Thoroughly bruise a raw onion and a potato into a pulp, by scraping or beating them with a rolling-pin; mix this pulp with a good table-spoonful of salad oil, and apply it to the naked burn or scald; secure it on the part with a linen bandage.
[No. 234. A Cure for Cold in the Head.]
Thirty drops of camphorated sal volatile in a small wine-glassful of hot water, taken several times in the course of the day.
[No. 235. A Cure for the Sting of Wasps or Bees.]
Bruise the leaf of the poppy, and apply it to the part affected.
[No. 236. A Cure for Toothache.]
Roll a small bit of cotton wadding into a ball the size of a pea, dip this in a very few drops of camphorated chloroform, and with it fill the hollow part of the decayed tooth.
[No. 237. How to make Coffee.]
Mix one ounce of ground coffee in a clean pot with a pint of cold water, stir this on the fire till it boils, then throw in a very little more cold water, and after allowing the coffee to boil up twice more, set it aside to settle, and become clear and bright. The dregs saved from twice making, added to half the quantity of fresh coffee, will do for the children. It is best to make your coffee over-night, as it has then plenty of time to settle. If, as I recommend, you grind your coffee at home, you will find Nye's machines very good.