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 or tow tied to a thread, which should  immediately drawer up again, Emetics  sometimes serviceable, and injections of  milk and water frequently remove  obstructions. When animation is suspended by noxious vapours, the usual in fainting should be employed,  lemonade or vinegar and water given  the patient as soon as he could swallow.

When it proceeds from extreme cold, party affected should be immersed in  water, or rubbed with snow till they  their natural warmth.

large tea-cupful of linseed, two penny-worth of stick-liquorice, and a quarter of pound of sun raisins, put to two quarts  soft water, and simmered over a slow, till reduced one-third or more; add  a quarter of a pound of sugar-cane  pounded, a table spoonful of white wine vinegar,  lemon-juice. Note--the rum and vinegar should be added only to the quantity is about to be taken immediately. half a pint at going to bed, or a quantity at any time when the cough  troublesome.