Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers

For a Sprained Limb

Strong vinegar and salt, put on brown paper, will soon cure a slight sprain, if applied frequently. If very painful, a bath should be made of bitter herbs, bran and vinegar, put on as hot as you can bear it. Great care should be taken not to use the limb too soon after it has been sprained. Some sprains of several months’ standing have been greatly relieved by taking several electric shocks a day. St. Johnswort oil is good to rub on a sprained limb.