knife, carefully hold-
lag down the pattern or straight-edge, whichever you use ; then
rub down the edge of all the letters with the back of the knife,
or edge of the burnisher, which prevents the black paint or
japan which you next put over the back of the plate, from get-
228 r>R. chase's eecipbs.
ting unde; the foil ; having put a line above and one below th«
name, or a border around the whole plate or not, as you bargain
for the job. The japan is made by dissolving asphaltum in just
enough turpentine to cut it (see " Asphaltum Varnish ") ; apply
with a brush as other paint over the back of the letters and over
the glass, forming a background. This is used on the iron frame
of the plate also, putting it on when the plate is a little hot, and
as soon as it cools it is dry. A little lamp-black may be rubbed
into it if you desire it any blacker than it is without it.
If you choose, you can remove every other foil letter,
after the japan is dry, and paint in its place, red, blue, or
' other colored letters, to make a greater variety out of which
for your customers to choose, as the one they desire you to
follow in getting up their plate. Tin foil ?>e nir thicker
than silver or gold foil, will not show the paint through it
in little spots as they do ; but if these foils are desired to
be used, you can put on two thicknesses by proceeding aa
follows, which prevents the paint from showing through
them : Lay en the first coat of these foils the same as di-
rected for the tin-foil, and smooth it down by rubbing on
the front of the glass; then breathe on it until a dampness
is caused ; now put on the second and burnish well, having
paper over it ; but instead of the knife to cut around your
pattern or straight-edge, take a sharp needle, using the point,
make lines through the leaf around the pattern letter or
straight-edge ; then with a bit of Jewelers' wood, or other
hard wood, made to a narrow and sharp point, remove all
up to the lines, both in and around the letters, as these
foils have not the substance to pee! off as the tin-foil , japan-
ning over them the same as the other letters. Paper letters
can be cut out of advertisements and put on by wetting the
glass the same as for the foil, jappamiing over them, and
when dry, removing them and painting the places out of
which they came with various colors as desired, as the japa»
will not peel, but makes a sharp and distinct edge ; and
these painted letters look well, in this way; and by taking
advantage of printed letters, saves the skill and time necea.
sary to form them.
To illustrate; in the name given below, A may be gold
foil; W will be blue; 0, red ; II, black ;' A, gold-foil; S,
blue; E, red ; Si, black ; and again 1>, gold-foil, which any
one can see makes a more showy plate than if all were ©i
one foil, or one color.
PAlNTER/b i>iSPJLKljfcj5NT«
229
Set your glass in the frame with putty, and put a thin
coat of putty over the whole plate, as the plaster of Paris
filling which is generally used soon eats out the japan or
paint, and spoils the job. Persons with any ingenuity can
very soon make a nice plate if they will pay attention to the
nbove rules, as well as to pay five dollars for instructions,
as a little practice must be had to become perfeet, even if
you do pay five dollars for an hour or two's telling and
showing. Shellac varnish colored with lamp-black is good
in place of the japan. See " Varnish — Transparent, for
Wood."
ETCHING AND GRINDING UPON GLASS— For Signs,
or Side Lights— Take the " Asphaltum Varnish," and with a
small pencil lay out the name or design, not putting the varnish
upon the letters, but around it, leaving the space which the let-
ters of the sign are to occupy, Iree and clear, as seen in the fol-
lowing door plate, represented in the wood cut, and by the way,
& very nice style of letter for that purpose also, we think:
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The varnish is to cover the black surface in the sign or name.
The white line around the outside represents a border which
improves the appearance of the plate; when the varnish is dry
have some melted bees-wax and as it begins to cool, with a
knife take some of it up and scrape it off upon the edge of the
glass, being etched, so as to form a wall to hold the acid upon
the glass while etching; now lay the glass fiat and pour a little
ftouric acid on to the name, letter, or design thus prepared, and
let it remain on for one hour, not allowing the glass to be touched
or moved for that time; then potir off the acid into your bottle,
and it can be used again. The '"asphalt prevents the acid from
eating or etching only the letter, and the wax wall prevents th€
acid from flowing on and being wasted. When you pour oit
the acid wash the glass with a little water, scrape off the wa^,
and remove the asphalt with a little turpentine, and all is done.
The above directions are for plain glass ; but if you desire,
you can gild the letter which is etched (eat out,) or you can
gild all except the letter, if .desired, as described in the recipe
for " Door Plates," or you can grind the surface of the j "
230 DR. CHASE'S RECIPE8.
as described under the head of " Glass-grinding for Signi^
Shades," &c. This applies equally well to " flashed," or
what is called li stained glass/' worked in the same way as
above, putting the design or letters upon the stained side,
which eats away the color and leaves the design clean and
white ; or you can etch only a part of the way through thf
Btaiu, which shows up the letter or flower lighter in coloi
than the rest of the glass, which makes it look very beauti-
ful for side-lights in halls, lamps, druggists' windows, &c.
There are two kinds of colored glass — one is called " Pot
metal/' the other " Flashed." The pot-metal glass is made
by mixing the stain or coloring with the melted glass, while
making, and consequently is alike all the w r ay through. — -
The stained glass is made by applying the color to one side
of the glass after it is made, then applying sufficient heat
to allow it to take hold of the glass only — the color is all on
one side ; this is the kind desired.
If it is desired to etch upon druggists' or other jars, it
can be„donc by preparing the name to be put on, with the
varnish and wax ; then have a lead box without top or bot-
tom ; in shape on the lower cd^e to fit the shape of the jar,
and press this down upon the wax to make it tight; then
pour your acid into the box which keeps it in its place the
same as the wax docs on a flat surface. Ornaments or
flourishes can be put on as well as letters.
The old plan was to cover the whole surface with wax,
then remove it from the letter, which was very slow and
troublesome, and if a bit of wax remained upon the bottle,
the acid could not cut where the wax remained, then to
hold the glass over the fumes of the acid, instead of put-
ting the acid upon the glass.
2. Glass-Grinding for Sinus, Shades, &c. — After
you have etched a name or other design upon uncolored
j, lass, and w r ish to have it show off to a better advantage by
permitting the light to pass only through the letters, you
can do so by :
Takmg a piece of flat brass sufficiently large not to dip lato
Vhe letters, but pass over them when gliding upon the suriace. of
the glass; then with flour of emery, and keeping it wet, you <jaa
ferind the wl.ole surface, very quickly, to look like the groiuid
glass globes, often seen upon lamps, except the letter which \g
eaten below the general surface.
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Whole lights of glass can be ground in this way instead
of frosting, or the frosting can be done here in place of the
grinding, if preferred.
3. Fluoric Acid, To Make for Etching Purposes. — You
can make your own fluoric (sometimes called hydro-fluoric) acid,
by getting the fluor or Derbyshire spar, pulverizing it and put-
ting all of it into sulphuric acid which the acid will cut or dis-
fcolve.
Druggists through the country do not keep this acid gen-
erally, but they can get it in the principal cities and furnish
it for about seventy-five cents per ounce, and that ounce will
do at least fifty dollars worth of work. It is put up in
gutta pcrcha-bottles, or lead-bottles, and must be kept in
the in when not in use, having corks of the same material.
Glass, of course, will not hold it, as it dissolves the glass,
otherwise it would not etch upon it.
PORCELAIN FINISH— Very Hard and White, for Par-
lors. — To prepare the wood for the finish, if it he pine, give one
or two coats of the " Varnish— Transparent for Wood," which pre-
vents the pitch from oozing out causing the finish to turn yellow ;
next, give the room, at least, four coats of pure zinc, which may
be ground in only sufficient oil to enable it to grind properly,
then mix to a proper consistence with turpentine or naptha.
Give each coat time to dry. When it is dry and hard, sand-
paper it to a perfectly smooth surface when it is ready to
receive the finish, which consists of two coats of French zinc
ground in, and thinned with Demar-varnish, until it works prop-
erly under the brush.
Mr. Miles, of this city, one of our scientific painters, has
been sufficiently kind to furnish me this recipe prepared ex-
pressly for this work, therefore, the most implicit confidence
may be placed in it, yet any one can judge for themselves,
from the nature of the articles used, that it must be white
and hard. He goes on to say that if the French-zinc in
varnish cannot be procured, the varnish may be whitened
with zinc ground in oil as a very good substitute, being care-
ful not to use too much, in which case it will diminish tha
gloss, and be more liable to turn yellow. A little turpen-
tine or naptha may be added, if too thick to work well, but
in no instance should oil be used to thin the paint.
This finish, if properly applied, is very beautiful, and al-
though purely white, may be kept clean more easily than
Other kinds of painting by simply using a dusting brush ; ot
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if soiled, a sponge wet in cold soft water without Boap, is
the better way.
N. B.— Not a particle of white-lead should be usedwhera
this finish is to be applied, either in the priming, or any sub-
sequent coats, or a brush used that has been in lead without
being thoroughly cleansed, as a yellow hue will soon present
'•teelr', which is caused by a chemical change taking place
&?tween the lead and zinc
' PAINTERS' ECONOMY IN MAKING COLOra. -Prus-
sian Blue.— 1st. Take nitric acid, any quantity, and as much
iron shavings from the lathe as the acid will dissolve; heat the
iron as hot as can be handled with the hand ; then u-dd it to the
acid in small quantities as long as the acid will dissolve it, then
slowly add double the quantity of soft water that there was of
acid, and put in iron again as long as the acid will dissolve it
2nd. Take Prussiate of potash, dissolve it in hot water to make
a strong solution, and make sufficient of it with the first to give
the depth of tint desired, ar.d the blue is made. Or:
2. Another Method. — A very passable Prussian-blue is made
by taking sulphate of iron (copperas) and Prussiate of potash,
equa. 1 parts of each, and dissolving each separately in water,
then mixing the two waters.
8. Chrome Yellow. — 1st. Take sugar of lead and Paris-
white, of each 5 lbs.; dissolve them in hot water. 2nd. Take
bi-chromate of potash (H ozs., and dissolve it in hot water also,
each article to be dissolved separately, then mix all together, put-
ting in the bi-chromate last. Let stand 24 hours.
4. Chrome Green.— Take Paris- white fi£ lbs.; sugar of lead,
and blue vitriol, of each 3£ lbs.; alum 10£ ozs.; best soft Prus-
sian blue and chrome yellow, of each 3£ lbs. Mix thoroughly
while in fine powder, and add water 1 gal., stirring well ana let
stand 3 or 4 hours.
5. Green, Durable and Cheap. — Take spruce yellow and
color it with a solution of chrome yellow and Prussiaii-biue,
until you give it the shade you wish.
6. Paris Green. — Take unslacked lime of the best quality,
slack it with hot water ; then take the finest part of the powdei
and add alum water, as strong as can be made, sufficient to foria
a thick paste, then color it with bichromate of potash and sul-
phate of copper, until the color suits your fancy. N. B.— The
sulphate of copper gives the color a blue tinge — the bi-chromate
of potash a yellow. Observe this and you will never fail.
7. Another Method. — BHie vitriol 5 lbs.; »ngar of lead 6£-
lbs.; arsenic 2i lbs.; bi-chromate of potash H ozs.; mix them
thoroughly in tine powder, and add w 7 ater Z pi*., mixing weli
again and let stand 3 or 4 hours.
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S. Pea Brown.— 1st. Take sulphate of copper, any quantity,
ADd dissolve it Tn hot water. 2nd. Take prussiate of potash, dis-
solve it in hot water to make a strong solution ; mix of the two
solutions, as in the blue, and the color is made.
0. Rose Pink. — Brazil wood 1 lb., and boil it for 2 hours,
having -1 gal. of water at the end; then strain it and boil alum 1
lb. in the same water until dissolved ; when sufficiently cool
to admit the hand, add muriate of tin £ oz. Now have Paris-
white 12$- lbs., moisten up to a salvy consistence, and when the
first is cool stir them thoroughly together, Let stand 24 hours.*
When any of the above mixtures have stood as mentioned,
in their respective recipes, all that is necessary is to drain
off the water by placing the preparations into muslin bags
for that purpose, and then exposing the mixture to the air,
to dry for use.
Glass, stone, or wood vessels only should be used, as the
acids soon work upon iron, tin, copper, &c., giving you a tinge
not desired in the color, and always observe that if water is
to be mixed with strong acids, it must be added slowly, es-
pecially if in light vials, or you will break the vessel by
means of the great heat which is set free by the combina-
tion Painters can use their own judgment about making
these colors ; but if they do not do it for profit there will be
pleasure in testing them, even in vials-full only, as the chem-
ical action is just as fiue in small as in large quantities.
BLACKSMITHS' DEPARTMENT.
FILES AND RASPS— To Re-cut by a Chemical Process,
■dissolve saleratus 4 ozs., to water 1 qt., sufficient to cover th«
Di,es, and boil them in it for half an hour ; then take out, wash
and dry them ; now stand them in a jar, filling it up with rain-
water and sulphuric acid, in the proportion of water 1 qt., to
acid 4 ozs.
If the files are coarse, they will need to remain in about
twelve hours ; but for fine files, six to eight hours will be
all-sufficient. When you take them out, wash them clean,
dry quickly, and put a little sweet oil upon them, to prevent
rust.
This plan is applicable to blacksmiths, gun-smiths, tin-
ners, copper-smiths, machinists, &c., &c. Copper and tin
234 DR. chase's recipes.
workers will only require a short time to take the article*
out of their files, as the soft metals with which they become
filled, are soon dissolved, leaving the files about as good as
new. For blacksmiths and saw-mill men, it will require the
full time.
They may be re-cut two or three times, making in all
more service than it took to wear out the file at first.
The preparation can be kept and used as long as you see
'action take place upon putting the files into it. Keep it
covered when not in use.
If persons, when filing, would lift up the file, in carrying
back, there would be no necessity of a re-cutting, but in
drawing it back they soon turn a wire-edge, which the acid
removes. It also thins the tooth. Many persons have
doubted this fact ; but I know that the common three-square
file, (used for sharpening saws,) when worn out and thrown
by, for a year or two, may be again used with nearly tke
Bame advantage as a new one. The philosophy of it is this
— the action of the atmosphere acts upon the same principle
of the acid, corrodes (eats off) the surface, giving a-new, a
square, cutting edge. Try it, all ye doubtful; I have tried
both, and know their value. Boiling in the saleratus-
water removes grease, and allows the acid to act upon the
steel.
VARNISHES— To Prevent Rust on Iron or Steel.— Tal-
low 2 ozs.; rosin 1 oz.; melt and strain while hot.
Apply a light coat of this, and you can lay away any arti
cles not in constant use, for any length of time, such aa
knives and forks, or mechanics' tools which are being laid
by, or much exposed. But for axes or other new tools,
which are exposed to the air before sold, you will find the
following varnish preferable :
2. Transparent, for Tools, Plows, &c— Best alcohol 1
gal.; gum sandarach 2 lbs.; gum mastic £ lb. Place all in a tin
can which admits of being corked ; cork it tight, and shake it
frequently, occasionally placing the can in hot water. Whea
dissolved, it is ready to use.
This makes a very nice varnish for new tools whicb are
exposed to dampness ; the air, even, will soon (more or less)
tarnish new work.
8. Beek-No-Farther, por Iron or STEEL.—Take best c^ pal
BLACBMITnS > DEPARTMENT. 235
varnish, and add sufficient olive oil to make it feel a little
greasy ; then add nearly as much spirits of turpentine as there
is of varnish, and you will probably seek no farther.
4. Transparent Blue, for Steel Plows.— Take Demar
varnish £ gal.; finely ground Prussian-blue £ oz ; mix thor
oughly.
For ground steel-plows, or other ground steel, one or two
coats of this will be found sufficient to give a nice blue ap-
pearance, iike highly-tempered steel ; some may wish a little
more blue ; if so, add the Prussian-blue to your liking.
Copal varnish is not so transparent as the Demar, but if you
will have a cheap varnish, use No. 4.
0. Black, Having a Polish, for Iron— Pulverized gum
isphaltum 2 lbs. ; gum benzoin fib. ; spirits of turpentine 1 gal.
no make quick, keq> in a warm place and shake often; shade to
*uit with finely ground ivory black.
Apply with a brush. And it ought to be used on iron
exposed to the weather as well as on inside work desiring
a nice appearance or polish. Or :
7. Varnish for Iron .— Asplialtum 8 lbs. ; melt it in an iron
kettle, slowly adding boiled linseed-oil 5 gals. ; litharge 1 lb. ; and
Bidphate of zinc £ lb. ; continuing to boil for 3 hours; then&dd
dark gum amber 1| lbs., and continue to boil 2 hours longer.
When cool reduce to a proper consistence, to apply with a brush,
with spirits of turpentine.
8. I wish here, also, to state a fact which will benefit
fchoso wishing to secure vines or limbs of trees to the sido
of a white house, with nails, and do not wish to see a streak
of rust dowii the white paint, as follows :
Make a hole, ; n which to start the nail, putting a little strip
of zinc into the hole, and drive the nail in contact w r ith the
liinc.
The electrical action of the two metals, in contact, pre*
vent rust, proven by ever eight years trial.
WELDING— Cast Stkfl Without Borax.— Copperas 2
ozs. ; saltpetre 1 oz. ; common salt 6 ozs. ; black oxyde of man-
ganese 1 oz. ; Prussiate of potash 1 oz. ; all pulverized and mix-
ed with -nice welding sand o lbs., and use it the same as you
would sand.
Higher tempered steel can be used with this better than
with borax, as it welds at a lower heat — such as pitchfork
dues, toe-corks, &c. The pieces should be held together
prhile heating. I have found some blacksmiths using it
236 DR. CHASE 8 RECIPES.
without the manganese ; but from what I know of the puri-
fying properties of that article upon iron, I am sure it must
be preferable with it, as that is the principal purifyer in the
next recipe.
POOR IRON,— 1*o Improve.-— Black oxide of manganese 1
part; copperas and common salt 4 parts each; dissolve in soft
water and boil until dry ; when cool pulverize and mix quite
freely with nice welding sand.
When you have poor iron which you cannot afford to
throw away, heat it and roll it in this mixture, working for
a time, re-heating, &c, will soon free it from all impurities,
which is the cause of its rottenness. By this process you
can make good horse-nails, even out of only common iron.
WRITING upon Iron or Steel, Silver or Gold, not
to Cost the Tenth Tart of a Cent per Letter. — Muri-
atic acid 1 oz. ; nitric acid $ oz. Mix, when it is ready for use.
Directions — Cover the place you wish to mark, or write
upon, with melted bees-wax; when cold, write the name
plain with a file point or an instrument made for the pur-
pose, carrying it through the wax and cleaning the wax all
out of the letter ; then apply the mixed acids with a feather,
carefully filling each letter; let it remain from one to ten
minutes, according to the appearance desired ; then put on
some water, which dilutes the acids and stops the process.
Either of the acids, alone, would cut iron or steel, but it
requires the mixture to take hold of gold or silver. After
you wash off the acids it is best to apply a little oil
MILL-PICKS, To Tkmi'eh.— To 6 qts. of soft water, put in
pulverized corrosive sublimate 1 oz., and 2 hands of common
salt; when dissolved it is ready for use. The first gives tough-
ness to the steel, whilst the latter gives the hardness. I have
found those who think it better to add sal-ammoniac, pulverized,
2 ozs., to the above.
Dire-CTIONNS. — Heat the picks to on^ly a cherry red and
plunge them in and do not draw any temper. In working
mill-picks, be very careful not to over-heat them, but work
them at as low a heat as possible. The reason why so many
fail in making good picks, is that they don't work them a*
as low heat as they should. With care upon that point,
and the above fluid, no trouble will be experienced, evea
on the best diamond burrs. Be sure to keep the prepara-
blacksmiths' department. 237
fcion covered when not in use, as it is poison. Pigs or dogs
might drink of it, if left uncovered. This is the s mixture
which has gained me the name of having the best prepara-
tion in use for mill-picks, and the certificates on this sub-
ject, but as I have some others which are very highly spo-
ken of, I give you a few others.
2. An English Miller, after buying my book, gave me
the following recipe, for which he paid ten dollars. Ho
had used it all his life, or from the time he began business
for himself, (about thirty years,) and he would use no
other.
Salt | tea-cup ; saltpetre \ oz. ; alum, pulverized, 1 tea-spoon;
soft water 1 gal. ; never heating over a cherry red, nor drawing
any temper.
3. Salt pktiik, sal-ammoniac, and alum, of each 2 ozs. ; salt
1 i lbs. ; water 3 gals. ; and draw no temper.
There must be something in this last, as the next one I
obtained at least five hundred miles from where I did this,
and both from men who knew their value, and yet they re-
semble each other near enough to be called " The twins."
4. Mill-Picks and Saw C4ummers, to Temper.— Saltpetre
and alum, each 2 ozs. ; sal-ammoniac i ok. ; salt 1£ lbs. ; soft
water 3 gals. Heat to a cherry-red and plunge them in, and
draw no temper.
The steel must never be heat above a cherry-red, and in
working and drawing the picks there ought to be quite an
amount of light water-hammering, even after the steel is
ouite cool. Once more and I am done : yet it may be pos-
sible that the last, in this case, may be the best ) read it.
.> Mill-Pick-Tempering as Done by Church, op Ann Ar-
bor. Water 3 gals. ; salt 2 qts. ; sal-ammoniac and saltpetre, of
each 2 ozs. ; ashes from white -ash bark 1 shovel, which causes
the picks to scale clean and white as silver.
I obtained this recipe of a blacksmith who paid young
Mr. Church five dollars for it, he coming into the shop and
showing him how to work the picks, as also the composi-
tion — his instructions were, not to hammer too cold, to avoid
flaws ; not to heat too high, which opens the pores of the
steel, nor to heat more than one or two inches of t\\r\ pick
when temperiag The gentleman says, if care is taken in
heating and working, that no other tempering liquid will
238 &R. chase's RE0IP1S.
equal it, yet he spoiled the first bate* by over heating, ev«
after Mr. Church had taken all painr to show him. Thej
(the Messrs. Church) have picks sent \> them, for temper-
ing, from Illinois and even Wisconsin
BUTCHER-KNIVES— Spring-Temper and Beauti-
ful Edge. — In forging out the knifV as you get it near
to its proper thickness, be very careful «\ot to heat it too
high, and to water-hammer as for mill p 4 cks ; when about
to temper, heat only to a cherry-red and hold it in such a
way that you can hold it plumb as you p>t it into the watei
which prevents it from springing — put r plumb into the
water and it will come out straight.
Take it from the water to the fire and p»«s it through the
blaze until a little hot ; then rub a candle over K upon both sides
and back to the fire, passing it backward anc w forward, in the
blaze, turning it over often to keep the heat ev«*n over the whole
surface, until the tallow passes off as though it went into the
steel ; then take out and rub the candle over il again (on both
sides each time) and back to the fire, passing i as before, until
it starts into a blaze, with a snap, being careful hat the heat is
even over the whole length and width of the toe^, then rub the
tallow over it again and back, for 3 times, quickly »s it burns off;
and lastly rub the tallow over it again and push ** into the dust
of the forge, letting it remain until cold.
If these directions are followed with dexterity you wilj
have the temper alike from edge to back ; a^d the edgts
will be the best you ever saw, as Davy Crocket* used to say
" It will jump higher, dive deeper/' shave mor< hogs, bend
farther without breaking, and give better satisfaction than
ail other knives put together.
It works equally well on drawing-knives and *»ther thin
tools; and for trap-springs which are to be s**t on dry
ground; but if set in water, "pop goes the wester' the
first time the trap is sprung ; but the following ig Kie plan
for tempering springs for general trapping.
2. TRAP SPRINGS— To Temper.— For tempering cmt steel
trap springs, all that is necessary is to heat them in the d**k just
that you may see it is read, then cool them in lukewarm watei .
This is a short recipe, but it makes long-lasting springs.
The reason why darkness is required to temper springs
is that a lower degree of heat can be seen in the nighf- Oian
by day-light : and the low heat and warm water give thi
desired temper.
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SILVER PLATING— For Carriage Work,— First, let the
I irts which are to receive the plate be filed very smooth ; then
apply over the surface the murinte of zinc, which is made by
dissolving zinc in muriatic acid; now hold this part over a dish
containing hot soft-solder, (pewtei solder is probably the softest)
and with a swab apply the solder to the part, to which it ad-
heres ; brush off all superfluous solder, so as to leave the surface
smooth ; you will now take No. 2 fair, silver plate, of the right
size to cover the surface of the part prepared with solder, and
lay the plate upon it, and rub it down smooth with a cloth w T hich
is moistened with oil, then, with a soldering-iron, pass slowly
over all the surface of the plate, which melts the solder under-
neath it, and causes the plate to adhere as firmly as the solder
does to the iron ; then polish the surface, finishing w T ith buck-
skin.
The soldering-irons must be tinned, and also kept very
smooth, and used at about the same heat as for soldering
tin.
IRON— To Prevent Welding.— Where it is desired to weld
two bars of iron together, for making axletrees or other purpo-
ses, through which you wish to have a bolt-hole, without punch-
ing out a piece of the iron, you will take a piece of wet paste-
board, the width of the bar and the length you desire not to
weld, and place it between the two pieces of iron, and holdthein
firmly upon, the pasteboard while taking the heat, and the iron
will weld up to the pasteboard, but not where it is ; then open
Hie hole, with swedge and punch, to the desired size.
In this way blacksmith's tongs may be relaid, without the
trouble of cutting the joints apart and making a new jaw.
JSimply fit two pieces of iron, the thickness you wish to add
to the jaw of the tongs, have them of the right length and
width also, then take them both between the jaws and heat
them so you can pound them together, that they will fit
closely for a weld ; now put a piece of the wet pasteboard
between the pieces which you are to weld, having the
.handles of the tongs stand sufficiently apart that you may
put on a link or ring to hold all firmly ; then put into th«
fire, and take a good welding heat ; and yet they do not
weld where the paper was between them ; if they stick a
little at the end, just put them on the swedge and give them
a little tap with the hammer, and they wiW fly right apart
as nice as new. I am told that the dust from the g*o,und
or floor of the blacksmith-shop is as good as the pasteboard,
yet I have not seen that tried ; but I know there is n,o jm$«
240 DR. CHASE'S RECIPES.
tnke in the other ; and yet I have found one blacksmith
who declared he would not believe it could be done, even it
he saw it.
OAST-IRON— To Case-Harden — Cast-iron may be case-
hardened by heating to a red heat, and then rolling it in a com-
position composed of equal parts of Prussiate of potash, sai-
ammoniac, and saltpetre, all pulverized and thoroughly mixed;
then plunged, while yet hot, into a bath containing 2 ozs. of the
Prussiate, and 4 ozs. of the sal-ammoniac to each gal. of cold
water. — Scientific Artisan.
2. Cast-Iron— The Hardest, To Soften for Drilling.—
Heat to a cherry red, having it lie level in the fire, then with a
pair of cold tongs put on a piece of brimstone, a little less in
fi^ze than you wish the hole to be w r hen drilled, and it softens en-
tirely through the piece ; let it lie in the fire until a little cool,
when it is read}'' to drill.
Sleigh-shoes have been drilled, by this plan, in five min-
utes, after a man had spent half a day in drilling one-
fourth of an inch into it. It is applicable to any articlo
which can be heat without injury.
WROUGHT -IRON— To Case - Harden.—To case-harden
wrought-iron, take the Prussiate of potash, finely pulverized,
and roll the article in it, if its shape admits of it, if not, sprinkle
the powder upon it freely, while the iron is hot.
This is applicable to iron-axletrees, by heating the axle-
tree and rolling the bottom of it in the powder, spread out
for that purpose, turning it up quickly and pouring cold
water upon it, getting it into the tub of cold water as quick
as possible. They will wear for years, without showing
wear.
2. Welding a Small Piece op Iron Upon a Large
One, with Only a Light Heat.— It is often desirable
to weld a small bit of iron upon a large bar, when the large
pieee must be heated equally hot as the small one. Tt»
save this :
Take borax 1 lb.; red oxide of iron 1 to 2 ozs.; melt them to-
gether in a crucible ; and w T hen cold, pulverize it and keep the
powder dry for use.
When you want to perform the operation, just bring the
large piece to a white heat, having a good welding heat up-
on the small slip ; take the large one from the fire, and
sprinkle some of the powder upon the place, and brino- the
BLACKSMITHS' DEPARTMENT. 241
other upon it, applying the hammer smartly, and the weld
will be as good as could be made with the greater heat
without the powder.
BRONZING— For Iron or Wood.— First, make a black
paint; then put in a little chrome-yellow, only sufficient to give
U a dark-green shade ; apply a coat of this to the article to bo
bronzed; when dry, give it a coat of varnish; and when the
varnish is a little dry, dust on bronze by dipping a piece of vel-
vet into the bronze and shaking it upon the varnish; then give
it another coat of varnish, and when dry, all is complete
Cast-iron bells, which are now being extensively intro-
duced to the farming community, will be much improved in
their appearance by thi; bronzing, and also protected from
rust, without injury to it* sound. Iron fences around yards,
porches, verandas, &c, wii 1 be much improved by it. It
may also be applied to wood, if desired.
TRUSS SPRINGS. — Directions for Blacksmiths
ro Make — Better than the Patent Trusses. — After
having tried the various kinds of trusses, over two years,
having to wear one upon each side, I gave them all up as
worse than useless.
I then went to a blacksmith and had springs made, bending
them as represented in the cut.
TRUSS SPRING.
Then they were bent to suit the shape of the body, and to
press upon the body only sufficient, after the pads are put on, to
nold back that which would otherwise protrude. The pad upon
the back end of the spring I make of sole-leather, covered with
cotton or linen cloth, having stuffed in a little batting to make
it rest as easy as possible. The front pad I make by having a
piece of wood turned the shape and size of a small' hen's egg t
sawing it through the center lengthwise, putting two screws into
it through the holes represented in the end of the spring for
that purpose. The back pad is secured by one screw only. The
spring is oiled, then covered with sheep skin, to prevent rusting.
The.i it is secured around the body with a leather strap and
242 M. chase's recipes
buckle, or with a piece of cloth sewed into a string of suitable
width to sit easy where it bears upon the hip, in passing to tie
upon the other end of the spring, just back of the front pad*
The bend which is given the spring, before it is bent to the shapa
of the body, gives it room to rise when the leg is raised, without
lifting the pad from its position, saving the necessity of another
fctrap to pass around under the thigh> as w r ith the patent truss,
which is very annoying to the wearer. Make the springs ni
spring-steel, about \ or f of an inch in width, and about 110 in
thickness, and of sufficient length to have a bearing just short
of the spine.
I now speak from eight years personal experience, which
ought to be a sufficient length of time for an experiment to
be well established.
TINNER'S DEPARTMENT.
BLACK VARNISH— For Coal Buckets.— Asphaltum i lb.;
lamp-black i lb. ; rosin £ lb. ; spirits of turpentine 1 qt.
Pissolve the asphaltum and rosin in the turpentine ; then
rub up the lamp-black with linseed-oil, only sufficient to
form a paste, and mix with the others. Apply with a brush.
JAPAN FLOW FOR TIN— All Colors.— Gum sandarach
1 lb. ; balsam of fir, balsam of tolu, and acetate of lead, of each
2 ozs. ; linseed-oil £ pt. ; spirits of turpentine 2 qts.
Put all into a suitable kettle, except the turpentine, over
a slow fire, at first, then raise to a higher heat until all are
melted ; now take from the fire, and when a little cool, stir
in the spirits of turpentine and strain through a fine cloth.
This is transparent ; but by the following modifications any
or all the various colors are made from it.
2. Black. — Prussian blue £ oz. ; asphaltum 2 ozs. ; spirits of
turpentine £ pt.
Melt the asphaltum in the turpentine ; rub up the blue
with a little of it, mix well and strain ; then add the whola
to one pint of the first, above.
3. Blue. — Indigo and Prussian blue, both finelv pulverized,
of each \ oz. ; spirits of turpentine 1 pt. Mix well and strain.
Add ot this to one pint of the first until the color suite.
TINNER'S DEPARTMENT. 243
I Tt**o.-— Take spirits of turpentine £ pt. ; acid cc cluneal $ oz. •
xt stand 15 hours, and strain.
A del of this to the first to suit the fancy.
5 Yellow. — Take 1 oz. of pulverized root cf curcuma and
atir of it into 1 pt. of the first, until the color pleases you, lei
stand a few hours and strain.
6. Green. — Mix eoual parts of the blue and yellow toget^ec
then mix with the first until it suits the fancy.
7. Orange. — Mix a little of the red with more of the yellow
and then with the jw*t as heretofore, until pleased.
8. Pink. — Mix a little of the blue to more in quantity of th*
red, and then with tiie first until suited.
In this simple and philosophical way you get all the vari-
ous colors. Apply with a brush.
GOLD LACQUER FOR TIN.— Transparent, All Col-
ors. — Alcohol in a flask £ pt. ; add gum shellac 1 oz. ; turmeric
£ oz. ; red-sanders £ oz. Set the flask in a warm place, shake
frequently for 12 hours or more, then strain off the liquor, rinse
the bottle and return it, corking tightly for use.
When this varnish is used, it must be applied to the work
freely and flowing, or, if the work admits cf it, it may b*
dipped into the varnish, and laid on the top of the stove to
dry, which it will do very quickly ; and they must not )e
rubbed or brushed while drying ; or the article may be hot
when applied. One or more coats may be laid on, as the
color is required more or less light or deep. This is applied
to lanterns, &c. If any of it should become thick from
evaporation, at any time, thin it with alcohol. And by the
following modifications, all the various colors are obtained.
2. Rose Color. — Proceed as above, substituting £ oz. of finely
ground, best lake, in place of the turmeric.
3. Blue. — The blue is made by substituting pulverized Prus
aian blue £ oz. in place of the turmeric.
4. Purple. — Add a little of the blue to theirs*.
5. Green. — Add a little of the rose-color to the first
Here again philosophy gives a variety of shades witk
only a slight change of materials or combinations.
LACQUER FOR BRASS.— Transparent.— Turmeru root,
ground tine, 1 oz.; best dragon's blood £ dr.; put into alcohol 1
pt.; place in a moderate heat, shake well for several days. It
must be strained through a linen cloth and put back into the
Wttle, and add powdered gum shellac 3 ozs.; then keep as be-
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fore in a warm place for several days, frequently shaken ; thtin
again strained, bottled and corked tight.
Lacquer is put upon metal for improving its appearance
and preserving its polish. It is applied with a brush when
the metal is warm, otherwise it will not spread evenly.
IKON— To Tin for Soldering or Other Purposes.— -Take
any quantity of muriatic acid and dissolve all the zinc in it that
it will cut ; then dilute it with one-fourth as much soft water a*
of acid, and it is ready for use.
This rubbed upon iron, no matter how rusty, cleanses it
and leaves some of the zinc upon the surface, so that soldei
readily adheres to it, or copper as mentioned below for cop-
pering iron or steel,
2. Iron, Iron Wire, or Steel, to Copper the Surface.—
Kain water 3 lbs.; sulphate of copper 1 lb. Dissolve.
Have the article perfectly clean ) then wash it with this
solution and it immediately exhibits a copper surface.
Lettering on polished steel is done in this way ) flower-
ing or ornamenting can also be done in the same way.
Sometimes dilute muriatic acid is used to clean the surface;
the surface must be clean by filing, rubbing, or acid ) then
cleaned by wiping off.
COPPER — To Tin for Stew-Diskes or Other Purposes.—
Wash the surface of the article to be tinned, with sulphuric
acid ; and rub the surface well, so as to have it smooth and free
of blackness caused by the acid ; then sprinkle calcined and
finely pulverized sal-ammoniac upon the surface, holding it ovei
a fire where it will become sufficiently hot to melt a bar of sol-
der which is to be rubbed over the surface ; if a stew -dish purt
the solder into it and swab it about when melted.
You will wipe off any surplus solder, and also for the
purpose of smoothing the surface, by means of a tow or col*
ton swab, tied or tacked to a rod. In this way any dish ot
copper article may be nicely tinned.
BOX-METAL — To Make for Machinery. — Copper 4 parts j
lead 1 part — zinc is sometimes substituted for the lead — eithef
makes a durable box for journals.
Printer's worn out type, in place of the lead, makes an
improvement.
SOLDERS — For Brazing.-— Copper 3 part? ; zinc 2 parti
or sheet brass 3 parts ; zinc 1 part.
2. Solder fob Lead.— -Take tin 1 part; lead 2 parta.
S. Souokb fob Tdi.— Lead 10 parti ; Ud 7 »*»*•.
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4. Sold r- 11 for Britannia. — Bismuth £ of one part ; tin 1
pari , lead 1 part.
BRITANNIA— To Use Old, instead op Block Tin, in Sol-
der. — Take old Britannia and melt it; and while Lot sprinkle
sulphur over it and stir for a short time.
This burns out the other articles in it, and leaves the
block tin, which may now be used for making solder asgoo<?
i£ new tin.
TIN — To Pearl, or Crystalize. — Sulphuric acid 4 ozs.; soft
Water 2 to 3 ozs., according to strength of acid.; salt 1 oz.; mix.
Heat the tin quite hot over a stove or heater ; then with
a sponge wet with the mixture, washing off directly with
clean water. Dry the tin ; then varnish it with JJemar-
varnish.
This brings out the crystalline nature of the tin. Used
in making water-coolers, spit-toons, &c,
2. Tinning Flux — Improved. — It has been customary for
tinners to use the muriate of zinc only ; but if you take 1 lb. of
muriatic acid and put in all the zinc it will cut ; then put in 1
oz. of sal-ammoniac, i~ya will have no more trouble with
old dirty or greasy seams.
Sometimes I think it is still improved by adding to it an
equal amount of soft water.
3. Liquid Glue, for Labeling Upon Tin. — Boiling
water one quart ; borax, pulverized, two ounces ; put in the
borax ; then add gum shellac four ounces, and boil until
dissolved.
Labels put upon tin with common glue or common paste
will not stick long. But this preparation obviates the diffi-
culty entirely.
SCOURING LIQUID— For Brass, Door-Knobs, &c— Oil
of vitrol 1 oz. ; sweet oil £ gill ; pulverized rotton stone 1 gill ;
rain-water 1| pts. ; mix all, and shake as used.
Apply with a rag, and polish with buck-skin or old wool-
en. This makes as good a preparation as can be purchased,
and for less than half the money. It does not give a coat-
ing, but is simply a scourer and polisher. The following
gives it a silver coating :
SILVERING POWDER— For Cofper or worn Plated
Goods. — Nitrate of silver and common salt, of each 30 grs. ;
cream of tartar 3$ drs. ; pulverize finely, mix thoroughly and
bottl* for use
246 dr. chase's recipes.
