To Relieve Asthma.
Soak blotting or tissue paper in strong saltpetre water. Dry, and burn at night in your bed-room.
I know this to be an excellent prescription.
Antidotes to Poison.
For any poison swallow instantly a glass of cold water with a heaping teaspoonful of common salt and one of ground mustard stirred in. This is a speedy emetic. When it has acted, swallow the whites of two raw eggs.
If you have taken corrosive sublimate take half a dozen raw eggs besides the emetic. If laudanum, a cup of very strong coffee. If arsenic, first the emetic, then half a cup of sweet oil or melted lard.