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 For a cold, bathe the legs and feet warm water at night, and take, going  bed, a drink of hot whey, with 4 grains  nitre.

If a sore throat, tie round it three or folds of flannel sprinkled with spirits.

Avoid all rough usage. Do not hold up body by the feet, or roll it on casks, or  with salt or spirits, or apply tobacco. not a moment, carry the body, the head shoulders raised, to the nearest house. it in a warm room. Let it be instantly stripped, dried, and wrapped in hot which are to be renewed when  Keep the mouth, nostrils, and the  free and clean. Apply warm to the back, spine, pit of the  arm-pits, and soles of the feet. Rub body with heated flannel, or warm  Attempt to restore breathing, by  blowing with bellows into one  Keep up the application of heat. down the breast carefully with both