When desired to re-silver a worn spoon or other article,
first clean them with the " Scouring Liquid " ; then moisten
a little of the powder and ruh it on thoroughly with a piece
of buck-skin. For Jewelry, see u Jewelry Department."
OIL CANS— Size of Sheet, for from 1 to 100 Gallons.—
"For 1 gallon, 7 by 20 inches
3£ " 10 by 28 "
5 " 12 by 40 "
14 by 40
10 " 20 by 42
15 " 80 by 42
This includes all the laps, seams, &c, which will be found
sufficiently correct for all practical purposes.
25 gallons, 80 by 56 inches.
40 *« m by G3 "
50 " 40 by 70 "
75 " 40 by 84 "
100 " 40 by 98 "
GUNSMITHING DEPARTMENT.
GUN-BARREL8— Browning Process— Spirits of n»*-e 1 lb.?
alcohol lib.; corrosive sublimate 1 oz. ; mix in a bottle and
keep corked for use.
Directions.— Plug both ends of the barrel, and let the
plugs stick out three or four inches, to handle by, and al*o
to prevent the fluid from entering the barrel, causing it to
rust ; polish the barrel perfectly ; then ruD it well with
<|uick-lime by means of a cloth, which removes oil or
grease; now apply the browning fluid with a clean white
cloth, apply one coat and set in a warm, dark place, until a
red rust is formed over the whole surface, which wilt re-
quire, in warm weather, from ten to twelve hours, and in cold
weather, from fifteen to twenty hours, or until the rust bp.
conies red ; then card it down with a gun-maker's card and
rub off with a clean cloth ; repeat the process until tin
color suits, as each coat gives a darker shade.
^ 2. Quicker and less Laborious Process. — While in
Evansville, Ind., 1 sold one of my books to C. Keller, a
man who carries on gunsmithing, extensively. He gave
tne the following, which he was using, and says it makes a
dark brown, with but little labor compared with the first.
Soft water 1 qt., and dissolve in it blue vitricl 2 ozs. ; corrosive
GUNSMITHS' department 247
sublimate 1 oz. ; and add 1 oz. of spirits of nitre. Have the
barrel bright and put on one coat of the mixture ; and in 1 hour
after, put on another, and let the barrel stand 12 hours ; then oil
it and rub it with a cloth, of course having the ends of the bar
rel tightly plugged, as in the first case.
But Mr. Sutherland, the gunsmith of this city, says the
brown from this recipe will soon rub off; none being per-
manent unless carded down properly, as directed with the
first recipe, that mixture being also superior.
3. Browning for Twist Barrels.— Take spirits of nitre $
oz. ; tincture of steel £ oz. ; (if the tincture of steel cannot be
obtained, the unmedicated tincture of iron may be used, but it
is not so good) black brimstone i oz. ; blue vitriol £ oz. ; corro-
sive sublimate £ oz. ; nitric acid 1 dr. or GO drops; copperas £
oz. ; mix with \\ pts. of rain water, keep corked, also, as the
other, and the process of applying is also the same.
You will understand this is not to make an imitation of
twist barrels, but to be used upon the real twist barrels,
which brings out the twist so as to show ; but if you use
the first upon the real twist barrels, it will make the whole
surface brown like the common barrel.
CASE-HARDENING— For Lock-work.— Take old boots
and shoes and lay them on a fire, and burn them until charred;
aow put them into a clean kettle and pulverize them coarsely,
while hot ; be careful not to get any wood coals mixed with
Inem.
Directions. — Take the pulverized leather and place in a
iheet-iron box, placing the articles to be hardened in the
centre of the box, or amongst the pulverized leather, and
cover with a sheet-iron cover ; or make the box so as to
6hut up ; now blow up a fire of very dry charcoal ; the
coarser the charcoal the better ; then open the fire and place
the closed box in the centre, cover it up and let stand from
forty to sixty minutes, not blowing; but if the coals burn
off and leave the box exposed, you will put on jnore ; at the
expiration of the time, take the box and pour its content*
into clean, moderately cool or cold water — never use warm
water ; these articles will now be found very hard, and will
easily break ; so you will draw the temper to suit.
BROKEN SAWS— To Mend Permanently —Pure silver 19
I^Tts; pure copper 1 part; pure brass 2 parts; all are to be
Med into powder and intimately mixed. If the saw is not re-
cently broken, apply the tinning preparation of the next recipe*
248 DR. CHASE'S RECITES
Place tlie saw level upon the anvil the broken edges in
close contact, and hold them so ) now put a small line of
the mixture along the seam, covering it with a larger bulk
of powdered charcoal; now, with a spirit-lamp and a jewel-
ers' blow-pipe, hold the coal-dust in place, and blow sufficient
to melt the solder mixture ; then with a hammer set the joint
smooth, if not already so, and file away any superfluous
fcO-dar ; and you will b* surprised at its strength. The heat
upon a saw does not injure its temper as it does other tools,
from the fact that the temper is rolled in, in place of by
heat and water.
TINNING — Superior to the Old Process. — Take first, the
same as the old way ; that is, muriatic acid I pt., and as much
pure block or sheet zinc as it will cut, in an open dish, a bowl,
or something of that character, as much heat is set free and bot-
tles are often broken by it ; now take sal-ammoniac 4 ozs.; pul-
verize it and add to the other, and boil 10 minutes in a copper
kettle — bear in mind, only copper is to be used to boil hi.
You will find this will cause the solder to flow right
along without difficulty. Keep corked tight when not in
use.
VARNISH AND POLISH FOP STOCKS— Geiiman.— G urn
shellac 10 ozs. ; gum sandarach 1 oz. ; Yen ice turpentine 1
drachm ; alcohol 95 to 98 proof 1 gal.; shake the jug occasion-
ally for a day or two, and it is ready for use.
After using a few coats of this, you can have a German-
polish, by simply leaving out 8 ozs. of the shellac; and a
coat or two of the polish makes an improvement on the
varnish, and does not require the rubbing, that it would if
the full amount of shellac was used, in the last coat or two.
It is recommended also to put upon cuts, sores, &c, burat
excepted.
JEWELERS' DEPARTMENT.
GALYANIZING— Without a Battery.— Dissolve cyanuret
of potassium 1 oz., in pure rain or snow water 1 pt, to which
add a 1 dr. bottle of the chloride of gold, and it is ready to use.
Scour the article to be plated, from all dirt and grease, with
whiting, chalk, or rotten stone, pulverized, and put in alcohol,
JEWELERS DEPARTMENT.
249
tising a good brush — or the " Polishing Compound," No. 3 ; if
enere are cracks, it may be necessary to put the article in a solu-
tion of caustic potash — at all events, every particle of grease and
lirt must be removed; then suspend the article to be plated in
ttie cyanurct of gold solution, with a small strip of zinc cut
tbout the width of a common knitting-needle, hooking the top
&ver a stick wdiich will reach across the top of the jar holding
Jie solution.
Every five to ten minutes, the article should be taken out
and brushed over with the scouring preparation ; or on
smooth surfaces it may be rinsed off and wiped with a piece
of cotton cloth, and return until the coating is sufficiently
heavy to suit.
When the plating fluid is not in use, bottle it, keeping it
corked, and it is always ready for use, bearing in mind that
it is as poison as arsenic, and must be put high, out of the
way of children, and labeled — Poison, although you will
have no fears in using it ; yet accidents might arise, if its.
nature were not known. The zinc strip, as far as it reaches
into the fluid, will need to be rubbed occasionally, until it is
bright.
2. Galvanizing With a Shilling Battery. — I have
found some persons who thought it much better to use a
simple battery, made by taking a piece of copper rod about
three-eighths of an inch in thickness, and about eighteen or
twenty inches long, and bend it, as seen in the accompany,
ing cut :
SHILLING BATTERY.
The rod should be about 4 or 5 inches in the circle or bend^
then run parallel, having 5 strips of sheet zinc, an inch wide and
6 to 8 inches long, bent in their centre around the copper, with
a rivet through them, close to the rod, as shown above ; these
strips of zinc are to be placed into tumblers, the rod resting on
top of the tumblers, which are to be nearly filled with rain wa-
ter; then pour into each tumbler a little oil of vitriol, until you
Bee that it begins to work a little on the zinc.
250 DR. CHASE'S RECIPES.
The article to be plated is to be suspended upon the strij
of zinc, as represented upon the long end of the rod, which
is to be placed as before spoken of, in ajar containing the
gold solution, instead of having it upon the stick spoken of
when plating without the battery. And all the operations
are the same as before described.
JEWELRY — Cleaning and Polishing Compound. — Aqut
ammonia 1 oz.; prepared chalk £ oz.; mix, and keep coAed.
To use, for rings, or other smooth-surfaced jewe/ry, wet
a bit of cloth with the compound, after having skaken it,
and rub the article thoroughly ) then polish by rubbing
with a silk handkerchief or piece of soft buck-skin. For
articles which are rough-surfaced, use a suitable brush. It
is applicable for gold, silver, brass, britannia, plated goods ; &c.
FARRIERS' DEPARTMENT.
CIIOLIC — Cure for Horses or Persons. — Spirits of
turpentine 3 ozs.; laudanum 1 oz.; mix, and give all for a
dose, by putting it into a bottle with half pint of warm
water, which prevents injury to the throat. If relief is not
obtained in one hour, repeat the dose, adding half an ounce
of the best powdered aloes, well dissolved together, and
have no uneasiness about the result.
Symptoms. — The horse often lies down, suddenly rising again,
with a spring; strikes his belly with his hind feet, stamps with
his fore feet, and refuses every kind of food, &c. I suppose
there is no medicine in use, for cholic, either in man or horse,
equal to this mixture.
For persons, a dose would be from 1 to 2 tea-spoons— children
or weak persons, less, according to the urgency of the symptoms,
to be taken in warm water or warm tea.
I have been familiar with it for about five years, and knov?
that it has been successful in many cases — all where it has been
used. Many think it the best cholic remedy in the world.
2. Anotileh.— Laudanum £ oz.; sulphuric etlifcr 1 oz. Mix,
and for a horse, give all at a dose, in warni water as above.
Dose for a person, as the first.
A Mr. Thorpe, of whom I obtained this recipe, tells ma
he has cured cholic in horses in every case with th*\ 6rs
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dose, except one, and in that ease by repeating the dose
thirty minutes after the first. There is no question but
what it is good, and some would prefer it to the turpentine
I know it is valuable.
BOTS — Sure Remedy — When a horse is attacked with
bots, it may be known by the occasional nipping at their
own sides, and by red pimples or projections on the innei
surface of the upper lip, which may be seen plainly by
turning up the lip.
First, then, take new milk 2 qts.; molasses 1 qt.; and give thts
borse the whole amount. Second, 15 minutes afterwards givo
very warm sage tea 2 qts. Lastly, 30 minutes after the tea, you
will, give of currier's oil \ pt , (or enough to operate as physic.)
Lard has been used, w T hen the oil could not be obtained, with the
same success.
Trhe cure will be complete, as the milk and molasses cause
the bots to let go their hold, the tea puckers them up, and
the oil carries them entirely away. If you have any doubt,
one trial will satisfy you perfectly. In places where the
currier's oil cannot be obtained, substitute the lard, adding
three or four ounces of salt with it ) if no lard, dissolve a
double handful of salt in warm water three pints, and give
all.
RING-BONE AND SPAVINS— To Cure.— Egyptiacum and
w r ine vinegar, of each 2 ozs.; water of pure ammonia, spirits of
turpentine, and oil of origanum, of each 1 oz.; euphorbium and
cantharides, of each | oz.; glass made line and sifted through
gauze 1 dr.; put them in a bottle, and when used let them be
well shaken. This is to be rubbed upon the bone enlargement
with the hand or spatula, for half an hour each morning," for six
or seven mornings in succession. Let the horse be so tied that
he cannot get his mouth to the place for 8 or 4 hours, otherwise
he will blister his mouth and blemish the part. Then let him
run until the scab comes off of itself without scraping, which
injures the roots of the hair. Then repeat as before, and follow
ap tor 3 or 4 times blistering, and all bone enlargements will be
re absorbed, if not of more than a year or two's standing.
It is also good for callous sinews, and strains of long
standing, spavins, big-head, &c., but if there are ring-bonea
or spavins of so long standing that this does not cause their
cure, you will proceed as follows :
2. Add to the above compound, corrosive sublimate in powder
\ oz.; oil of vitriol ^oz.; and common salt ± oz.; when it is again
252 DH. CK \S?-'.\S RECIPES.
ready for use, always shaking well as you use either preparation.
Now clip the hair and prick the bone or callous part as
full of holes as you can with a pegging-awl, which is just
long enough to break through the callous part only. Or a
better way to break up this bony substance is to have a han-
dle like a pegging-awl handle, with three or four awls m it
then tap it in with a stick and give it a wrench at the ?amti
time, which does the hurting part with more speed. This
done, bathe the part with vinegar, until the blood stops
flowing j then apply the double compound as at first, for four
or five mornings only, repeating again if necessary; arcd
ninety-nine out of every hundred ring-bones or spavins wil\
be cured; and most of them with only the first preparation.
The Egyptiacum is made as follows :
3. Take verdigris and alum in powder, of each H ozs.; blue
vitriol, powdrred, i oz.; corrosive sublimate, in powder, £ oz.;
vinegar 2} ozs.; honey \ lb.; boil over a slow fire until of a
proper consistence. When used it must be stirred up well, as a
sediment will deposit of some of the articles.
If the hair does not come out again after using the last
blister, use the " Good Samaritan Liniment" free\j ) on the
part; but the first will never disturb the growth of hair.
Lt is best always to commence this kind of treatment early
in the season, so as to effect a cure before cold weather
monies on.
4. O. B. Bangs' Cure for Ring-Bone and Spavin. — Take
of cantharides pulverized ; British oil ; oils of origanum and am-
ber; and spirits of turpentine, of each 1 oz.; olive oil £ oz.; oil
of vitriol 3 drs.; put all, except the vitriol, into alcohol, stir the
mixture, then slowly add the vitriol and continue to stir unti!
the mixture is complete, which is known by its ceasing to smoke.
Bottle for use.
Directions. — Tie a piece of sponge upon a stick and rub
fV >o preparation by this means, upon the spavin or ring-bcne
is long as it is absorbed into the parts ; twenty-four hours
after, grease well with lard; and in twenty-four hours more,
•"•rsh off well with soap-suds. Mr. Bangs lives at Napoleon,
Mich., and has sold books for me nearly two years, lie
f«ws one application will generally be sufficient for spavins.,
bat may need two; ring-bones always require two or threw
ap~ i; cations, three or four days apart, which prevents tft*
load of hair; if not put on oftener than once in three o*
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foui days, the hair not coming out at all. Said to cure
wind-galls, splints, &c. lie obtained live dollars for curing
a neighbor's horse of ring-bone, with this preparation ; stop-
ping all lameness, but not removing the lump.
5. In very bad cases of long standing, he thinks it pro-
ferable to first apply the following :
Take alcohol 1 pt. ; sal ammoniac, corrosive sublimate, and
oil of spike, of each 1 oz. ; mix.
Apply, by washing off and using lard afterwards, as above
directed, washing also forty-eight hours after - f and when
dry, apply the first liniment once or vwice, according to di-
rections. The object of this last is to open the pores of the
skin, and soften the lump.
6. Ring-bone Remedy. — Pulverized cantharides, oils of spike,
origanum, amber, cedar, liarbadoes tar, and British oil, of each
2 ozs. ; oil of wormwood 1 oz. ; spirits of turpentine 4 ozs. ;
common potash £ oz. ; nitric acid 6 ozs. ; and oii of vitriol (sul-
phuric acid) 4 ozs. ; lard o lbs.
Directions. — Melt the lard and slowly add the acids,
stir well and add the others, stirring until cold. Clip off
the hair and apply by rubbing and heating in ; in
about three days or when it is done running, wash off
with suds and apply again. In old cases it may take three
or four weeks, but in recent cases two or three applications
have cured. It has cured long standing cases.
^ 7. Rawson's Ring-bone and Spavin Cure.— Venice turpen-
tine and Spanish-flies, of each 2 ozs. ; euphorbium and aqua
ammonia, of each 1 oz. ; red precipitate £ oz. ; corrosive subli-
mate I oz. ; lard H lbs. Pulverize all and put into the lard
simmer slowly over coals, not scorch or burn, and pour off free
of sediment.
Directions — For ring-bones, cut off the hair and rub
tfie ointment wWl into the lumps once in forty-eight hours.
For spavins, ovce in twenty-four hours for three mornings,
has perfectly cired them. Wash well, each application, with
*»uds, rubbing over the place with a smooth stick to sqeez
out a thick yellow matter.
Mr. Raw«on, of Rawsonville, Mich., has cured some ex-
ceedingly *>ad cases of ring-bones, one as thick as a man's
&rm ; and spavius as unpromising in size. If properly
cooked it will foam like boiling su^ar.
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8. Indian Method.— Bind a toad upon it ; or two, if one vtoe*
not cover it, and keep it on from 8 to 10 days.
An Indian cured a horse in this way, near St. Louis, foi
which he coveted, and recieved a rifle. The cure proved
permanent.
9. Bone-Spavins— French Paste— $300 Recipe.— Corrosive
sublimate, quicksilver, and iodine, of each 1 oz. ; with lard only
sufficient to form a paste.
Directions. — Hub the quicksilver and iodine together,
then adding the sublimate and finally the lard, rubbing
t-iw rough ly.
Shave off the hair the size of the bone enlargement;
then grease all around it, but not where the hair is shaved
off; this prevents the action of the medicine, only upon the
spavin ; now rub in as much of the paste as will lie on a
three cent piece only, each morning for four mornings only ;
in from seven to eight days the whole spavin will come out ;
then wash out the wound with suds, soaking well, for an
hour or two, which removes the poisonous effects of the
nedicine and facilitates the healing, which will be done by
ny of the healing salves ; but I would prefer the greeu
ointment to any other in this case.
Mr. Andrews, late of Detroit, who during his life, knew
a good horse, and also desired to know how to take good
care of them, did not hesitate to pay three hundred dollars
for this recipe after seeing what it would do ; he removed
a spavin from a mare's leg with it, and she afterwards won
him more than the expense.
10. Bone-Spavins — Norwegian Cure. — S. B. Mar-
shall, the Champion Horse-Shoer, and Farrier, of White
Pigeon, Mich., obtained this plan of an old Norwegian Far-
rier, and also his plan of curing poll-evil, which see, and
assures me that he has been very successful with them. I
obtained them of him for the purpose of publication, and
sincerely think I can recommend them to all who need
them :
Take dog's grease $■ pt.; best oil of origanum 1£ ozs ; pulver-
ized cantharides I- oz. Mix, and apply each morning, for three
mornings; heating it in with a hot iron each time; th^n skip 8
mornings, and ap f ,.y again, as before, until it has been applied 9
times ; alter which wait about 10 days, and if it is not all ^kg.
go over again m the same way
PAKEIEES' DEPARTMENT. 25ft
He says it does not remove the hair, but that it cures the
iargest and worst cases. He gives a test for p-ood oil of
origanum, saying that touch of it is reduced with turpen-
tine \ and if so reduced, that it will spread on the skin, like
turpentine ; but if good, that it does not spread on the skin,
but stands, like other oil, where a drop is put on. I am
not certain about the genuineness of this test ; yet 1 find
quite a difference in the spreading of the oils j for that
which is known to contain turpentine spreads fast and
freely; whilst that which is believed to be pure, spreads
very slowly, yet does finally spread. The pure is of a dark
wine color, whilst the poor is of a lighter shade, and some
what cloudy.
11. Spavtn Liniment.— Oils of spike, origanum, cedar, Brit-
ish and spirits of turpentine, of each 1 oz. ; Spanish-flies, pul-
verized £ oz.
A pply once in six to nine days only — removes the lump
of spavins, splints, curbs, &c, if of recent occurrence ; and
tne man of whom I obtained it, say3 he has scattered poll-
evils before breaking out, with cedar oil, alone.
12. Another. — Alcohol and spirits of turpentine, of each i pt. ;
gum camphor, laudanum, and oil of cedar, of each 1 oz. ; oils
of hemlock and rhodium and balsam of Mr, of each £ oz. ; iodine
1 dr. ; mix.
Apply night and morning, first washing clean and rub-
bing dry with a sponge ; then rub the liniment into the
spavin with the hand. It causes a gummy substance to
ooze out, without injury to the hair — has cured ring-bones,
also removing the lumps in recent cases. It cured the
lameness in a case of three years standing.
13 ^rM^rr and Spavin Liniment. — Take a large mouthed
ncttie and put into it ml of origanum 6 ozs. ; gum camphor 2
ozs. ; mercurial ointment 2 ozs. ; iodine ointment 1 oz. ; melt by
putting the bottle into a kettle of hot water.
Apply it to bone-spavins or splints twice daily, for four
or five days. The lameness will trouble you no more. I
have had meu cure their horses with this liniment and re-
mark that this recipe alone was worth more than the price
of the book.
14. Bog-Spavin and Wino-Gall Ointment, also good fob
Curbs, Splints, Ring-hones, and Bone-Spavin. — Take pulver-
ized cantharides 1 oz. ; mercurial ointment 2 ozs. ; tiucture of
256 dr. chase's recipes.
iodine 11 ozs. ; spirits of turpentine 2 ozs. ; corrosive sublimate
1£ drs. ; lard 1 lb.
Mix well , and when desired to apply, first cut off the
hair, wash well and anoint, rubbing it in with the hand
or glove, if preferred. Two days after, grease the part with
lard, and in two days more, wash off and apply the oint-
ment again. Kepcat the process every week, as long as
necessary.
SWEENY — Liniment. — Alcohol and spirits of turpentine, of
each 8 ozs. ; camphor gum, pulverized cantharides, and capsi
cum, of each 1 oz. ; oil of spike 3 ozs. Mix.
Perhaps the best plan is to tincture the capsicum first
and use the tincture instead of the powder, by which means
you are free of sediment ; bathe this liniment in with a hot
iron. The first case has yet to be found where it has not
cured this disease when faithfully followed.
2. Another. — Sal-ammoniac 2 ozs. ; corrosive sublimate 1 oz. ;
alcohol 1 qt. ; water 1 qt., pulverize and mix.
This last has cured many cases of sweeny, and also kid-
ney complaints, known by a weakness in the back, of horses
or cattle. Bathe the loins with it; and give one to two
table-spoons at a dose, daily.
TOLL-EVIL AND FISTULA— Positive Cuiie.— Common
potash £ oz. ; extract of belladona £ dr. ; gum arabic £ oz. Dis-
solve the gum in as little water as practicable; then having pul-
verized the potash, unless it is moist, mix the gum water with it
and it will soon dissolve ; then mix in the extract and it is ready
to use; and it can be used without the belladona, but it is more,
painful without it, and does not have quite as good an effect.
Directions. — The best plan to get this into the pipes is
by means of a small syringe, after having cleanses, the soro
with soap-suds; repeat once in two days, until all the cal-
lous pipes and hard fibrous base around the poll-evil or fis-
tula, is completely destroyed. Mr. Curtis, a merchant of
Wheaton, 111., cured a poll-evil with this preparation, by
only a single application, as the mare est rayed and was not
found for two months — then completely sound; but it wilJ
generally require two or three applications.
This will destroy corns and warts, by putting a little of
it upon the wart or corn, letting it remain from five to ten
minutes, then wash oil and apply oil or vinegar, not squeez-
ing them out, but letting nature remove them.
FAtvRIERS* DEPARTMENT. 257
1. Potash, jo Make. — It you cannot buy the potash, called
*jr in the la^ recipe, you can make it by leaching best wood
ashes and boiling down the )ye to what is called black salts, and
continuing the heat in a thick kettle until they ^re melted ; the
oeat burns* out the black impurities and leaves a whitish 'gra/
substance, called potash.
This potash, pulverized and put into all the rat holes
tbout the cellars, causes them to leave in double quick time,
*b mentioned in the ki Hat Exterminator." The black salta
will do about as well for rats, but is not quite so strong.
They get their feet into it, which causes a biting worse than
tlicir own, and they leave without further ceremony.
Potash making in timbered lands is carried on very ex-
tensively ; using the thick, heavy potash-kettle to boil and
melt in ; then dipping it out into three and live pail iron-
ketths to cool.
3. Poll-Evil and Fistula— Ncuwegtan Cuke.— Cover the
hf-ad and neck with two or three blankets; have a pan or kettle
of the best warm cider vinegar; holding it under the blankets;
then steam the parts by putting hot atones, brick, or iron, into
the vinegar, and continue the operation until the horse sweat
freely ; doing this 3 mornings and skipping d, until 9 steaming
have been accomplished.
Mr. Marshall says, the pipes, by this time, will seem to
have raised up and become loose, except the lower end,
which holds upon the bone or tendons, like a sucker's
mouth ; the apparent rising being caused by the going down
of the swelling in the parts; now tic a skein of silk around
the pipes and pull them out ; washing the parts with weak
copperas water until the sore heals up and ali is well. He
told me that he cured, in this way, a horse which had inter-
fered until a pipe had formed at the place of interference,
upon the leg, that when drawn out was as long as his linger.
See the " Norwegian Cure for Bone-Spavin."
4. Another.— Rock salt and blue vitriol, of each 1 oz., uop-
pcras £• oz. ; pulverize all finely and mix well.
Fill a goose-quill with the powder and push it to the hot
torn of the pipe, having a stick in the top of the quill, so
that you can push the powder out of the quill, leaving it
at the bottom of the pipe ; repeat again in about four days,
and in two or three days from that time you can take hold
at the pipe and remove it, without trouble.
25^ pr. chase's recipes
5. Poll-Evil, to Scatter. — Take a quantity of mandrake
root, mash, and boil it; strain and boil down until rather thick;
then form an ointment by simmering it with sufficient iard for
that purpose.
Anoint the 'swelling once a day, for several days, tin ti)
well. It has cured them after they were broken out, by
putting it into the pipes a few times, also anointing around
the sore.
6. Another.— Poll-evils and Fistulas have been cured by
pushing a piece of lunar caustic into the pipe, then filling the
hole with currier's oil. Or :
7. Another. — Corrosive subli *ate the size of a common beaiL,
pulverized and wrapped in tissue paper, and pressed to the bot-
tom of the pipes, leaving it in eight days, then take out, and
applying the bine ointment, (kept by druggists,) has cured thena.
Or:'
8. Another. — Arsenic, the size of a pea, treated in the same
way, has cured the same disease. But if the Norwegian plan
wiil work as recommended, it is certainly the best of all.
9. Anotbj&r. — Oil of vitriol put into the pipes has cured many
poll-evils.
I found one man, also, who had cured poll-evil by placing
barrel of water about fifteen feet high, or a platform, upon
two trees — administering a shower bath daily upon the sore ;
drawing the water by a faucet, through a dinner horn placed
little end down ; tying the horse so as to keep him in posi-
tion until the water all runs out. Fifteen or tweuty baths
cured him, but it broke out again the next season, when a
few more baths made a final cure.
LOOSENESS OR SCOURING IN HORSES OR CATTLE-
In Ushi over. Seventy Years. — Tormentil root, powdered.
Dose for a horse or cow 1 to H ( >z. It may be stirred in 1 pt. of
milk and given, or it may be steeped in H pts-of milk then givea
from 3 to 5 times daily until cured.
It has proved valuable also for persons. Dose for a per*
gon would be from one-half to one tea-spoon steeped in milk j
but if used for persons I should recommend that half a**
much rhubarb be combined with it.
An English gentleman from whom it was obtained, had
been familiar with its use nearly eighty years, and neve?
knew a failure, if taken in any kind of seasonable time.
The tormentil, or septibil, is an European plant, and veiy as-
tringent.
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9 Beef bones for Scours. — Burn the bones thoroughly and
pulverize finely ; then give 1 table-spoon in some dry feed, 3
'linos daily, until checked.
This preparation has thirty years experience of an Amer-
ican gentleman, near Fentonville, Mich., to recommend it to
general favor.
3. Scours and Pin- Worms of Horses and Cattle. — White
ash bark burnt to ashes and made into rather s*- strong tye ; then
mix ■$• pt. of it with warm water i pt., and give all, 2 or 3 times
daily.
Whenever it becomes certain that a horse or cow is
troubled with pin-worms, by their passing from the bowels,
it is best to administer the above, as they are believed to be
the cause, generally, of scours, and this remedy carries off
the worms, thus curing the inflammation by removing the
<sause.
HORSE OINTMENT— De Gray ok Six) an's.— Rosin 4 ozs.;
bo'js-wax 4 ozs. ; lard 8 ozs. ; honey 2 ozs. Melt these articles
slowly, gently bringing to a boil; and as it begins to boil, re-
move from the rlre and slowly add a little less than a pint of
spirits of turpentine, stirring all the time this is being added, and
stir until cool.
This is an extraordinary ointment for bruises, in flesh or
hoof, broken knees, galled backs, bites, cracked heels, &c,
&c. ; or when a horse is gelded, to heal and keep away flies,
[t is excellent to take fire out of burns or scalds in human
Sesh also.
CONDITION POWDERS—Said to be St. John's.— Fenu
greek, cream of tartar, gentian, sulphur, saltpetre rosin, black
•antimony, and ginger, equal quantities of each, say 1 oz. ; all to
be iine 1 } r pulverized ; cayenne, also fine, half the quantity of any
one ot the others, say \ oz. Mix thoroughly.
It is used in yellow water, hide-bound, coughs, colds, dis-
temper, and all other diseases where condition powders are
generally administered. They carry off gross humors and
purify the blood. Dose — In ordinary eases give two tea
spoons once a day, in f 'sed. In extreme cases give it twio
daily. If these do not give as good satisfaction as St.
John's or any other condition powder that costs more than
double what it does to make this, then I will acknowledge
chat travel and study are of no account ia obtaining infor-
mation.
2G0 dr. chase's RKcnTis.
2. Cathaiitic Condition Powder.— Gamboge, alum, salt-
petre, rosin., copperas, ginger, aloes, gum-myrrh," salts, and salt,
and it* the horse is in a very low condition, put in wormwood,
all the same quantities, viz., 1 oz. each. Dose — One tal 1 ^ spoon
in br in twice daily ; not giving any other grain for a lev days ;
then once a day with oats and other good Iced.
This last is more applicable for old worn-down horses
which need cleaning out and starting again into new Ufa ;
and in such cases, just the thing to be desired.
HORSE LINIMENTS— For Stiff-Neck from Poll-
Evils. — Alcohol one pint; oil of cedar, origanum, and
gum-camphor, of each two ounces; oil of amber one ounce;
ase freely.
2. Englisti Stable Ltniment— Very Strng. — Oil of spike,
aqua ammonia, and oil of turpentine, of each 2 ozs. ; sweet oil
and oil of amber, of each 1-^ozs. ; oil of origanum 1 oz. Mix. •
Call this good for any thing, and always keep it ia the
stable as a strong liniment ; the Englishman's favorite for
poll-evils, ring-bones, and all old lameness, inflammations,
&c. ) if much inflammation, however, it will fetch the hair,
but not destroy it.
3. Neiivb and Bone Liniment. — Take beef's gall 1 qt. ; alco-
hol 1 pt. ; volatile liniment 1 lb. ; spirits of turpentine 1 lb. ; oil
of origanum 4 ozs. ; aqua ammonia 4 ozs. ; tincture af cayenne
k pt. ; oil of amber 3 ozs. ; tincture of Spanish-flies G ozs. ; mix.
Uses too well known to need description. This is more
particularly applicable to horse flesh.
4. Ltniment for One Shilling a Quart. — Best vinegar 2
qts. ; saltpetre, pulverized \ lb. ; mix and set in a w^m place,
until dissolved.
It will be found valuable for spavins, sprains strains,
bruises, old swellings, &c.
BROKEN LIMBS— Treatment, Instead op Inhumanly
Shooting the Horse. — In the greater number of fractures it is
only necessary to partially sling the horse by means of a broad
piece of sail or other strong cloth, (as represented in the figure,)
placed under the animal's belly, furnished with two breechinga
and two breast- girths, and by means of ropes and pulley* at-
tached to a cross beam above, he is elevated or lowered, as m^
be required.
It would seldom be necessary to raise them entirely oft
of their feet, as they will be more quiet, gentrally, whom
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261
allowed to touch the ground or floor. The head-stall should
be padded, and ropes reaching each way to the stall, ai well
as forward. Many horses will plunge about for a time, but
soon quiet down, with an occasional exception ; when they
become quiet, set the bone, splint it well, padding the splints
with batting, securing carefully, then keep wet with cold
water, as long as the least inflammation is present, using
light food, arid a little water at a time, but may be given
often.
The use of the different buckles and straps will be easily
aaderstood.
SUPPORTING APPARATUS IN LAMENESS OP IIORSES.
If he is very restive, other ropes can be attached to the
corner rings, which are there for that purpose, and will
afford much additional relief to the horse.
I knew a horse's thigh to crumble upon the race-course,
without apparent cause, which lost him the stake he would
have easily won ; he was hauled miles upon a sled, slung,
and cured by his humane owner. Then let every fair
means be tried, before you consent to take the life, even of
a broken-legged horse.
2G2 DR. CHASE'S RECIPES.
WOUND BALSAM— Fun House or Human Flesh.— Gum
benzoin, in powder, (i ozs.,- balsam of toki, in powder, o ozs.;
gum siorax 2 ozs.; lrankincensc, in powder, 2 ozs.; gum myrrh,
in powder, 2 ozs.; Soeotorhie aloes, in powder, o ozs.; alcohol 1
gal. Mix them ail together and put them in a digester, and give
them a gentle beat for three or four days ; then strain.
A better medicine can hardly be found in the Materia
Medico, for healing fresh wounds in every part of the body v
particularly those on the tendons or joints. It is frequent-
ly given internally along with other articles, to great ad-
vantage in all colds, flatulency, and in other debilities of
the stomach and intestines. Every gentleman, or farmer,
ought to keep this medicine ready prepared in his house, as
a family medicine, for all cuts, or recent wounds, either
among his cattle or any of his family. Thirty or forty
drops, on a lump of sugar, may be taken at any time, for
flatulency, or pain at the stomach ; and in old age, where
nature requires stimulation. — Every Man Ills Own Farrier.
GUEASE-IIEEL AND COMMON SCRATCHES.— To Cuke.
—Lye made from wood ashes, and boil white-oak bark in it un-
til it is quite strong, both in lye and bark ooze ; when it is cold,
H is ready for use.
First wash off the horse's legs with dish-water or castile
Boap ; and when dry, -apply the ooze with a swab upon a
stick which is sufficiently long to keep out of his reach, as
he will tear around like a wild horse, but you must wet all
^ell once a day, until you see the places are drying up.
The grease-heel may be known from the common scratcnes
by the deep cracks, which do not appear in the common
kind. Of course this will fetch off the hair, but the disease
has been known to fetch off the hoof; then to bring on the
hair again, use salve made by stewing sweet elder bark in
old bacon ; then form the salve by adding a little rosin ac-
cording to the amount of oil when stewed, about a quarter
of a pound to each pound of oil.
2. Another. — Verdigris \ oz.; whisky 1 pt.,are highly recom-
mended for grease heel
3. Common Scratches. — Use sweet oil 6 oz.; borax 2 oz.; sugai
of lead 2 oz.; mix, and apply twice daily, after washing off with
dish-water, and giving time to allow the legs to dry.
These plans have been used for years, by Geo. Clenam,
of Logansport, Indiana, and he assured me that the worel
eases will be cured, of either disease, in a very few days
tfARRIERS' DEPARTMENT.
4. Another. —Copperas and chamber-lye are known to be
good for common scratches, applied, as the last, after washing
with dish-water and drying. This last can be tried lirst, as it ia
easily obtained, and if It does not succeed you will not fail with
the other.
SADDLE AND HARNESS GALLS— Bruises, Abrasions,
&c. — Remedy. — White leayl and linseed oil mixed as for paint, if
Almost invaluable in abrasions, or galls from the saddle or col
lar, or from any other cause, it will speedily aid the part in heal
big.
Applied with a brush to the leg of a horse, the outer
coating of hair and skin of which was torn off, caused it to
heal and leave no scar. It is good for scratches and all
Bores upon horses, or other animals, and equally good for
men. It forms an air-tight coating, and soothes pain. Every
farmer should keep a pot and brush ready for use. White
lead is the carbonate of the metal, and when pure is very
white. That having a greyish tint is impure, being gene-
rally adulterated. For use as a paint, a lead color is pro-
duced by adding lamp-black, and a drab or stone color, by
adding burned umber
In applying it for scratches, first wash them clean witli
soap and water, then apply. Some persons prefer lamp oiL
If that is used, you will mix both together until the oil as*
sumes a light straw color. When the horse comes in at
night, his legs should be washed perfectly clean and rubbed
perfectly dry. Then apply the mixture, rubbing it well t#
the skin. Two or three applications are sufficient to effed
a perfect cure, no matter how bad the case may be. — Con
respondence of the Country Gentleman.
To give confidence in this, I would say that a lady, at
Lafayette, Ind., told me she cured herself of salt-rheum
with white-lead and sweet oil, only.
2. Another. — Alcohol and extract of lead, of each 2 ozs ;
poft water 4 ozs. ; spirits of sal-ammoniac 1 oz. ; white copperas
% i oz Mix all and shake as used.
" Knowlson's Complete Farrier" speaks very highly of
this last preparation, which can be tried, should the first
above fail.
3. Sores from Chafing of the Bits.— Chloroform and sul-
phuric ether, equal parts of each. Keep closely corked.
Sponce off the mouth with water every time the bite are
264 DR. CHASERS RECIPES.
taken out; then wet well with the mixture. It will also
he found valuable to remove soreness from any cause, on
man or horse.
4 Another. — White ashes and spirits of turpentine, of each, 7
1| table-spoons; black pepper, ground, 1 table-spoon; lard to
make 1 pt. of all, mix well and anoint.
HEAVES. — Great Relief— Heaves, the common namo
for any difficulty in the breathing of a horse, is susceptible
of great alleviation by attention to the character and quan-
tity of food to be eaten by the animal, as every onr
knows. If a horse suffering from this disease, is allowed to
distend his stomach at his pleasure, with dry food entirely,
and then to drink cold water, as much as he can hold, he is
nearly worthless. But if his food be moistened, and be 1 o
allowed to drink a moderate quantity only at a time, the
disease is much less troublesome.
A still farther alleviation maybe obtained from the use of bal-
sam of fir and balsam of copaiba 4 ozs. each ; and mix wiib
calcined magnesia sufficiently thick to make it into balls; give
a middling sized bail, night and morning for a week or 10 days
This gives good satisfaction, and is extensively sold by Eberbach
& Co., druggists of this city.
2. Another. — An old Farrier assures me that lobelia
one tea-spoon, once a day, in his feed, for a week, and then
once a week ; that you can hardly tell whether a horse ever
had the heaves or not.
