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 the head shaved and washed with black soap and water before the remedies will take effect.——N.B. Corrosive sublimate being very insoluble, a few drops muriatic acid added will assist the solution.

ROSE

.——Effects of cold, with bad habit of body, &e&c [sic].; from improper food, but especially intemperance.

.——Cold shivering, succeded by heat, and a bright red covering the part affected, which is sometimes the head and face, accompanied with delirium; sometimes the limbs, &c.

.——Cover the part affected with earded eottoncarded cotton [sic] or lint, dusting it with flour, having anointed it with earroncarron [sic] oil previously; or apply elothscloths [sic] dipped in turpentine or ardent spirits; above all, clean out the bowels with a brisk purgative at the commencement, keeping the patient upon light vegetable diet.

.——Rose is oceasionallyoccasionally [sic] an indication of serious internal disease; a frequent oeeurrenceoccurrence [sic] in the dissipated when the constitution is breaking up. In such a case the danger is imminent; nor can the stimulant be entirely withdrawn without risk. The advieeadvice [sic] of an intelligent surgeon here is quite indispensable.

SCALD HEAD.

.——Want of attention to cleanliness, disordered bowels, &e&c. [sic].

.——An eruption of an irritable nature, aceompaniedaccompanied [sic] with heat of surface and intolerable itching over ebild'schild's [sic] head.

.——Shave head, wash with Spanish soap, dress with tar ointment twice a day, powder head with pounded charcoal, clear out bowels with active purgatives.

.——If the preceding means fail, alum pounded very fine, a table spoonful to the pint of milk, audand [sic] well shaken; cloths dipped in the same and applied to the head was a favourite remedy with an intelligent quack, and has been found to answer here, and in cases of scurvy, admirably well, by intelligent medical men.