Croup, it is said, can be cured in one minute, and the remedy is
simply alum and sugar. Take a knife or grater and shave off in small
particles about a teaspoonful of alum; then mix it with twice its
amount of sugar, to make it palatable, and administer it as quickly as
possible. Almost instantaneous relief will follow. Turpentine is said
to be an excellent remedy for croup. Saturate a piece of flannel and
apply it to the chest and throat, and take inwardly three or four
drops on a lump of sugar.
Another remedy: Give a teaspoonful of ipecacuanha wine every few
minutes, until free vomiting is excited.
Another recipe said to be most reliable: Take two ounces of the wine
of ipecac, hive syrup four ounces, tincture of bloodroot two ounces.
Mix it well.
Dose for a child one year old, five to ten drops; two years, eight to
twelve drops; three years, twelve to fifteen drops; four years,
fifteen to twenty drops; five years, twenty to twenty-five drops, and
older children in proportion to age. Repeat as often as shall be
necessary to procure relief. If it is thought best to produce
vomiting, repeat the dose every ten or fifteen minutes for a few
doses.