3. Another. — H. Sisson, another Farrier, gives me a
cure which somewhat resembles the ball first given under
this head, and thus each one supports the other.
~ie takes calcined magnesia, balsam of fir, and balsam of
copaiba, of each 1 oz. ; spirits of turpentine 2 ozs. ; and puts
them all into 1 pt. of best cider vinegar, and gives for a dose 1
table-spoon in his feed, once a day, for a week; theii every other
day for 2 or 3 months.
The horsA will cough more at first, but looser and looser
until cured Wet his hay with brine, and alsN wet his
feed.
4. Another. — Mr Bangs, highly recommends the following :
Lobelia, wild turnip, elecampane and skunk cabbage, equal
parts of each. Make into balls of common size, and give one
for a dose, or make a tincture, by putting 4 ozs. of the mixture
into 2 qts. of spirits; and after a week put 2 table-spocus 23>to
their feed, once a daj foi n month or two.
farriers' department. 265
%. Another. — Oyster shells 1 pock ; burn into lime and pul-
verize ; mix a single handful of it with \ gill cf alcohol, then
inix it with the oats each morning until all given.
This for bellows-heaves has done very much good. Horse-
radish grated and put in with the feed has benefited. Cab-
bage, as common feed, is good to relieve, or any juicy food,
like pumpkins, &c, &c, will be found to relieve very much.
Farmers who have their horses always at home, can keep
them comfortable with some of the foregoing directions ;
but broken-winded horses might as well be knocked in the
head as to attempt to travel with them, expecting any satisfac-
tion to horse or driver.
6. Another. — A correspondent of the Country Gentle-
man says that " heaves may be greatly alleviated by feed-
ing raw fat pork.
" Commence with a piece of pork, say a cubic inch, chopped
very fine, and mixed with the wetted grain or cut feed, twice a
day for two or three days. Then from day to day increase the
quantity and cut less tine, until there is given with each feed
such a slice as usually by a farmer's wife is cut for frying — nearly
as large as your hand, cut into fifteen or twenty pieces.
u Contiuue this for two weeks, and the horse is capable of
any ordinary work without distress, and without showing the
heaves. I have experience and observation for the past ten
years as proof of the above." — [*/., of Burlington, Vt.
DISTEMPER— To Distinguish and Cure.— If it
is thought that a horse has the distemper, and you do not
feel certain, wet up bran with rather strong weak lye — if
not too strong they will eat it greedily ; if they have the
distemper, a free discharge from the nostrils and a conse-
quent cure will be the result, if continued a few days ; but
ii only a cold, with swellings of the glands, no change will
be discovered.
^SHOEING HORSES— For Winter Travel.— N. P,
rallis, of the Home Journal, in one of his recent Idlewild
letters, says :
"nTou have discovered, of course, that you cannot, have unin-
terrupted winter riding with a horse shod in the ordinary way.
The sharp points of the frozen mud will wound the frog of the
foot ; and with snow on the ground, the hollow hoof soon col-
lects a hard ball, which makes the footing very insecure. Bui
266 dr. chase's recipes.
these evils are remedied by a piece of sole leather nailed on ua*
der the shoe— a protection to the hoof which makes a surprising"
difference in the confidence and sure-footedness of the animal's
step."
FOUNDER— Remedy.— Draw about 1 gal. of blood from the
neck ; then drench the horse with linseed-oil 1 qt.; now rub thi
fore legs, long and well, with water as hot as can be borne with-
out scalding.^
This remedy entirely cured a horse which had been
foundered on wheat, two days before the treatment began.
PHYSIC— Ball for Horses.— Barbadoes aloes from* 4 to 5,
or 6 drs., (according to the size and strength of the horse) ; tar
trate of potassia 1 dr.; ginger and castile soap, of each 2 drs.; oft
of anise «or peppermint 20 drops; pulverize, and make all into
one ball with thick gum solution.
Before giving a horse physic, he should be prepared for
it by feeding scalded bran, in place of oats, for two days at
least, giving also water which has the chill taken off, and
continue this feed and drink, during its operation. If it
should not operate in forty-eight hours, repeat half the dose.
2. Physic for Cattle.— For cattle, take lialf only of the
dose, above, for a horse, and add to it glauber salts 8 ozs.; dis-
solve all in gruel 1 qt., and srive as a drench ; for cattle are not
easily managed in giving balls, neither is their construction
adapted to dry medicine.
There is not the need of preparation for cattle, generally,
as for horses, from the fact of their not being kept up to
grain, if they are, however, let the same precautions be ob-
served as in "Physic Ball for Horses/'
HOOF- AIL IN SHEEP— Sure Remedy.— Muriatic acid ana
Sutter of antimony, of each 2 oz.; white vitriol, pulverized, 1 oz.
Mix.
Directions.— Lift the foot and drop a little of it upon
the bottom. It will need to be applied only once or twice
a week — as often only as they limp, which showb that the
foot is becoming tender again. It kills the old hoof, and a
new one soon takes its place. Have no fears about the re-
mit ) apply the medicine as often as indicated, and all is
safe.
It has proved valuable in growing off horse's boofs f when
anaiiired. or contraction made it necessary.
£f E WATER— For Horses and Cattle.— Alcohol \ te&le-
.«■? vOA»: extract of lead I tea-spoon; rain water \ pt
/ARRIERS 1 DEPARTMENT. 267
Wash the eye freely, two or three times daily. But I
prefer the "Eye Water" as prepared for persons ; and allow
me here to say that what is good for man, in the line of
medicine, is good for a horse, by increasing the dose to cor
respond.
TAMING — Principles Applied to Wild and Vi-
cious Horses. — I have thought, in closing up this De-
partment, that I could not devote a page to a better pui
pose than to the so-called secret of taming. For it is a
secret, but it lies in a different point from what is generally
believed, which I will attempt to show.
Several persons are advertising books for taming wild
horses, and other persons are going about teaching the art
fco classes in private. Probably the pupils get their money's
worth. But, why do so many fail ? The whole secret lies
in this, that many persons can nejver handle a horse, with all
the instruction in the world — it is not in them. They cannot
establish a sympathy between themselves and the horse,
and if they become horse trainers, they have only mistakes
their calling, and the money they laid out is perhaps a*
cheap a way as they could be taught their mistake.
To be a successful horse trainer, he must have a sympa-
thy with the horse, and a personal power of control. This
reminds us of an old gentleman's remarks on the subject
of sweeny. He said : " There were a great many recipes
of penetrating oils, applications, etc., but the great secret
was in faiih^ without which no person will persevere a
sufficient length of time with either of them. This holds
good in all diseases, as well as in handling or taming a
horse.
The mystery or secret, then, is in knowing how, and hav-
ing the stamina (power) to do it.
As for recipes, they consist in using the horse-castor or
wart, which grows upon the inside of the leg, grated fine,
oil of cumin, and oil of rhodium, kept separate in air-tight
bottles ; these all possess peculiar properties for attracting
aud subduing animals.
•' Kub a little oil cf cumin upon your hand, and approach
the horse in the field, on the windward side, so that he can
smell the cumin. The horse will let you come up to him
without trouble.
2£ y DR. CHASE' S RECIPES
11 Immediately rub your hand gently on the horse's nose,
getting a little of the oil on it. You can then lead him
any whore. Give him a little of the castor on a piece of
loaf-sugar, apple, or potato.
" Put eight drops of the oil of rhodium into a lady's
thimble. Take the thimble between the thumb and mid-
dle fingei of your right hand, with the fore-finger stopping
the mouth of the thimble to prevent the oil from running
out whilst you are opening the mouth of the horse.
" As soon as you have opened the horse's mouth, tip the
thimble over upon his tongue, and he is your servant. He
will follow you like a pet dog. Very doubtful. — Author.
" Ride feailess and promptly, with your knee pressed to
the side of the horse, and your toes turned in and heels out;
then you will always be on the alert for a shy or sheer from
the horse, and ha can never throw you.
" If you want tu teach him to lie down, stand on his nigh
or left side; have a couple of leather straps, about six feet
long ; string up fa& left leg with one of them around his
neck ; strap the other end of it over his shoulders ; hold it
in your hand, and when you are ready, tell him to lie down,
at the same time gently, firmly, and steadily pulling on the
stiap, touching him ligbtl\ with a switch. The horse will
immediately lie down. iJo this a few times, and you can
make him lie down without the straps.
u He is now your pupil and friend. You can teach him
anything, only be kind to him — be gentle. Love him and
he will love you. Feed him before you do yourself. Shel-
tei him well, groom him yourself, keep him clean, and at
Light always give him a good bed."
It will be perceived, by reference to the following
item from Bell's Life, that the secret for tamiug horses, by
which Mr. Harey has made himself so rich and famous,
instead of being a divination of his own, was probably ob-
tained by him through some accidental contact with an old
Yoiume, which had long disappeared from observation, and
hardly held a place in public libraries :
A correspondent sends us the following: " In the Gen-
tleman's Farriery, by Bartlott, (sixth edition) published in
17G2, (one hundred years ago,) page 298, is the following;
* The method proposed by \)r. Tlrackcu iw to tie up one of
CABINET MAKERS' DEPARTMENT. 209
the fore feet close, and to fasten a cord or small rope about the
other fetlock, bringing the end ot it over the horse's shoul-
deis ; then Jet him be hit or kicked -with your foot behind that
knee, at the same time pulling his nose down strongly to the
manger You will bring him upon his knees, where lie
should be held till he is tired which cannot be long, but if he
does not lie down soon, let him be thrust sideways against his
quarters, to throw him over ; by forcing him down several
times in this way, you may teach him to lie down, at the same
words you first used for that purpose " "You will see that Mr.
Rarey's system is exactly the same
From the foregoing it will be seen that he obtained the
Knowledge, and naturally possessing the firmness, fearless en-
ergy, and muscle sufficient to back the whole, he has become
the horse tamer of the icorld.
Without all these qualifications no one need undertake the
business, no matter how often he pays live dollars for recipes
or instructions.
CABINET MAKERS' DEPARTMENT.
POLISH— For New Furniture.— Alcohol 98 per cent. 1
pt. ; gums copal and shellac, of eacli 1 oz. ; dragon's blood %
oz. Mix and dissolve by setting in a warm place.
Apply with a sponge (it is best in the sun or a warm room)
about three coats, one directly after the other as fast as dry,
say fifteen to twenty minutes apart ; then have a small bunch
of cotton batting tied up in a piece of woolen ; wet this in al-
cohol and rub over the surface well ; now go over the surface
with a piece of tallow, then dust on rotten stone from a wool-
en bag and rub it with, what is often called, the heel of the
hand ; now wipe it off with cotton cloth, and the more you
rub with this last cloth, the better will be the polish.
1 Although this professes to be for new work, it does not
hurt the looks of old, not the least bit ; try it all who want
their furniture to show a gloss and answer in place of looking,
glasses.
-TO DR. CHASED BECIPES.
If soldiers will try it on their gun-stocks, they will find
it just the thiug desired.
2. Polish for Reviving Old Furniture, Equal to tkj
"Brothek Jonathan." — Take alcohol \\ ozs.; spirits of salts
(muriatic acid) -£ oz. ; linseed-oil 8 ozs.; best vinegar | pt; and
butter of antimony \h ozs.; mix, putting in the vinegar last.
It is an excellent reviver, making furniture look nearly
equal to new, and really giving a polish to new work, always
shaking it as used. But if you cannot get the butter of
antimony, the following will be the next best thing :
3. Polish for Removing Stains, Spots, and Mildew, from
Furniture.— Take of 08 per cent, alcohol | pt.; pulverized
rosin and gum shellac, of each £ oz. Let these cut in the alco-
hol; then add linseed-oil | pt.; shake well, and apply with a
sponge, brush, or cotton flannel, or an old newspaper, rubbing it
well after the application, which gives a nice polish.
These are just the thing for new furniture when sold and
about to be taken out of the shop ; removing the dust and
giving the new appearance again.
4. Jet, or Polish for Wood or Leather, Black, Red, o*
Blub. — Alcohol (98 per cent.) 1 pt. ; sealing w r ax, the color de-
sired, 3 sticks ; dissolve by heat, and have it warm when applied
L sponge is the best to apply it with.
For black on leather it is best to apply copperas warei
first, to save extra coats; and paint wood the color desired
also, for the same reason. On smooth surfaces, use the tal-
low and rotten stone as in the first polish. It may be .-• im-
plied to carriage-bodies, cartridge-boxes, dashes, fancy-bas-
kets, straw-bonnets, straw-hats, &e.
FURNITURE— Finishing with only One Coat of Varnish
not Using Glue, Paste, or Shellac— Take boiled linseed-oil
and give the furniture a coat with a brush ; then immediately
sprinkle dry whiting upon it and rub it in well with your hand,
or a brush which is worn rather short and stiff, over all the sur-
face — the whiting absorbs the oil ; and the pores of the wood
are thus filled with a perfect coat of putty, which will last ioi
ages ; and water will not spot it nor have any effect upon it.
For mouldings and deep creases in turned work, you eaa
mix them quite thick, and apply them together, with the
old brush, but on smooth surfaces, the hand and dry whit-
ing are best. If black walnut is the wood to be finished,
you will put a trifle of burned umber in the whiting, — if
for cherry, a little Venetian-red ; beech or maple wdd r*
CABINET MAKERS' DEPARTMENT. 271
quire less red. Only sufficient is to be used, in either case,
to make the whiting the color of the wood, bekig finished
Bedstead-posts, banisters, or standards for bedsteads and all
other turned articles can have the finish put on in the lathe,
ih doublo quick time ; spreading a newspaper on the lathe
to save the scattering whiting, applying it with the hand or
hands, having an old cloth to rub off the loose whiting
which does not enter the pores of the wood, — the same with
smooth surfaces also.
This preparation is cheap ; and it is a wonder that furni*
tare men have not thought of it before. Three coats of
varnish without it is not as level as one with it. From the
fact that some of the varnish enters the pores of the wood
and does not dry smooth; but with the pores filled with this
preparation, of course, it must dry smooth and level, with-
out rubbing down.
STAINS— Mahogany on Walnut, Natural as Nature.—
Apply aquafortis by means «f a rag tacked to a stick ; for if you
use a brush it will very soon destroy it. Set the furniture in tlie
hot sun to heat in the aquafortis, if no sun, heat it in by a- stove
or fire.
It is better if heat in, but does quite well without heat
ing. Finish up in every other way as usual.
This finish is applicable to fancy tables, stands, lounges,
coffins, &c, and equally beautiful on knots and crotches,
giving walnut the actual appearance of mahogany, and as
it is appearances only that most people depend upon, why
will not this do as well as to trasport timber from beyond
the seas.
2. Rose-wood Stain, Very Bright Shade— Used Cold.—
Take alcohol 1 gal.; camwood 2 ozs.; let them stand in a warm
place 24 hours ; then add extract of logwood 3 ozs.; aquafortis
1 oz.; and when dissolved it is ready for use ; it makes a very
bright ground, like the most beautiful rose-wood — one, two or
more coats, as you desire, over the whole surface.
This part makes the bright streaks or grains ; the dark
opes is made by applying, in waves, the following :
Take iron turnings or clippings, and put vinegar upon them;
<et it stand a few hours and it is ready to apply over the other,
by means of a comb made for graining ; or a comb made from
thinnish India-rubber ; the teeth should be rather good length ;
eay half an inch, and cut close together or further apart, as de-
sired; and with a little practice excellent imitation will be madt*
272 dr. chase's recipes.
This, for chairs, looks very beautiful to apply one darken
ing mixture by means of a flat, thin -haired, brusn, leaving
only a little of the red color in sight ; and if you want to
make the cringles, as sometimes seen in rose-wood, it h
done with a single tooth or pen, bearing on sometimes hard
and then light, &c., &c. All can and must be got by prae
fcice.
The above stain is very bright. If, however, you wish
a lower shade, use the next recipe.
3. Rose- wood Stain — Light Shade. — Take equal parts of
logwood and redwvod chips, and boil well in just sufficient watei
to make a strong st&m; apply it to the furniture while hot, 1 or
2, or even 3 coats may be put on, one directly after the other,
according to the depth of color desired. ,
For the dark lines, use the iron chippings as in the above
recipe. Or, if a rose-pink is desired, use the following :
4. Rose-Pink, Stain and Varnish, Also Used to Imitatb
Rose-wood. — Put an ounce of potash into a quart of water, with
red sanders H ozs.; extract the color from the w r ood end strain;
then add gum shellac £ lbs.; dissolve it by a quick fire — used
upon logwood stain for rose- wood imitation!
5. Black Walnut Stain. — W henever persons are using
walnut which has sap-edges, or if two pieces are being glued
together which are different in shade, or when a poplai
pannel, or other wood is desired to he used to imitate black
walnut, you will find the following to give excellent satis-
faction :
Spirits of turpentine 1 gal.; pulverized gum asphaltum 2 lbs.
Put them into an iron kettle and place upon a stove, which
prevents the possibility of fire getting at the turpentine; dissolve
by heat, frequently stirring until dissolved. Put into a jug or
can while hot.
When desired to use any of it, pour out and reduce with
turpentine to the right shade for the work being stained.
With a little practice you can make any shade desired. If
used with a brush over a red stain, as mentioned in tke rose*
wood stain recipes, especially for chairs and bedsteads, it
very nearly resembles that wood. Mixing a little varnish
with the turpentine when reducing it, prevents it from spot-
ting, and causes it to dry quicker. By rubbing a little
lamp-black with it you can make it a perfect black, if de-
sired.
CABINET MAKERS' DEPARTMENT 273
6. Cherry Stain. — Take rain water 3 o>s.; anotta 4 ozs.; boil
in a copper kettle until the anotta is dissolved ; then put in a
piece of potash the size of a common walnut, and keep it on the
fire about half an hour longer, and it is ready ior use. Bottle
for keeping.
This makes poplar or other light-colored woods so near
the color of cherry that it is hard to distinguish \ and even
improves the appearance of light-colored cherry.
VARNISHES— Black, with x\sphaltum .— Spirits of turpen
tine 1 gal.; pulverized gam asphaltum 2£ lbs.; dissolve by heat,
over a stove fire.
It is applied to iron, frames of door plates, back-grounds
in crystal painting, etching upon glass, and also for fence-
wire, or screens which are to go into water above mills to
turn leaves and drift-wood, <fec.
2. Patent Varnish, for Wood or Canvass.— Take spirits
of turpentine 1 gal.; asphaltum 2$ lbs.; put them into an iron
kettle which will fit upon a stove, and dissolve the gum by heat
When dissolved and a little cool, add copal varrish 1 pt., and
bailed linseed-oil \ pt.; when coid it is ready for use. Perhaps a
little lamp-black would make it a more perfect blacit.
If done over a common fire, the turpentine will be very
likely to take fire and he lost ; and, perhaps, fi^e the house
or your clothes.
This is valuable for wood, iron, or leather ; buh for cloth,
first make a sizing by boiling flax-seed one quart, in water
one gallon ; applying of this for the first coat ; the second
coat of common thick black paint ; and lastly a coat of the
varnish. Some think that sperm oil, the same quantity,
makes a little better gloss.
3. Varnish, Transparent, for Wood. — Best alcohol 1 gal.;
nice gum shellac 2£ lbs. Place the jug or bottle in a situation
to keep it just a little warm, and it will dissolve quicker than if
hot, or left cold.
This varnish is valuable for plows, or any other articls
where you wish to show the grain of the wood, and for pine,
when you wish to finish up rooms with white, as the " Por-
celain Finish f a coat or two of it effectually prevents the
pitch from oozing out, which would stain the finish.
If this stands in an open dish, it will become thick by
evaporation ; in sjttch cases add a little more alcohol, and it
is as good as^fore. Some do use as much as three and a
— mi, CHASE'S RFAirPES.
274 DR. CHASES RECIPES.
half pounds of shellac, but it is too thick to spread well ;
better apply two or more coats, if necessary. When a
black varnish is wanted, you can rub lamp-black with this>
for that purpose, if- preferred before the asphaltuni, last
given.
BARBERS' AND TOILET DEPARTMENT.
HAIR DYE— In Two Numbers.— No. 1. Take gallic acid 4
oz.; alcohol 8 ozs. ; soft water 16 ozs.; put the acid in the alcohol,
then add the water.
No. 2. Take for No. 2, crystalized nitrate of silver 1 oz.: am-
monia, strongest kind, 3 ozs. ; gum arable £ oz. ; soft water (j ozs
Observe, in making it, that the silver is to be put into the ammo
nia, and not corked until it is dissolved ; the gum is to be dis
solved in the w r ater, then all mixed, and it is ready for use.
Barbers will probably make this amount at a time, as it
comes much cheaper than in small quantities ; but if fami-
lies or others, for individual use, only wish a little, take
drachms, instead of ounces, which you see will make only
one-eighth of the amount.
Directions for Applying. — First, wash the whiskers
or hair with the " shampoo," and rinse out well, rubbing
with a towel until nearly dry ; then with a brush apply No.
1, wetting completely, and use the dry towel again to re-
move all superfluous water; then with another brush,
(tooth-brushes are best,) wet every part with No. 2, and it
becomes instantaneously black; as soon as it becomes cby,
wash off with hard water, then with soap and water; apply
a little oil, and all is complete.
The advantages of this dye are, that if you get any stain
upon the skin, wipe it off with a cloth at the time, and the
washing removes all appearances of stain ; and the whis-
kers or hair never turn red, do not crock, and are a beauti
ful black.
However, cyanuret of potassium 1 dr., to 1 oz. of water.
will take off any stain upon the skin, arising from nitrate of
silver ; but it is poison, and should not touch sore places,
nor be left where children may get at it.
barbers' and toilet department. 275
Ueisons whose hair «s prematurely gray, will find dye
less trouble in using, than the restoratives; for when once
applied, nothing more needs being done for several weeks ;
whilst the restorations are only slow dyes, and yet need
several applications. JBut that all may have the chance of
choosing for themse'^es, I give you some of the best resto-
ratives in use.
HAIR RESTORE XTVES AND INVIGORATORS.— Equal
to Wood's, for / f riflnig Cost. — Sugar of lead, borax, and
lac-sulphur, of ppcu 1 oz.; aqua ammonia £ oz.; alcohol 1 gill.
These articles t^ stand mixed for 14 hours ; then add bay rum 1
gill ; fine table salt 1 table-spoon ; soft water 3 pts.; essence of
bergamot 1 oz.
This preparation not only gives a beautiful gloss, but will
cause hair tc grow upon bald heads arising from all common
causes ; and turn gray hair to a dark color.
Mannfr of Application. — When the hair is thin or
bald, mpke two applications daily, until this amount is used
up, unless the hair has come out sufficiently to satisfy yon
before that time ; work it to the roots of the hair with a
soft brush or the ends of the fingers, rubbing well each
time. For gray hair one application daily is sufficient. It
is harmless and will do all that is claimed for it, does not
cost only a trifle in comparison to the advertised restora-
tives of the day; aud will be found as good or better than
most of them.
2 Xnvigorator.— Vinegar of cantharicles 1 oz.; cologne-water
1 oz ; and rose-water 1 oz. ; mixed and rubbed to the roots of
the nair, until the scalp smarts, twice daily, has been very highly
lecommended for bald heads, or where the hair is falling out.
If there is no fine hair on the scalp, no restorative, nor
invigorator on earth can give a head of hair See remarks
after No. 8.
3. Another. — Lac-sulphur and sugar of lead, of each 1 dr. ;
tamiln and pulverized copperas, each 32 grs. ; rose-water 4 ozs. ;
wetting the hah once a day for 10 or 12 days, then once or twice
a week will keep up the color.
If it is only desired to change gray hair to a dark color
the last will do it ; but where the hair is falling out or has
already fallen, the first is required to stimulate the scalp to
healthy action.
4. Another. — Lac -sulphur and sugar of lead, of each 1 oz.;
276 DR. chase's recipes.
pulverized litharge, (called lithrage) 1£ ozs. ; rain water 1 qt ;
applying 3 mornings and skipping 3, until 9 applications — gives
a nice dark color.
I obtained this of one of the Friends, at Richmond, Ind.,
and for turning white or gray hair, it is a good one. The
litharge sets the color, as the sulphate of iron does in the
next. There is but little choice between them.
5. Another. — Rain water 6 ozs. ; lac-sulphur i oz. ; sugar of
lead I oz. ; sulphate of iron (copperas,) \ oz; flavor with berga-
nr.ot essence, if desired ; and apply to the hair daily antil suffi-
ciently dark to please.
All the foregoing restoratives will change, or color the
gray or white hair black, or nearly so ; but let who will tel)
you that his restorative will give your hair its original color,
just let that man go for all he is worth at the time; for as
time advances his worth will be beautifully less.
6. Hair In vigorator. — A Wheeling barber makes use
of the following mvigorator to stop hair from falling out, oi
to cause it to grow in ; it is a good one, so \h the one follow-
ing it :
Take bay rum 1 pt. ; alcohol i pt. ; castor oil £ oz. ; carbonate
of ammonia \ oz. ; tincture of cantharides \ oz. Mix, and shake
when used. Use it daily, until the end ia attained.
7. Another. — Carbonate of ammonia 1 oz. ; rubbed up in 1
pt. of sweet oil. Apply daily until the hair stops falling out, or
is sufficiently grown out.
This last is spoken of verv highly in England, as a pio-
ducer of hair, " Where the hair ought to grow," and does
not.
8. Strong sage tea, as a daily wash is represented to stop
hair from falling out ; and what will stop it from falling, is
an mvigorator and consequently good.
There is not a liniment mentioned in this book, but which,
if well rubbed upon the scalp daily for two or three months,
will bring out a good head of hair; when the scalp has be-
come glossy and shining, however, and no fine hair growing,
you may know that the hair follicle or root, is dead ; and
nothing can give a head of hair in such cases, any mora
than grain can grow from ground which has had none scat-
tered upon it. This condition may be known by the Pip-
ing or glistening appearance of the scalp
barbers' and toilet department. 57
All heads as well as bodies should be often washed with
soap and clean water ; but if that is neglected too long, it
becomes necessary to use somethiug strouger to remove the
grease and dandruff — then the following will be found just
the thing to be desired.
SHAMPOOING MIXTURES— For Five Cents per Quart.,
~ Purified carbonate of potash, commonly called, salts of tartar
1 oz. ; rain water 1 qt. ; mix, and it is ready for use.
Apply a few spoons of it to the head, rubbing and work-
ing it thoroughly ; then rinse out with clean s'jft water, and
dry the hair well with a coarse, dry towel, applying a little
oil or pomatum to supply the natural oil which has been
saponified and washed out by the operation of the mixture.
A barber will make at least five dollars out o: liis five cents
worth of material.
2. Another excellent shampoo is made by using aqua ammo-
nia 3 ozs. ; salts of tartar i oz. ; alcohol £ oz. ; and soft water 21
pts. and flavoring with bergamot. In applying, rub the head
until the lather goes down ; then wash out.
The next recipe also, makes as good a shampoo mixture
as I wish ; for it kills so many birds at one throw that I do
not wish to throw any other.
RENOVATING MIXTURES— For Grease Spots, Sham-
pooing, and Killing Red-Bugs. — Aqua ammonia 2 ozs. ; soft,
water 1 qt. ; saltpetre 1 tea-spoon ; variegated shaving soap 1 oz.,
or one 3 cent cake, finely shaved or scraped ; mix all, shake
well, and it will be a little better to stand a f.w hours or days
before using, which gives the soap a chance to dissolve.
Directions. — Pour upon the place a sufficient amount
to well cover any grease or oil which may get spiJioo or
daabed upon coats, pants, carpets, &c, sponging and rub-
bing well and applying again if necessary to saponify tho
grease in the garment ; then wash off with clear cold water.
Don't squirm now, for these are not half it will do —
gome people fly entirely off the handle when a preparation
is said to do many things — for my part, however, I always
admire an article in proportion to the labor which can be
performed by it or with it. This preparation will shampoo
like a charm ; raising the lather in proportion to the amount
of grease and dandruff in the hair. It will remove paint,
even from a board, I care not how long it has been applied,
if nil vv.w used in the paint—and yet it docs not injure the
278 BR. chase's recipes.
finest textures, for the simpla reason that its affinity is for
grease or oil, changing them to soap, and thus loosening
any substance with which they may be combined.
If it is put upon a bed-bug he will never step afterwards *
and if put into their crevices, it destroys their eggn and
thus drives them from the premises.
A cloth wet with it will soon remove all the grease acd
dirt from doors which are much opened by kitchen-hands
2. Renovating Clothes— Gentlemen's Wear. —To warm
soft water 4 gals., put in 1 beef's gall ; saleratus $ lb. Dissolve.
Lay the garment on a bench and scour every part
thoroughly by dipping a stiff brush into the mixture ; spots
of grease and the collar must be done more thorough, and
longer continued than other parts, and rinse the garment
in the mixture by raising up and down a few times, then
the same way in a tub of soft cold water; press out the watei
and hang up to dry; after which it needs brushing the way
of the nap and pressing well under a damp cloth.
Beef's gall will set the color on silks, woolen, or cotton —
one spoon to a gallon of water is sufficient for this purpose.
Spotted bombazine or bombazette washed in this will alse
look nearly equal to new.
3. Faded and Worn Garments— To Renew the Color-
To alcohol 1 qt., acid extract of logwood i lb. ; loaf sugar 2 oz ;
blue vitriol I oz. ; heat gently until all are dissolved ; bottle foi
use.
Directions. — To one pint of boiling water put three or
four tea-spoons of the mixture, and apply it to the garment
with 4 clean brush; wetting the fabric thoroughly ; let dry:
Lo£i suds out well and dry again to prevent crocking.; brush
with the nap to give the polish. This may be applied to
silks and woolen goods having colors ; but is most applicable
to gentl enien's apparel.
COLOGNES— Imperial.— Take oils of bergamot 1 oz. ; ne
roli 1 dr. ; jessamine £ oz. ; garden lavender 1 dr. ; cinnamon 5
drops ; tincture of benzoin 1-J- ozs. ; tincture of musk £ oz. ; de-
odorized or cologne alcohol 2 qts. ; rose water 1 pt. Mix.
Allow the preparation to stand several days, shaking oc-
casionally, before filtering for use or bottling. This is rathei
expensive, yet a very nice article. See " Rose- Water."
2. Cologne for Family Use — Cheaper.— Oils of rosemary
barbers' and toilet department. 279
And lemon, each I oz. ; bergamot and lavender, each 1 dr. ; cin-
namon 8 drops ; clove and rose, each 15 drops ; common alcohol
2 qts. Mix, aadf hake 2 or 3 times daily for a week.
Colognes need only be used in very small quantities; the
same is true of highly flavored oils or pomades; as too
much, even of a good thing, soon disgusts those whom they
were intended to please.
HAIR OILS — New York Barbers*, Star.— -Castor oil 6| pt&;
alcohol H pts.; oil of citronella \ oz.; lavender \ oz.; mixed and
shaken when used, makes one of the finest oils for the hair in
use.
I have been told that this amount of alcohol does not cut
the oil. Of course, we know that ; that is, it does not be-
come clear, neither do we want it to do so ; it combines with
the oil, and destroys all the gumminess and flavor peculiar
to castor oil, by which it becomes one of the best oils for
the hair which can be applied. Gills, spoons, or any other
measure will do as well, keeping the proportion of flavoring
oils ; and if the citronella cannot be got, use some other oil
in its place ; none are equal to it, however.
2. Macassar, or Rose.— Olive oil 1 qt.; alcohol 2j ozs.; rose
oil | dr.; tie chipped -alkanet root 1 oz., into 2 or 3 little muslin
bags ; let them lie in the oil until a beautiful red is manifested ;
rhen hang them up to drain, for if you press them you get out a
sediment you do not wish in the oil.
3. Fragrant, Home-Made. — Collect a quantity of the leaves
of any of the flowers that have an agreeable fragrance ; or fra-
grant leaves, as the rose-geranium, <fcc. ; card thin layers of cot-
ton, and dip into the finest sweet oil ; sprinkle a small quantity
of salt on the flowers ; a layer of cotton and then a layer of
flowers, until an earthen- ware vessel, or a w T ide-mouthed glass
bottle is full.
. Tie, over it, a piece of a bladder ; then place the vessel in
t3ie heat of the sun ; and in fifteen days a fragrant oil may
De squeezed out, resembling the leaf used. Or, an extract
is made by putting alcohol upon the flowers or leaves, in
about the same length of time. These are very suitable for
the hair, but the oil is undoubtedly the best.
4. Pomade — Ox Marrow. — One of the most beautiful
pomades, both in color and action, is made as follows :
Take beef's marrow 1 lb.; alkanet root, not chipped, 1 oz.; put
them into a suitable vessel and stew them as you would render
tullow; strain through two or three thicknesses of muslin, and
moil add, 01 casior on t iu.; nay runi i g.n ; incniaKCS awaj
the peculiar freshness of the marrow ; thou use the extract ot
the common rose-geranium to give it the flavor desired.
Half as much suet as marrow, also makes a very nice
article ; and "an be used where the marrow is not easily ob
tamed.
BALM OF A THOUSAND FLOWERS.— As strange
as it may seem, some of the most astonishingly named ani-
oies, are the most simple in their composition. Although
thousands of dollars have been made out of the above
named article, it is both cheap and simple :
Deodorized alcohol 1 pt.; nice white-bar soap 4 ozs.; shave the
soap when put in ; stand in a warm place until dissolved ; then
add oil of citronella 1 dr.; and oils of neroli and rosemary, of
each i dr.
It is recommended as a general perfume ; but it is more
particularly valuable to put a little of it into warm water,
with which to cleanse the teeth.
RAZOR STROP-PASTE.— Take the very finest superfine
flour of emery and moisten it with sweet oil ; or you may moist-
en the surface of the strop with the oil, then dust the flour of
emery upon it, which is perhaps the best way.
Nothing else is needed. You must not take any of the
coarse flours, nothing but the finest will do. It is often
mixed with a little oil and much other stuff which is of no
use, and put up in little boxes and sold at two shillings, not
Having more than three cent's worth of emery.
BAKERS' AND COOKING DEPARTMENT
Remarks. — It may not be considered out of place to
make a few remarks here, on the art, as also on the prmci
pies, of cookery. For nearly all will acknowledge cooking
not only to be an art, but a science, as well. To know how
to cook economically is an art. Making money is an art.
Now is there not more money made and lost in the kitcken
than almost any where else ? Does not many a hard-work-
ing man have his substance wasted in the kitchen ? Doca
bakers' and cooking department. 281
not many a shiftless man have his substance saved in the
kitchen ? A careless cook can waste as much as a man can
earn, which might as well be saved. It is not what we earn,
fcas much as what we save, that makes us well-off. A long and
happy life is the reward of obedience to nature's laws ; and
to be independent of want, is not to want what we do not
need. Prodigality and idleness constitute a crime against hu-
manity. But frugality and industry, combined with moral
virtue and intelligence, will insure individual happiness and
national prosperity. Economy is an institute of nature and
enforced by Bible" precept: ''Gather up the fragments, thai
nothing be lost." Saving is a more difficult art than earning
some people put dimos into pies and puddings, where others
only put in cents ; the cent dishes are the most healthy.
Almost any woman can cook well, if she have plenty with
winch to do it ; but the real science of cooking is to be able
to cook a good meal, or dish, with but little out of which to
make it. This is what our few recipes shall assist you in
doing
As to the principles of cooking, remember that water can,
not be made mote than boiling hot — no matter how much
^ you hasten the lire, you cannot hasten the cooking, of meat
potatoes, &c , one moment • a brisk boil is sufficient. When
meat is to be boiled for eating, put it into boiling water at the
beginning, by which its juices are preserved Bui if you
wish to extract these juices for soup or broth, put the meat-
in small pieces, into cold water, and let it simmer slow ij.
The same principle holds good m baking, also. Make the
oven the right heat, and give it time to bake through, is the,
true plan , if you attempt to hurry it, you only burn, instead
of cooking it done.
If yon Attempt the boiling to Imrry. the wood onlv is» vopiea •
B'U, in attempting ilie baking 10 hurry, the lood, as wel;, i«n t fit to be tasted.
CAKES— Fedeiial CA^E^Flour 2}{ lbs.; pulverized white
sugar 1'4 lbs. : fresh butter 10 ozs ; 5 eggs well beaten ; car-
bonate of ammonia % oz ; water % pt./or milk is best, if you
have it
Grind down the ammonia, and rub it with the sugar.
"Rub the butter into the flour; now make a bowl of "the
tluur, (unless you choose to work it up in a dish,) and put
282 DR. CHASE'S RECII'ES
in the <jg t si milk, sugar, &c., and mix well, and roll out to
about a quarter of an inch in thickness ; then cut out with
a round cutter, and place on tins so they touch each other .
and instead of rising up thicker, in baking, they fill up trie
space between , and make a square-looking cake, all attached
together. While they are yet warm, drench over with
white coarsely-pulverized sugar. If they are to be kept in
a show-case, by bakers, you can have a board as large as the
tin on which you bake them, and lay a dozen or more tins-
fu! on top of each other, as you sprinkle on the sugar. 1
cannot see why they are called "Federal," for really, the.)
are good enough for any " Whig."
Ammonia should be kept in a wide-mouthed bottle, tight
ly corked, as it is a very volatile salt. It is known by vi
rious names, as {l volatile salts," " sal volatile," " hartshorn/
" hartshorn-shavings," &c, (fee. It is used for smeiling-bot
ties, fainting, as also in baking.
2. Rougii-and-Ready Cake. — Batter or lard 1 lb.; molasses i
qt.; soda 1 oz.; milk or water £ pt.; ground ginger 1 table-
spoon; and a little oil ol lemon; flour sufficient.
Mix up the ginger in flour, and rub the butter or lard in
also j, dissolve the soda in the milk or water; put in the
molasses, and use the flour in which the ginger and butter
is rubbed up, and sufficient more to make the dough ol a
proper consistence to roll out ; cut the cakes out with a
long and narrow cutter, and wet the top with a little mo-
lasses and water, to remove the flour from the cake ; turn
the top down, into pulverized white sugar, and place in an
oven sufficiently hot for bread, bat keep them in only to
bake, not to dry up. This, and the u Federal," are greol
favorites in Pennsylvania, where they know what is good,
and have the means to make it ; yet they are not expea-
sive.
3. Sponge Cake, With Sour Milk. — Flour 3 cups; fine
white sugar 2 cups; 6 eggs; sour milk £ cup, with saleratu^i i
tea -spoon.
