Buckeye Cookery

Tried and approved: the great American housekeeping bible of 1880.

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FOREIGN BODIES IN THE EAR

Take the head of the child between the knees, face downward, and inject a stream of warna water into the ear, holding the nozzle of the syringe outside, so as to allow the foreign body to come out with the water. Probing, with any substance whatever, is very danwith the water. Probing, with any substance whatever, is very dangerous, and may inflict permanent injury. When the above plan does not succeed, call a surgeon. Kill insects that get into the ear by pouring in sweet-oil or glycerine, which drowns and brings them to the surface.

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