Mix two scruples of powdered alum with four scruples of treacle.

, half a drachm.

as astringent in sore throat, relaxed uvula, and ulcerations of mouth.

Take one ounce of the freshly rasped rind of orange, and mix it with three ounces of white sugar, and beat together till perfectly incorporated.

, from one drachm to one ounce.

as a gentle stomachic and tonic, and as a vehicle for administering tonic powders.

Take of black pepper and elecampane root, each one ounce; fennel seeds, three ounces; honey and sugar, of each two ounces. Rub the dry ingredient to a fine powder, and when the confection is wanted, add the honey, and mix well.

, from one to two drachms.

in hæmorrhoids, or piles.

Mix in treacle as much of the fine hairs or spiculæ of cowhage as the treacle will take up.

, a teaspoonful every morning and evening.

as an anthelmintic.

Take of senna, powdered, four ounces; figs, half a pound, viassia pulp, tamarind pulp, and the pulp of prunes, each four ounces; coriander seeds, powdered, two ounces; liquorice root, one ounce and a half; sugar, one pound and a quarter; water, one pint and a half. Rub the senna with the coriander, and separate, by sifting, five ounces of the mixture. Boil the water, with the figs and liquorice added, until it is reduced to one half; then press out and strain the liquor. Evaporate the strained liquor in a jar by boiling until twelve fluid ounces remain; then add the sugar, and make a syrup. Now mix the pulps with the syrup, add the sifted powder, and mix well.

as a purgative.

A more simple confection, but equally efficacious, may be made in the following manner. Infuse an ounce of senna leaves in a pint of boiling water, pouring the water on the leaves in a covered mug or jug, or even an old earthenware teapot. Let the infusion stand till it is cold, then strain off the liquor, and place it in a saucepan or stewpan, adding to it one pound of prunes. Let the prunes stew gently by the side of the fire till the liquor is entirely absorbed.

as a purgative or laxative, giving half a teaspoonful to little children and a teaspoonful to children over ten years of age.

Take one drachm of powdered gum arabic, and two ounces of confection of senna, and mix, by gradually rubbing together in a mortar, with half an ounce of castor oil.

, from half an ounce to an ounce.

as a purgative.

Take of sulphur and sulphate of potash, each half an ounce; confection of senna, two ounces; oil of aniseed, twenty minims; mix well.

, from one to two drachms.

as a purgative.

Take one ounce of cream of tartar, one drachm of jalap, and half a drachm of powdered ginger; mix into a thick paste with treacle.

, two drachms.

as a purgative.

Take six drachms of powdered valerian and orange leaves, mixed and made into an electuary, with a sufficient quantity of syrup of wormwood.

, from one to two drachms, to be taken two or three times a day.

These should only be made as they are wanted; pipkins or tin saucepans should be used for the purpose; and no decoction should be boiled longer than ten minutes.

Take one ounce of pyrola (chimaphila, or winter-green), and boil it in a pint and a half of water until the water is reduced to one pint; then strain.

, from one to two ounces, four times a day.

in dropsies, as a diuretic.

Boil one ounce and a half of bruised logwood in two pints of water until the water is reduced to one pint; then add one drachm of bruised cassia, and strain.

, from one to two ounces.

as an astringent.

Take two ounces of the freshly-sliced root, and boil in a quart of water until it comes to a pint.

, from two to four ounces, that is to say, from an eighth of a pint to a quarter of a pint.

for sluggish state of the liver.

These remedies are used externally as local stimulants, to relieve deep seated inflammations when other means cannot he employed, as they are more easily applied locally.

Take two drachms of scraped white soap, half a drachm of extract of henbane, and dissolve them by a gentle heat in six ounces of olive oil.

for glandular enlargements which are painful and stubborn, about half an ounce to be well rubbed into the part twice a day.

Add one ounce of strong liquid ammonia to two ounces of olive oil, shake well together until properly mixed.

as a stimulant in rheumatic pains, paralytic numbnesses, chronic glandular enlargements, lumbago, sciatica, &c.

that this embrocation must be used with care, and only employed in very obstinate cases.