Dissolve the saleratus in the milk ; beat the eggs sepa
rately ; sift the flour and sugar ; first put the sugar hue
the milk and eg^s, then the flour, and stir all well togetlm*,
using any flavoring extract which you prefer, 1 tea-spoon —
lemon, however, is the most common As soon as the ti^ui
bakers' and cooking department. 283
Is stirred in, put it immediately into a quick oven ; and if
it is all put into a common square bread-pan, for which it
makes the right amount, it will require about twenty to
thirty minutes to bake ; if baked in small cakes, proportion
ately less.
4. Sponge Cake with Sweet Milk. — As sour milk
cannot always be had, I give you a sponge cake with sweet
milk
Nice brow r n sugar 1£ cups; 3 eggs; sweet milk 1 cup; flour
3£ cup« ; cream of tartar and soda, of each 1 tea-spoon ; lemon
essence 1 tea-spoon.
Thoroughly beat the sugar and eggs together ; mix the
cream of tartar and soda in the milk, stirring in the flavor
also ; then mix in the flour, remembering that all cakes
ought to be baked soon after making. This is a very nice
cake, notwithstanding what is said of " Berwick," below.
5. Berwick Sponge Cake without Milk. — Six eggs , pow-
dered white sugar 3 cups ; sifted flour 4 even cups ; cream of
iartar 2 tea-spoons ; cold water 1 cup ; soda 1 tea spoon ; one
lemon.
First, beat the eggs two minutes, and put in the sugar
and beat five minutes more ; then stir in the cream of tar-
tar and two cups of the flour, and beat one minute; now
dissolve the soda in the water and stir in, having grated the
rind of the lemon, squeeze in half of the juice only; and
Dually add the other two cups of flour and beat all one min-
ute, and put into deep pans in a moderate oven. There is
considerable beating about this cake, but if itself does not
beat all the sponge cakes you ever beat, we will acknowl
edge it to be the heating cake, all around.
G. Surprise Cake. — One egg; sugar 1 cup; butter £ cup;
sweet milk 1 cup; soda 1 tea-spocn; cream of tartar 2 tea-
spoons.
Flavor with lemon, and use sufficient sifted flour to mak
the proper consistence, and you will really be surprised t
see its bulk and beauty.
7. Sugar Cake. — Take 7 eggs and beat the whites and yolks
separately ; then beat \v r ell together ; now put into them sifted
white sugar 1 lb.; with melted butter $ lb., and a small tea-
spoon of pulverized carbonate of ammonia.
Stir in just sufficient sifted flour to allow of its being
tolled out and cut into cakes.
284 dr. chase's recipes.
8. Ginger Cake.— Molasses 2 cups ; butter, or one-half lard
if you choose, 1% cups; sour milk 2 cups ; ground ginger 1
tea-spoon, saleratus 1 heaping tea-spoon.
Mash the saleratus, then mix all these ingredients together
in a suitable pan, and stir in flour as long as you can with
a spoon; then take the hand and work in more, just so you
can roll them by using flour dusting pretty freely ; roll out
thin, cut and lay upon your buttered or floured tins; then
mix one spoon ot molasses and two of water, and with a
small brush or bit of cloth wet over the top of the cakes ;
this removes the dry flour, causes the cakes to take a nice
brown and keep them moist; put into a quick oven, and
ten minutes will bake them if the oven is sufficiently hot.
Do not dry them all up, but take out as soon as nicely
bi owned.
We have sold cakes out of the grocery for years, bat neve.t
ouacl any to give as good satisfaction as these, eithei at table
for counter. They keep moist, and are sufficiently ncii and
jgnt for ail cake eaters.
9 Tea or Cup Cake— Four egs^s; nice brown sugar 2
cups; saleratus 1 tea-spoon; sour milk 3 cups ; melted butter
or half lard 1 cup ; half a grated nutmeg; flour.
Put the eggs and sugar into sk suitable pan and beat to--
irether • dissolve the saleratus in the milk and add to the
eg«s and sugar- put m the butter and nutmeg also .stir
ad well- then sift in flour sufficient to make the mass to
such a consistence that it will not run from a sp.xm when
lfted upon it. Any one preferring lemon can use that n\
place of nutmeg. Bake rather slowly.
10 Cake, Nice, without Ews or Miltc -A very nice
cake is made as follows, and it will keep well also ;
Flour %% lbs. ; sugar U£ lb ; butter 1 lb • water \£ pf
having I tea-spoon of saleratus dissolved in it.
Rod thiL and bake on tin sheets.
11. Pork Cake, without Butter. Milk, or Eg^s —AT
most delightful cake is made by the use of pork, which save*
the expense of butter, eggs, and milk. It must be tasted to "
appreciated; and another advantage of it n tj^t you cab*
make enough, some leisure day, to last tho season through r*
for I have eaten it two months after it was baked sti'J nW
and moist, ' ^ r
"BAKERS AND COOKING DEPARTMENT 285
Fat, salt pork, entirely free of lean or rind, chopped so fine
9% to be almost like lard 1 lb. ; pour boiling water upon it \ pt. ;
ravins seeded and chopped 1 lb. ; citron shaved into shreds \ lb. ;
sugar 2 cups; molasses 1 cup ; saleratus 1 tea-spoon, rubbed fine
ami put into the molasses. Mix these all together, and stir in
sifted flour to make the consistence of common cake mixtures ;
then stir in nutmeg and cloves finely ground 1 oz. each ; cinna-
mon, also fine, 2 ozs. ; be governed about the time of baking it
by putting a sliver into it—when nothing adheres it is done. It
should be baked slowly.
You can substitute other fruit in place of the raisins, if
desired, using as much or as little as you please, or none at
all, and still have a nice cake. In this respect you may call
it ihe accommodation cake, as it accommodates itself to the
wdbbes or circumstances of its lovers.
When pr+rk will do all we here claim for it, who will lon-
ger contend that it is not fit to eat ? Who !
13. Cider Cake.— Flour 6 cups; sugar 3 cups; butter 1 cup;
4 eggs ; cider 1 cup ; saleratus 1 tea-spoon ; 1 grated nutmeg.
Beat the eggs, sugar, and butter together, and stir in the
dour and nutmeg; dissolve the saleratus in the cider and
stir into the mass and bake immediately, in a quick oven.
13. Ginger Snaps.— Butter, laM, and brown sugar, of each f
lb.; molasses 1 pt. ; ginger 2 table-spoon ; flour 1 qt. ; saleratus
2 tea-spoons; sour milk 1 cup.
Melt the butter ard lard, and whip in the sugar, molas-
ses, and ginger ; dissolve the saleratus in the milk and put
in ; then the flour, and if needed, a little more flour ; to en-
able you to roll out very thin ; cut into small cakes and
bake in a slow oven until snappish.
14. Jei-ly Cake — Five eggs ; sugar 1 cup ; a little nutmeg ; sal-
eratus 1 tea-spoon ; sour milk 2 cups ; flour.
Beat the eggs, sugar, and nutmeg together ; dissolve the
saleratus in the milk, and mix ; then stir in flour to makt>
only a thin batter, like pan -cakes ; three or four spoons of
the batter to a common round tin j bake in a quick oven
Three or four of these thin cakes, with jelly between, form
one cake, the jelly being spread on while the cake is warm
15. Koll, Jelly Cake. — Nice brown sugar 1| cups ; 3 eggs ;
sweet skim milk 1 cup; flour 2 cups, or a little more only; cream
ui' tartar and soda, of each 1 tea-spoon ; lemon essence 1 tea-
spoon.
Thoroughly beat the eggs and sugar together ; mix the
ase
DR. CHASE'S RECiPES.
cream of tartar and soda with the milk, stirring in the fla-
vor also ; now mix in the flour, remembering to bake soon,
spreading thin upon a long pan ; and as soon as done spread
jelly upon the top and roll up \ slicing off only as used ; the
jelly does not come in contact with the fingers, as in the
last, or flat cakes.
CAKE TA
lBLE,
FIFTEEN E
o
Sugar.
Milk.
IG.
Pound, 1 lb.
lib.
lib. —
17.
18.
19.
20.
Genuine Whig, 2 "
Shrewsbury, 1 "
Training, 3 "
Nut-Cake, 7 "
8 ozs
lib.
£ "
!. 8 ozs. 1 pt.
fib. —
£ " -
2 " —
21. Short-Cake,
5 "
8 ozs
>.f
*2. Cymbals,
2 "
8 "
\
23. Burk Cake,
5 "
8 "
I
24. Jumbles,
5 "
lib.
2
25. Ginger-Bread,
1 "
i "
\
20. Wonders,
27. Cookies.
2 "
(i
o
i
28. York Biscuit, 3 " £ " |
29. Common, 12 "
3 " 8 "
30. Loaf, 9qts.
3 " 4 "
31. Molasses Cake-
spoon; sour milk 2 cups
what you would take up
sat.
-Molasses
; 2 eggs; i
on a spoon
to
to
— 8 rose-water three*
spoons, mace, &c.
— raise with yeast.
— rose-water, &c.
— cin'n, nutmeg.
7 cin'n, wet witl
milk, raise with
yeast, or wet and
raise with sour
milk & saleratus.
— 8 rose-water and
nutmeg.
— 6 rose-water and
h little spice.
1 pt. 9 rose-water, raise
with yeast.
— 6 roll out in loaf
sugar.
— 3 yolks only — gin
ger to suit.
— 10 ciuDamon.
— 3 or without eggf
— w 7 et up, raise
with saleratus
and sour milk.
— — wet up, and raise
with sour milk
and saleratus.
2 qts. — yeast, spice to
taste.
1 gal. — wine 1 pt. yea?t 1
pint.
H cups; saleratus 1 tea
butter, lard, or pork gravy.
; if you use lard add.aliUN-
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Mis. all by beating a minute or two with a spoon, dis-
*wving the saleratus in the milk ; then stir in flour to give
the consistence of soft-cake, and put directly into a hot
OYen, being careful not to dry them ,up by over-baking, as
it is a soft, moist cake, that we are after.
o2. Marbled Cake. — Those having any curiosity tc
gratify upon their own part, or on the part of friends, will
be highly pleased with the contrast seen when they take a
piece of a cake made in two parts, dark and light, as follows :
Light Part. — White sugar 1£ cups; butter | cup; sweet
milk | cap; soda £ tea-spoon; cream of tartar 1 tea-spoon,
whiles of 4 eggs ; flour 2$ cups ; beat and mixed as " Gold Cake.*>
Dark Part. — Brown sugar 1 cup ; molasses \ cup ; butter \
cup. sour milk £ cup; soda £ tea-spoon; cream of tartar 1 tea-
spoon; flour 2| cups ; yolks of 4 eggs; cloves, allspice, cinna-
mon, and nutmeg, ground, of each i table-spoon; beat and
mixed as " Gold Cake."
Directions. — When each part is ready, drop a spoon of
dark, then a spoon of light, over the bottom of the dish, in
which it is to be baked, and so proceed to fill up the pan
dropping the light upon the dark as you continue with the
different layers.
■33. Silver Cake. — Whites -of 1 doz. eggs.; flour 5 cups;
white sugar and butter, of each 1 cup; cream or sweet mi!k 1
cup; cream of tartar 1 tea-spoon; soda £ tea-spoon; beat and
mix as the '' Gold Cake/' Bake in a deep pan.
34. Gold Cake. — Yolks of 1 doz. eggs; flour 5 cups; white
sugar 3 cup*; butter 1 cup ; cream or sweet milk 1£ cups ; soda
\ tea-spoon • cream of tartar 1 tea-spoon. Bake in a deep loaf
pan.
Beat th^ eggs with the sugar, having the butter softened
by the fire ; then stir it in ; put the soda and cream of tar-
tar into the cream or milk, stirring up and mixing all to-
gether ; then sift and stir in the fleur.
The gold and silver cakes dropped as directed in the
" Marbled Cake," gives you still anothor variety.
35. B<ude Cake. — Presuming that this work may fall
into the hands of some persons who muy occasionally have
a wedding amongst them, it would be imperfect without a
" wedding cake/' and as I have lately had an opportunity
to test this one, upon "such an occasion," in my own family.
I can bear testimony, so can the "printer," to its adapta-
tion for all similar displays.
DR. CHASE'S RECIPES.
Take butter H lbs. ; sugar If lbs., half of which is to be Oi-
lcans sugar; eggs well beaten, 2 lbs. ; raisins 4 lbs. ; having thfj
seeds taken out, and chopped; English currants having the &j;t
picked out and nicely washed 5 lbs. ; citron, cut tine, 2 lbs*
lifted flour 2 lbs.; nutmegs 2 in number, and mace as much id
bulk ; alcohol 1 gill to £ pt., in which a dozen or fifteen drop*
of oil of lemon have been put.
When ready to make your cake, weigh your butter ana
ei.it it in pieces, and put it where it will soften, but dot. melt
Next, stir the butter to a cream, and then add the sugar, and
work till white. Next beat the yolks of the eggs, and put
them to the sugar and butter.- Meanwhile anotbai person
should beat the whites to a stiff froth and put them in. Thoi.
add the spices and flour, and, last of all, the fruit, except the
citron, whuh is to be put in about three layers, the bottom
layer about one inch from the bottom, and the top one, an
inch from the top, and the other in the middle, smoothing
the top of the cake by dipping a spoon or two of water
upon it for that purpose.
'Che pan in which it is baked should be about thirteen
inches across the top, and five and a half or six inches deep,
without scollops, and two three-quart pans also, which it will
till ; and they will require to be slowly baked at out three to
four hours. But it is impossibly to give definite rules as to
the time required in baking cake. Try whether the cake in
done, by piercing it with a broom splinter, and if nothing
adheres, it is done.
Batter the cake pans well ; or if the pans are lined with
buttered white paper, the cake will be less liable to burn.
Moving cakes while baking tends to make them heavy.
The price of a large " Bride Cake/' like this, would be
about twelve dollars, and the cost of making it would be
about three dollars only, with your two small ones, which
would cost as much to buy them as it does to make the whole
three.
The foregoing was written and printed over a year ago.
The daughter came home, and took dinner with us, one year
from the marriage ; and her mother set on some of the cake
as nice and moist as when baked.
86. Fruit Cake. — As side accompaniments to the "Bride
Cake," you will require several " Fruit Cakes/' which are to
be made as follows :
'bakers' and cooking department. 289
Butter, sugar, English currants, eggs, and flour, of each 5 lbs
Mix as ip the " Bride Cake."
Bake in about six cakes, which would cost from one doi
lar and fifty cents to two dollars a-picoe, if bought for the
occasion.
87. Frosting, on Ictng, for Cakes. — The whites of 8 egga
beat to a perfect froth and stiff; pulverized white sugar 2 lbs.;
starch 1 table-spoon ; pulverized gum arabic | os. ; the juice of
1 lemon.
Sift the sugar, starch, and gum arabic into the beaten c^
and stir well and long. When the cake is cold lay on a coat
of the frosting; it is best not to take much pains in putting
on the first coat, as little bits of the cake will mix up with
it, and give the frosting a yellow appearance ; but on the
next day, make more frosting the same as the first, and applv
a second coat, and it will be white, clear, and beautiful.
And by dipping the knife into cold water as applying, you
can smooth the frosting very nicely.
38. Excellent Crackers. — Butter 1 cup ; salt 1 tea-spoon {
(lour 2 qts.
Kub thoroughly together with the hand, and wet up with
cold water; beat well, and beat in flour to make quite brittle
and hard ; then pinch off pieces and roll out each cracker by
itself, if you wish them to resemble bakers' crackers.
30. Sugar Ciiackeus.— Flour 4 lbs.; loaf sugar ami butter,
of each £ lb. ; water 1£ pis. Make as above.
40. Naples Biscuit.— White sugar, eggs, and flour, of each
I lb.
If properly pulverized, sifted, beat, mixed, and baked
the size of Boston crackers, you will say it is nice indeed.
41. BuoswTfE^ r Short-cake.— Take 3 or 4 tea-cups of nice
sour milk, 1 tea- rpoon of soda-saleratus dissolved in the milk; if
die milk i } very sour, you must use saleratus in proportion, with
u little salt ; mb up a dough with buckwheat flour, timber than
vou would mix the same for griddle-cakes, say quite stiff; put
into a buttered tin, and put directly into the stove oven and
bake about 30 minutes ; or as you woukl a short-cake from com-
mon flour.
It takes the place of the griddle-cake, also of the short-
cake, in every sense of the word — nice with meat, butter,
honey, molasses, &c No shortening is used, and no need
of setting your dish of batter over night, for a drunken
—COPY RIGHT SECURED. 10
290 dr. chase's recipes.
husband to set his foot in. Wet the top a little, and warm
it up at next meal, if any is left — it is just as good as when
first made, while griddle-cakes have to be thrown away. It
is also very good, cold.
"Was the beauty of this cake known to the majority of
persons, throughout the country generally, buckwheat
would become as staple an article of commerce as the com-
mon wheat. Do not fail to give it a trial. Some persons,
in trying it, have not had good luck the first time; the}
have failed from the milk's being too sour for the amount of
saleratus used, or from making the dough too thin, i
think I can say we have made it hundreds of times "frith
success, as I could eat it while dyspeptic, when I could eat
no other warm bread.
42. Ykast Caxe. — Good lively yeast 1 pi..; rye or wheat flora
to form a thick batter; stilt 1 lea-spoon ; stir in and set to use
when risen, stir in Indian meal, until it will roll out good.
When again risen, roll out very thin; cut them intc
cakes and diy in the shade ; if the weather is the least
damp, by the fire or stove. If dried in the sun, they wil)
'erment.
To use*. Dissolve one in a little warm- water, and stir i«
a couple of table-spoons of flour ; set near the fire, and
when light, mis into the bread. If made perfectly dry,
they will keep for six months.
BREADS — Yankee IIrown Bkeaix — For each good size*]
loaf being made, take 1£ pts. corn meal, and pour boiling water
upon it, to scald it properly ; let stand until only blood warm,
then put about 1 qt. of rye flour upon the meal, and pour in a
good howl' of emptyings,, with a little saleratus dissolved in a
gill of water, kneading in more flour, to make of the consistence
of common bread. If you raise it with yeast, put a little salt iz>
the meal, but if you raise it with salt- risings, or empty m^a
which I prefer, no more salt is needed.
Form into loaves, and let them set an hour and a half, oi
Until light; in a cool place, in summer, and on the hearth,
or under the stove, in winter; then bake about two hours.
Make the dough fully as stiff as for wheat bread, or a little
harder; for if made too soft it does not rise good. The old
style was to use only one-third rye flour, but it does no>
wear if made that way ; or, in other words, most persons >e*
tired of it when mostly corn meal, but I never do whe
mo^tl^' rye flour.
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Let all persons bear in mind that bread should never be
*dten the day on which it is baked, and positively must this
bt observed by dyspeptics. Hotels never ought to be with-
out this bread, nor families who care for health.
2 Graham Bread. — I find in Zion's Herald, of Bos-
ton, edited by Rev. E 0. Haven, formerly a Professor in
the University at this city, a few remarks upon the u Differ
snfc Kinds of Bread," including Graham, which so full
explain the pMlosojrfty, and true principles o£ bread-
makings that I give them an insertion, for the benefit of
bread-makers. It says :
u Iliec flour added to wheat flour, enables it to take up
an increased quautity of water." [See the " New French
Method of Making Bread."] u Boiled and mashed potatoes
mixed with the dough, cause the bread to retain moisture,
s.nd prevent it from drying and crumbling. Rye makes a
dark-colored bread \ but it is capable of being fermented
and raised in the same manner as wheat. It retains its
freshness and moisture longer than wheat. An a-dmixture
of rye flour with that of wheat, decidedly improves the lat
fcer in this respect. Indian corn bread is much used iu thi
country. Mixed with wheat and rye, a dough is produced
capable of fermentation, but pure maize meal cannot be fer-
mented so as to form a light bread. Its gluten lacks the
tenacious quality necessary to produce the regular cell-struc-
ture. It is most commonly used in the form of cakes, made
to a certain degree light by eggs or sour milk, and saleratus,
-and is generally eaten warm. Indian corn is ground into
meal of various degrees of coarseness, but is never made so
•■lane as wheaten flour. Bread or -cakes from maize require
a considerably longer time to be acted upon by heat in the
baking process, than wheat or rye. If ground wheat be
unbolted, that is, if its bran be not separated, wheat meal or
Urahaui flour results, from which Graham or dyspepsia
bread is produced. It is made in the same general way as
other wheaten bread, but requires a little peculiar manage
mcnt. Upon this point, Mr, Graham remarks :
The wheat meal, and especially if it is ground coarsety, swells
considerably in the dough, and therefore the doiigh should not
st first, be made quite so stiff as that made of supcrTiKt flour'; and
wuen it is raised, if it is found too mil to mould well, & liute
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more meal may be added It should be remarked that dough
made of wheat meal will take on the acetous fermentation, or
become sour sooner than that made of fine Hour. It requires ?
hotter oven, and to be bilked longer, but must not stand so long
after being mixed before baking, as that made from flour.
3. Bhown Bread Biscuit.— Take com meal 2 qts.; rye lloui
3 pts.; wheat flour 1 pt.; molasses 1 table-spoon ; yeast 3 tab'e
spoons, having soda 1 tea-spoon mixed with it.
Knead over night for breakfast. If persons will eat warm
Eread, this, or buckwheat short-cake, should be the only kinds
eaten.
4. Dyspeptics' Biscuit ani> Coffek. — Take Graham-flour
(wheat coarsely ground, without bolting,) 2 qts.; corn meal sift-
ed, 1 qt.; butter 1 cup; molasses 1 cup; sour milk to wet it up
with saleratus* as for biscuit.
Itoll out and cut with a tea-cup and bake as other biscuit ,
and when cold they are just the thing for dyspeptics. And
if the flour was sifted, none would refuse to eat them :
For the Coffee. — Continue the baking of the above
biscuit in a slow oven for six or seven hours, or until they
are browned through like coffee.
Directions. — One biscuit boiled £ of an hour will be plent)
for 2 or 3 cups of coffee, and 2, for persons ; serve with crean
ttml sugar as other coffee.
Dyspeptics should chew very floe, and slowly, not drinking
until the meal is over ; then sip the coffee at their leisure,
not more than one cup, however. This will be found very
nice for common use, say with one-eighth coffee added - y
hardly any would distinguish the difference between it and
that made from coffee alone. The plan of buying ground
ceffee is bad j much of it is undoubtedly mixed with 'peas,
which you can raise for less than fifteen or twenty o*»uts a
pound t and mix for yourself.
5. Lonbon Baker's Superior Loaf Bread. -The
Michigan Farmer gives us the following ; any one cjw i&b
that it contains sound sense :
" To make a half-peck loaf, take $ )b. of well boiled mealy
potatoes, mash them through a fine cullender or coarse s»«eve,
add i pt. of yeast, or £ <>a. of German dried-yeast, and If pu. ot
hike- warm water, (SB deg. Fah:.} together with f lb. of flora, to
render the mixture the consistence of thin batter; this miitmc
is to be set aside to ferment: if set in a warm place it will ruse
in leas than 2 hours, when it resembles yeast, except in coiei.
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The sponge so made is then to be mixed with 1 pt. of water,
nearly blood warm — viz. 92 deg. Fahr., and poured into a halt,
peck of flour, which has previously had 1£ ozs. of salt mixed into
it; the whole should then be kneaded into dough, and allowed
to rise in a w T arm place for 2 hours, wlien it should be kneaded
into loaves and baked."
The object of adding the mashed potatoes is to increase
the- amount of fermentation in the sponge, which it does to
a very remarkable degree, and consequently, renders the
bread lighter and better. The potatoes will also keep the
bread moist.
6. Old Bachelor's Bread, Biscuit, or Pie-Crust.-— Floui
1 qt. ; cream of tartar 2 tea-spoons ; soda f tea-spoon ; sweet
milk to w r et up the flour to the consistence of biscuit dough.
Rub the flour and cream of tartar well together ; dissolve
the soda in the milk, wetting up the flour with it and bake
immediately. If you have no milk, use water in its place,
adding a spoon of lard to obtain tho same richness. It
does well for pie-crust where you cannot keep up sour milk.
7. New French Method op Making Bread. — Take rice f
lb.; tie it up in a thick linen bag, giving ample room for it to
swell ; boil it from 3 to 4 hours, or until it becomes a perfect
paste; mix this while warm with 7 lbs. of flour adding the usual
quantities of yeast and salt ; allow the dough to work a proper
time near the fire, then divide into loaves. Dust them in, and
knead vigorously.
This quantity of flour and rice makes about thirteen and
one-half lbs. of bread, which will keep moist much longei
than without the rice. It was tested at the Loudon Poly
technic Institute, after having been made public in France,
with the above results.
8. Bakin« Powders, for Biscuit Without Shortening.
— Bicarbonate of soda 4 ozs.; cream of tartar 8 ozs.; and properly
dry them, and thoroughly mix. It, should be kept in well corked
bottles to prevent dampness which neutralizes the acid.
Use about three tea-spoons to each quart of flour being
baked ; mix with milk, if you have it, if not, wet up with
eold water and put directly into the oven to bake.
PIES.— Lemon Pie, Extra Nice.— -One lemon ; water 1 cup;
brown sugar 1 cup; flour 2 table-spoons; 5 eggs; white sugar 2
table-spoons.
Grate the rind from the lemon, squeeze out the juice,
and chop up the balance very fine ; put all together and
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add the water, brown sugar, and flour, working the mass
into a smooth paste ; beat the eggs and mjx with the paste,
saving the whites of two of them ; make two pies, baking
with no top crust ; while these are baking, beat the whites
of the two eggs, saved for that purpose, to a stiff froth and
stir in the white sugar ; when the pies are done, spread this
frosting evenly over them, and set again in the oven and
brown slightly.
2. Pie-Crust Glaze.— In making any pie which has
a juicy mixture, the juice soaks into the crust, making it
soggy and unfit to eat ; to prevent this :
Beat an effir well ; and with a brush or bit cf cloth, wet the
crust of the pie with the beaten egg, just before you put in the
pie mixture.
For pies which have a top crust also, wet the top with
the same before baking, which gives it a beautiful yellow
brown. It gives beauty also to biscuit, ginger cakes, and is
iust the thing for rusk, by putting in a little sugar.
8. Apple Pie which is Digestible.— Instead of mix
ing up your crust with water and lard, or butter, making it
very rich, with shortening, as customary for apple pies:
Mix it up every way iust as vou would for biscuit, using sour
milk and salcratus, with a little lard or butter only ; mix the
douirhquite stiff, roll out rather thin, lay it upon your tin, oi
plate • and having ripe apples sliced or chopped nicely and laid
on rather thick, and sugar according to the acidity of tne ap-
ples then a top crust, and bake well, putting the vgg upon the
crusts, as mentioned in the "Pie Crust Glaze;' and you have got
a pie that is tit to eat.
Put when you make the rich crust, and cook the apples
and put them on, it soaks the crust, which does not bake,
and no stomach can digest it, whilst our way gives you a
nice light crust, and does not take half the shortening of
the other plan ; yet perhaps nothing is saved pecuniarily,
a:; butter goes as finely with the biscuit-crust-pies, when hot 3
as it does with biscuit ; but the pie is digestible, and wher
it is cold, docs not taste bad to cut it up on your plate,
with plenty of sweetened cream.
4 Apple Custakd Pie— The Nicest Pie ever Eaten.--
Peel sour apples and stew until soft and not much water lett m
them ; then rub them through a cullender— beat 3 eggs for each
pie to be baked ; and put in at the rate of 1 cup of butter and 1
of sugai for 3 pbs; season with m?- — -
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My wife has more recently made them with only 1 egg to each
pie, vith only half of a cup of butter and sugar each, to 4 or 5
pi<*i; but the amount of sugar must be governed somewhat by
the acidity of tho apples.
Bake as pumpkin pies, which they resemble in appear-
ance ; and between them and apple pies in taste; very nice
indeed. We find them equally nice with dried apples by
making them a little more juicy.
If a frosting was put upon them, as in the " Lemon Pie, ,y
then returned, for a lew moments, to the oven, the appear-
ance, at least, would be improved.
5. Apple Custard, Very Nice. — Take tart apples, that are
quite juicy, and stew and rub them, as in the recipe above, and
to 1 pt. of the apple, beat 1 eggs and put in, with I table-spoon
oi sugar, 1 ol butter, and i of a grated nutmeg.
Bake as other custards. It is excellent; and makes a
good substitute for butter, apple butter, &c.
0. Paste fou Tarts.— Loaf sugar, flour, and butter, equal
weights of each ; mix thoroughly by beating with a rolling-pin,
for half an hour; folding up and beating again and again.
When properly mixed, pinch off small pieces and roll out
each crust by itself, which causes them to dish so as to hold
the tart- mixture. And if you will have a short pie-crust,
this is the plan to make it.
PUDDINGS— Biscuit Pudding, Without Re-Baking.—
Take water 1 qt. ; sugar \ lb. ; buuer the size of a hen's egg;
flour 4 table-spoons ; nutmeg, grated \ cf one.
Mix the flour with just sufficient cold water to rub up all
the lumps while the balance ot the water is heating, mix
all, and split the biscuit once or twice, and put into this
gravy while it is hot, and keep hot until used at table. It
uses up cold biscuit, and I prefer it to richer puddings. It
is indeed worth a trial. This makes a nice dip gravy also
for other puddings.
2. Old English Christmas Plum Pudding — The
*Harrisburg Telegraph furnishes its readers with a recipe for
the real " Old English Christmas Plum Pudding." After
having given this pudding a fair test, I am willing to endorse
every word of it ; and wish for the holiday to tome oftenei
than once a year :
."To make what is called a pound pudding; take of raisins
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well stoned bat not chopped, currants thorough washed, 1 lb.
each ; chop suet 1 lb. very finely, and mix with tnem ; add £ lb.
of Hour or bread veiy finely crumbled ; 3 ozs. of sugar ; 1| ozs
of grated lemon peel, a blade of mace, \ of a small nutmeg, 1
tea-spoon of finger, \ doz. of eggs, well beaten; work it well to-
gether, put it in a cloth, tie it firmly, allowing room to swell ; put
it into boiling water, and boil not less than tw r o hours. It should
not be suffered to stop boiling.
The cloth, when about to be used, should be dipped into
oiling water, squeezed dry, and floured ; and whet the
pudding is done, have a pan of cold water ready, and dip
it in for u moment, as soon as it comes out of the pot, which
prevents the pudding from sticking to the cloth. For a dip-
gravy for this or other puddings, see the "Biscuit Pudding,
without Re-Baking," or " Spreading Sauce for Puddings."
8. Indian Pudding, To Bakk. — Nice sweet milk 1 qt. ; but-
ter 1 oz. ; 4 eggs, well beaten ; Indian meal 1 tea-cap; raisins \
lb. ; sugar \ lb.
Scald the milk, and stir in the meal whilst bulling; then
let it stand until only blood-warm, and stir all well togeth-
er, and bake about one and a half hours. Eaten with sweet-
ened cream, or either of the pudding saucefe mentioned iD
the " Christmas Pudding."
4. Indian Pudding, To Boil. — Indian meai 1 qt„ with a
little suit; 6 eggs; sour milk 1 cup; saleratus 1 tea-spoon; rai
sins 1 lb.
Scald the meal, having the salt in it ; when cool stir in
the beaten eggs ; dissolve the saleratus in the milk and stir
in also, then the raisins ; English currants, dried, currants,
or dried berries, of any kind, answer every purpose, and are,
in fact, very nice in place of the raisins. Boil about one
and a half hours. Eaten with sweetened cream or any of
the pudding sauces. Any pudding to be boiled must not
be put into the water until it boils, and taken out as soon as
*one, or they become soggy and unfit to eat.
5. Quick Indian Pudding. — Take \\ cups o f sour milk; 2
eggs well beaten ; 1 small tea-spoon of saleratus ; dissolved in
tiie milk; then sift in dry corn meal, and stir to the consistence
of corn bread ; then stir in \ lb. of any of the fruits mentioned
above ; or, if you have no fruit, it is quite nice without;
Tie up and boil one hour ; sweetened cream with a little
nutmeg makes a nice sauce. As I have just eate» of ihii
for my dinner, I throw it in extra, for it is worthy.
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6. Flour Pudding, To Boil. — When persons have
plenty of dried apples or peaches, aad not much of the
smaller fruits ; or desire to change from them in puddings :
Take wheat flour sufficient to make a good pan of biscuit, and
mix it up as for biscuit, with sour milk, saleratus, and a little
outter or lard, roll out rather thicker than for pie-crust; now
having your apples or peaches nicely stewed wet the crust over
with the " Pie Crust Glaze," then spread a layer of the fruit upon
if, adding a little sugar, as it lies upon the table; and if you
f lioose, scatter over them a* handful of raisins, or any other of
the dried fruits mentioned ; r oll up the whole together, and boil
1 hour.
Eaten with any saues iriiich you may prefer, but the
corn meal puddings ar<* much the most healthy, and I pre-
fer their taste to those made from flour.
7. Potato Pudding.— Rub through a cullender G large or 12
middle sized potatoes ; beat 4 eggs, mix with 1 pt. of good milk ;
stir in the potatoes, sugar and seasoning to taste; butter the
dish ; bake £ an hour.
This recipe is simple and economical, as it is made of
what is wasted in many families, namely, cold potatoes ;
tfhich may be kept two or three days, until a sufficient
quantity is collected. To be eaten with butter.
8. Green Corn Pudding.— Green corn, raw, 2 doz. ears ;
sweet milk 3 to 4 qts.; 6 eggs ; sugar 1 to 2 cups. Salt to suit
the taste.
Split the kernels lengthwise of the ear with a sharp
knife ) then with a case knife scrape the corn from the cob,
which leaves the hulls on the cob ; mix it with the milk
and other articles, and bake from two to three hours. To
be eaten with butter and sugar.
9. Steamed Pudding.— Two eggs ; sugar 1 cup ; sour milk 1
cup ; saleratus £ tea-spoon ; a little salt ; dried whortleberries,
currants, raisins, or other fruit 1 cup ; flour.
Beat the eggs and stir in the sugar \ dissolve the salera
tus in the milk, and mix in also the fruit and salt ; thee
thicken with flour, rather thicker than for cake ; put into a
two-quart pan and set in the steamer, and steam an hour
and a half; and I think it will crack open on the back — if
not, try again. It is worth the trouble, especially if you
bave plenty of sweetened cream.
10. Spreading Sauce, for Puddings.— Butter 4 ozs.; sugai
6 ozs.; 1 nutmeg.
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Grate the nutmeg, and rub all together ; these are aDout
the proper proportions, but more or less can be made, as
desired, and more or le*s nutmeg can also be used; or any
other flavoring in their place. This sauce is nice on baited
puddings, hot or cold j and to tell it all, it is not bad or
br^.ad. See the " Biscuit Pudding," for dip-sauces.
DOMESTIC DISHES— Green Corn Omelet.— Green com
boiled 1 doz. ears ; 5 eggs ; salt and pepper to suit the taste.
Remove the corn from the cob, as mentioned in the
" Green Corn Pudding." The splitting allows the escape
of the pulp, whilst the hull is held by the cob ; season,
form into small cakes, and fry to a nice brown, and you
have a very nice omelet.
2. APPLES— To Bake— Steamboat Style— Better thai?
Preserves. — Take moderately sour apples, when ripe; and
with a pocket-knife cut out the stem, and flower-end also, so as
to remove the skin from these cup-shaped cavities ; wash tbem,
and place them in a dripping-pan ; now fill these cavities with
brown sugar, and pretty freely between them also, with sugar;
then lay on a tew lumps of butter over the sugar; place them,
thus arranged, into the oven when you begin to heat up the
stove for breakfast or dinner, and keep them in until perfectly
baked through and soft.
Take them up on plates, while hot, by means of a spoon,
and dip the gravy, arising from the apple-juice, sugar and
butter, over them. Should any of them be left, after the
meal is over, set them by until the next meal, when they
may be placed in the stove oven until hot, and they will
have all the beauty of the first baking. Or perhaps some
persons may prefer them fried, as follows :
3. Fried Apples — Extra Nice. — Take any nice sou»* cook-
ing apples, and, after wiping them, cut into slices about one-
fourth of an inch thick ; have a frying-pan ready, in which
(here is a small amount of lard, say ^ or f of an inch in depth.
The lard must be hot before the slices of apples are put in. Let
one side of them fry until brown; then turn, and put a small
quantity of sugar on the browned side of each slice. By the
time the other side is browned, the sugar will be melted and
spread over the whole surface.
Serve them up hot, and you will have a dish good
enough for kings and queens, or any poor man's breakfast ;
and I think that even the President would not refuse a few
slices, if property cooked. There is but little choice be*
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fcween frying and baking by these plans \ either one is
very nice.
4. Apple Fritters. — Sour milk 1 pt. ; saleratus 1 tea-spoon ;
flour to make a batter not very stiff; 6 apples, pared and cored ,
3 eggs.
Dissolve the saleratus in the milk ; beat the eggs, and
put in ; then the flour to make a soft batter ; chop tin, ap
pics to about the size of small peas, and mix them well ii
the batter. Fry them in lard, as you would dough-nuts
Eaten with butter and sugar.
5. Apple Merange.— An Excellent Substitute for Pie
or Pudding. — First, take a deep dish and put a bottom
crust into it, as for a pie ; have nice sour apples, pared, sliced,
and stewed, sweetening slightly ; place a layer of the stewed
apple upon the crust, say about half an inch in thickness, then
put on a layer of nice bread, spread with butter, as for eating,
then another layer of the apple ; now place in the oven and bake
as a pudding, or pie ; when done, have the whites of eggs beat-
en and mixed with a little loaf or other white sugar, say 2 eggs
for a 2-quart dish; place this upon the merange and return it to
the oven for a few T minutes, to brown the ep;g mixture, or frost-
ing. Serve with sugar dissolved in a little water, adding a little
baiter, with nutmeg, or lemon, as desired or preferred.
<> Bread, To Fry—Better than Toast.— Take bread that
is dry ; the dryer the better, so it is not mouldy ; first dip it
ratiu-r quickly into cold water, then into eggs which are well
beat, having a little salt in them ; then immediately fry for a
Bijort time in hot lard until the surface is a pretty yellow or
light brown, according to the heat of the lard.
I have never eaten bread cooked in any form which suits
ir-e as Avell as this. But the following is very nice.
7. Toast—German Style.— Bakers' bread 1 loaf, cut into
slices of half an inch in thickness; milk 1 qt, ; 3 eggs, and
a little salt ; beat the eggs and mix them with the milk, and fla-
vor as for custard, not cooking it however. Dip the sliced bread
into the mixture occasionally until it is all absorbed; then fry
the pieces upon a buttered griddle. Serve, for dinner, with su
gar syrup, flavored with lemon.
This is the German style of making toast ; but is quite
good enough for an American. And I have no doubt that
home-made bread will answer all purposes ; ours does, cer-
tainly.
