Lung Complaints
- In pulmonary consumption, asthma, or whooping cough, entirely avoid roasted meats of any description, and rely upon vegetables as the principal articles to be used, varied occasionally by a tender piece of beef or mutton well boiled.
Flannel should be worn at all seasons of the year, by those predisposed to these complaints.
Sore Throat.-Put a mustard plaster over the painful part, and take a dose of salts, followed by a drink of cream of tartar. On retiring to bed, soak your feet well in warm water, and taking off the plaster, put in its place a flannel rag dipped in liniment; and be careful not to expose yourself to cold for a few days. Or boil a pint of vinegar and a quarter of a pound of sugar together, in a vessel with a spout; and when boiling hot, inhale the steam about fifteen minutes, taking care not to scald your throat.
Cold in the Head. - Boil an ounce of hoarhound in a pint of water until half boiled away. Add a teaspoonful of cayenne pepper, sweeten it well and drink it, following it immediately with a draught of milk to allay the burning of the throat. It should be taken on retiring to bed, and the person should be carefully wrapped in blankets, thus producing a copious perspiration.