Add six drachms of oil of turpentine to the strong ammoniated liniment above.

for the diseases mentioned in the preceding paragraph and chronic affections of the knee and ankle joints.

Take equal parts of common linseed oil and lime water and shake well.

for burns, scalds, sun peelings, &c.

Take half an ounce of camphor and dissolve it in two ounces of olive oil.

as a stimulating and soothing application for stubborn breasts, glandular enlargements, dropsy of the belly, and rheumatic pains.

Take three ounces and a half of soap liniment, and half an ounce of tincture of Spanish flies, mix and shake well.

as stimulant to chronic bruises, sprains, rheumatic pains, and indolent swellings.

Take two ounces and a half of resin cerate, and melt it by standing the vessel in hot water, then add one ounce and a half of oil of turpentine, and mix.

as stimulant to ulcers, burns, scalds, &c.

These are a peculiar kind of medicines, administered by injecting them into the rectum or outlet of the body. The intention is either to empty the bowels, kill worms, protect the lining membrane of the intestines from injury, restrain copious discharges, allay spasms in the bowels, or to nourish the body. These clysters, or glysters, are administered by means of bladders and pipes, or a proper apparatus.

Take two ounces of Epsom salts, and dissolve in three quarters of a pint of gruel, or thin broth, with an ounce of olive oil.

Take twelve ounces of strong beef tea, and thicken with hartshorn shavings or arrowroot.

Take half an ounce of oil of turpentine, the yolk of one egg, and half a pint of gruel. Mix the turpentine and egg, and then add the gruel.

as an anthelmintic.

Dissolve one ounce of salt in twelve ounces of gruel.

Mix two ounces of castor oil with one drachm of starch, then rub them together, and add fourteen ounces of thin gruel.

as a purgative.

Rub three grains of opium with two ounces of starch, then add two ounces of warm water.

as an anodyne in colic, spasms, &c.

Mix four ounces of olive oil with half an ounce of mucilage and half a pint of warm water.

as a demulcent.

Mix one drachm of the tincture of asafœtida in a pint of barley water.

as an anthelmintic, or in convulsions from teething.

These are remedies used to stimulate chronic sore throats, or a relaxed state of the swallow, or uvula.

Mix one part of white vinegar with three parts of honey of roses, and twenty-four of barley water.

in chronic inflammation of the throat, malignant sore throat, &c.

Take two drachms of roses and mix with eight ounces of boiling water, infuse for one hour, strain, and add one drachm of alum and one ounce of honey of roses.

for severe sore throat, relaxed uvula, &c.

Mix from one to four drachms of bruised gall-nuts with a pint of boiling water, and infuse for two hours, then strain and sweeten.

Mix six ounces of decoction of bark with two ounces of tincture of myrrh, and half a drachm of diluted sulphuric acid.

in scorbutic affections.

Dissolve one drachm of alum in fifteen ounces of water, then add half an ounce of treacle, and one drachm of diluted sulphuric acid.

as an astringent.

Add six drachms of tincture of myrrh to seven ounces of infusion of linseed, and then add one drachm of diluted sulphuric acid.

as a detergent.

Add one drachm of sulphuric ether to half an ounce of syrup of marsh-mallows, and six ounces of barley water. This may be used frequently.

Lotions are usually applied to the parts required by means of a piece of linen rag or piline, wetted with them, or by wetting the bandage itself.

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.

Use decoction of marsh-mallow or linseed.

Add two drachms and a half of elder flowers to one quart of boiling water, infuse for one hour, and strain.

as a discutient.

Dissolve one drachm of extract of henbane in twenty-four drachms of water.

Mix two drachms of bruised opium with half a pint of boiling water.

, when cold, for painful ulcers, bruises, &c.

Dissolve one drachm of caustic potash in one pint of water, and then gradually pour it upon twenty-four grains of camphor and one drachm of sugar, previously bruised together in a mortar.

for fungoid and flabby ulcers.

Mix one drachm of salt with eight ounces of water.