8. Back-woods Preserves.— Moderately boil a pint of mo-
lasses, from 5 to 20 minutes, according to its consistency ; then
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add 3 e^gs, thoroughly beaten, hastily stirring U»«*n in, and con-
tinue boil a few minutes longer; then season with a ninmeg
or lesson.
Do not fail to give it a trial.
9. FitENCii Honey.— White sugar 1 lb.; 6 efgs, leaving out
the whites of 2; the juice of 3 or 4 lemons, and U»e grated rim.1
of 2 ; and £ lb. of butter. Stir over a slow fire until it is fcbou
the consistency of honey.
This and the last, will be found to come much neare
what they represent, than the Yankee's "Wooden nutmegs''
did, upjn trial.
10. Muffins. — To each qt, of sweet milk ad<? 2 egp* well
beaten ; a lump of butter half the size of an e^, and flow
enough to make a stiff batter. Stir in \ pt. of yeas*-; let then?
stand until perfectly light, and then bake on a gnddle, n tin
rings, made for that purpose.
These are merely strips of tin, three-quarters of ai inct
wide, made into rings from two and a half to three inches
in diameter, without bottom — the ring being simply placed
on a griddle, and ihe batter poured in to fill it.
11. Mock Oysii:hs. — Six, nice, plump, cars ?f pweet
corn, uncooked; grate from the cob; beat 1 egg, stirring into it
flour and milk, of each 1 table-spoon ; season with a little salt
and pepper. Put about a tea-spoon of butter into a suitable pan
for frying, having mixed in the corn also, drop the mixture into
the hot butter, one spoou of it in a place, turning them so as to
fry brown. Serve hot, io: breakfast,
Whether they imitate cysters or not, no one need regret
giving them a trial.
12. Fruit Jams, Jellies, and Preserve? — The
difference between commoa preserves, jellies, and jams, is
this : Preserves are made by taking fruit and sugar, pound
for pound, and simply cooKing them together until the
fruit is done.
13. Jellies arc made by squeezing and straining out
the juice only, of the fruit; then taking a pound of sugar
for a pound of juice, and cooking until it jells, which is
told by taking out a little upon a cold plate.
14. Jams are made by weighing the whole fruit, wash-
ing, slicing, and putting in sufficient water to cook it well,
then when cool, rubbing it through a fine sieve, and with
this pulp, putting in as much sugar as there was of the
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fruit only, and cooking it very carefully, until the weight
or tne jam is the same as the fruit and added sugar ; the
vruer, you see, is all gone; and this is easily told by having
previously weighed the kettle in which you arc cooking it
The jam, if nicely done, contains more of the fruit flavor
than the jell, and is as valuable as the jell to put into water as
a drink for invalids ; and better for flavoring syrups foi
soda-fountains, (fee. Strawberries, raspberries, blackberries
peaches, and pine-apples, make very nice jams for flavoring
syrups. Much of the flavor of the fruit resides in the
skin, pits, &c. And jams made in this way, from the black-
berry, are good for sore mouth, diarrhea, dysentery, &c.
to. Fruit Extracts.— Best alcohol 1 pt; oil of lemon 1 oz.;
peel of 2 lemons.
Break the peels, and put in with the others for a few
days: then remove them, and you will have just what you
desire, for a trifling cost, compared with the twenty-five
cent bottles, which are so prominently set out as the nicest
thing in the world.
This rule holds good for all fruit oils ; but for fruits,
such as peaches, pine-apples, strawberries, raspberries,
blackberries, &c, you will take alcohol and water equal
parts, and put upon them sufficient to handsomely cover ;
and in a few days you have the flavor and juices of the
fruit, upon the principle of making " Bounce," which most
men know more or less about. If persons will act for
themselves, using common sense, working from known facts
(ike these, they will not need to run after every new-fangled
thing which is seen blazing forth in almost every advertise-
ment of the day.
Vanilla, nutmpg, mace, cinnamon, &c, are made by cut-
titg up the vanilla bean, or bruising the nutmegs, cinnamon,
&c, and putting about two ounces to each pint of pure
spirit, or reduced alcohol, frequently shaking for about two
weeks, and filtering or pouring off very carefully-; if fot
sale, however, they must be filtered ; for coloring any of
the extracts see the " Essences," and " Syrups/' For cakes
and pies, however, it is just as well to pulverize nutmegs,
mace, cinnamon, &c., and use the powder, for the quantity
required is go small that it will never be seen io the cake or
pie.
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MEDICATED WATERS— Rose Water— Take carbonate
of magnesia £ oz.; oil of rose 30 drops ; drop the oil upon mm
magnesia, and rub it together; then add, rubbing all the time,
of distilled water, if you can get it, 1 qt., if not, take the purest
rain or snow water,— a porcelain mortar is best, but a bowl does
very well, — then filter through filtering paper.
The magnesia breaks up the oil globules and enables the
water to take it up ; and the filtering removes the magnesia.
2. Cinnamon Water. — Use the same amount of o__ rrjae-ncisia,
and water, and treat the same as the " Rose Water."
3. PjiPrEitMiNT, Spearmint akd Pennyroyal Waters are
made the same as above.
4. CAMPnoii Water. — To make camphor water, you nmst
first put on a few drops of alcohol ; say 40 or 50 drops, to
camphor gum £ oz.; and rub the camphor fine, which en'sbles
you to work it up with magnesia £ oz.; then gradually add water
1 qt., as mentioned in the waters above, and filtered.
The rose and cinnamon, waters are used for cooking but
the others for medical purposes.
MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT.
WASHING FLUID— Saving Half the Wash -Board La
bor.— Sal-soda 1 lb.; stone lime £ lb.; water 5 qts.; boil a short
time, stirring occasionally ; then let it settle and pour off the
clear fluid into a stone jug and cork for use; soak your white
clothes over night, in simple water ; wring out, and soap a\ rist-
bands, collars, and dirty or stained places; have your boiler half
filled with water, and when at scalding heat, put in one common
tea-cup of the fluid, stir and put in your clothes, and boil for
half an hour; then rub lightly through one suds only, rinsing
well in the bluing water, as usual, and all is complete.
If you wish to wash on Monday, put warm suds to the
clothes whilst breakfast is being got ready ; then wring out
and soap as above, will do just as well as soaking them oves
night, and my wife thinks better.
For each additional boiler of clothes add half a cup of
the fluid only ; of course boiling in the same water through
the whole washing. If more water is • needed in the boiler
for the last clothes, dip it from the sudsing tub. Soak
your woolen and calico in the suds from which you have
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hashed the white clothes, whilst hanging them out, dipping
id some of the boiling water from the boiler, if necessary \
then wash out the woolen and calico as usual — of course,
washing out woolen goods before you do the calico. The
fluid brightens instead of fading the colors in calico.
This plan not only saves the two rubbings which women
fnve their clothes before boiling, and more than half of the
soap — does not injure the clothes, but saves their wear in
two rubbings before boiling; and is a good article for re-
moving grease from floors, doors, and windows, and to re-
move tar or grease from the hands, &c.
I hope every lady into whose hands this recipe may fall,
will give it a trial, as my family have now used it over seven
years, not missing only two washings. It does not rot
clothes, but makes them wash full or more than one-half
easier than the old way. Seven years ought to be considered
i sufficient test.
The honor of this recipe is accredited to Prof. Liebig, of
Germany.
I have found many women using turpentine, alcohol, am-
monia, camphor gum, &c, in their washing fluids ; but none
of them ought ever to be used for such purposes (one wo-
man lost the uso of her arm, for six months, by using a
fluid containing turpentine) ; the turpentine and alcohol es-
pecially, tend to open the pores of the skin, and thus make
the person more liable to take cold in hanging out the clothes,
as also to weaken the arm.
And here let me say, if it is possible to avoid it, never
allow the woman who washes the clothes, and thus becomes
warm and sweaty, to hang them out ; and especially ought
this to be regarded in the winter or windy weather. Many
consumptions are undoubtedly brought on by these frequently
repeated colds, in this way. It works upon the principle
that two thin shoes make one cold, two colds an attack of
bionchitis, two attacks of bronchitis one consumption — the
end, a coffin.
LIQUID BLUING— For CLOTHES.—Most of the bin
iug sold is poor stuff, leaving specks in the clothes. To
avoid this :
Take best Prussian-blue, pulverized, 1 o?,. ; oxalic acid, also
pulverized, i oz. ; soft water 1 qt. Mix. Thfe acid dissolves the
304 DR. CHASE'S BECIPEa.
bhie ami holds it evenly in the water, so that specking will nerei
take place. One or two table-spoons of it is sufficient for a tub
of water, according to the size of the tub.
Chinese-blue, when it can be got, is the best, and onlj
costs one shilling an ounce, with three cents for th© acid,
will give better satisfaction than fifty cents worth of the
common bluing. This amount has now lasted my family
over a year
SOAPS — Soft Soap — For Half the Expense and Onev-
, Fourth the Trouble of the Old Way — Take white-bar soap
4 lbs., cut it fine and dissolve, by heating in soft water 4 gals;
adding sal-soda 1 lb. When all is dissolved and well mixed it
is done.
Yellow soap does very well, but Colgate's white, is said
to be the best. But our " White Hard Soap" is the same
kind.
This soap can be made thicker or more thin, by using more
or less water, as you may think best after once making it.
Even in common soft soap, if this amount of sal-soda is put
into that number of gallons, washing will be done much
easier, and the soap will more than compensate for the ex
pense and trouble of the addition.
2. German Erasive, or Yellow So\p. — Tallow and sal-soda,
of each 112 lbs.; rosin 56 lbs.; stone lime 28 lbs.; palm-oil 8
lbs. ; soft w r ater 28 gals. ; or for miall quantitiez, tallow and sal-
soda, of each 1 lb.; rosin 7 ozs. ; stone lime 4 ozs.; palm-oil I
oz. ; soft water 1 qt.
Put soda, lime, and water into a kettle and boil, stirring
well ; then let it settle and pour off the lye. In another
kettle, melt the tallow, rosin and palm-oil ; having it hot,
the lye being alse boiling hot; mix all together stirring
well, and the work is done.
8. Hard Soap, wrrn Lard.— Sal -sod a and lard, of each 6 lbs.
stone lime 3 lbs. ; soft water 4 gals. ; dissolve the lime and soda
in the water, by boiling, stirring, settling and pouring off; then
return to the kettle (brass or copper) and add the lard and boil
until it becomes soap ; then pour into a dish or moulds, and
when cold, cut it into bars and let it dry.
This recipe was obtained by finding an over-coat with it
in the pocket, and also a piece of the soap; the man kept it
with him, as it irritated his salt-rheum so much less than
other soaps. It has proved valuable for washing gene? ally;
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and also for shaving purposes. It would be better than
half the toilet soaps sold, if an ounce or two of sassafras
oil was stirred into this amount ; or a little of the soap
might be put in a separate dish, putting in a little of the
oil, to correspond with the quantity of soap.
4. White Hard Soap, with Tallow.— Fresh slacked lime,
fcd-soda, and tallow, of each 2 lbs. ; dissolve the soda in 1 gal.
ooiling soft water ; now mix in the lime, stirring occasionally
or a few hours; after which let it settle, pouring off the clear
liquor and boiling the tallow therein until it is all dissolved ;
cool it in a flat box or pan, and cut into bars, or cakes, as pre-
ferred.
It can be flavored with sassafras oil, as the last, by stirring
it in when cool ; it can be colored also if desired as men-
tioned in the " Variegated Toilet Soap."
When any form of soda is used in making soap, it is
necessary to use lime to give it causticity ; or, in other
words, to make it caustic ) which gives it much greater pow-
er upon the grease, by removing the carbonic acid ; hence
the benefit of putting lime in the bottom of a leach when
making soap from common ashes.
5. Transparent Soap.— Take nice yellow bar soap 6 lbs.;
cut it thin and put into a brass, tin, or copper kettle, with alco-
hol £ gal. ; heating gradually over a slow fire, stirring until all is
dissolved ; then add an oui^ce of sassafras essence, and stir untr.
well mixed ; now pour into pans about H inches deep and when
cold, cut into square bars, the length or; width of the pan, as
desired.
This gives you a nice toilet soap for a trifling expense,
and when fully dry it is very transparent.
6. One Hundred Pounds op Good Soap for $1.30. — Take
potash 6 lbs., 75 cts. ; lard 4 lbs., 50 cts. ; rosin ± lb., 5 cts.
Beat up the rosin, mix all together, and set aside for five
days ; then put the whole into a ten gallon cask of warm
water, and stir twice a day for ten days ; at the expiration
of which time you will have one hundred pounds of excel-
lent soap.
7. Chemical Soft Soap. — J. Hamilton, an English
genfteman, and proprietor of the Eagle Hotel, Aurora, In-
diana, makes his soap for house use, as follows :
Take grease 8 lbs. ; caustic soda 8 lbs. ; sal-soda 1 lb. ; melt
*he grease in a kettle, melt the sodas in soft water 4 gals., and pour
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all into a barrel holding 40 gals, and fill up with soft watei, and
the labor is done.
When the caustic soda cannot be obtained of soap-makers,
you will make it by taking soda-ash and fresh slacked lime,
of each eight pounds ; dissolving them in the water with
the sal-soda, and when settled, pouring off the clear liquid
as in the " White Hard Soap with Tallow."
8. Soap without Heat. — Mr. Tomilson, writing to
Judge Buel, says :
" My wife has no trouble about soap. The grease is put intc
a cask, and strong lye added. During the year, as the fat in-
creases, more lye is stirred in ; and occasionally stirred with a
stick that is kept in it. By the time the cask is full, the soap ia
made for use."
There is no mistake about this manner of making soap.
The only object of boiling is to increase the strength of
weak lye and hasten the process.
9. Windsor, or Toilet Soap.— Cut some new, white bar soap
into thin slices, melt it over a slow fire, and scent it with oil of
caraway ; when perfectly dissolved, pour it into a mould and
et it remain a week, then cut it into such sized squares as you
may require.
10. Variegated Toilet Soap. — Soft water 3 qts. ; nice white
bar soap 3 lbs. ; sal-soda 2 ozs. ; Chinese vermilion, and Chi-
nese blue, of each, as much as will lie on a 5-cent piece; oil of
sassafras i oz.
Shave the soap fine, and put it into the water as it begins
to boil ; when dissolved, set it from the fire ; take out a
cup of the soap and stir in the vermilion ; take out another
cup of the soap and stir in the blue ; then pour in one of
the cups and give two or three turns only with the stirring
stick ; then put in the other in the same way ; and finally
pour into a suitable box; and when cold it can be cut into
bars ; or it can be run in moulds, if desired ; it will be-
come hard in a short time ; giving most excellent satisfac-
tion. If stirred thoroughly, after putting in the colors, it
would be all of a mixed color ; but giving it only two or
three turns, leaves it in streaks, most beautiful.
Soap manufacturers generally use soda, in preference to
wood-ashes, because less troublesome ; and to make it more
caustic, or, in other words, to absorb the carbonic-acid-gas,
they must put about pound for pound of recently slacked
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lime with soda-ash, or sal-soda ; dissolving by neat or stir-
ring; or hy both; using sufficient water to make the lye
support a fresh lain egg, and drawing it off ciearof the lime
sediment. Thirteen hundred pounds of thetanow, ortheie-
abouts, with the lye, makes one ton of white soap ; and yel-
low soap, by using ten hundred of tallow and unec hundred
and fifty of yellow rosin, for each ton, boiling rtitli the lye
until they unite ; then pouring into frames, indue to fit one
upon another, to cool and harden ; finally wuting off one
frame at a time, and with a wire, having a handle at each
end to draw it with, cut into slices, then bald, and cording
up, as wood, to dry. If wood-ashes are used, plenty of lime
must be put into the bottom of the leach.
TALLOW CANDLES— For Sdmker Use— Most
tallow, in summer, is more or less soft and often quite yel-
low, to avoid both :
Take your tallow and put a little bees-wax with it, especially
ft your bees-wax is dark and not fit to sell ; put into a suitable
kettle, adding weak lye and gently boil, an hour or two each clay
for 2 days, stirring and skimming well ; each morning cutting it
out and scraping off the bottom which is soil, adding fresh lye
(be sure it is not too strong) Tor 2, or 3. gals., according to the
amount of tallow. The third morning use water in which alum
and saltpetre is dissolved, at the rate of 1 lb. each, for 80 lbs. of
tallow ; then simmer, stir, and skim again; let cool, and you can
take it off the water for use.
They may be dipped or run in moulds ; for dipping, allow
two pounds for each dozen candles.
Saltpetre and alum are said to harden lard for candles;
but it can be placed amongst the humbugs of the day
But I will give you a plan which is a little shorter for hard-
ening tallow ; either will work well, take your choice :
2 Tatlow — To Cleanse and Bleach. — Dissolve alum 5 lbs.,
in water 10 gals., by boiling; and when it is all dissolved, add
tallow 20 lbs. ; continue the boiling for an hour, constantly stir
ring and skimming ; when sufficiently cool to allow it, strain
through thick muslin ; then set aside to harden ; when taken
from the water, lay it by for a short time to drip.
Dip or mould, as you please, not expecting them to "run''
in summer nor " crack" in winter. They will also burs
very brilliantly, at which, however, you will not be sur-
prised when you consider the amount of filth thrown off in
cleansing.
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FENCE POSTS— To Prevent Rotting.— A corres-
pondent of the American Agriculturalist says :
" I think-it would be well to call the attention of fanners to
the use of coal-tar as a paint. The tar produced in coal gas-
works is extensively used in England for painting fences, out-
buildings, <fcc. ; and is being introduced in this country, also. It
never alters by exposure to the weather ; and one or two good
coats will last for many years. It is the cheapest and best blacK
paint that can be used. Our buildings are painted with it ; all
our apparatus also ; and even the wrought- iron pipe we place in
the ground is coated with it. I think if its advantages were
fully known, it would be generally used throughout the United
States. The Government soak the brick used in building the
fort at Throg's Neck in this tar, which renders them impervious
to water ; and posts painted with it are protected from rot, when
in the ground, as effectually as if they had been charred."
I know this tar is much more effectual than charring, and
is uot one-tenth the trouble. There are posts near this city,
which have now been set over ten years, and yet no appear-
ance of decay. The coating is still perfect also.
The only objection to it as a paint above ground, is its
offensive smell, from the heat of the sun.
No persons should allow themselves to set a single post
without its application, and farmers who are putting out
much fence, cannot possibly be so short-sighted as to neg-
lect it after it once comes to their notice.
It is doubly important to Railroad-Companies from the
fact that these roads run through the most level portions of
country, and consequently the most swampy and wet, there-
Pore fence posts are the more liable to rot. The mode of
application is as follows :
Have a large iron kettle so arranged that you can make ana
keep the tar hot, then, after having removed the bark, if any,
Bet the end of the post into the tar ; and if the tar is not suffi-
ciently deep to take the post into it as far as you wish to tar it
have a swab of cloth tied upon a broom-handle or other stick,
and swab it up at least 6 to 10 inches above the ground-line
when the post is set ; then lift up the post, letting it drip a mo
ment, and lay it away upon rails or poles placed for that pur
pose, not allowing them to touch each other until dry.
Two men will tar about five hundred posts in one day )
and one barrel of tar will be sufficient for that number
Who then will hesitate to adopt its use ? especially when
the tar can be purchased at the gas-works for about two dol-
lars per barrel
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HEATS— TO PRESERVE- Beef—To Pickle for Long
Keeping. — First, thoroughly rub salt * into it and let it remain
m bulk for 24 hours to draw off the blood. Second, take it up
hitting it drain, and pack as desired. Third, have ready a
pickle prepared as follows: — For every 100 lbs. of beef, use 7 lbs
of salt ; saltpetre and cayenne pepper, of each 1 oz.; molasses 1
qc, and soft water 8 gals.; boil and skim well; and when colo
pour it over the beef.
This amount will cover one hundred pounds, if it ha
Owen properly packed. I have found persons who use noth
mg but salt with the water, and putting on hot, scalding
again at the end of three weeks and putting on hot again.
The only object claimed for putting the brine on the meat
while hot, is, that it hardens the surface, which retains the
"juices, instead of drawing them off.
2. Tite MicniGAN Farmer's Method.— Is, " for each 100 lbs.
of beef, use salt 5 lbs. ; saltpetre £ oz. ; brown sugar 1 lb.; dis-
solve in sufficient water to cover the meat — two weeks after take
up, drain — throw away the brine— make more the same as first,
it will keep the season through — when to be boiled for eating,
put into boiling w T ater — for soups into cold water."
I claim a preference for the first plan, of drawing off
the blood before pickling, as saving labor ; and that the
cayenne and saltpetre improves the flavor and helps preserve;
and that boiling and skimming cleanse the brine very much.
Of late years I pursue the following :
3. Beef— To Pickke for Winter or Present Use, and
won Drying. — Cut your beef into sizable pieces, sprinkle a little
salt upon the bottom of the barrel only, then pack your beef
without salt amongst it, and when packed pour over it a bt£U
made by dissolving 6 lbs. of salt for each 100 lbs. of beef in just
eufficient cold w T ater to handsomely cover it.
You will find that you can cut and fry as nice as fresh,
for a long time ; just right for boiling, also ; and when it
gets a little too salt for frying, you can freshen it nearly as
nicely as pork, for frying purposes, or you can boil of it,
then make a stew for breakfast, very nice indeed. By the
other plan it soon becomes too salt for eating, and the juiecs
are drawn off by the salt. In three weeks, perhaps a littie
less, such pieces as are designed for drying will be ready to
hang up, by soaking over night to remove the salt from the
outside. Do not be afraid of this way; for it is very nice
for winter and drying purposes ; but if any is left until
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warm weather, throw away this brine, put salt amongst what
is left and cover with the first brine, and all is right foi
long keeping.
4. Mutton Hams — To Pickle for Drying. — First take
weak brine and put the bams into it tor 2 clays, then pour oft
and apply the following, and let it remain on from 2 to 6 weeks
according to size : For each 100 lbs.; take salt 6 lbs. ; saltpetre 1
oz. ; salcratus 2 ozs. ; molasses 1 pt. ; water gals., will cove'
these if closely packed.
The saleratus keeps the mutton from becoming too hard.
5. Curing, Smoking, and Keeping Hams. — Rose
Cottage, Muncie, Ind. ? Nov. 26th, 1859: I noticed an
article in the Gazette of yesterday, headed as above, from
the pen of Mr. Alexander Brooks, taken from the Rural
New Yorker, and as I have some useful experience in that
line. I desire to suggest my plan for curing and keeping :
To a cask of hams, say from 25 to 80, after having packed
them closely and sprinkled them slightly with salt, I let them lie
thus for 3 days ; then make a brine sufficient to cover them, by
putting salt into clear water, making it strong enough to bear
up a sound e^g or potatoe. I then add £ lb. of saltpetre, and a
gallon of molasses; let them lie in the brine for weeks — they
are then exactly right. I then take them up ami let them drain ;
then while damp, rub the flesh side and the end of the leg with
finely pulverized black, red, or cayenne pepper ; let it be as tine
as dust, and dust every part of the flesh side, then hang them
ip and smoke. You may leave them hanging in the smoke-
loitse or other cool place where the rats cannot reach them, as they
are periectly safe from all insects; and will be a dish fit .'or a
I'riiice, or an American citizen, which is better.
Ivespectfully yours,
Trio's. J. Sample.
I find that Mr. Sample uses twice as much saltpetre *md
double the time, for my eating, but perhaps not for general
market.
If Grocers will take this plan for preparing their hams
and shoulders, there will be no need of sacking; and such
as they buy in during the summer should reeieve a coat of
pepper immediately, to prevent annoyance from flies
6. T. E. Hamilton's Maryland Method. — The
hams of Maryland and Virginia have long enjoyed a wide
celebrity. At one of the exhibitions of the Maryland State
Agricultural Society, four premiums were awarded foi
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hams. The one which took the first premium, was cure J
by Mr. T. E. Hamilton, from the following recipe :
" To every 100 lbs. take best coarse salt 8 lbs. ; saltpetre 2 ozs;
brown sugar 2 lbs. ; potash 1£ ozs. ; and water 4 gals. Mix the
above, and pour the brine over the meat, after it has lain in the
tub for some 2 days. Let the hams remain C weeks in the brine,
and then dry several days before smoking. I have generally
had the meat rubbed with fine salt, when it is packed dow T n."
The meat should be perfectly cool before packing. The
potash keeps it from drying up and becoming hard.
7. Pork — To Have Fresh from Winter Killing, for
Summer Frying. — Take pork when killed in the early part of
the winter, and let it lay in pickle about a week or 10 days ; oi
until just sufficiently salted to be palatable ; then slice it up and
fry it about half or two-thirds as much as you would for pres-
ent eating ; now lay it away in its own grease, in jars properly
covered, in a cool place, as you would lard.
When desired, in spring or summer, to have fresh pork,
take out what you wish and re-fry suitable for eating, and
you have it as nice as can be imagined. Try a jar of it, and
know that some things can be done as well as others. It is
equally applicable to hams and shoulders, and I have no
doubt it will work as well upon beef, using lard sufficient
to cover it. So well satisfied am I of it that I have put in
beef-steak, this spring, with my fresh ham, in frying for
summer use. It works upon the principle of canning fruits
to exclude the air. I put in no bone.
8. Salt Pork for Frying — Nearly Equal to
Fresh. — For the benefit of thoe.3 who are ohliged to use
considerable salt pork, the following method much improves
it for frying :
Cut as many slices as may be needed ; if for breakfast, the
night previous, and soak till morning in a quart, or two of milk
and w r ater, about one-half milk, skimmed-milk, sour milk, or
buttermilk ; — rinse till the water is clear and then f ry. It is
nearly or quite as nice as fresh pork, — both the fai and lean
parts.
Occasionally I like to have this rolled in corn meal before
frying, as it makes such a nice imitation of fresh fish.
9. Fresh Meat—To Keep a Week or Two, in Summer.—
Farmers or others, living at a distance from butchers, can keep
fresh meat vary nicely, for a week or two, by putting it into sour
milk, or butter-milk, placing it in a cool cellar. The bone or fat
aeed not be removed.
Jlinjsc well when used.
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10. Smoked Meat — To Preserve for Years, or for
Sea Voyages. — How often are we disappointed in our hopes
of having sweet hams during the summer ? After carefully
curing and smoking, and sewing them up in bags, and white-
washing them ) we often find that either the fly has com-
menced a family in our hams, or that the choice parts around
the bone are tainted, and the whole spoiled.
Now this can be easily avoided, by packing them in ptilvei
ized charcoal. No matter how hot the weather, nor how thick
the flies ; ham3 will keep, as sweet as when packed, foi years.
The preservative quality of charcoal will keep them till charcoal
decays ; or sufficiently long to have accompanied Cook three
times around the world.
11. The Rural New Yorker's Method.— -It says : " lu the
Spring, cut the smoked ham in slices, fry till partly clone, pack
in a stone jar alternate layers of ham and gravy. If the Lam
should be very lean, use lard for gravy. Be sure and fry the
ham in the lard, so that it will be well seasoned. When wanted
for use, take up, finish frying, and it is ready for the table."
The only trouble is, that we can't keep it half lonq
enough, it is so good and handy.
12. The New England Farmer's " Saving his
Bacon/' — About a couple of years ago, we were enter-
tained, at the house of a friend, with a dinner of eggs and
bacon. We complimented our host on the superior quality
of his bacon; and were curious to inquire the way to like suc-
cess in the preparation of a dainty article of diet, though one
chat is better fitted for the palate of an epicure than for the
stomach of a dyspeptic. To our surprise we were informed
that that portion of our meal was cooked eight months
before.
Upon asking for an explanation, he stated that it was his
practice to slice and fry his bacon immediately on its being
cured, and then pack it in its own fat. When occasion came
for using it, the slices, slightly re-fried, have all the freshness
and flavor of new bacon just prepared. By this precaution, our
friend always succeeded in " Saving 1m bacon," fresh and sweet,
through the hottest of weather. — fiew England Farmer,
I have no doubt but what it will do as well to pack meats
fried in this way, in tubs or barrels as in jars ; but I rather
prefer covered jars, putting a couple of thicknesses of cloth
over the jar before putting on the cover ; placed in a cooi
cellar.
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[ also find it necessary to put in lard occasionally as you
ire frying, ar there is not generally enough brought out by
the frying to fill the crevices between the slices, which mu«*
be filled.
CANNING FRUITS—Peaches and Pears.— After paring
and coring, put amongst them sufficient sugar to make them
palatable for present eating, — about 3 to 4 lbs. only for eacb
bushel ; let them stand a while to dissolve the sugar, not using
any water ; then heat to a boil, and continue the boiling, with
care, from 20 to 30 minutes ; or sufficiently long to heat through
which expels the air.
Have ready a kettle of hot water, into which dip the can
long enough to heat it ; then fill in the fruit while hot,
corking it immediately, and dip the end of the cork intr
the " Cement for Canning Fruits." When cold it is bes
to dip the second time to make sure that no air holes are
left which would spoil the fruit. All canned fruits are to
be kept in a very cool cellar.
We have, yesterday and to-day, been eating peaches put
ap in this way, two years ago, which were very nice indeed.
See " Peaches, To Peel."
2. Berries, Plums, Cherries, &c— Raspberries, blackber-
ries, whortleberries, currants, cherries, and plums, need not be
boiled over 10 to 15 minutes ; using sugar to make palatable, in
till cases; as it must be put in some time, and it helps to pre-
serve the fruit.
Ihey require the same care in heating cans, &c, a&
above, for peaches.
3. Strawberries.— For strawberries, put sugar £ lb. for eacb
lb. of berries ; and proceed as for berries above.
Strawberries are so juicy, and have such a tendency to
fermentation, that it is almost impossible to keep them I
have found it absolutely so, until I adopted the plan of
using the amount of sugar above named ; if others can do
with less, they can benefit the public by telling me how
they do it
5. Tomatoes.— For tomatoes, scald and peel them as for Hier
cooking ; then scald, or rather boil for about 15 minutes only,
&W can as above.
Or what I think best, is to use a little salt, and put them
into haM-gallon jugs; for we want them in too great quanti-
ties w atop on a few glass jars, such as we use for othei
314 DR. CHASE'S RECIl'ES.
fruits ; as for tin cans, I never use them ; if you do uso
tin cans for tomatoes it will not do to use salt with them, as
H has a tendency to cause rust.
6. Cement for Canning Fruits.— Rosin 1 lb. ; lard, tallow
and bees-wax, of each 1 oz.
Melt and stir together ; and have it hot, ready to dip into
when canning.
7. Rural New Yorker's Method. — The editor says
From four years experience with, not only strawberries, but
peaches, cherries, raspberries, pine-apples, &c, without losing a
single jar, the flavor being also perfect: Use only self-sealing
glim jars. Put into a porcelain preserving kettle, enough to till
two, quart jars; sprinkle on sugar £ lb.; place over a slow fire
and heat through, not cooked. While the fruit is heating, keep
the jars filled with hot water. Fill up to the brim, and seal im
mediately.
As it cools a vacuum is formed which prevents bursting.
In this way every kind of fruit will retaiu its flavor. Some,
times a thick leathery mould form, on the top — if so, all the
better.
CATCHUP— Tomato Catchup.— Take perfectly ripe
tomatoes £ bushel; wash them clean and break to pieces; then
put over the fire and let them come to a boil, and remove from
the fire; when they are sufficiently cool to allow your hands ic
them, rub through a wire sieve; and to what goes through, add
salt 2 tea-cups ; allspice and cloves, of each, ground, 1 tea-cup ;
best vinegar 1 qt. Put onto the fire again and cook 1 hour,
stirring with great care to avoid burning. Bottle and seal for
use. If too thick when used, put in a little vinegar. If they
were very juicy they may need boiling over an hour.
This recipe is from Mrs. Hardy, of the American Hotel,
Dresden, 0., and is decidedly the best catchup which I h-\ve
ever tasted ; the only fault I have ever heard attributed to
it was, u I wish we had made more of it." " We have not
got half enough of it," &c. But there are those who can-
not use tomatoes in any shape ; such persons will, undoubt
ed^ike the following :
2. Currant Catchup.— Nice fully ripe currants 4 lbs. ; sugar
H lbs.; cinnamon, ground 1 table-spoon ; salt, with ground cloves
and pepper, of each 1 tea-spoon ; vinegar 1 pt.
Stew the currants and sugar until quite thick; then add
the other ingredients, and bottle for use.
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PKESERVES — Tomato Preserves.— As some per-
sons will have preserves, I give them the plan of making
the most healthy of any in use : ^ ,
Take ripe, scalded and peeled tomatoes 13 lbs. ; nice, scalding B
hot molasses 1 gal. ; pour the molasses upon them and let stand ™
12 hours ; then boil until they are properly cooked ; now skim
out the tomatoes, but continue boiling the syrup until quite
thick ; then pour again upon the tomatoes and put away as other
preserves. A table-spoon of ginger tied up in a bit of cloth and
boiled in them, gives a nice flavor ; or the extracts can be used ;
or lemon peel, as preferred — if sugar is used, pound for pound is
the amount.
But I prefer to put them, or any other fruit, into jugs,
cans, or bottles, which retains the natural flavor and does
not injure the stomach, which all preserves do, to a greater
or less extent. Yet I give you another, because it does so
nicely in place of citron, in cakes.
2. Preserved Water-Melon in Place op Citron, for
Cakes. — The harder part of water-melon, next the skin, made
into preserves with sugar, equal weights ; cooking down the
syrup rather more than for common use, causes it to granulate,
like citron, which is kept for sale.
This chopped fine, as citron, makes an excellent substi-
tute for that article ; and for very much less cost. Call in
the neighbors, to help eat about a dozen good sized melons,
vt?id you have outside enough for the experiment ; and if
the Doctor is near he will help without a fee. They are
nice, also, in mince-pies in place of raisins.
CURRANTS— To Dry with Sugar.— Take fully ripe cnr
rants, stemmed, 5 lbs.; sugar 1 lb.; put into a brass kettle, stir-
ring at first, then as the currants boil up to the top, skim them
off; boil down the juicy syrup until quite thick and pour it over
the currants, mixing well; then place on suitable dishes, and
dry them by placing in a low box over which you can place
musketo-b&r, to keep away flies.
When properly dried, put in jars and tie paper over them,
Put cold water upon them and stew as other fruit for eating
or pie-making, adding more sugar if desired.
TIN-WARE — To Mend by the Heat op a Candle.— Take
a vial about two-thirds full of muriatic icid,and put into it, little
bits of sheet zinc, as long as it dissolves them ; then put in a
crumb of sal-ammoniac and fill up with water, and it is ready to
use.
With the cork of the vial wet the place to be mended,
OR. CHASE'S RECIPES.
with the preparation ; then put a piece of sheet zinc ovei
the hole and hold a lighted candle or spirit lamp under the
place, which melts the solder on the tin and causes the zine
to adhere without further trouble. Wet the zinc also with
the solution. Or a little solder may be put on in place of
the zinc, or with the zinc.
WATER FILTER— Home-Made.— Rain water is much
healthier than hard water as a beverage; and the following
will be found an easy and cheap way to fit it for drinking
purposes :
Have an oak tub made, holding from half, to a barrel, accord-
ing to the amount of water needed in the family; let it stand on
end, with a faucet near the bottom; or, I prefer a hole through
the bottom, near the front side, with a tube in it which prevents
the water from rotting the outside of the tub; then put clean
pebbles 3 or 4 inches in thickness over the bottom of the tua ;
now have charcoal pulverized to the size of small peas (tL>t
made from hard maple is best) and put in half a bushel or so it
a time; pound it down quite firmly, then put in more and pou-\d
again until the tub is filled to within 8 inches of the top; a-'d
again put on 2 inches more of pebbles; then put a piece of clt «n
white flannel over the whole top as a strainer.
The flannel can be washed occasionally, to remove ( to
impurities collected from the water, and it might be well to
put a flannel between the pebbles and flannel at the boti ,m
also. When the charcoal becomes foul, it can be renewed
as before, but will work a whole season without renewi lg.
Put on your water freely until it becomes clear; when 2, on
will be as well satisfied as you would be if it run throu£ i a.
patent filter, costing six times as much as this.
A large jar to hold the filtered water can be set in an ce<
box if preferred ; or an occasional piece of ice can be pui
in the water ; but if the filter is set in the cellar, *s il
should be, the water will be sufficiently cool for he ilth,
This makes a good cider filter, also, first straining the ider
h rough cotton to free it from the coarsest pomace.
TIRE — To Keep on the Wheel. — A correspond at of
♦he Southern Planter says : " I ironed a wagon some years
ago for my own use, and before putting on the tires 1 filled
the fellies with linseed-oil ; and the tires have worn ov t, and
were never loose. I ironed a buggy for my own use seven
years ago, and the tires are now as tight as when \ at on
MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT. 317
My method of filling the fellies with the oil is as follows .
I use a long, cast iron oil-heater, made for the purpose ; the
©il is brought to a boiling heat, the wheel is placed on a stick,
bo as to hang in the oil, each felly an hour, for a common sized
icily. The timber should be dry, as green timber will not take
oil. Care should be taken that the oil be not made hotter than
a boiling heat, in order that the timber be not burnt. Timber
lil led with oil is not susceptible to water, and is much more du-
rable."
I was amused some time ago when I told a blacksmith
how to keep tires tight on wheels, by his telling me it was
a profitable business to tighten tires ; and the wagon maker
will say it 'is profitable to him to make and repair wheels —
but what will the farmer, who supports the wheel-wright
And the blacksmith say? The greatest good to the greatest
uuinbej, is my motto.
WEEDS— To Destroy in Walks.— The following
method to destroy weeds is pursued at the mint in Paris^
with good effect :
Water 10 gals.; stone lime 20 lbs.; flour of sulphur 2 lbs
Boil in an iron kettle ; after settling, the clear part is to be
poured off and sprinkled, freely, upon the weedy walks.
Care must be taken, for it will destroy weeds; and a?
certainly destroy edging and border flowers, if sprinkled od
them.
CEMENTS— Cement for China, &c, which Stands Firb
and Water.— With a small camel's-hair brush, rub the broken
edges with a lit'fte carriage oil-varmsh.
If neatly put together, the fracture will hardly be per
ceptible, and when thoroughly dry, will stand both fire and
water.
2. Russian Cement.— Much is said about cements; but
there is probably nothing so white and clear, and certainly
nothing better than he following :
Russian isinglass dissolved in pure soft water, snow water is
l>esfe; for it takes 12 hours to soften it by soaking in pure soft
water, then considerable heat to dissolve it ; after which it is ap-
plicable to statuary, china, glass, alabaster, &c, &c.
