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Show RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A JOURNAL OF HEALTH. Try popcorn for nausea. Try cranberry for malaria. Try a sunbath for rheumatism. Try ginger ale for stomach cramps. Try clam broth for a weak stomach. Try cranberry poultice for erysipelas. Try gargling lager beer for cure of sore throat. Try a wet towel to the back of the neck when sleepless. Try swallowing saliva when troubled with sour stomach. Try eating fresh radishes and yellow turnips for gravel. Try eating onions and horseradish to relieve dropsical swellings. Try buttermilk for removal of freckles, tan and butter nut stains. Try the croup tippet when a child is likely to be troubled in that way. Try a hot flannel over the seat of neuralgic pain, and renew frequently. Try taking your cod liver oil in tomato catsup, if you want to make it palatable. Try hard cider, a wineglassful [wineglass full] three times a day, for ague and rheumatism. Try taking a nap in the afternoon, if you are going to be out late in the evening. Try breathing the fumes of turpentine or carbolic acid to remove whooping cough. Try a cloth wrung out from cold water and put about the neck at night for sore throat. Try sniffing powdered borax up the nostrils for catarrhal "cold in the head." Try an extra pair of stockings outside your shoes in cold weather. Try walking with your hands behind you if you find yourself becoming inclined forward. Try a silk handkerchief over the face when obliged to go against a cold, piercing wind. Try planting sunflowers in your garden if compelled to live in a malarial neighborhood. Try a saturated solution of bicarbonate of soda (baking powder) in diarrhea troubles; give freely. Try a newspaper over the chest beneath your vest as a chest protector in extremely cold weather. - Foote's Health Journal. |