Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 216, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1916 — EMERGENCY REMEDIES [ARTICLE]

EMERGENCY REMEDIES

Bathing behind the ears with right hot water often relieves a headache. When a cut will not bleeding apply ground rice or flour. Either one is efficacious. V A good long stretch immediately upon waking in the morning is excellent exercise with which to begin the day. At the first intimation of a sore throat try a garglie of one teaspoonful of salt and 'one of carbonate of soda to half a glass of water. -Hold the hammered finger in water ns hot as can be borne for a few minutes. This treatment will draw out the inflammation almost at once. A small onion eaten before retiring will often induce sleep. The taste may be removed after eating by chewing a bit of parsley or a few drops of f-nn de cologne on a lump of sugar.