In all cements the pieces must be secured until dry. It
i« easy to reason, that if twelve to fifteen hours are required
to soften this isinglass that do disl -washing will ever effect
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it. You may judge from the price whether you get the
Russian, for thirty-seven cents per ounce, is as low as the
genuine article can be purchased in small quantities, whilst
the common, bear a price of only from ten to twelve cents^
md even less.
3. Cement, Cheap and Valuable. — A durable rement is
:nade by burning oyster-shells and pulverizing the lime from
them very fine ; then mixing it with white of egg to a thick
paste and applying it to the china or glass, and securing the
pieces together until dry.
When it is dry, it takes a very long soaking for it to become
soft again. I have lifted thirty pounds by the stem of a
wine-glass which had been broken, and mended with this
cement. Common lime will do, but it is not so good ; either
should be fresh burned, and only mix what is needed, for
when once dry you cannot soften it.
4. Cement — Water-Proof, for Cloth or Beltj no. —
Take ale 1 pt. ; best Russia isinglass 2 ozs. ; put them into a com-
mon glue kettle and boil until Ihe isinglass is dissolved ; then
add 4 ozs. of the best common glue, and dissolve it with the
other; then slowly add l£o z3 - of boiled linseed-oil, stirring all
the time while adding, and until well mixed. When cold it will
resemble India-rubber. When you wish to use this, dissolve
what yon need in a suitable quantity of ale to have the consis-
tence of thick glue. It is applicable for earthenware, china,
glass, or leather ; for harness ; bands for machinery; cloth belts
for cracker machines for bakers, &c, &c. If for leather, shave
olf as it for sewing, apply the cement with a brush while hot,
laying a weight to keep each joint firmly for G to 10 hoars, ui
over night.
This cement will supersede " Spaulding's Prepared Glue/'
and all the white cements you can scare up, if you use
good articles to make it of, — not less than thirty or forty
cents a pound for common glue, and three shillings per
ounce for the Russian isinglass ; but the expense of this
Trill cause it only to be used when dampness ia tu be con-
tended with.
If you have not a glue kettle, take an oyster can ana
punch some holes through the top of it, putting in a string
to suspend it on a stick in a common kettle of boiling wa-
ter, and keep it boiling in that way.
5. Cement, or Furniture Glue, for House Use.— -To
mend marble, wood, glass, china and ornamental ware— take
water 1 gal. ; nice glue 3 lbs ; white lead 4 ozs. ; whisky 3 qts.
MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT. 319
Mix by dissolving the glue in the water ; remove from
the firo and stir in the white lead, then add the whisky,
which keeps it fluid, except in the coldest weather. Yv arm
and stir it up when applied.
G. Whiie Cement. — Take white (fish) glue, 1 lb. 10 ozs. ; drj
white lead 6 ozs. ; soft water 3 pts. ; alcohol 1 pt.
Dissolve the glue by putting it into a tin kettle, or di&h,
containing the water, and set this dish into a kettle of wa-
ter, to prevent the glue from being burned ; when the glue
is all. dissol/ed, put in the lead and stir and boil until all is
thoroughly mixed ; remove from the fire, and, when cooJ
enough to bottle, add the alcohol, and bottle while it is yet
warm, keeping it corked. This last recipe has been sold
about the country for from twenty-five cents to five dollars,
and one man gave a horse for it.
7. German Cement. — Two measures of litharge, and 1 each
of unslacked iime and flint glass; each to be pulverized sepa-
rately before mixing ; then to use it, wet it up with old drying-oil.
The Germans use it for glass and china ware only. Wa-
*er hardens it instead of softening.
8. Sc rap-Book Paste, or Cement. — A piece of common
glue, 2 square inches ; dissolve it in water, adding as much pul-
verized alum, in weight, as of the glue ; now mix flour £ tea-
spoon in a little water; stir it in and boil. When nearly cool
stir in oil of lavender 2 tea-spoons.
This should make a pint of paste, which will keep a long
time if tightly covered when not in use.
Cement— Preventing Leaks about Chimneys, &c. — Dry
eaud 1 pt. ; ashes 2 pts. ; clay dried and pulverized 3 pts. ; all to
De pulverized and mixed into a paste with linseed-oil.
Apply it while soft, as desired, and when it becomes hard,
water will have no effect upon it. It may be used for walks,
and I think it would do well in cisterns, and on roofs, &e.
MAGIC PAPER.— Used to Transfer Figures in Em-
broidery, or Impressions op Leaves for Herbariums. —
lake lard-oil, or sweet-oil, mixed to the consistence of cream,
with either of the following paints, the color of which is desired :
Pruaaian blue, lamp-black, Venitian red or chrome green, either
of which should be rubbed, with a knife on a plate or stone un-
til smooth. Use rather thin, but firm paper; put on with a
sponge and wipe off as dry as convenient; then lay them be-
tween nncolored paper, or between newspapers, and ];resa by
laying books or some other flat substance upon them, until the
surplus oil is absorbed, when it is ready for use.
820 DR. chase's recipes.
Directions. — For taking off patteras of embroidery
place a piece of thin paper over the embroidery to prevent
soiling; then lay on the magic paper, and put on the cloth
you wish to take the copy on, to embroider ; pin fast, and
rub over with a spoon handle ; and every part of the raised
figure will show upon the plain cloth. To take impressions
of* leaves on paper, place the leaf between two sheets of
this paper, and rub over it hard, then take the leaf out and
place it between two sheets of white paper ; rub again, and
you will have a beautiful impression of both sides of the
leaf or flower. Persons traveling without pen or ink, cau
write with a sharp stick, placing a sheet of this papar
over a sheet of white paper.
RAT DESTROYERS— Rat Exterminator.— Flour 3 lbs ;
water only sufficient to make it into a thick paste ; then dissolve,
phosphorus 1 oz., in butter 1£ oz., by heat. Mix.
This you will leave, thickly spread on bread, where rats
can get at it ; or make into balls, which is preferable, cov-
ered or rolled with sugar. If it is desired to sell this article
and you wish to color to hide its composition, work into it
pulverized turmeric 2 oz. Or :
2. Take warm water 1 qt.; lard 2 lbs.; phosphorus 1 oz. Mix,
and thicken with flour.
It is found best to make only in small quantities, as
the phosphorus loses its power by exposure. Some will ob-
ject to killing rats about the house ; but I had rather smell
their dead carcasses than taste their tail-prints, left on
every thing possible for them to get at, or suffer loss from
their footprints on all things possible for them to devour,
or destroy.
3. Death for the Old Sly Rat. — Some rats get so
cunning that it is almost impossible to overcome their
shrewdness.
Then get a few grains of strychnine, having a little fresh lean
meat broiled ; cut it into small bits, by using a fork to hold it,
for if held by the fingers, they will smell them and not eat it ;
cutting with a sharp penknife ; then cut a little hole into the
bits, and put in a little of the strychnine, and close up the meat
together agaip .
Put these on a plate where they frequent, but not near
their holes, laying a piece of paper over the meat ; when
MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT. 321
these are eaten put more, for three or four days, and you
are soon done with the wisest of them.
4 Ka.ts— To Drive Away Alive.— It* you choose to drive
them away alive, take potash pulverized, and put quite plenty
of it into all their holes about the house. If the potash is pul-
veiized and left in the air, it becomes pasty; then it can hu
daubed on the boards or planks, where they come through into
rooms.
They will sooner leave, than be obliged to have a contin-
ual re-application of this " Doctor Stuff," every time they
go through their holes. See " Potash to Make."
5. Scotch snuff, or pulverized cayenne pepper, mixed together,
or separate ; if freely put into their burrowing-holes, will cer-
tainly send tliem off, at a sneezing pace.
6. Rat Poison — From Sir Humphrey Davy.— A
tasteless, odorless and infallible rat poison, he says, is made
ms follows :
" Mix carbonate of barytes 2 ozs., with grease 1 lb."
It produces great thirst, consequently water must be set
by it, for death takes place immediately after drinking, not
giving them time to go back to their holes. I obtained
this at such a late day, that I have not had opportunity of
testing it Be sure that no other animal can <>et at it,
except rats and mice ; for it is a most deadly poison.
Should this be found as effectual as recommenaed, it will
prove just the thing for rat-killing, as they can oe gathered
up and carried away, thus avoiding the stench arising from
their dead carcasses.
FISH— Art of Catching.— Mix the juice of lovage or smell-
age, with any kind ot bait, or a few drops of the oil of rhodium.
India cockle also, (Coculus Indicus,) is sometimes mixed with
flour dough and sprinkled on the surface of still water. This
intoxicates the fish and makes them turn up, on top of the
ivater. Mullein seed, pulverized, and used in place of the India
gcckle is about equal to. that article.
They may be eaten without fear, but this will destroy
aany fish. Oil of rhodium is the best plan.
" It is generally supposed/' says Mr. R. I. Pell, " that
£sh are not possessed of the sense of smell. From the fol-
lowing experiments I am convinced they are : I placed a
hook, well baited with an angle-worm, enticingly before a
\jcrch weighing one and a half pounds ; he did not take the
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322 BR. CHASERS RECIPES
least notice of it. It was withdrawn, and a drop of rkodfr*.
brought in contact with it, when it was dropped very care-
fully several feet behind him ; he immediately turned and
seized the bait. This experiment was several times repeat-
ed, with like success. It has been denied that fish hare
the sense of hearing. I find many varieties very sensitive
to noise, and by numerous experiments am convinced that
their sense of hearing is acute. "
STRAW AND CHIP HATS— To Varnish Black. — Be*
alcohol 4 02s.; pulverized, black sealing-wax 1 ox.- T put thf m into
a vial, and put the vial into a warm place, stirring or &a^kin^
occasionally, until the wax is dissolved ; apply it when warm
by means of a soft brush, before the lire or in the sun.
It gives stiffness to old straw hats or bonnets, aakes a
beautiful gloss, and resists wet ; if anything else is required,
just apply it to small baskets also, and see how nicely they
will look.
2. Stkaw Bonnets — To Color a Beautiful Slate. — First
soak the bonnet in rather strong warm suds for fifteen minutes,
Miis is to remove sizing or stiffening; then rinse in warm water
o get out the soap; now scald cudbear 1 oz., in sufficient watet
o cover the hat or bonnet — work the bonnet in this dye at IH\>
agrees of heat, until yon get a light purple ; now have a bucket
of cold water blued with the extract of indigo, about £ oz., and
work or stir the bonnet in this, until the tint pleases.
Dry, then rinse out with cold water and dry again, id
the shade. If you get the purple too deep in shade, fr-ha
final slate will be too dark. See (i Extract of Indigo, or
ChennV
STUCCO PLASTERING— Fob Brick and Grayrl Houses.
— First make up as much mortar as you need for the job, with
good common lime ; using only | or four-fifths, at most, asmucb
lime as needed tor common work— the other fourth or fifth is to
be water-lime ; and not to be put in only as used. TK sand
must be coarse, and free from Joam or dirt.
To prepare the white and colored washes, run off common
lime enough with he* water, to make a white wash to go ovei
the whole job. This white- wash is to be colored the tint de-
sired for the work. Be sure to make cok>r-w T ash enough at o&«
time, or you will find it hard to get the shades alike ; saving a
little of the white-wash without color, to pencil the seams, awi
also ior specking, as mentioned below. The colers used aw
lamp-black, Spanish-brown, or Venetian-red, as preferred, aa <
these are cut or dissolved in whisky; then p-t ttiog into* 1
w T hitc-w r ash to suit
MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT. 823
ifh.au these washes are all prepared, wet up as much of
We mortar as can be put on in 20 to 40 minutes, and mix in the
fourth or fifth of the cement, and put en as fast as possible ; first
'retting the wall very wet with water. Some cement will set in
iK) and some in 40 to 50 minutes. When you see the time neces-
sary for the kind you are using, act accordingly, and only mix
the cement iuto as much mortar as your help "will put on before
it sets ; beginning at the top of the wall with your scaffolding
and working down, which prevents too much specking from the
colors. Have a man to follow right after with a float, keeping
the stucco very wet while floating down level and smooth ; and
the longer it is floated and wet, the better will be the job. Even
after it is floated down well, keep a man wetting it with a brush
ttntil you get the whole line on, around the house, as the water-
ifcie must be kept quite wet lor some considerable time, to set
properly. Heed this caution, and if water never gets in be _ind
the plastering from bad cornice or leaky roofs, it will neve peel
off. When this line of scaffolding is plastered, take oufce .ough
of the color-wash, running it through a sieve, and go over the
plasterii^; lamp-biack alone gives it a bluish slate color; if a
little of the brown is added with the black, it will be a little
reddish, anC if the red is used withoutthe brown, it will be quite
red. I prefe* sufficient of the black only to make a gr^y stone
color. A brown, however, looks exceedingly welL If you
choose, you can nake one-half of the color- wash darker than
the other — having laid it off into blocks resembling stone, by
means of a straight-edge, and piece of board about half an inch
thick, paint every other block with the darker wash to represent
different shades of stone. Some of our best buildings are done
In this way, and look well.
Then to give it a granite appearance, take a small paint-brush
and dip it into the white-wash, saved for this purpose; strike it
across a hammer-handle so as to throw the specks from the
brush upon the wall, then the same with black and red. Pencil
th'3 seams with the whitewash, which gives it the appearance
of mortar, as in real stone- work.
Now you are ready to move down the scaffold, and go
*vei the same thing as before. After the colors have been
iissolvcd with spirits, they can be reduced with water, or
«riiat is better for them and the color-wash also, is skimmed-
uiilk \ and where milk is plenty, it ought to be used ip
place of water, for white-wash or color- washes, as it helps to
resist the weather, and prevents the colors from fading — see
u Paint, to Make without Lead or Oil," which gives you
the philosophy of using milk. Speck quite freely with the
white, then about half as much with the black, and then,
rather fcee again with the red. The proportion of lime,
321 L»K. CHASE'S RECIPES.
probably, should not exceed one, to six or seven of sand
Our University buildings, represented in the frontispiece;
except the Laboratory, and Law-building, which have been
more recently put up, are finished with it, and also whole
blocks in the business part of our city
Prof. Douglass' house is probably the prettiest color of
ny in the city — an imitation of " Free-stone," made with
amp-black, yellow ochre, and a larger proportion of Spanish
snrown, But all will have a preference for some special color ;
then, with a little ingenuity and patience, nearly any colored
stone can be imitated.
GRAVEL HOUSES— To Make— Proportions op
Lime, Sani>, and Gravel. — It has become quite common
to put up gravel houses ; and many persons are at a great
loss to know what proportion of materials to wse. Various
proportions hare been proposed ; but from the fact that the
philosophy was not explained, no real light was given upon
the subject.
All that is required to know, is, that sand and lime are to be
used in proportion to the size of the gravel, — say for 15 bushels
of clean* gravel r from the size ©f peas up to that of hen's eggs,
it ay ill take about 3 bushels of clean sharp sand and 1 of limelo
fill the crevices without swelling the bulk of the gravel. If Uie
gravel is coarse, up to 5 bnshels of sand may be required, but
the lime will not need to he increased but very little, if any.
Then the philosophy of the thing is this — about 1 to 1£ bushels
of lime to 15 bushels of gravel, and just evml enough to fill me
crevices without increasing the bulk as above mentioned.
If the gravel is free of dirt, the sand t»ko clean, and the
weather dry, the walls can be raised one foot each day, if
you have help to do that amount of labor.
Some prefer to make the gravel and sand k*to mortar and
press it into bricks ; then lay into walls, but the wall niusi
be stronger if laid up solid, in board frames, made to raise
up as required.
Many persons argue for the eight-square or octesron house ;
but I like the square form much the best, carrying np the
hall and main partitou walls of the same material. The
eight square house looks like an old fort, or water tank, and
is very expensive to finish ) costing much more than tae
same room with square va\ hs; for mechanics cannot yu\
up cornice outside, or in. in "sss than double the time tfc*
quired for making the common square mitre.
MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT. 325
jfrof. Winehell, of the University, and State Geologist,
m this city, has put up one of the octagons which looks
well, however, for the style of finish is what attracts atten-
tion, instead of the style of form.
WHITEWASHES AND CHEAP PAINTS.— Bril-
liant Stucco Whitewash — Will Last on Brick or
Stone, Twenty to Thirty Years. — Many have heard
ot the brilliant stucco whitewash on the east end of the
President's house at Washington. The following is a recipe
for it, as gleaned from the National Intelligencer, with some
additional improvements learned by experiments :
Nice unslaked lime i bushel; slake it with boiling water;
cover it during the process, to keep in. the steam. Strain the
liquid through a line sieve or strainer, and add to it, salt 1 peck;
previously well dissolved in water ; rice 8 lbs.— boiled to a thin
paste, and stirred in boiling hot ; Spanish whiting £ lb. ; clean
nice glue 1 lb., which has been previously dissolved by soaking
it well, and then hanging it over a slow fire, in a small kettle,
immersed in a larger one filled with water. Now add hot water
5 gals., to the mixture, stir it well, and let it stand a few days
covered freni the dirt.
It should be put on not. For this purpose it can be
kept in a kettle on a portable furnace. Brushes more or
less small may be used, according to the neatness of job re-
quired. It answers as well as oil paint for brick or stone, and
is much cheaper.
There is one house in our city which had this applied
twelve years ago, and is yet nice and bright. It has re-
tained its brilliancy over thirty years.
Coloring matter, dissolved in whisky, may be put in and
made of any shade you like ; Spanish brown stirred in will
make red-pink, more or less deep, according to quantity.
A delicate tinge of this is very pretty for inside walls.
Finely pulverized common clay, well mixed with Spanish
brown, makes reddish stone color. Yellow-ochere stirred
in makes yellow wash, but chrome goes further, and makes
a color generally esteemed prettier. In all the^o cases the
darkness of the shade, of course, is determined by the
quantity of the coloring used. It is difficult to make rules,
because tastes are different— it would be best to try experi-
ments on a shingle and let it dry. Green must not be mix-
ed with lime. The lime destroys the color, and the colo*
32(5 DR. C II A SE's recipes.
has an effect on the whitewash, which makes it crack una
peel. When inside walls have been badly smoked, and you
wish to make them a clean, clear white, it is well to squeeze
indigo plentifully through a bag into the water you use, be
fore it is stirred into the whole mixture, or blue vitriol pul-
verized and dissolved in boiling water and put into white-
wash, gives a beautiful blue tint. If a larger quantity than
live gallons be wanted, the same proportions should be ob-
served.
2. Whitewash — Very Nice for Hooms. — Take whiting 4
lbs. ; white or common glue 2 ozs. ; stand *he glue in cold water
over night; mix the whiting with cold w T ater, and heat the glue
until dissolved ; and pour it into the other, hot. Make of a
proper consistence to apply with a common whitewash brush.
Use these proportions for a greater or less amount. In
England scarcely any other kind of whitewash is used.
A lady, of Black lliver Falls, Wis., who had one of my
books, wrote to me, expressing her thankfulness for the
beauty of this whitewash.
3. Paint — To Make without Lead or On. .—Whiting 5 lbs;
skimmed milk 2 qts. ; fresh slaked lime 2 oz:\ Put the lime
into a stone-ware vessel, pour upon it a sunic ; ent quantity of
the milk to make a mixture resembling cream; the balance of
the milk is then to be added ; and lastly the whiting is to be
crambled upon the surface of the iluid, in whhh it gradually
sinks. At this period it must be w r ell stirred in, or ground as
you would other paint, and it is fit for use.
There may be added any coloring matter that suits the
fancy, (see the first whitewash for mixing colors,) to be ap-
plied in the same manner as other paints, and in a. few
hours it will become perfectly dry. Another coat may then
be added and so on until the work is done. This paint is
of great tenacity, bears rubbing with a coarse eloth has
little smell, even when wet, and when dry is inodorous.
The above quantity is sufficient for fifty-seven yards. — An-
napolis Republican.
" We endorse the recipe. The casein or curd of the
milk, by the action of the caustic-lime, becomes insoluble,
and has been used, for time immemorial, as a lute for chem-
ical experiments. It is a good, and, in comparison with
white lead, a durable paint. 7 ' — Moore's Rural New Yorker.
Most of the cheap paints will require about three coats.
Ill
MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT. 327
White lead always requires two, but some people think be-
cause they get a cheap paint that one coat ought to make a
good job. Two will generally do with any except white.
4. White Paint — A New Way op MAPNUACTtiRiNa
— The following was communicated by a man who was for-
aierly a carpenter in the U. S. Navy.
;i During a cruise in the South Pacific, we went into the
harbor of Goquimbo ; and as the ship had been out a long
time, she was covered with rust from stem to stern. It was
the anxious wish of the commander that she should be re-
stored to her original colors ; but on examining the store-
room, it was ascertained that there was not a pound of white
lead in the ship. In this emergency I bethought me of an
expedient which concocted an admirable substitute, com-
posed of the following ingredients :
" Air-slaked lime, pulverized until it was of the fineness of
flour, which was then passed through a seive. Rice boiled in a
large kettle until the substance was drawn entirely out of the
grain ; the water, then of a plastic nature, was strained to sepa-
rate the grain, &c, from the clear liquid. A tub, about the size
of a half barrel, of the prepared lime and rice-water, was mixed
with 1 gallon of linseed-oil ; and the material had so much the
appearance ol paint that a novice could not have told the dif-
ference.
u The ship was painted outside and inboard with the
above mixture (which cost next to nothing,) and never pre-
sented a liner white streak on her bends, or cleaner bulwarks
and berth-deck than on that occasion, and no other kind of
white paint was used during the remainder of the cruise."
If this is good for ships out and inboard, it is worth try-
ing for fences and out-work requiring a cheap white paint.
5. Black and Green Paint— Durable and Cheap, for
Out-Door Work. — Any quantity of charcoal, powdered ; a suffl
Ctent quantity of litharage as a dryer, to be well levigated
(rubbed smooth) with linseed-oil ; and w T hen used, to be thinned
-with well boiled linseed-oil. The above forms a good black
paint.
By adding yellow ochre, an excellent green is produced,
which is preferable to the bright green, used by painters, for all
garden work, as it does not fade with the sun.
This composition was first used by Dr. Parry, of Bath,
on some spouts; which, on being examined, fourteen years
afterwards, were found to be as perfect as when first put
up.
228 DR. CHASES RECIPES.
6. Milk Pa tnt, for Barns—Any Color.— ' Mix water iime
with skim-milk, to a propwr consistence to apply with a brush,
and it is ready to use. It will adhere well to w T ood, whether
smooth or rough, to brick, mortar or stone, where oil has not
been used, (in which case it cleaves to some extent r ),and forms
a very hard substance, as durable as the best oil paint. It is too
cheap to estimate, and any one can put it on who can use a
brush." — Country Gentleman.
Any color may be given to it, by using colors of the
tinge desired, dissolving in whisky first, then adding in to
suit the fancy, as in the first recipe.
If a red is preferred, mix Yenetian-red with milk, no(
using any lime. It looks well for fifteen years.
LIQUID, AND WATER-PROOF GLUES. -Liquid Glue.
— To have a good glue always ready for use, just put a bottle
two-thirds full of best common glue, and fill up the bottle with
common whisky; cork it up, and set by for 3 or 4 days, and it
will dissolve without the application of heat.
It will keep for years, and is always reacty to use withou*;
heat, except in very cold weather, when it may need to b^
set a little while in a warm place, before using.
2. Imitation of Spalding's Glue. — First, soak in cold watoi
all the glue you wish to make at one time, using only glass,
earthen, or porcelain dishes; then by gentle heat dissolve the
glue in the same water, and pour in a little nitric acid, sufficient
to give the glue a sour taste, like vinegar, or from i 02. to 1 oz.
to each pound of glue.
The acid keeps it in a liquid state, and prevents it from
spoiling ; as nice as Spalding's or any other, foi a very
trifling expense. If iron dishes are used, the acid corrodes
them and turns the glue blaek. Or :
3. Acetic acid 1 oz.; pure soft water 6 oz.; glue 3 oz.; gum
tragacanth 1 oz. Mix, and if not as thick as desired, add a little
more glue.
This keeps in a liquid state, does not decompose ; and h
valuable for Druggists in labeling ; also for house use ; and
if furniture men were not prejudiced, they would find ii
valuable in the shop.
4. Water-Proof Glue — Is made by first soaking the glue in
cold water, for an hour or two, or until it becomes a little sof^
vet retaining its original form ; then taking it from the watei
and dissolving it by gentle heat, stirring in a little boiled Ho-
Btfed-oil.
MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT. 329
f-
If mahogany Teneers were put on with this glue, they
would not fall off, as they now do, by the action of the at-
mosphere.
FIRE KINDLERS.— To make yery nice fire kindlers, take
rosin, any quantity, and melt it, putting in for each pound being
used, from 2 to 3 ozs. of tallow, and when all is hot, stir in pine
saw -dust to make very thick ; and, while yet hot, spread it on*
about 1 inch thick, upon boards which have fine saw-dust
sprinkled upon them, to prevent it from sticking. When cold,
break up into lumps about 1 inch square. But if for sale, take a
thin board and press upon it, while yet warm, to lay it off into
1 inch squares ; this makes it break regularly, if you press the
crease sufficiently deep, greasing the marking-board to prevent
it from sticking.
One of these blocks will easily ignite with a match, and
burn with a strong blaze long enough to kindle any wood
tit to burn. The above sells readily in all our large towns
and cities, at a great profit.
2. Most oi the published recipes call for rosin 3 lbs.; tar
1 qt.; and 1 gill of turpentine ; but they make a black,
sticky mess of stuff, which always keep the hands daubed.
On the other baud, this makes a rosin-colored kindler y
which breaks nicely also when cold ; and they are decidedly
a nice thing; and much more certain to start a fire than
shavings. If the tar plan is used, 1 pt. is enough for 5 lbs
of rosin.
STARCH POLISH.— White-wax 1 oz.; spermaceti 2 ozs.;
melt them together with a gentle heat.
When you have prepared a sufficient amout of starch, in
the usual way, for a dozen pieces — put into it a piece of the
poiish the size of a large pea ; more or less, according to
large or small washings. Or, thick gum solution (made by
pouring boiling water upon gum arabic,) one table-spoon to
a pint of starch, gives clothes a beautiful gloss.
PERCUSSION MATCHES— of the best quality.— Chlo-
rate of potash £ lb.; glue 3 lbs.; white lead, dry, 5 lbs.; red lead
£ ib.; phosphorus 2f lbs. Directions.— First put the chlorate
into a dish made for the purpose, deep, and of a suitable size to
set mto a kettle of water, which can be kept on the fire for 2 or 3
days, having 2 qts. of water on the chlorate; then put the glue
ojq top of the chlorate water, and let soak until ail is perfectly
dissolved ; then add the leads and heat up quite hot, and tho-
roughly mix; let cool and add the phosphorus, let it dissolve and
830 on. chase's reclp&h.
be careful never to heat hot after the phosphorus is added ; SW
occasionally while dipping, and if little particles of phosphorus
fires, push it down into the mixture, or put on warm water; if
you put on cold water, it will fly all over you. Keep it rather
thin after the phosphorus is put in, and there will be no danger ;
although the chlorate of potash is considered a dangerous arti-
cle to work with ; so is powder, yet when you know how to work
with thern, you can do as safely with one as the other. Whep
Cry give them a coat of varnish.
I have been acquainted with a man for about fourteea
years who makes them, and several others for a less time,
without trouble or accident. A better match was never
made to stand dampness, or bear transportation without set-
ting on fire. I have used and sold them much of the time,
and speak from knowledge. One explosion has since taken
place.
The plan pursued here in preparing the splints is as fol-
lows : Sawed pine timber from four to eight inches each
way, is cut off the right length for the match, then one end
. of it -is shaved smooth, with a drawing-knife; the block is
held upon the horse by a brace from the top of the horse
head against the back side of the block, so as to be out of
the way of the knife instead of putting the block under the
jaws of the horse head, as the dents made in the end of
match timber would not answer) the front edge comes
against a strip put on for that purpose ; then glue the other
end and put on brown paper, which holds them together
when split j machines are used to split with which feeds up
the block enough each time the knife is raised, to make tha
size of the match when split the other way, or about ten to
the inch. These machines cost about fifty dollais, and the
work goes ahead like a young saw-mill, by simply turning
a crank as shown in the figure.
A A, shows two standards bolted upon a base plank, four
feet in length ; these standards support a shaft, with crank
and balance wheel D, which is two feet in diameter ; the
Hhafthas upon it an oval wheel, G, which sinks the knife,
•*" F, twice in each revolution, the knife passing down through
a space in a thin iron strip, H, standing out from the two
blocks, C C, under which the match block passes by the
drawing of the chain seen to pass over a small drum, P,
Ujion the shaft of the rag wheel, B, the notches being only
olio-fourth inch apart, and fed up by the hand, M, attached to
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331
the iron frame, L, being kept back to the cam wheel, E, which
has two swells upon it, by a light spring which is not shown
MATCH SPLITTING MACHINE.
The hand, M, is kept down into the cogs or notches by the
little spiral wire spring, K ; the match block, to be split, sets
in the frame forward of the block, I, which has a pin in it
to draw back the frame. A\ hen the block of matches is
split, this frame goes forward to touch a catch, the same as
a saw-mill, which lets aiiotlv^ spring not seen, raise the
hand, M, when the feeding operation ceases. The frame is
then drawn back and the same repeated. As the match is
split they open and require a rounding mortise made through
the base plank between the blocks, C C, which allows them
to remain in a half circular form — the knife is raised by a
line attached to a spring pole, T, the knife is screwed upon
a piece of cast iron which works in the guide, N, having the
back end firmly fastened by a bolt through the standard,
This knife stands at right angles with the shaft. When the
matches are split and sufficiently dry to work upon, they are <
dipped in melted brimstone, kept hot, and the match als®
kept hot on a sheet iron stove, and all the brimstone is thrown
oft which can possibly be by jerking the block with the
hand. It' any brimstone remains upon the end it must be
scraped otf before dipping into the match composition.
Withoui the chloral, the composition makes a first class
832 T>R chase's recipes.
1 Friction Match." It ought to be known, however, that
the match business is an unhealthy occupation, from the
poisonous effects of the phosphorus.
STEAM BOILERS— To Prevent Lime Deposits.— Pat into
four cistern or tank, from which the boiler is fed, a sufficient
amount of oak tan-bark, in the piece, to color the water rathei
dark ; run 4 weeks and renew.
This plan has been much used, in the lime-stone sections
of Washington, 0., giving general satisfaction.
2. Ohio River Plan.— Sprouts from barley, in malting, are
recommended by Capt. Lumm, part owner of a steamboat, and
ongineer on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, to prevent, the de-
posit of lime upon boilers, and ho says tightens up old leaky
boilers, also. It may be used in quantities of from '6 pts. to 2 or
3 qts., according to the size of boilers.
When it is put in you must know the quantity of water
in the boiler, for unless you heat up quite slow it causes a
foaming of the water, and might deceive the engineer about
the amount of water in the boiler, but if heat up slow there
is no danger of this deception.
8. To Prevent Explosion, with the Reason thiy
they Explode. — At a recent meeting of the Association
for the Advancement of Science, Mr. Hyatt, of New i'ork,
preseuted what we believe to be the true cause, fie pre-
sented the following table, showing the rapidity with which
pressure is doubled by only a slight increase of heat.
At 212 degrees of heat, water begins to boil ; at 808 degrees
iron becomes of a red heat :
212 degrees of heat, 15 pounds to square inch.
251
"
30
%\\
U
00
842
it
" 120
3413
<i
" 210
404
u
" 480
808
i(
41 7080
It was stated by Mr. Hyatt, that, from experiments he had
made, this great increase of pressure could be obtained in sfo to
seven minutes, with an engine at rest. This rapid doubling of
pressure, wuth but a small increase of heat, is due to the conver-
sion of what is termed latent heat, in steam, into sensible heat
If we immerse a thermometer into boiling water, it stands at
212 ; if we place it in steam immediately above the water, h
indicates the same temperature. The question then arises, what
becomes of all the heat which is couiniuo 4 .eated to the water,
MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT. 833
aince it is neither indicated by the water nor oy the steam formed
ironi it? The answer is, it er*ers the water and converts it into
Ueuii without raising its temperature. One thousand degrees
of heat are absorbed in the conversion of water into steam, and
this is called its latent iieat. And it is the sudden conversion ot
Went heat into senile heat that produces the explosion. If an
engine is stopped, even if there is but a moderate tire, if the es-
cape valve is closed, there is a rapid absorption or accumulation
of latent heat. The pressure rises with great rapidity, and whoa
the engine tninks everything is safe, the explosion comes.
That this is the true cause of nearly all the explosions
that occur, will be plain to every one who will look at the
relations betweeu latent and sensible heat. Prof. Henry
and Prof. Silliman, Jr., endorse the view. What, then, is
the security against explosions ? We know of no securities
but these — a sufficiency of water in the boilers, and the
escape valves open at light pressure, when the engine is at
rest. — Sprinyjield Republican.
There is no question about the foregoing explanations be-
ing founded in true philosophy : and if engineers will be
governed by them, instead of by a desire to hold ou to steam
for the purpose of getting ahead or of keeping ahead, aa
the case may be, of some other boat ; or on land, to save
the expense of fuel, not one explosion would take place
wHere now there is, at least, a hundred.
Awful will be the reckoning with these murderers ; for
in Heaven's sight they are one and the same
A series of experiments have recently been concluded oa
the U. S. Steamer Michigan, and a full but voluminous re-
port laid before the Navy Department, upon the subject of
steam expansion. It would pay all interested in steam
works to obtain and read it.
PLUMS AND OTHER FRUIT—To Prevent Insects from
Stinging. — Take new, dry lime, sulphur, and gunpowder, equal
parts, pulverized very fine, and throw it amongst the flowera
when in iull bloom; use it freely so that all may catch a little.
This has. been tried with success. Working upou the
principle ot pepper, to keep files from meat. The injury
id fruit being done while in blossom.
BEI>ROOM CARPETS— For Twelve and a half Cents
feii Yard. — Sew together the cheapest cotton cloth, the size of
the room, and tack the edges to the iloor. Now paper the cloth
09 you would the sides of a room, with cheap room paper; put-
334 dr. chase's recipes.,
ting a border around the edge if desired. The paste will be t 4
better if a little gum arabic is m. xed with it. When thoroughly
dry, give it two coats of furniture or carriage varnish, and when
dry it is done.
It can be washed ; and looks well in proportion to tbe
quality and figure of the paper used. It could not be ex*
pccted to stand tbe wear of a kitchen, for any length of
time, but for bed-rooms it is well adapted.
COFFEE — More Healthy and Better Flavored, fob
Onb-Fourth the Expense of Common. — Coffee, by weight 01
measure, one-fourth, rye three-fourths.
Look them over separately, to remove bad grains; then
wash to remove dust, draining off the water for a moment
as you take it with the hands, from the washing water,
putting directly into the browning skillet, carefully stirring,
all the time, to brown it evenly. Brown each one sepa-
rately j then mix evenly, and grind only as used ; settling
with a beaten egg, seasoning with a little cream and sugar
as usual.
And I do sincerely say the flavor is better, and it is one
hundred per cent, more healthy than all coffee.
You may try barley, peas, parsnips, dandelion roots, &c M
but none of their flavors are equal to rye. Yet all of them
are more or less used for coffee.
PICKLING FRUITS, AND CUCUMBERS— Pickling Ap
ples. — Best vinegar 1 gal.; sugar 4 lbs.; apples all it will cover
handsomely ; cinnamon and cloves, ground, of each 1 table-
spoon.
Pare and core the apples, tying up the cinnamon and
cloves in a cloth and putting with the apples, into the vine-
gar and sugar and cooking until done, only. Keep in jars.
They are nicer than preserves, and more healthy, and keep
a long time ; not being too sour, nor too sweet, but an agree-
able mixture of the two. It will be seen below that tk%»
different fruits require different quantities of sugar and
I vinegar, the reason for it, is, the difference in the fruit.
2. Pickling Peaches. — Best vinegar 1 qt. ; sugar 4 lbs.;
peaches, peeled and stoned 8 lbs. ; spices as desired, or as foi
apples.
Treated every other way as apples. If they should begin
to ferment, at any time, simply boil down the juice ; then
boil the peaches in it for a few minutes only.
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3. Peaches — To Peel. — In peehng sniaii peaches with
a knife, too much of the peach is wasted ; but by having a
wire-cage, similar to those made for popping corn ; fill the
cage with peaches and dip it into boiling water, for a mo-
ment, then into cold water for a moment and empty out •
going on in the same way for all you wish to peel. This
toughens the skin and enables you to strip it off, saving
touch in labor, as also the waste of peach. Why not, as
well as tomatoes?
4. Pickling Plums. — Best vinegar 1 pt. ; sugar 4 lbs.; plums
<J lbs. ; spices to taste.
Boil them in the mixture until soft ; then take out the
plums, and boil the syrup until quite thick and pour it over
them again.
5. Pickling Cucumbers. — Pick each morning; stand in weak
brine 3 or 4 days, putting in mustard pods and horseradish
leaves to keep them green. Then take out and drain, covering
with vinegar for a week; at which time take out and drain
again, putting into new vinegar, adding mustard seed, ginger
root, cloves, pepper and red pepper pods, of each about 1 or 3
oz. ; or to suit different tastes, for each barrel.
The pickles will be nice and brittle, and pass muster a
wuy man's table, or market. And if it was generally known
that the greenness of pickles was caused by the action of
the vinegar on the copper kettle, producing a poison, (ver-
digris,) in which they are directed to be scalded, I think
no one would wish to have a nice looking pickle at the ex-
pense of health; if they do, they can continue the bad prac-
tice of thus raiding ; if not, just put your vinegar on cold,
and add your red peppers, or cayennes, cloves, and other
spices, as desired ; but the vinegar must be changed once,
as the large amount of water in the cucumber reduces the
vinegar so much that this change is absolutely necessary ;
and if they should seem to lose their sharp taste again, just
*dd a little molasses, or spirit, and all will be right.
SANDSTONE— To Pjrevent Scaling by Fiiost.— Raw lh*.
•eed-oil, 2 or 3 coats.
Apply in place of paint, not allowing the first coat to get
entirely dry until the next is applied ; if it does, a skin is
formed which prevents the next from penetrating the
ttom. Poorly burned brick will be equally well preserved
byflfcie same nrocess.
336 DR. chase's recipes.
SEALING WAX—Red, Black, and Blue.— Gum Shellac 8
oz.; Venice turpentine 4 ozs.; vennillion 2£ ozs.; alcohol 2 ozs.;
camphor gum $ oz. Dissolve the camphor in the alcohol, then
the shellac, adding the terpentine, and finally the vermillion, be-
ing very careful that no blaze shall come in contact with its
fumes ; for if it does, it will fire very quickty.
