624.  Jaundice


The pills No.
1
, afterwards the mixture No.
7
, drinking freely of dandelion tea.


625.  Looseness of the Bowels (English Cholera)


One pill No.
19
, repeated if necessary; afterwards the mixture No.
21
. Avoid unripe fruits, acid drinks, ginger beer; wrap flannel around the abdomen.


626.  Measles


A well-ventilated room, aperients No.
4
, with No.
14
to allay the cough and fever.


627.  Menstruation (Excessive)


No.
40
during the attack, with rest in the recumbent position; in the intervals, No.
39
.


628.  Menstruation (Scanty)


In strong patients, cupping the loins, exercise in the open air, No.
40
, the feet in warm water before the expected period, the pills No.
38
; in weak subjects, No.
39
. Gentle and regular exercise. Avoid hot rooms, and too much sleep. In cases of this description it is desirable to apply to a medical man for advice. It may be useful to many to point out that pennyroyal tea is a simple and useful medicine for inducing the desired result.


629.  Menstruation (Painful)


No.
41
during the attack; in the intervals, No.
38
twice a week, with No.
39
. Avoid cold, mental excitement, &c.


630.  Mumps


Fomentation with a decoction of camomiles and poppy heads; No.
4
as an aperient, and No.
9
during the stage of fever. Avoid cold and attend to the regularity of the bowels.


631.  Nervousness


Cheerful society, early rising, exercise in the open air, particularly on horseback, and No.
12
. Avoid excitement, study, and late meals.


632.  Palpitation of the Heart


The pills No
2
, with, the mixture No.
12
.


633.  Piles


The paste No.
34
, at the same time a regulated diet. When the piles are external, or can be reached, one or two applications of Goulard's extract, with an occasional dose of lenitive electuary, will generally succeed in curing them.


634.  Quinsey


A blister applied all round the throat: an emetic, No.
16
, commonly succeeds in breaking the abscess; afterwards the gargle No.
17
. Avoid cold and damp.


635.  Rheumatism


Bathe the affected parts with No.
23
, and take internally No.
24
, with No.
25
at bedtime, to ease pain, &c. Avoid damp and cold, wear flannel.


636.  Rickets


The powder No.
33
, a dry, pure atmosphere, a nourishing diet.


637.  Ringworm


The lotion No.
32
, with the occasional use of the powder No.
5
. Fresh air and cleanliness.


638.  Scarlet Fever


Well-ventilated room, sponging the body when hot with cold or tepid vinegar, or spirit and water; aperients, No
4
; diaphoretics No.
8
. If dropsy succeed the disappearance of the eruption, frequent purging with No.
5
, succeeded by No.
7
.


639.  Scrofula


Pure air, light but warm clothing, diet of fresh animal food; bowels to be regulated by No.
6
and No.
26
, taken regularly for a considerable time.


640.  Scurvy


Fresh animal and vegetable food, and the free use of ripe fruits and lemon juice. Avoid cold and damp.


641.  Small Pox


A well-ventilated apartment, mild aperients; if fever be present, No.
7
, succeeded by diaphoretics No.
8
, and tonics No.
13
in the stage of debility, or decline of the eruption.


642.  St. Vitus's Dance


The occasional use, in the commencement, of No.
5
, followed by No.
7
, afterwards No.
46
.


643.  Thrush


One of the powders No.
6
every other night; in the intervals a dessertspoonful of the mixture No.
18
three times a day; white spots to be dressed with the honey of borax.


644.  Tic Doloreux


Regulate the bowels with No.
3
, and take in the intervals of pain, No.
27
. Avoid cold, damp, and mental anxiety.


645.  Toothache


Continue the use of No.
3
for a few alternate days. Apply liquor ammoniæ to reduce the pain, and when that is accomplished, fill the decayed spots with silver succedaneum without delay, or the pain will return. A drop of creosote, or a few drops of chloroform on cotton, applied to the tooth, or a few grains of camphor placed in the decayed opening, or camphor moistened with turpentine, will often afford instant relief.


646.  Typhus Fever


Sponging the body with cold or tepid water, a well-ventilated apartment, cold applications to the head and temples. Aperients No.
4
, with refrigerants No.
9
, tonics No.
13
in the stage of debility.


647.  Water on the Brain


Local bleeding by means of leeches, blisters, aperients No.
5
, and mercurial medicines, No.
15
.


648.  Whites


The mixture No.
36
, with the injection No.
37
. Clothing light but warm, moderate exercise in the open air, country residence.


649.  Worms in the Intestines


The aperient No.
5
, followed by No.
7
, afterwards the free use of lime water and milk in equal parts, a pint daily. Avoid unwholesome food.


650.  Prescriptions


To be used in the Cases enumerated under the head "Diseases" (page 112).


651.  List of Prescriptions


The following prescriptions, originally derived from various prescribers' Pharmacopœias, embody the favourite remedies employed by the most eminent physicians:


652.  Medicines, Aperient


  1. Take of powdered aloes, nine grains; extract of colocynth, compound, eighteen grains; calomel, nine grains; tartrate of antimony, two grains; mucilage, sufficient to make a mass, which is to be divided into six pills; two to be taken every twenty-four hours, till they act thoroughly on the bowels: in cases of inflammation, apoplexy, &c.

