Chilblain - Frost bite. Dilute Citric acid and Peppermint water, in equal parts, mixed; and applied twice a day soon effect a cure.
Cancer pain. Citric acid 1 drachm, in water 8 ounces, mix, and apply the solution with a camel - hair brush; immediate relief. Renew the application as often as needful. Pledgets of lint saturated with the same and applied answer the purpose.
After - Pains. - "Citric acid 5 grains, given in 2 ounces of water, every half hour soon arrests after - pains. "
Foul water rendered palatable and innoxious to drink. Put into the water a sufficient quantity of Citric acid to give a touch of it to the taste. One part of the acid in two thousand parts of water, will kill all microscopic life in two minutes. Prepare fresh every day. Stagnant water made into lemonade becomes harmless to drink. Diarrhea caused by drinking bad water, is best controlled by taking the essence of ginger.