Take of lean beef sliced 1 lb., put it into a bottle or jar closely corked; place this in a vessel of cold water and boil for an hour or more; then decant and skim the liquid.  Chicken tea may be made in the same way.  For more nourishing and palatable than beef tea, season it to suit the taste.

481.  Imperial drink

Take of cream of tartar one drm., the outer rind of fresh lemon or orange peel half a drm., loaf sugar one ounce, boiling water two pints.  When they have stood in a pitcher about ten minutes, strain off the liquor.  This makes a beautiful cooling drink, and is an excellent article in fevers.

482.  Ringworm lotion

Take of sublimate of mercury, 5 grains; spirits of wine, 2 oz.; tinc. of musk, 1 drachm; rose water, 6 oz.; mix well, and rub well in.

483.  Whiskers and moustaches

The best method of promoting the growth of whiskers and moustaches, is to shave the parts frequently, and use as a stimulant the ashes of burned tobacco macerated in bay water.

484.  Cough syrup

Take of hoarhound, 1 quart; water 1 quart; mix and boil down to a pint; then add two or three sticks of liquorice and a tablespoonful of essence of lemon; dose, a tablespoonful three times a day, or as often as the cough is troublesome.

485.  Black salve

Take of sweet oil 1 oz., linseed oil 1 oz., pulverized red lead 1 oz.; put all into an iron dish over a moderate fire, constantly stirring until you can draw your finger over a drop of it on a board, when a little cool, without sticking; when it is done, spread on a cloth and apply as other salves.

486.  Seidlitz powders

Take of rochelle salts, 2 drachms; bicarbonate of soda, 2 scruples; put these into a blue paper, and put 35 grains of tartaric acid into a white paper.  To use, put each into different tumblers, half fill each with water, and put a little loaf sugar in with the acid, then pour them together and drink; this makes a very pleasant cathartic.  Effervescing draught is made by leaving out the rochelle salts.

487.  Camphor ice

Take of spermaceti, 1-1/2 oz.; gum camphor, 3/4 oz.; oil of sweet almonds, 4 teaspoonsful; mix, and apply heat just enough to melt all together.  Whilst warm, pour into small moulds, then paper, and put up in tin-foil.  This, for chaps on hands or lips, cannot be equalled.

488.  For salt rheum

Take a quantity of the pokeweed, any time in summer, pound it, press out the juice, strain it into a pewter dish, and set it in the sun until it acquires the consistency of salve; then put it into an earthen mug, add to it water and beeswax sufficient to make an ointment of common consistency.  Simmer the whole over a fire till thoroughly mixed; when cold, it is ready for use.  To be rubbed on the part affected.  The most obstinate cases have yielded to this in three or four months.  Try it.