If any person is threatened or taken with lockjaw from injuries of the
arms, legs or feet, do not wait for a doctor, but put the part injured
in the following preparation: Put hot wood-ashes into water as warm as
can be borne; if the injured part cannot be put into water, then wet
thick folded cloths in the water and apply them to the part as soon as
possible, at the same time bathe the backbone from the neck down with
some laxative stimulant--say cayenne pepper and water, or mustard and
water (good vinegar is better than water); it should be as hot as the
patient can bare it. Don't hesitate; go to work and do it, and don't
stop until the jaws will come open. No person need die of lockjaw if
these directions are followed.
Cure for Lockjaw, Said to be Positive: Let anyone who has an attack
of lockjaw take a small quantity of spirits of turpentine, warm it,
and pour it in the wound--no matter where the wound is or what its
nature is--and relief will follow in less than one minute. Turpentine
is also a sovereign remedy for croup. Saturate a piece of flannel with
it, and place the flannel on the throat and chest--- and in very
severe cases, three to five drops on a lump of sugar may be taken
internally.