  1. Powdered rhubarb, Socotrine aloes, and gum mastic, each one scruple; make into twelve pills: one before and one after dinner.

  1. Compound extract of colocynth, extract of jalap, and Castile soap, of each one scruple; make into twelve pills.

  1. James's powder, five grains; calomel, three grains: in fevers, for adults. For children, the following:—Powdered camphor, one scruple; calomel and powdered scammony, of each nine grains; James's powder, six grains; mix, and divide into six powders. Half of one powder twice a day for an infant a year old; a whole powder for two years: and for four years, the same three times a day.

  1. James's powder, six grains; powdered jalap, ten grains; mix, and divide into three or four powders, according to the child's age: in one powder if for an adult.


  1. Powdered rhubarb, four grains; mercury and chalk, three grains; ginger in powder, one grain: an alterative aperient for children.

  1. Dried sulphate of magnesia, six drachms; sulphate of soda, three drachms; infusion of senna, seven ounces; tincture of jalap, and compound tincture of cardamoms, each half an ounce: in acute diseases generally; take two tablespoonfuls every four hours till it operates freely.

  1. Nitrate of potass, one drachm and a half; spirits of nitric ether, half an ounce; camphor mixture, and the spirit of mindererus, each four ounces: in fevers, &c.; two tablespoonfuls, three times a day, and for children a dessertspoonful every four hours.

  1. Spirit of nitric ether, three drachms; dilute nitric acid, two drachms; syrup, three drachms; camphor mixture, seven ounces; in fevers, &c., with debility; dose as in preceding prescription.

  1. Decoction of broom, half a pint; cream of tartar, one ounce, tincture of squills, two drachms: in dropsies; a third part three times a day.



  1. Pills of soap and opium, five grains for a dose, as directed.

  1. Ammoniated tincture of valerian, six drachms; camphor mixture, seven ounces; a fourth part three times a day; in spasmodic and hysterical disorders.

  1. Disulphate of quina, half a drachm; dilute sulphuric acid, twenty drops; compound infusion of roses, eight ounces: two tablespoonfuls every four hours, in intermittent and other fevers, during the absence of the paroxysm.

  1. Almond mixture seven ounces and a half; wine of antimony and ipecacuanha, of each one drachm and a half: a tablespoonful every four hours; in cough with fever, &c.

  1. Calomel, one grain; powdered white sugar, two grains; to make a powder to be placed on the tongue every two or three hours. Should the calomel act on the bowels, powdered kino is to be substituted for the sugar.



  1. Antimony and ipecacuanha wines, of each an ounce; a teaspoonful every ten minutes for a child till vomiting is produced; but for an adult a large tablespoonful should be taken.

  1. Compound infusion of roses, seven ounces; tincture of myrrh, one ounce.

  1. Infusion of orange peel, seven ounces; tincture of hops, half an ounce; and a drachm of carbonate of soda: two tablespoonfuls twice a day. Or, infusion of valerian, seven ounces; carbonate of ammonia, two scruples; compound tincture of bark, six drachms; spirits of ether, two drachms: one tablespoonful every twenty-four hours.

  1. Blue pill, four grains; opium, half a grain: to be taken three times a day.

  1. For a Clyster.—A pint and a half of gruel or fat broth, a tablespoonful of castor oil, one of common salt, and a lump of butter; mix, to be injected slowly. A third of this quantity is enough for an infant.



  1. Chalk mixture, seven ounces; aromatic and opiate confection, of each one drachm; tincture of catechu, six drachms: two tablespoonfuls every two hours.

  1. Carbonate of soda, powdered rhubarb, and Castile soap, each one drachm; make thirty-six pills; three twice a day.

  1. Lotion.—Common salt, one ounce, distilled water, seven ounces; spirit of wine, one ounce: mix.

  1. Dried sulphate of magnesia, six drachms; heavy carbonate of magnesia, two drachms; wine of colchicum, two drachms; water, eight ounces: take two tablespoonfuls every four hours.

  1. Compound powder of ipecacuanha, ten grains; powdered guaiacum, four grains: in a powder at bedtime.


  1. Brandish's solution of potash; thirty drops twice a day in a wineglass of beer.

  1. Disulphate of quina, half a drachm; dilute sulphuric acid, ten drops; compound infusion of roses, eight ounces: two tablespoonfuls every four hours, and as a tonic in the stage of weakness succeeding fever.

  1. Flowers of sulphur, two ounces; hog's lard, four ounces; white hellebore powder, half an ounce: oil of lavender, sixty drops.

  1. Hydriodate of potass, two drachms; distilled water, eight ounces.

  1. Flowers of sulphur, half a drachm; carbonate of soda, a scruple; tartarized antimony, one-eighth of a grain: one powder, night and morning, in eruptions of the skin or face.


  1. Milk of bitter almonds, seven ounces; bichloride of mercury, four grains; spirits of rosemary, one ounce: bathe the eruption with this lotion three times a day.

  1. Sulphate of zinc, two scruples; sugar of lead, fifteen grains; distilled water, six ounces: the parts to be washed with the lotion two or three times a day.

  1. Carbonate of iron, six grains; powdered rhubarb, four grains: one powder night and morning.