Blue. — Substitute fine Prussian-blue for the vermillion, same
quantity.
Black. — Lamp-black only sufficient to color. Either color
n.ust be well rubbed into the mixture.
ADVICE — To YOUNG MEN AND others, out of em-
ployment. — Advice — How few there are that will hear
advice at all ; not because it is advice, but from the fact
that those who attempt to give it are not qualified for the
work they assume ; or that they endeavor to thrust it upoc
their notice at an inappropriate time ; or upon persons over
whom no control is acceded, if claimed. But a book or
paper never give offens-e from any of these causes; there-
fore, they are always welcomed with a hope that real benefit
may be derived from their suggestions. Whether that end
will be attained in this case, I leave to the judgment of
those for whom it is intended ; hoping they may find them-
selves suflicienly interested to give it a careful perusal, and
candid consideration. And although my remarks must, in
this work, be necessarily short, yet every sentence shall be
a text for your own thoughts to contemplate and enlarge
upon ; and perhaps, in some future edition of the- work, J
may take room and time to give the subject that attention
w>::ch is really its due ; and which would be a pleasure to
devote to its consideration.
First, then, let me ask why are so many young men and othei
persons out of employment ? The answer is very positive
as well as very plain. It is this — indolence, coupled with a
determination that they will do some great thing, only
And because that great thing does not turn up without effort,
they are doing nothing. The point of difficulty is simply
this ; they look for the end, before the beginning. Bui
just consider how few there are that really accomplish anj
great thing, even with a whole life of industry and economic
cal perseverance. And yet most of our youth calculate that
their beginning shall be amongst the greats. But as no one
comes to offer them their expectations, indolence says wlit;
MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT. v 837
and so they are still waiting. Now mind you, as long as
your expectations are placed upon a chance offer of some-
thing very remunerative, or upon the assistance of others t
even in a small way, so long will you continue to wait in
vain. At this point, then, the question would arise, what
can be done ? and the answer is equally plain with the other.
Take hold of the first job you can find, for it will not find
you. No matter how insignificant it may be, it will be bet-
■cr than longer idleness ; and when you are seen doing
iomething for yourselves, by those whose opinions are worth
any consideration, they will soon offer you more and better
jobs i until, finally, you will find something which agrees
with your taste or inclination, for a life business, But re-
member that the idle never have good situations offered
them. It is the industrious and persevering erly, who are
needed to assist in life's great struggle.
There are a few lines of poetry called " The Excellent
Man," which advocates the principles I am endeavoring to
advance, so admirably that I cannot deny myself the plea-
sure of quoting them. The old proverb, " God helps those
who help themselves," is as true as it is old, and after all
that is said and done, in this country, if in no other, a man
must depend on his own exertions, not on patronage, if he
would have or deserve success :
" They gave me advice and counsel in store,
Praised me and honored me more and more
Said that I only should 4 wait awhile,'
Offered their patronage, too, with a smile-
But with all their honor and approbation,
I should long ago have died of starvation,
Had there not come an excellent man,
Who, bravely to help me along began
Good-fellow! he got me the food late,
His kindness and care I shall never forget ;
Yet I cannot embrace him — though other folks can,
For I, myself, am this excellent man 1"
Op, then, and at it, for there is
Knitting and sewing, and reaping and mowing,
And all kinds of work for the people to do,
To keep themselves busy, both Abram and Liitie;
Begin, then, ye idle, there is plenty for you.
When you have found a situation or a job of work, prove
338 DR. ClIACE'S RECIPES.
yourself lionest, industrious, persevering, and faithful in
every trust, and no fears need be apprehended of your final
success. Save a part of your wages as a sinking fund, or
rather as a floating fund, which shall keep your head above
water in a storm ; or to enable you, at no distant day, to
commence a business of your own.
A poor orphan boy, of fourteen, once resolved to save
half of his wages, which were only four dollars per month,
for this purpose ; and actually refused, even in sickness,
although really suffering for comforts, to touch this busincsa
fund. He was afterwards the richest man in St. Louis.
His advice to young men was always this : " Go to work >
save half your wages ; no matter how small they may be,
until you have what will enable ypu to begin what you wish
to follow ; then begin it, stick to it; be economical, pru-
dent, and careful, and you cannot fail to prosper."
My advice is the same, with this qualification, however ;
that in choosing your occupation, you should be governed
by the eternal principles of right ! never choosing that
which, when done, injures a fellow creature more than it can
possibly benefit yourself — I mean the liquor traffic. But
with the feeliDg of St. Paul, when he saw the necessity of
doing something different from what he had been doing, he
cried out, " Lord, what wilt thou have me to do V 9 Ask
your own tastes, being governed by conscience, under the
foregoing principles ; knowing that if a person has to learn
a trade or business against his own inclination, it requires
double dilligence to make only half speed, and hardly ever
meeting with success.
The question to be settled, then, is this : Shall I work
the soil : Shall I be a mechanic, teacher, divine, physician,
lawyer, merchant, druggist, or grocer, or shall it be some-
thing else ? Whenever you make up your mind what it
shall be, make it up, also, to be the best one in that line of
business. Set your mark high, both m point of moral
purity and literary qualifications.
If you choose any of the occupations of trade, you mast
save all that it is possible for economy and prudence to do,
for your beginning.
But if you choose one of the learned professions, you
mui»t work with the same care and prudence until you have
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accumulated sufficient to-make a fair commencement in your
studies ; then prosecute them in all faithfulness as far as
the accumulated means will advance you ; realizing that
this increase of knowledge will give you increased power in
obtaining the further means of prosecuting your studies,
necessary to qualify you to do one thing only in life.
Nearly all of our best men are self-made, and men of one
idea, i\ e., they have set themselves to be mechanics, physi-
cians, lawyers, sculptors, &c, and have bent their whole
energies and lives to fit themselves for the great work before
them. Begin, then ; offer no excuse. Be <eure you are on
the right track, then go ahead :
" Live for something ;" slothful be no longer, look around for some employ ;
Labor always makes you stronger, and also gives you sweetest joy.
Idle hands are alwavs weary ; faithful hearts are always gay ;
Life for us, should not be dreary ; nor can it, to the active, every day.
Always remembering that industry, in study or labor, will
keep ahead of his work, giving time for pleasure and en-
joyment; but indolence is ever behind; being driven with
her work, and no prospect of its ever being accomplished.
When you have made your decision, aside from what time
you must necessarily devote to labor, let all possible time be
given to the study of the best works upon the subject of
your occupation or profession, knowing that one hour's
reading in the morning, when the mind is calm and free
from fatigue, thinking and talking with your companions
through the day upon the subjects of which you have been
reading, will be better than twice that time in evening read-
ing, yet if both can be enjoyed, so much the better ; but one
of them must certainly be occupied in this way.
If you choose something in the line of mercantile or trade
life, do not put off, too long, commencing for yourself. Bet-
ter begin in a small way and learn, as your capital increases,
how to manage a larger business.
I knew a gentleman to commence a business, with five
dollars, and in two weeks his capital was seventeen dollara,
Besides feeding his family.
I knew one also to begin with sixty dollars, and in fifteen
months he cleared over four hundred and fifty dollars, be-
sides supporting his family ; then he sold out and lost all ;
jbetbre he again got into successful business.
]No person should ever sell out, or quit an honorable pay
in % business
340 dr. ciiase's recipes.
Those who choose a professional life, wili hardly find a
place in the West, equal to the University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, to obtain their literary qualifications. An en-
trance fee of Ten Dollars, with Five Dollars yearly, pays
for a full Literary, Law, Medical, or Civil Engineering
course ; the first requiring four, the two next, two, and the
last, three years. [See Frontispiece.]
Or, in the words of the Catalogue : " The University,
having been endowed by the General Government, afford*
education, without money and without price. There is no
young man, so poor, that industry, diligence, and persever-
ance, will not enable him to get an education here.
" The present condition of the University eenfirms this
view of its character. While the sons of the rich, and of
men of more or less property, and, in large proportion, the
sons of substantial farmers, mechanics, and merchants, ara
educated here, there is also a very considerable number of
young men . dependent entirely upon their own exertions —
young men who, accustomed to work on the farm, or in tho
mechanic's shop, have become smitten with the love ot
knowledge, and are manfully working their way through, to
a liberal education, by appropriating a portion of. their time
to the field or the workshop."
Persons wishing to qualify themselves for teaching In
this State, will find the Normal School Ypsilanti, undoubt-
edly preferable.
And that none may excuse themselves from an effort be*
cause somewhat advanced in life, let me say that Doctor
Eberle, who wrote several valuable medical works, did not
begin his medical studies until forty -five years of age ; and,
although I could mention many more, I will only add that I,
myself always desired to become a physician, yet circum-
stances did not favor nor justify my commencement until
I was thirty-eight. See the remarks following " Eya
Water."
There is no occupation, however, so free and independent
as that of the farmer ) and there is none, except parents,
capable of using so great an influence, for good or for evil,
as that of teacher.
All might and ought, to a greater or less extent, b* farm-
ers ; but ail cannot be teachers. Then let those %tbosa
MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT. 341
taste inclines them to teach, not shrink the responsibility;
btit fully qualify for the work ; learning also the ways of
Truth and Righteousness for themselves; teaching it
through the week-school, by action as well as by word, and
in the Sabbath-school, fail not to take their stand for the
right, like our President elect; then when it comes your
turn to assist in the government of the State, or Nation, the
people will come to your support, as you do to your work —
as they have just done to his, (1860); feeling, as now, that
the government must be safe in the hands of those who love
God — deal honestly with their fellows; and who, in remem-
bering the Sabbath to keep it holy themselves, are not
ashamed — nor forget, to teach the children to love the same
God, and reverence His Word. Only think — a Sabbath-
School Teacher — a Rail- Splitter — a Boat-man, President
of the United States !
Who will hereafter be afraid of common labor ; or, let
indolence longer prevent their activity ? when it is only
those who begin with small things, and persevere through
life, that reach the final goal of greatness ; and, as in this
case, are crowned with the greatest honor which man can
receive — the confidence of his Nation.
Then let Industry take the place of Indolence, beginning
to be great, by grappling with the small things of life — be
faithful to yourself, and, you may reasonably expect, the end
shall, indeed, be great.
And although it could not be expected, in a work of this
kind, chat much could, or would be said, directly, regarding
a future life, yet I should be recreant to duty if I did not
say a v?ord more upon that subject. It shall be only a
word . Be as faithful to God, as I have recommended you
to be to yourselves, and all things pertaining to a future,
will h\s equally prosperous, and glorious in its results.
GRAMMAR IN RHYME— For hie Little Folks.
— It is seldom that one sees so much valuable matter as th«
following lines contain, comprised in so brief a space
Every young grammarian, and mauy older heads, will find
\t highly advantageous to commit the * poem " to memory ;
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for with these lines at the tongue's end, none n*sd e*ef
mistake a part of speech :
1. "Three little words you often see,
Are articles— a, an, and the.
2. A Noun's the name of an}' ihing,
As school, or garden, hoop, or swing,
3. Adjectives tell the kind of Noun,
As great, small, pretty, white, or brown.
4. Instead of Nouns the Pronouns stand —
Her head, his face, your arm, my hand.
5. Verbs tell of something to be done—
To read, count, sing, laugh, jump, or run,
6. How things are done, the adverbs tell,
As slowly, quickly, iU, or well.
7. Conjunctions join the words together —
As men and women, wind or weather.
8. The Preposition stands before
A Noun, as in, or through a door.
9. The Interjection shows surprise,
As oh ! how pretty — ah ! how. wise.
The whole are caUed Nine Parts of Speech,
Which reading, writing, speaking, teach.
MUSICAL CURIOSITY— Scotch Genius in Teaching.— A
Highland piper, having a scholar to teach, disdained to crack
his brains with the names of 8"inibreves, minims, crotchets arid
quavers. " Here, Donald," said he, " tak yer pipes, lad, and gte
us a blast. So— verra wee! blavvn, indeed; but what's a sound,
Donald, without sense '? Ye maun blaw forever without making
a tune o't, if I dinna tell you how the queer things on the paper
maun help you. You see that big fellow wi' a round, open face ?
(pointing to a semibreve between~two lines of a bar). He moves
slowly from that line to this, while ye beat ane wi' yer list, and
gie us a long blast. If, now, ye put a leg to him, ye mak' twa
o' him, and he'll move twice as fast ; and if ye black his face, .
he'll run four times faster than the fellow wi' the white face;
but if, after blacking his face, ye'll bend his knee or tie his leg,
he'll hop eight times faster than the white-faced chap I showed
you first. Now, whene'er ye blaw yer pipes, Donald, remembei
this— that the tighter those fellows' legs are tied, the faster
they'll run, and the quicker they're sure to chance."
That is, the more legs they have bent up, contrary to
nature, the faster goes the music.
COLORING DEPARTMENT.
REMAKKS. — It may be necessary to remark, and I do
A nere, once for all, that every article to be dyed, as well as
everything used about dyeing, should be perfectly clean.
In the next place, the article to be dyed should be well
acoured m soap, and then the soap rinsed out. It is also
an advantage to dip the article you wish to dye into warm
water, jwt before putting it into the alum or other prepara-
tion ; for the neglect of this precaution it is nothing uncom-
mon to hi»ve the goods or yarn spotted. Soft water should
always be used, if possible, and sufficient to cover the goods
handsomely.
As soon as an article is dyed it should be aired a little,
then well rinsed, and afterwards hung up to dry.
When dyeing or scouring silk or merino dresses, care
ahould be taken not to wring them, for this has a tendency
to wrinkle and break the silk.
In putting dresses and shawls out to dry, that have been
dyed, they should be hung up by the edge so as to dry
evenly.
Great confidence may be placed in these coloring recipes,
as the author has had them revised by Mr. Storms, of this
city, who has been in the business over thirty years.
COLORS ON WOOLEN GOODS.
1. CHROME BLACK— Superior to Any in Use.—
For 5 lbs. of goods — blue vitriol 6 ozs. ; boil it a few min-
utes, then dip the goods f of an hour, airing often ; take
out the goods, and make a dye with logwood 3 lbs. ; boil }
hour ; dip | of an hour and air the goods, and dip J of au
hour more. Wash in strong suds.
N. B. — This will not impart any of its color in fulling,
aor fade by exposure to the sun.
2. BLACK ON WOOL— Fo Mixtures.— For 10 lbs.
of wool -bi-chromate of potash 4 ozs. ; ground argal 3 ozs. ;
boil together and put in the wool; stir well and let it re-
main in the dye 4 hours. Then take out the wool, rinse it
slightly in clear water ; then make a new dye, into which
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pat logwood 3£ lbs. Boil 1 hour and add chamber- lye 1
pt., and let the wool lie in all night. Wash in clear water
3. STEEL MIX— Dark.— Black wool— it may be nat
ural or colored, 10 lbs. — white wool 1£ lbs. Mix evenly te»
gether and it will be beautiful.
4. SNUFF BROWN—Dark, for Cloth or Wool —
For 5 lbs. goods — camwood 1 lb. ; boil it 15 minutes, then
dip the goods for J hour ; take out the goods, and add to the
dye, fustic 2£ lbs.; boil 10 minutes, and dip the goods J
hour ; then add blue vitriol 1 oz. ; copperas 4 ozs. ; dip
again £ hour ; if not dark enough, add more copperas. It
is dark and permanent.
5. WINE COLOR.— For 5 lbs. goods— camwood 2 lbs. ;
boil 15 minutes and dip the goods £ hour ; boil again and
dip J hour; then darken with blue vitriol 1£ ozs.; if not
dark enough, add copperas £ oz.
6. MADDER RED.- To each lb. of goods— alum 5
ozs. ; red, or cream of tartar I oz. ; put in the goods and
bring your kettle to a boil for £ hour ; then air them and boil
£ hour longer ; then empty your kettle and fill with clean
water, put in bran 1 peck; make it milk warm and let it
stand until the bran rises, then skim off the bran and put
in madder £ lb. ; put in your goods and heat slowly until it
boils and is done. Wash in strong suds.
7. GREEN — On Wool or Silk, with Oak Bark. —
Make a strong yellow dye of yellow oak and hickory bark,
in equal quantities. Add the extract of indigo, or cheniic,
(which see,) 1 table-spoon at a time, until you get the shade
of color desired. Or :
8. GREEN— With Fustic. — For each lb. of goods-
fustic 1 lb. ; with alum 3£ ozs. Steep until the strength is
out, and soak the goods therein until a good yellow is ob-
tained ; then remove the chips, and add extract of indigo
or chemic, 1 table-spoon at a time, until the color suits.
9. BLUE-— Quick Process.— For 2 lbs. of goods, — alum
5 ozs. ; cream of tartar 3 ozs. ; boil the goods in this for 1
hour ; then throw the goods into warm water, which has
more or less of the extract of indigo in it, according to the
depth of color desired, and boil again until it suits, adding
more of the blue if needed. Ii is quick and permanent.
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10. STOCKING YARN, OR WOOL TO COLOR—
Between a Blue and Purple. — For 5 lbs. of wool bi-
chromate of potasli 1 oz. ] alum 2 ozs. ; dissolve them and
bring the water to a boil, putting in the wool and boiling 1
hour ) then throw away the dye and make another dye with
logwood chips 1 lb., or extract of logwood 21 ozs., and boi)
1 hour. This also works very prettily on silk.
N B. — Whenever you make a dye with logwood chipf
eitner boil the chips 1 hour and pour off the dye, or tie u
the chips in a bag and boil with the wool or other goods
or take 2 J ozs. of the extract in place of 1 lb. of the chip*
Is lews trouble and generally the better plan. In the abov
recipe the more logwood that is used the darker will be th
shade.
11. SCARLET, WITH COCHINEAL-— For Yarn ok
Olotb. — For 1 lb. of goods — cream of tartar 1 oz. ; coch-
ineal, well pulverized, 1 oz. ; muriate of tin 21 ozs. ; then
boil up the dye and enter the goods ; work them briskly for
10 or lb minutes, after which boil H hours, stirring the
goods slowly while boiling, wash in clear water and dry in
the shade.
12. PINK.— For 3 lbs. of goods—alum 3 ozs., boil and
dip the goods 1 hour ; then add, to the dye, cream of tar-
tar 4 ozs. , cochineal, well pulverized, 1 oz. ; boil well and
dip the goods while boiling, until the color suits.
13. ORANGE.— For 5 lbs. goods— muriate of tin 6
table-spoons ; argal 4 ozs. ; boil and dip 1 hour ; then add.
to the dye, ttistic 21 lbs. ; boil 10 minutes, and dip 1 hour,
and add, again, to the dye, madder 1 tea-cup ; dip again 1
hour.
N. B. — Cochineal in place of madder makes a much
brighter color, which should be added in small quantities
raitil pleased. About 2 ozs.
14. LAC RED.— For 5 lbs. goods— argal 10 ozs. ; boil a
few minutes ; then mix fine ground lac 1 lb. with muriate
of tin It lbs., and let them stand 2 or 3 hours; then add hall
oi the lac to the argal dye, and dip } hour ; then add the
balance of the **\c and dip again 1 hour ; keep the dye at a
boiling heat, vj ' il the last half hour, when the dye may ho
cooled off,
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15. PURPLE.— For 5 lbs. goods— cream of tartai 4
ozs ; alum 6 ozs. ; cochineal, well pulverized, 2 ozs. ; mwi-
ate of tin i tea-cup. Boil the cream of tartar, alum and
tin, 15 minutes ; then put in the cochineal and boil 5 min-
utes ; dip the goods 2 hours ; then make a new dye with
alum 4 ozs. ; Brazil wood 6 ozs. ; logwood 14 ozs.; muriate
of tin 1 tea-cup, with a little chemic; work again until
j leased.
16. SILVER DRAB— Light.— For 5 lbs. goods— alum
1 small tea-spoon, and logwood about the same amount ; boil
well together, then dip the goods 1 hour; if not dark
enough, add in equal quantities alum and logwood, until
suited.
17. SLATE, ON WOOLEN OR COTTON— With
Beach Bark. — Boil the bark in an iron kettle, skim out
the chips after it has boiled sufficiently, and then add cop-
peras to set the dye. If you wish it very dark add more
copperas. This is excellent for stockings.
18. EXTRACT OF INDIGO OR CHEMIC— To
Make. — For good chemic or extract of indigo, take oil of
vitriol J lb., and stir into it indigo, finely ground, 2 ozs.,
continuing the stirring at first for i hour; now cover over,
and stir 3 or 4 times daily for 2 or 3 days ; then put in a
crumb of saleratus and stir it up, and if it foams, put in
more and stir, and add as long as it foams ; the saleratus
neutralizes any excess of acid ; then put into a glass vessel
and cork up tight. It improves by standing. Druggists
keep this prepared.
19. WOOL — To Cleanse. — Make a liquid of water 3
parts and urine 1 part ; heat it as hot as you can bear the
hand in it; then put in the wool, a little at a tiinr, so as
not to have it crowd ; let it remain in for 15 minutes ; take
it out over a basket to drain ; then rinse in running water,
and spread it out to dry ; thus proceed in the same liquor;
when it gets reduced fill it up, in the same proportion^
keeping it at hand heat, all the time not using any soap.
20. DARK COLORS-To Extract and Insert Light.
— This recipe is calculated for carpet rags. In the first
place let the rags be washed clean — the black or brown rags
san be colored red, or purple, at the option of the dyer ; to cU
COLORING DEPARTMENT. 347
this, take, for every 5 lbs black or brown rags muriate of
tin f lb. ; and the lac \ lb. ; mixed with the same, as for
the lac red; dip the goods in this dye 2 hours, boiling i of
the time, if not red enough add more tin and lac. The
goods can then be made a purple, by adding^a little logwood ;
be careful, and not get in but a very small handful, as more
can be added if not enough. White rags make a beautiful
xppearance in a carpet, by tying them in the skein and col-
ring them red, green or purple ; gray rags will take a very
i.ood green, — the coloring will be in proportion to the dark-
less of mix.
DURABLE COLORS ON COTTON.
1. BLACK. — For 5 lbs. goods — sumac, wood and bark
together, 3 lbs. ; boil £ hour, and let the goods steep 12
hours ; then dip in lime water $ hour ; then take out the
goods and let them drip an hour ; now add to the sumac
liquor, copperas 8 ozs., and dip another hour ; then run
them through the tub of lime water -again for 15 minutes •
now make a new dye with logwood 2 J lbs., by boiling 1
hour, and dip again 3 hours ; now add bi-chromate of pot-
ash 2 oz<s., to the logwood dye, and dip 1 hour. Wash in
clear cold water and dry in the shade. You may say this
is doing too much. You cannot get a permanent black on
cotton with less labor.
2. SKY. BLUE.— For 3 lbs. goods— blue vitriol 4 ozs.;
Doil a few minutes ; then dip the goods 3 hours, after which
pass them through strong lime water. You can make t\\\s
eolor a beautiful brown by putting the goods through a so-
lution of Prussiate of potash.
3. LIME WATER, AND STRONG LIME WATER.—
For Coloring. — Lime water is made by putting stone lime 1
lb., and strong lime water, 1$ lbs. into a pail of water, slack-
ing, stirring, and letting it stand until it becomes clear, then
turn into a tub of water, in which dip the goods.
4. BLUE, ON COTTON OR LINEN— With Logwood
In all cases, if new, they should be boiled in a strong soap
suds or weak-lye and rinsed clean ; then for cotton 5 lbs.
or linen 3 lbs., take bi-chromate of poj^h f lb. ; put in
the goods and dip 2 hours, then take out, rinse ; make a
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ayo with logwood 4 lbs. ; dip in this 1 hour, air, ai I let
stand in the dye 3 or 4 hours, or till the dye is almost cold,
wash out and dry.
5. BLUE ON COTTON— without Logwood.— if or 5
lbs. of rags — copperas 4 ozs.; boil and dip 15 minutes ; theD
dip in strong suds, and back to the dye 2 or 3 times; then
make a dye with prussiate of potash 1 oz.; oil of vitriol &
table-spoons ; boil 30 minutes and rinse ; then dry.
6. GREEN. — If the cotton is new, boil in weak-lye or
strong suds ; then wash and dry ; give the cotton a dip in
the home-made blue dye-tub until blue enough is obtained
to make the green as dark as required, take out, dry, and
rinse the goods a little ; then make a dye with fustic J lb. ;
logwood 3 ozs. to each lb. of goods, by boiling the dye 1
hour ; when cooled so as to bear the hand, put in the cot-
ton, move briskly a few minutes, and let lay in 1 hoar;
take out and let it thoroughly drain ; dissolve and add to
the dye, for each lb. of cotton, blue-vitriol i oz., and t*ip
another hour ; wring out and let dry in the shade. By ad-
ding or diminishing the logwood and fustic, any shade of
green may be obtained.
7. YELLOW. — For 5 lbs. of goods — sugar of lead 7 ozs. ;
dip the goods 2 hours ; make a n-ew dye with bi-chromate
of potash 4 ozs. ; dip until the color suits, wring out and
dry, if not yellow enough repeat, the operation.
8. ORANGE.— For 5 lbs. goods — sugar of lead 4 ozs. ;
boil a few minutes, and wh-en a little cool put in the goods,
dip 2 hours, wring out ; make a new dye with bi-chromatc
of potash 8 ozs. ; madder 2 ozs. ; dip until it suits ; if the
color should be too red, take off a small sample and dip it
into lime water, when the choice can be taken of the sam
pie dipped in the lime or the original color.
8. RED. — Take muriate of tin % of a tea-cup ; add suffix
ient water to cover the goods well, bring it to a boiling
£eat, putting in the goods 1 hour, stirring often ; take out
the goods and empty the kettle and put in clean water, witn
nic-wood 1 lb., steeping it for i hour, at hand heat ; then
put in the goods and increase the heat for 1 hear, not bring-
ing to a boil at all ; air the goods and dip an hour as be
lore j wash without soap.
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D. MURIATE OP TIN— Tin Liquor— If druggists
*eep it, it is best to purchase of them already made ; but if
you prefer, proceed as follows :
Get at a tinner's shop, block tin ; put it in a shovel and
melt it. After it is melted, pour it from the hight of 4 or
5 feet into a pail of clear water. The object of this is to
have the tin in small particles, so that the acid can dissolve
it. Take it out of the water and dry it ; then put it into a
strong glass bottle ; pour over k muriatic aeid 12 ozs. ; then
slowly, add sulphuric acid 8 ozs. The acid should be add-
ed about a table-spoon at a time, at intervals of 5 or 8 min-
utes, for if you add it too rapidly you run the risk of
breaking the bottle by hea-t. After you have all the acid
in, let the bottle stand until the ebullition subsides ; then
stop it up with a bees-wax or glass stopper, and set it away,
and it will keep good for a year or more, or will be fit for
use in 24 hours.
COLORS ON SILK GOODS.
GREEN — Very Handsome with Oak Bark. — For 1
lb. of silk — yellow oak bark 8 ozs. ; boil it i hour ; turn
off the liquor from the bark and add alum 6 ozs. ; let stand
until cold ; while this dye is being made, color the goods iu
the blue dye-tub, a light blue ; dry and wash ; then dip in
the alum and bark dye ; if it does not take well, warm the
dye a little.
2. GREEN OR YELLOW— On Silk or Wool, in
Five to Fifteen Minutes. — For 5 lbs. of goods — black
oak bark or peach leaves $ peck ; boil well ; then take out
the bark or leaves, and add muriate of tin J tea-cup, stir-
ring well ) then put in the goods and stir them round, and
it will dye a deisp yellow in from 5 to 15 minutes, according
to tho "strength of the bark; take out the goods, rinse and
dry immediately
N B. — For a green, add, to the above dye, extract of
indigo, or chemic 1 table-spoon only, at a time, and work
the goods 5 minutes, and air ; if not sufficiently dark use
fctas same amount of chemic as before, and work again until
it suits.
3. MULBERRY— For 1 lb. of silk— alum 4 ozs. ; dip 1
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hour ; wash out, and make a dye with Brazil wood 1 oz.,
and logwood J oz. by boiling together ; dip in this i hour,
then add more Brazil wood and logwood, in equal propor-
tions, until the color is dark enough.
1. BLACK. — Make a weak dye as you would for black
on woolens, work the goods in bi-chromate of potash, at a
little below boiling heat, then dip in the logwood in the
same way ; if colored in the blue vitriol dye, use about the
same heat.
5. SPOTS — To Remove and Prevent when Color-
ing Black on Silk or Woolen. — N. B. In dyeing silk or
woolen goods, if they should become rusty or spotted, all
that is necessary is to make a weak-lye, and have it scalding
hot, and put your goods in for 15 minutes ; or throw
some ashes into your dye, and run your goods in it 5
minutes, and they will come out a jet black, and an even
color. I will warrant it. — Storms.
The reason that spots of brown, or rust, as it is generally
called, appear on black cloths, is that these parts take the
3olor faster than the other parts ; but I have no doubt Mr.
^torms' plan will remove them, for he regretted much to
make public the information, which he says is not generally
known. And if the precaution, given in our leading re-
marks on coloring, are heeded, there will be but very little
danger of spotting at all.
6. LIGHT CHEMIC BLUE.— For cold water 1 gal.,
dissolve alum J table-spoon, in hot water 1 tea-cup, and add
to it ; then add chemic 1 tea-spoon at a time, to obtain the
desired color, — the more chemic that is used, the darker
will be the color.
7 PUIIPLE.— For 1 lb. of silk— having first obtained
a light blue by dipping in t4ie home-made blue dye- tub, an-d
dried, dip in alum 4 ozs., to sufficient water to cover, whea
a little warm ; if the color is not full enough add a little
chemio.
6. YELLOW, — Fori lb. of silk — alum 8 ozs.; sugar ot
lead f ozs ; immerse the goods in the solution over night ;
take out, drain, and make a new dye with fustic 1 lb. ; dip
until the required color is obtained.
N. B. The yellow or green, for wool, works equally welJ
on silk.
COLORING DEPARTMENT. 351
9. ORANGE. — Take anotta and soda, and add in equal
quantities, according to the amount of goods and darkness
of the color wanted : Say 1 oz. of each, to each pound of silk,
and repeat as desired.
10. CRIMSON.— For 1 lb. of silk— alum 3 ozs.; dip at
hand-heat 1 hour ; take out and drain, while making a new
dye, by boiling 10 minutes, cochineal- 3 ozs. ; bruised nut-
galls 2 ozs. ; and cream of tartar } oz., in one pail of water ;
tfhen a little cool, begin to d ; .p, raising the heat to a boil
continuing to dip 1 hour ; wash and dry.
11. CINNAMON OR BROWN ON COTTON AND
SILK. — By a New Process — Very Beautiful. — Give
the goods as much color, from a solution of blue vitriol 2
ozs., to water 1 gallon, as it will take up in dipping
15 minutes; then run it through lime-water; this will
make a beautiful sky-blue, of much durability ; it has now
to be run through a solution of Prussiate of potash 1 oz.,
to water 1 gal. *
TABLES AND EXPLANATIONS OF INTEREST.
INTEREST — Legal Rates allowed in each of the
DIFFERENT STATES ] ALSO, SHOWING WHAT RATES MAY
be contracted for, and collected ; and giving the
Forfeitures when Illegal rates are Attempted to
be collected. — First, then Six percent is the Legal rate
in the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, Vermont, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, {Eight per cent, is allowed
in this State if agreed upon), Mississippi, Tennessee, Ar^
kansas, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa,
and New Jersey, excepting, in Hudson and Essex Counties,
and the city of Patterson, in this last State, Seven per cent
is. allowed, when either of the parties reside therein.
Second \ Seven per cent, is the Legal rate in Michigan,
New York, Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Carolina, and
Georgia.
Third ) Ten per cent, is the Legal rate in California ;
Eight per cent, in Alabama and Texas, and as strange as it
may appear, in Louisiana only Five per cent.
Maine and Vermont allow no higher than iegai interest
to be collected, even if agreed upon. And if paid it c&a
be recovered again, but no forfeiture.
In New Hampshire, three times the legal rate is forfeited,
if unlawfully taken.
Rhode Island, has no forfeiture, but allows legal interest
to be collected, even on usurious contracts.
In Connecticut, if usurious contracts are made, the prin-
ciple only can be collected, to the lender, or, if collected,
van be recovered, one-half to the informer, the other half to
the State Treasury.
New York voids usurious contracts ; but, if paid, only
allows the excess over legal rates to be collected back.
New Jersey, also, voids usurious contracts, reserving half
to the State, and half to the informer.
Pennsylvania allows only legal interest to be collected*
'352}
INTEREST DEPARTMENT. 353
Dele ware allows usurious contracts to be collected, half to
fcbe State and half to the prosecutor.
Maryland allows only legal rates to be collected.
Virginia voids the contract, and doubles the debt, half to
the informer and half to the State.
Vorth Carolina is the same as Virginia.
South Carolina, Florida, and Alabama, allow forfeitures
jf only the interest,
In Mississippi, although six per cent, is the legal interest
on common debts, yet for money, actually borrowed, eigiU
per cent is allowed, and although a rate may be agreed upon
above what the law allows, simple interest may still be col-
lected.
Louisiana, although allowiug Qu\y Jive per cent, where no
stipulation is made, permits eight per cent, in agreement, aud
jiank interest to be six per cent.
In Texas, although eight per cent, only is the legal rate,
yet twelve may be contracted for, but if higher rates an
agreed upon, none can be collected.
Arkansas allows as high as ten per cent, on contract, but
voids usurious contracts.
Tennessee allows a fine to be collected not less ia amount
than is unlawfully taken.
Kentucky only voids usurious excesses.
Michigan and allow ten per cent, to be contracted
for, and void only excesses, if any are taken.
Indiana allows only her legal rates to be contraeted for,
^nd may be collected back, if, in any case, it should be ob-
tained.
Illinois allows ten per cent, on money, actually borrowed,
nud only lawful rates can be collected.
In Missouri, ten per cent may be contracted for, but for-
feits ten per cent, to the eommon school fund, in cases where
more than lawful rates are obtained.
Iowa permits ten per cent, to be agreed upon, and allows
ill illegal interest to be collected back
— <XiVY hinniT sec ii up: 0.
854
Wisconsin formerly permitted twelve per cent, to be agreed
upon, and those who paid more than lawful rates might re--
cover back three times the amount paid ; but more recently
allows only scv J>er cent., and makes all above that amount
usurious.
California and Minnesota allow any rate agreed upon to be
collected .
The interest which the State allows to be collected on notes
drawn, " with use," not specifying the rate, is called legal,
and that which some States allow to be contracted for, above
the legal rate is lawful; but when a larger rate is taken, or
agreed upon, it is called usurious, and subjects the person
agreeing for it, or receiving it, to the penalties, or forfeitures^
as given in the foregoing explanations.
Any Agent, or other person, who may know of Any
changes in their States from these rules, will confer a fr»*
on the Author by communicating the same.
EXPLANATIONS OF THE INTEREST TABLES.
EXAMPLE:
Desired to obtain the interest on $1,111 00, for 1 year, 4
oa<»nths, and 27 days, at 6 per cent.
Turning to the tables you will see that the time is given
in the left-hand column, the amounts on which you desire
to find the interest are given at the heads of the various
right-hand columns, the sum sought is found at the meeting
of the lines to the right of the time, and down from the
amount, as follows:
The interest on 81,000, 1 year, at G per cent, $60,00
" " < 4 100, " u " " " 6,00
u *< u 20 " il u u " *. 60
V H « ] i U It (i il QQ
" " " 1,000' 4 months, « " « WW /. 20,00
" " « 100, " " " " " 2,00
« « << 10 a u " " u 20
U U U 2 U U it *( U ^ Q2
« « " 1,000,' 27 days, " « " ...... 4,50
« « « J()0 U << U U U ^ 45
u u u 20 u " " u u 05
u a a ^ " " u " " 00
Tf hole sum of interest sought, $93,88
In the same manner, proceed with any other amounts, or
any other time, or rate per cent. ; and if for more than one
year, multiply the interest for 1 year by the number of years
for whbh the interest is sought; if for twenty, thirty, sixty,
or any other amount between ten and one hundred dollars,
multiply the interest on teu dollars, by the number of tens
in the amount, which gives you the whole sum of interest
Bought ; the same rule holds good on hundreds, between
one hundred* and one thousand, and also, on thousands.
To find interest at 5 per cent, take one-half of the 10
per cent rate.
And, of course, the principle works the same on all of
vhe tables, for the diflerent rates of per ceut.
(355)
856 dr. chase's recipes.
INTEBEST TABLE.
SIX PER CENT.
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$2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7 $8 $9
$10
$100
$1000
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§
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TNTEBEST TA-IBXilE.
859
NINE PER CENT.
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RULES FOR ADMINISTERING MEDICINES, HAVING
REFERENCE TO AGE AND SEX.
For an adult, (a person of 40 years,) the dose of common
medicines is allowed to be about 1 drachm, 60 grains.
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For babes, under 1 year, the dose should go down by
month*, at about the same rate as by years, for those over a
year.
Again, for persons in advanced life, say from 60 years, the
dose must begin to lessen about 5 grains, and from that on, 5
grains for each additional 10 years.
Females, however, need a little less, generally than males.
The above rules hold good in all medicines, except castor
oil, the proportion of which cannot be reduced so much, and
opium, and its various preparations, which must be reduced
generally, in a little greater proportion.
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Explanations of Medical Abbreviations, Apoth-
ecaries Weights and Measures.
One pound (lb.) contains 12 ounces.
One ounce (oz.) " 8 drachms.
One drachm (dr.) " 3 scruples.
One scruple (scru.) " 20 grains, (gr.)
LIQUID MEASURE.
One pint contains 16 fluid ozs., 4 gills.
One ounce " 8 " drs., 14 "
One table-spoon " about half a fluid ounce.
One tea-spoon " " one fluid drachm.
Sixty drops make about one tea-spoon.
Whenever a tea, or table-spoon is mentioned, it means the
same as it would to say spoonful ; the same of cup, in fluid
measures ; but in dry measures, where a spoon, or spoonful
is mentioned, the design is that the spoon should be taken up
moderately rounding, unless otherwise mentioned.
EXPLANATION OF TECHNICAL TERMS FOUND IN
MEDICAL WORKS.
Abdomen. .The lower front part of the hody.
Aromatic. .Spicy and fragrant drugs ; used to prevent grip©-
ing of drastic purgatives.
Aperient. .A gentle laxative or purgative.
A cidity .. Sourness. Acids neutralize alkalies.
Alkaline . .Having the properties of alkali. Alkalies neu-
tralize acids.
Antacid .Medicines which neutralize acids.
Anti. . Beiug prefixed to any word signifies against.
Antiscorbutic. .Alteratives for Scrofula; blood purifiers.
