Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1881 — Mustard as a Remedy. [ARTICLE]

Mustard as a Remedy.

A lady suffered long and excruciatingly from an attack of bilious colic before she would consent to have a physician called. When at last one came, his simple prescription was mustard, by which the pain was shortly subdued, “Always remembering,” was the parting injunction of the doctor, who rather commended his patient’s spirit in being her own physician in every day ailment —“ that for pain anywhere mustard is a safe and sure remedy, as sure as any, besides being something that every family has on hand, so that no time need be lost.” The following is recommended as a mustard plaster that will not blister. Take the white of one egg, stir in mustard until thick enough to spread nicely ; then take a thin cloth as long again as you wish the plaster, spread the mustard half the length, not too near the edges, double the dry end of the cloth back over the mustard and apply warm.