Antisi/philitic. . Remedy for Venerial diseases.
Albus. .White, hence whites ; fluor albus.
Aiitkialagogue. . Remedy for Salivation.
Antiseptic. .That which will prevent putrefaction.
Antiphlogistic . .Remedy for ferer and inflammation
Antispasmodic. .Remedy for Spasms, cramps, or convulsions.
Amntyne..A medicine which will allay pain and produce
sleepiness.
Alterative. .Medicines which will gradually restore healthy
action.
Astringent. . Medicines which constringe, draw up surfaces
with which they come iu contact ; used in Flood-
ing, Diarrhea, Whites, &c.
Abscess. .A cavity containing pus.
Anemia. ."Without blood, more properly blood without its
proportion of iron, which gives it the bright red,
Aloine. .Relating to the intestines.
Aliment.. Any kind of food.
Alimentary Canal. .The entire passage through the who lo
intestines from mouth to anus; the passage for
the alimeut.
Albumen. .An element found iu both animal and vegetable
substances, constituting the chief part of the
white of eggs.
Antimonial. .Medicines containing antimony,
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Anus., The external opening of the rectum, lower intes^
tine.
Antiperiodic . .That which cures periodic diseases, as Ague >
Intermittent Fevers.
Antidote . . An opposing medicine, used chiefly against poison
Adult. .A person of full growth.
Aqua. .Water.
Aqua Ammonia. .Water of Ammonia.
Amenorrhea. .Absence of the menses.
Antiemetic. .That which will slop vomiting; against emesia.
Arsenia . . A metal, the oxide of which is arsenious acid ;
commonly called ratsbane.
Abortion.. A premature birth, or miscarriage.
Abortives. .That which will cause abortion.
Abrasion. .Bruising the skin.
Acetate. .A salt prepared with acetic acid.
Acrid. .Irritating, biting.
Adhesive. .Applied to sticking plasters, and to parts adher
iug from inflammations.
Balm. .Aromatic and fragrant medicine, usually anoint
ment.
Balsam. . Resinous suostanccs, possessing healing proper
ties.
Basilicon. .An ointment containing wax, rosin, &c.
Belladonna. .Nightshade.
Bcryanwt. .Perfume made from the lemon peel.
Bile.. A secretion from the liver.
Bilious. . An undue amount of bile.
Bi -tartrate of 1'otanh. .Cream of tartar.
Blanch. .To whiten.
Bowels . . Intestines.
Bolus. .A large pill.
Bronchia . . Branches of the windpipe.
Bronchitis. .Inflammation of the bronchial tubes, which lead
into the lungs.
Bronchocele. .Enlargement of the thyroid gland, enlarged
neck.
Butyric Acid. .An acid obtained from butter.
Calcium. .The metalic basis of lims, (see fluor spar.)
Calimus .. Sweet flag
Calcareous. .A substance containing chalk or lime.
GLOSSAltlAL DEPARTMENT. 365
Calcined. .Burned so as to be easily reduced to powder.
Calculus. .Stone or gravel found in the bladder, gall ducts,
kidneys, and ureters ; ducts which lead from the
kidneys to the bladder.
Calfous. .A hard bony substance or growth.
Capsicum. .Cayenne pepper.
Catarrh. .Flow of mucus.
Cathartic. .An active purgative.
Catlteter. .Tube for emptying the bladder.
Carminative. .An aromatic medicine.
Caustic. .A corroding or destroying substance, as nitrate of
silver, potash, &c.
Citric Acid. .Acid made from lemons.
Chronic. .Of long standing.
Collapse . . A recession of the blood from the surface.
Coma . . Stupor.
Constipation . . Costiveness.
Contagious. .A disease which may be given to another by
^ contact.
Counter. .To work against, as counter-irritant, Spanish-flies, i
draughts to the feet, &c. k
Congestion . . Accumulation of blood in a part, unduly. f
Convalescence. .Improvement in health.
Cuticle . . The outer or first portion of the skin, which con-
sists of three coat*.
Datura Stramonium. .Stink-weed, jimpson, &c.
Diaphoretics . .Medicines which aid or produce perspiration.
Decoction . . To prepare by boiling.
Dentrifice. .A preparation to cleanse the teeth.
Defecation . . To pass the feces, to go to stool.
Dentition . . x \ct or process of cutting teeth.
Desiccation . . To dry, act of drying.
Demulcent. .Mucilaginous, as flax-sefed and gum arabio.
Dermoid. .Resembling, or relating to the skin.
Detergents . . Cleansing medicines, as laxatives and purga-
tives.
Diagnosis. .To discriminate disease.
Diaphragm . . Midriff.
Diarrhea . . Looseness of the bowels.
Digest. . Assimilation or conversion of food into chyme — to
prepare medicines with continuod, gentle heat.
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Discutient. .A medicine which will scatter or drive away
tumors.
Diuretic . .That which increases the amount of urine. V
Diluted. . Reduced with water, as dilute alcohol, half alcohol
and half water.
Digitalis. .Fox-glove, a narcotic.
Dorsal. .Haying reference to the back.
Douche. .A dash, or stream upon any part.
Drachm. .Sixty grains, a tea-spoonful, or a tea-spoon of
Dulcamara . .The bitter-sweet, or woody nightshade.
Dyspepsia . . Difficult digestion.
Dysphoria. .Difficulty in speaking,
Dysuria. .Difficult or painful urination.
Eau . . Water.
Eau tic Cologne, .Cologne water.
Ebulition-. .To boil.
Eclectic. .To choose.
Eclectic Physician. .One who professes to be liberal *a
views, independent of party, and who f& ai
progress and reform in medicine.
Effervesce. .To foam.
Efflorescence. .Redness of the general surface.
Effete. .Worn out, waste matter.
Elaterium. .Fruit of the wild cucumber, a hydragogue.
Electuary — Medicine prepared at the consistence of hoaey
Elixir, .A tincture prepared with more than one article.
Emesis. .The act of vomiting.
Emetic. . Medicines which produce emesis, vomiting.
Emmenagogue . . A medicine which will aid or bring on the
menses.
Emollien is. .Softening and screening medicines, slippery-
elm bark, flax-seed, gums, &c.
Emulsio n. .Mucilage, from the emolients.
Enema. .An injection by the rectum.
Ennui. .Lassitude, dullness of spirit, disgust of condition, &e
Epi . . Above, or over.
Epidermis . .Outer skin
Epigastrium . . Region of the pit of the stomach.
Epilepsy . . Convulsion tits, with los* of sense for t.ne me
foaming at the mouth, and stupor.
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Epiglottic .Trap-door cartilage at the root of the tongue,
preventing food, or fluid, from entering the
wind-pipe.
Epistaxis . . Nose bleed.
Ergot . . Spurred rye.
Eructation, .Raising wind from the stomach, belching.
Eruption.. Pimples or blotches on tho skin, or pustules
from small-pox.
Eschar — A slough on the surface.
Escharotic . . That which will destroy the flesh.
Essential. .Having reference to essences made from essen
. tial oils and alcohol.
Ether. .A volatile fluid.
Etherial Oil. .Volatile oil.
Eustachian Tube . . A tube leading from the side of the
throat to the internal ear.
Eversion. .Turning inside out.
Evacuation . . To discharge by stool, to haste-away. [See
the remarks in the body of the work, on " Cos-
tiveness.
Evaporation . , To escape in vapor.
Exacerbation. .Violent increase in disease.
Exanthemata. .Eruptive disease, as small-pox, scarlet fever,
measles, &c.
Excrement. .The feces, that which passes by stool.
Excretion . . That which is thrown off, become useless.
Excoriation . . Abrasion, to bruise the skin.
Exhalents . . Vessels which throw out fluid upon the exter-
nal or internal surface of the body.
Ezpectorants . . That winch produces, or aids a discharge of
mucus from the bronchial tubes, or from the
lungs.
Excision — To cut off an extremity
Extremity . . Applied to the arms and legs, called upper and
lower extremities.
Exterpation . . To cut out, or to remove a part.
Extract. .To take out, as a tooth, to extract a bail or an*
foreign substance from a wound — an active
principle obtained from vegetables.
Express. .To press out juices.
Excresoence . . An unnatural growth,
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Extravasation .. . A collection of blood into a canty, or un-
der the skin.
Facial. . Belonging to, or having reference to the face.
Farina. .Meal, or flour, from vegetables.
Farcy . . A disease of the lymphatic vessels in the skia irf
the flanks of a horse.
Fauces. .The pharynx and back part Df the mouth.
Fascicular . . A bundle, in bundles.
Feces. .That which passes by stool.
Febrile . . Having reference to fevers.
Febrifuge. .Medicines to drive away fever, producing per-
spiration.
Felon. .A deep abscess of the finger, involving the bone, be-
cause under the periosteum, the membran*
which covers the bone.
Femur. .The thigh bone.
Femoral, .Relating to the thigh.
Ferment. .To oxidize, to effervesce, to work, as emptyings,
beer, wine, cider, &e.
Fermentation . . To sour, to decompose, both heat and moist
ure being necessary to keep it up.
Ferri Limatnra. .Iron-filings, very valuable in female de-
bility, and for males of a weak habit of body.
Ferrwni. .Iron.
Fever. .That which "Old School Physicians" call a disease,
whilst another class (the Thomsonians) say it
is an effort of nature to throw off disease ; but
Eclectics take it as an indication that the circu-
lating medium is not regular, and go to work at
once to equalize the circulation, by the use of
diaphoretics, combined with tonics and deter-
gents, which soon sets all to-rights ; for fever
and perspiration cannot long exist together.
Bilter. .To strain through paper made for that purpose.
Fibre.. A very small, thread-like substance of animal or
vegetable matter.
Fibula. .The smallest bone of the leg below the knee.
Fistula. .An ulcer.
Flaccid. .Flabby, soft, relaxed.
Flabby . . Loose and soft to the touch.
Flatus. .To inflate the stomach or bowels with gas.
GLOSSARIAL DEPARTMENT. 309
Fluoric Acid.. A fluid obtained from the fluor spar out
with sulphuric acid.
Flatulence . . Gas in the stomach.
Flooding. .Uterine hemorrhage.
Fluor . . An increased discharge, to flow
Fluor Spar . . Fluoride of calcium.
Fluor Alius. .White flow, leucorrhea, whites, &c.
Flux . . To flow, diarrhea.
Friction . . Rubbing with the dry hand, or dry coarse cloth.
Fumigate . . To smoke a room, or any article needing to be
cleansed.
Fundament .. . The anus.
Formula . . Medical prescription.
Fulminating Powder . . An explosive preparation, used in
fireworks.
Function. .The particular action of an organ, as Jie function
of the stomach, liver, lungs, heart, &c.
Fungus. .Spongy flesh in wounds, proud-flesh, a soft cancer,
which bleeds upon touching its broken surface
Fusion . . To fuse, to melt.
Furor. .Very violent delirium, not accompanied by fever.
Galhanum . . A resinous gum, from a genus of plants.
Genus. .Family of plants, a group, all of a class, or nature.
Gail, .Bile;
Gall Bladder . . A bag which receives the gall, or bile,
through ducts, from the liver, delivering it to
the stomach, in health, through the duct called
communis choledochus.
Gall Stones. .Hard biliary concretions foui-id in the gall
bladder, and sometimes causing death, from not
being able to pass through the ductus com-
munis.
Gatta, .The gall-nut, an excrescence found upon the oak.
Gallic Acid. . An acid from the nut-gall.
Galipot. . A glazed jar, used for putting up gummy extracts.
Galvanic. .Having reference to galvanism.
Gamboge. .A drastic purgative, unless combined with aro-
matics.
Gangrene, .Partial death of a part, often ending in entire
mortification of the part, and sometimes of tba
whole body.
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Ganglion.. & knot, or lump on tendons, ligaments, oi
nerves.
Gaseous, .Having the nature of gas.
Gastric. .Of, or belonging to the stomach.
Gastric Juice. .Secretion of the stomach.
Gastritis .. Inflammation of the stomach.
Gastrodynia. .Pain in the stomach, sometimes with spasic
of the stomach.
Gelatine. .Isinglass.
Gelatinous. .Like jelly.
Genitals. .BeloLging to generation, the sexual organs.
Gentian. .An European root, possessing tonic properties.
Genu . . The knee.
Genuflexion. .Bending the knee, kneeling.
Germ. .The vital principle, or life-spark.
Gestation . . To be pregnant.
Gland. .Secreting organs having ducts emptying into cavi-
ties, which often become obstructed, causing
them to enlarge ; hence, the enlargement of trie
thyroid gland in the neck, causing bronchoeele.
Glans. .A gland.
Gleet. .Chronic gonorrhea.
Globules. .Small round particles,"having special reference w
particles of the red part of the blood.
Glossa . . The tongue ; a smooth tongue.
Gloss . . To give a lustre ; to comment ; to write or make ex.
planations.
Glossarist. .A writer of glosses or comments.
Glossary . . An explanation of words.
Glossarial. .Containing explanations.
Glossitis . . Inflammation of ihe tongue.
Glottis. .The opening into the wind-pipe, at the root of the
tongue, larynx, covered by the epiglottis.
Gluten . . Coagulable lymph, white of an egg, a principle in
wheat and other vegetables.
Glutton . . One who eats excessively.
Gonorrhea .. An infectious discharge from the genital or-
gans.
Gout. .Painful inflammation of the joints of the toes, or of
the fingers.
Granule. .A small particle of healthy matter, not pua
GLOSSAIUAL DEPARTMENT. **7l
Granulation. . Healing up of an ulcer or wound with healthy
matter.
Gravd. . Crystaline particles in the urine.
Green- Sickness. .Chlorosis, debility requiring iron.
Griping . . Grinding pain in the stomach, or bowels.
Gutta. .One drop, drops.
Gutta Percha. .Dried juice of a genus of trees Isonandra
gutta.
Guttural. .Relating to the throat.
Gymnasium . . A place for sportive exercise, which is very
valuable to those who cannot or will not take
exercise for the sake of dollars and cents.
Gypsum . . Sulphate of lime, more commonly called plaster
of Paris, because first introduced from that
place.
pabit. .Good or bad habit, constitutionally, or prejudicially
predisposed to do some particular thing ; medi-
cally, as consumptive habit, rheumatic habit, &c.
Hema . . Blood, prefixed to other words.
Hematemesis. .Hemorrhage from the stomach
Hematuria . . Hemorrhage from the bladder
Hemoptysis . . Hemorrhage from the lungs.
Hemorrhoids. .Piles, bleeding piles.
Henbane. .Hyoscyamus.
Hereditary . . Disease from parents.
Hernia. .Rupture, which permits a part of the bowel to pro-
trude.
Herpes . . Disease of the skin.
Hiera Pier a . . A medicine containing aloes.
Humerus. .The single bone of the upper arm.
Humeral. . Pertaining to the arm.
Humors. .The fluids of the body, excluding the blood.
Hydragogues. .Medicines which produce watery discharge*,
used in dropsy, as elaterium.
Hydrargyrum . . Metalic mercury, quicksilver, Doctors' name
for calomel.
Hydrocyanic Acid. .Prussic acid, nothing more poisonous.
Hydrofluoric Acid. .Same as fluoric acid.
Hygea. .Health.
Hygiene. . Pieseiving health by diet and other precautions.
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Hypo . . Signifies low, a low state of health, more annoying
to the sufferers than to their friends, who are
constantly boring them about it ) called hysterica
.n women, (from hysteria, the womb or uterus,)
but blues only, when it gets hold of men ; they
come from the same cause, general debility *
takes a strong remedy, iron, as medicine.
Ihjpoglottis . . Under the tongue.
Hysteria, .The uterus, (womb,) also disease, depending up-
on, or caused by uterine irregularities
Ilysteritis . . Inflammation af the uterus.
Ichor.. A.n acrid, biting, watery discharge from ulcers, often
corroding, eating the surface.
Icterus. .Jaundice, a bilious disease, which shows itself by
yellowness of the eyes and skin.
Icterus Albus. .Chlorosis, whites, ko.
Ignition . . To catch on fire, from Ignis, fire.
Ileus. .Cholic in the small intestines.
Iliac. .Situated near the flank.
Iliac Region. .Sides of the abdomen between the ribs and
the thighs.
Imbecile . . One of weak mind, imbecility.
Imbibe. .To absorb, to drink.
Imbricate . . To over-lap, as tiles on a house
Immerse . . To plunge under water.
Immobile. .Immovable, as stiff joints.
Imperforate. .Without a natural opening.
Impervious. .Closed against water.
Impetigo . . Tetter.
Imponderable. .Not having weight, light or electricity.
Impoverished . .Exhausted vitality.
Impotence. .Sterility, not being able to produce
Impregnation . . The act of producing.
Incision. .To cut.
Incombustible. . Jncapahility of being burned.
Incompatibles. . Medicines which ought not to be mixed, Ot
given together.
Incontinence . .Not being able to hold the natural exnre*
tions.
Incorporate, . . To nrix medicines together.
Incubation. .To hatch eggs, slow development of disease
Indication. .That which shows what ought to be doop
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Indigenous. .Peculiarity of a country, or of a small sectiea
of country, applied to disease, plants, &c.
Indigestion . . Dyspepsia.
Indolent. .Slow in progress, applied to ulcers and tumors,
which are slow and with but little or no pain.
Induration . . Hardening of any part of tiio system by dis-
ease.
Infectious . . Communicable disease, from one to another.
Infirmary . . Where medicines are distributed gratuitously
to the poor ) but more recently some physicians
have got to calling their offices infirmaries.
Inflammation. .Attended with heat, redness, swelling, ten-
derness, and often with throbbing.
Inflatus . . To distend, to blow up with wind, or to fill up
with gas, as the stomach, bowels, &c.
Influenza . . A disease affecting the nostrils, throat, &c, of
a catarrhal nature.
Infusion . . Medicines prepared by steeping in water, not to
boil.
Inquinal. .In the groin.
Inqredient. .One article of a compound mixture.
Inhalation . . To draw in the breath.
Injection . . Any preparation to be introduced by the rectum
Inorganic . . Matter not having organs, all alike, as metals.
Insanity . . Derangement of the mind.
Insertion . . The attachment of muscles and tendons to the
bones, which they move by contraction.
Inspiration. .The act of drawing in the breath.
Inspissation . . To thicken by boiling, to make what is called
the concentrated extracts, desiccation.
Instinct .. Ait involuntary action, as closing the eyelids,
breathing, &c, natural perception ot animals.
Integument. .A covering, the skin.
Inter. .A prefix denoting between.
Intercostal. .Between the ribs.
Intermission . . Time between paroxysms of fever, or other
disease.
Intermittent Fever. .Fever which comes on at regular peri-
ods, between which periods there is little, and
sometimes no fever, an interval.
Internal. . Upon the inside.
Interosseous. .Between the bones,
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Interval. .The period between the paroxysms cf periodi-al
diseases, as ague, &c.
intestines. .The contents of the abdomen.
Intestinal Canal. .Embracing the duodenum (the first di
vision below the stomach,) the jejunum, (the
the second division of the small intestines,) the
ileum, (the third and longest portion of the
small intestines,) the secum, (the first portion
of the large intestine,) the colon, (the large in-
testine,) and the rectum, (the lower trap-door.)
Intolerance. .In medicine, applied to the eye, as intolerance
of light; to the stomach, as intolerance of food.
Inversio Uteri. .Inversion of the uterus.
Inversion . . To turn the inside out.
Irreducible. .Applied to hernia, and to joints which have
been put out and cannot be put back to theii
place.
Ischuria. .Not being able to pass the urine.
Issue. .Sore made as a counter-irritant, to draw irritation
from a diseased part.
Itch. .Psora, scabies, a catching eruption of the skin.
Itis . . An addition to a word denoting inflammation, as pleu
ritis, pleurisy, &c.
Ivory Black. .Animal charcoal.
Jaundice. .A disease caused by the inactivity of the liver
or ducts leading from it.
Jelly . . Gelatine in a fluid state, as applied to medicine.
Jesuits Bark . . First naow of Peruvian bark, from its having
been discovered by Jesuit missionaries.
Juglar. .Applied to veins of the throat.
Jujube,. An East India fruit, something like a* pluiE, n&xii
in coughs, but of doubtful reputation.
Kali. .Potash.
Kelp . . Ashes of sea- weed.
Knot. .Surgeons tie their knot hv passing the thread to%*
through the loop, which prevents slipping.
Labia . - Lips.
Labia Pudendi. . Lips, or sides of the vulva.
Labial. . Of, or belonging to the lips.
Labor. .Child-birth, parturition.
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Laboratory . . A place of chemical experiments, or opera^
tious, see Frontispiece.
Lancinating. .Sharp, piercing, as lancinating pain.
Laryngeal, .Of the larynx.
Larynx. .The upper part of the throat.
Laryngitis . . Inflammation of the throat.
Latent . . Hidden, as latent heat, see the remarks connected
with steam boi)er explosion.
Lassitude. .Weakness, a feeling of stupor.
Laxative . . A very gentle cathartic.
Leptandrin. .Powder made from the leptandria virginica,
blackroot, Culvers physic.
Leucorrhea . . Fluor albus, whites, chlorosis, &c.
Levigate . . To reduce to a very fine powder.
Ligature. . A thread, to iigate, to tie with a ligature
Located. .Fixed, seated u-pon some organ.
Lingua-. .The tongue.
Linguist. .A speaker, fluency, one who understands differ-
ent languages.
Liniment. .A fluid preparation to be applied by friction.
Lithontriptic . . A medicine reported to dissolve gravel, or
stone in the bladder.
Lithotomy . . The operation of cutting, to take out stone of
the bladder.
Liver. .The largest gland, and largest organ of the body.
Livid. .A dark colored spot on the surface.
Loins. .Lower part of the back.
Lotion. .A preparation to wash a sore.
Lubricate, .To soften with oil, or to moisten with a fluid.
The internal organs are covered with a mem-
brane which throws out a lubricating fluid, en-
abling them to move easily upon each other.
Lute. .A paste with which to close chemical retorts, the ca-
sein, curd of milk, is used for that purpose.
Lymph. .A thin colorless fluid carried iu small vein-like
vessels called lymphatics.
Macerate. .To steep, soften by soaking.
Mai. .Bad, mal practice, bad practice, not according to sci-
ence.
Malformation. .Irregular, unnatural formation.
'Malaria. .Bad gases, causing disease, supposed to arise from
decaying vegetable matter.
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Malignant. .A pestilential, and generally dangerous dis-
ease, as the Cholera of 1832.
Mamma, .The female breast, which is composed of gland?
that secrete the milk, upon the principle that
the liver secretes bile ; each organ for its spe*
cific purpose ; but secreting organs, or glands
are the more liable to get obstructed, thus pro*
ducing disease.
Mastication . . The act of chewing.
Masturbation. .Excitement, by the hand, of the genital or-
gans. The most injurious, health-destroying,
soul-debasing, oi all ovils introduced into the
world; because ila frequent repetition draws
very heavily upon i he nervous system, prostra-
ting the energies, ucstroying the memory, to-
gether with the lii'Vprinciple, as well as the
principles of moialit\ which ought to govern
every human being, between himself and his
Cieator.
Maturity . .To become ripe, to ai'uv*e at adult age, beyond
further growth.
Materia. .Matter, healthy suostanet.
Materia Medica. .The science of ixiedicine, and medical
combinations.
Maturation. .Formation of pus, unh.<aithy matter.
Matrix . . The womb.
Meconium. .The first paaiKLts after birth.
Medical. .Relating to meaKine.
Medicated. .Having medtotae in ite preparation.
Membrane.. A. thin lining, or coveiing, skin-like, as the
peritoneum, which lines iht> cavity of the bow-
els and covers the in testing ; and the perios-
teum, membrane, which conus the boues, tVc
Medicament. .A remedy ; hence, medicare* tuin, the Welch
remedy for every disease.
Medicinal . .Having medical properties.
Medullary. .Like marrow, brain -like.
Mel. . Honey.
Menstruation. .Monthly flow.
Mentha Piperita. .Peppermint,
Median . • The middle .
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Mellifluous. .Flowing with honey, sweetness, delicious; akin
to lueious, juicy mellowness.
Menorrhagia. .Excessive flooding.
Micturition . . To urinate, to pass the urine.
Midwifery . . Art of assisting at child-birth.
Minim. .About one drop, one-sixtieth of a fluid drachm
Minimum. .The smallest, the smallest dose, the opposite erf
maximum.
Modus Operandi. .The way in which medicines act, appli
cable also to any action, the way of doing it.
Morbid. .Unhealthy.
Morbus. .A disease ; hence, cholera morbus, disease of the
bowels.
Mordant . . That which fastens the colors in dyeing, as alum,
cream of tartar, argal, vitriols, tin, liquor, &c.
Mucus. .Animal mucilage.
Mucus Membrane . . See remarks under the head of u Inflam-
mation," in the body of the work.
Mucilage. .A watery solution of gum, or elm bark, &c.
Muriatic. .Having reference to sea salt.
Muriatic Acid. .Marine acid, often called hydrochloric acid.
Muscle. .A bundle of fibers.
Muscular. .Having reference to the muscles, strong built.
Myrrh . . A resinous gum.
Narcotic. .Stupefying medicines, producing sleep.
Nares. .The nostrils.
Nasal. .Of the nose.
Nausea . . Sickness of the stomach, may increase until vom-
iting takes place, or it may not.
Nauseant . . That which produces nausea.
Navel. .Center of the abdomen.
Necros. .Death. •
Necrosis . . Death of a bone.
Nephros. .The kidney.
Nephritis . . Inflammation of the kidney or kidneys.
Nervous. .Easily excited.
Nervine . . That which will allay, or ■oothe nervous excite
ment.
Neuralgia. .Pain in nerves.
Nitre. .Saltpeter.
Nocturnal. .Occurring in the night.
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Nitrate. . . Nitric acid combined with alkalies or alkaline
salts.
Normal. .In a natural and health condition.
Nostrum . . A medical preparation.
Nothus . . Spurious, illegitimate, a bastard.
Nudus . . Nude, without clothing.
Nutrition. .Nourishment.
Nutritious . . Nourishing.
Obesity . . Corpulence, excess of fat, or flesh.
Obstetrics . . The science of midwifery.
Ochre . . An ore ot iron.
Oculus . . The eye.
Oculist. .An eye-doctor.
Oleaginous . . An oily substance.
Omentum. .The caul, peritoneal covering of the intestines.
Opacity . . To obstruct light.
Opaque . . Not transparent, inability to see through it.
Opthalmos. .The eye.
Opthalmia. .Disease of the eye, inflammation of the eye.
Opiate. .An anodyne.
Organ . . A part of the body, which has a certain work to
perform, called the function of organs, as th«
stomach, lungs, womb, &c.
Organic. .Bodies made up of organs.
Organism . . Vital organization.
Organized. .Furnished with life.
Orgasm . . The closing excitement of sexual connection.
Origin . . The point of commencement.
Orifice . . An opening.
Os Tince . . Mouth of the womb, or uterus.
Osseous. .A bony substance.
Ossification. .To become bone; from ost, or osteo, a bone
or like a bone.
Ostalgia . . Pain in a bone.
Osteoma . . Tumor, like bone.
Ostitis . . Inflammation of a bone or bones.
Otic . . Haring reference to the ear.
Otitis . . Inflammation of the ear.
Otorrhea . . Discharge from the ear.
Ova. .An egg, made up of little eggs.
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Qvaria/. Testes; most generally applied to the female ; fe-
male testes, two egg-shaped bodies, (made up
of little particles, or eggs,) having an attach-
ment to the uterus in the broad ligaments,
which support that organ, having tubes, or
ducts, opening from them into the uterus,
called Fallopian tubes, from the man's name
who first gave a description of them. One of
these particles is thrown off at each menstrual
flow.
Oviparous. .Birds, or any animals that produce their young
from eggs, or "by eggs.
Ovum . . An egg.
Oxalic Acid. .An acid found in sorrel, very poisonous.
Oxide. .A combination of oxygen with a metal, or fluid, as
oxygen combining with vinegar-fluid, forms
vinegar, oxygen combining with iron, form*
oxide of iron, rust of iron, &c.
Oxygen. .One of the elements of the air, an acidifying
(souring) principle, and an element (a partible
or part ) of water.
Ocymel. .A preparation of vinegar and honey, from mel,
honey.
Ozena .. Feted ulcer of the nose, or fetid discharge from
the nose.
Pabulum . . Food ; aliment,
J 'ad. .A cushion.
Palliative. .To afford relief, only.
Palpitation. .Unhealthy, or unnatural beating of the heart.
Pan . . As a prefix, means all.
Panacea. .Remedy for ail diseases, consequently (speaking
ironically) any patent medicine.
Paralysis. .Loss of motion, numbpalsy.
partus. .Labor ; the young when brought forth.
Parturition. .Child-birth.
Paroxysm. .A fit of disease occurring at certain periods.
Periodical. . Occurring at a certain time.
Petal. .A flour leaf, as rose leaves, &c.
Phthisis.. A wasting, consumption.
Pathos.. A disease.
Pathology. .The do* trine of disease.
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Pectoral. .Pertaining to the breast.
Pedilunum. .A foot-bath.
Pendulous. .To hang dowa
Penis. .The male organ of generation.
Pepsin* A peculiar substance in the stomach which aids di
gestion.
Peptic. .Digestive; hence, dyspeptic, not digesting.
Percolation. .To run, or draw through some substance, straining.
Premonitory. .To give a previous notice, as premonitory symp-
toms.
Pen. .Around, a covering.
Pericardium. .Around the heart, sac containing the heart.
Pericarditis. .Inflammation of the pericardium.
Perin..A testicle, male organs, -corresponding with testes, in
females, with this difference, however, that with
males they are upon the outside, whilst with females
they are upon the inside of the body.
Perineum. .That part between the anus and organs of generation
or genitals.
Perineal. .Relating to the region of the perineum.
Period. .A certain time.
Periodicity. .Returning at a certain time.
Periosteum. .The membrane which covers all bones.
Perspective View.. As it appears to the eye at a certain distance
Perturbation. .To disturb.
Perversion. .An unhealthy change; to change from its proper or
natural course.
Pessary. .That which will support, or hold up the womb, in pro-
lapsus ; see our remarks on " Female Debility."
Phagedenic. .An eating and fast-spreading ulcer.
Pharmacy. .The art of combining and preparing medicines.
Phlegm. .Mucus from the bronchial tubes, and throat.
Phlogistic. .Tendency to inflammation.
PJtosphorus. .An inflammable and luminous substance, prepared
from urine and bones.
Phosphate. .Phosphoric acid in combination with metals, as
phosphate of iron, phosphate of lime, &c.
Piles. .Tumors at, or in the anus ; sometimes protruding ; often
attended with hemorrhage, then called hemorrhoids.
Piperine. .A preparation from black pepper, considered valuable
in ague.
^lacenta. .After-birth, which has a connection to the womb, and
to the child, during pregnancy; but is naturally
thrown off by the violent contractions of the womb,
at this period, there being no further use for it. Oh.
the wisdom of our Creator, how glorious to contem-
plate! Everything adapted to the necessities of the case
Plethora.. Over fullness; if healthy, causing obesity, corpi?
lance.
Pleuritis. .Inflammation of the pleura, pleurisy
Pnmmon. .The lungs.
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Pleura.. The serous membrane covering the lungs, and folded
upon the sides.
Pneumonia. .Inflammation of the lungs.
Podophyllm. .A powder made from the podophyllum peltatum,
mandrake root.
Pomum. .The apple; hence, pomace, mashed apple.
Potassium . . The basis of potash.
Potus. .A drink ; hence, potion, a medicated drink.
Predisposition. .A tendency to a certain disease.
JS'egnancy. .Being with child.
Pngnods. .The art of guessing how a disease will terminate.
Prulapstis. .A falling
Prouipsus Ani. .Falling of the anus.
Prouipsus Uteri. .Falling of the uterus.
Prostration. .Without strength.
Prus-tiate. .A compound with prussic acid.
Prusdc Acid.. .Hydrocyanic acid; one of, or the most virulent
poison in existence.
Psora. .The itch.
Pubes .The prominence at the low r er front part of the tody.
Puberty. .Full growth; an adult; perfection
Pubic . . Having reference to the region of the pubes.
Pudendum, .'fhe female organs of generation.
Piter. .A boy, or child.
Puerpera. .A woman who has just brought forth a child; hence,
puerperal fever, fever at, or soon after child birth.
Pulmo. .A lung.
Pidmonitis. .Inflammation of the lung or lungs.
Pulmonai i y. .Relating to the lungs, as pulmonary balsam, pul-
monic wafers, &c.
Pulvi8..A powder; hence, pulverize, to make fine. All these
words show how heavily we have drawn upon other
languages, for our own, consequently, the necessity
of studying the Latin and Greek, to properly under-
stand ours.
Pupil. .The dark circle in the eye.
Purgative. .A gentle cathartic.
Pus. .Unhealthy matter.
Pustule. .A slight elevation, having pus.
Putrefaction. .To decompose, by fermentation.
Putrid. . liotton ; decomposed.
Pyioligneous Acid. .An acid obtained from wood; the essence of
smoke ; if a little of it is put into a barrel with meat
in the brine, it smokes it without trouble. I think
gill to the barrel sufficient, perhaps a little less will
do. It is obtained by inserting an old gun-barrel or
other iron tube into a coal-pit, near the bottom, wh§n
burning; it condenses in the tube and drops from ^
outer end into a dish, then bottled for use.
Qu/ima. .A bitter tonic; the chips of the wood are used.
llachis. .The spin *
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Rachitis. .Rickets, bending of the spine, and sometimes the long
bones of the limbs ; may be also enlargement of th%
head, bowels, and the ends of the long bones
Radius . . The bone of the upper arm.
Rulial. .Having reference to the upper arm.
Radiated. .Diverging from a centre.
Radix. .A root.
Ramus. .A branch.
Ramification . . To branch out.
Rancidity. .Rancid, stale; applied to oil, fat, butter, &c.
Raxh. .A redness of the skin, in patches.
Ratsbane. .Arsenious acid, arsenic.
Rattle. .Noise of air passing through mucus, as In croup.
Reaction. .To return, after recession.
Recession. .Striking in, the blood, or disease, going to the inter-
nal organs.
Rectum. .The lower portion of the intestines.
Reduction. .To set a fracture, or to return a hernia.
Refrigerant. .A cooling medicine, or drink.
Regimen. .Regulation of diet and habits, to preserve health, or
to cure disease.
Relapse. .Recurrence of disease after an improved appearance,
which is generally worse than the first attack.
Relaxation. .Losing the healthy tone of any part, or the whole
system.
Repletion ..Full ness.
Reproduction. .Generation, procreation
Respiration. .To breathe, including both inspiration and expira
tion.
Resolution. .To return to health, applied to inflammations.
Hatching. .An effort to vomit.
Retention. .Delay of the natural passage of the urine or fee^s.
Revulsion. .To draw away disease, as draughts, or blisters, irri-
tating plasters, &c.
Rheumatism. .Inflammation of the fibrous tissue, mostly con-
fined to the large joints.
R(cini Oleum. .Castor oil.
Rigor. .Coldness, with shivering.
Rochelle ScdU. .A mixture of tartarate of potash and soda.
Rubefacients. .Medicines which cause redness of the skin, as mus-
tard, raddish leaves, &c.
Rupture. .Hernia; by some, called a breach.
Saccharine. .The properties of sugar.
Saliva. .The secreiion of the mouth, spittle; hence, salivaUoa,
an increased flow of saliva.
Salt. .A compound of acid with an alkali, or metal.
Saltpetre. .Nitrate of potash.
Salubrious. .Climate favorable to health.
Sanative. .A curative medicine.
Sanguis. .Blood.
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SanquinioXiS .Bloody — Sanguineous discharge, as bloody-flux
Santonin. .A powder obtained from worm-seed.
Sarcoma. .A fleshy tumor, generally of a cancerous nature
Scenes. .The itch.
Scirrhus. .A hard tumor, generally of a cancerous nature.
Serof iia. .A constitutional tendency to disease of the glands.
Scrotum. .The sac which encloses the testicles.
Sedative. .To depress, the opposite of stimulation.
Seidlitz. .A village of Bohemia ; hence, seidlitz powders, which
originated at that place.
S'.napis. .Mustard; hence, sinapisms, mustard plasters.
Sl'mrjh. . Death of a part, allowing it to come out from the healthy
part.
Stimulant. .A medicine calculated to to excite an increased and
lieal thy action.
Styptic. .To stop bleeding.
Snake-Root. .Common or Virginia snake-root; but black snake-
root is the black-cohosh.
Spasm. .Cramp, or convulsion.
Specific. .A remedy having a uniform action, producing health
Sperm. .Seminal fluid, now more often called the semen, seed.
Spermatic. .Having reference to the testicles, or ovaries.
Spina. .The back-bone; li-ence, spine.
Stitch. .A spasmodic pain.
SUrma. .The mouth.
Stomatitis. .Inflammation of the mouth.
Strangulation. .To choke; also applied to hernia wiiich canno*
be reduced.
Sudor. .Sweat; hence, sudorific, to sweat.
Sulphate. .A combination with sulphuric acid.
Sulphuric Acid. .Oil of vitriol.
Suppression . . An arrest of a natural discharge.
Suppuration. .To produce pus.
Sympathy. .To be affeeted by the disease of another organ* as
sick-headache from overloading the stomach.
Syynptom. .A sign of disease.
Syncope. .To swoon, fainting.
Syphilis. .Disease from sexual connection with those who have
venerial disease.
Tannic Acid. .An acid from oak bark, an astringent.
Tartaric Acid. .An acid from cream of tartar, found in grapes.
1 enesmus.. Difficulty and pain at stool, with a desire'to go to
stool often.
Tent.. A roll of lint or cloth to keep wounds open until they
heal from the bottom.
Testes. .Testicles.
Tlierapeuttes. .Relating to a knowledge of treating disease, the
curative action of medicine.
TJwa&. .The chest.
JVaa. .The lapge booe of the lower leg
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Tonsils. .Glands on each side of the throat.
Trac/isa. The windpipe.
Translation. . Disease going to some other organ.
Triturate. To rub into a powder.
Tumor. .An enlargement of a portion, usually of the external
parts.
Ulna . Small, or under bone of the arm.
Umbilicus. .The naval.
Ureter. .Duct leading from the kidney to the bladder.
Urethra. .Duct leading out from the bladder.
Uterus. .The womb.
Vagina. .The passage from the womb to the vulva.
Venery. .Sexual indulgence.
Vermifuge. .Having the property to destroy worms.
Virus. .Contagious poison.
Vulva. .External opening of the female genitals.
WfiUes. .Fluor albus
Yeast. .The principle of fermentation
Zinci Sulphas . .Sulphate of Zinc, white vitriol.
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