--Pills :
--Strong Purgative,-
--Take of powdered aloes, scammony, and gamboge, each 15 grains, mix, and add sufficient Venice turpentine to make into a mass, then divide into twelve pills. ~ Dose, 1 or 2 occasionally.
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--Milder Purgative,-
--Take 4 grains of powdered scammony and the same quantity of compound extract of colocynth,and 1 grain of calomel; mix well, and add 2 drops of oil of cloves, or thin gum-water, to enable the ingredients to combine properly, and divide into 2 pills. ~ Dose, 1 or 2 when necessary.
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--Common Purgative,-
--Take of powdered jalap and compound extract of colocynth each 4 grains, of calomel 2 grains, mix as usual, and divide into 2 pills. ~ Dose, 1 or 2 occasionally.
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--Tonic,-
--Mix 24 grains of extract of gentian and the same of purified green vitriol (sulphate of iron) together, and divide into 12 pills. ~ Dose, 1 or 2 when necessary. ~ Use in debily.
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--Cough,-
--Mix 1 tea spn of compound powder of ipecacuanha with 20 grains of gum ammoniacum and 20 grains of dried squill bulb in powder. Make into a mass with mucilage, and divide into 20 pills. ~ Dose, 1 three times a day.
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--Astringent,-
--Mix 16 grains of acetate of lead (sugar of lead) with 2 grains of opium, and make into a mass with extract of dandelion, so as to make 8 pills. ~ Dose, from 1 to 2. ~ Use as an astringent in obstinate diarrhoea, dysentery, and spitting of blood.
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--Gout and Rheumatism,-
--Acetic extract of colchicum, 2 grains; powdered ipecacuanha, 4 grains; compound extract of coloring, half tea spn; blue pill, 4 grains. Divide into 12 pills; 1 to be taken night and morning.
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--Mixtures.
--Acute Rheumatism, or for Rheumatic Gout,-
--Half an oz of nitre (saltpetre), half an oz of sulphur, half an oz flour of mustard, half an oz of Turkey rhubarb, qtr of an oz powdered gum guaiacum. A tea spn to be taken in a wine-glassful of cold water, every other night for three nights, and omit three nights. The water should have been well boiled.
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--Fever, Simple,-
--Add 3 oz of spirit of mindererus (Liquor ammonioe acetatis), 3 tea spn of spirits of sweet nitre, 4 tea spn of antimonial wine, and a tea spn of syrup of saffron, to 4 oz of water, or medicated water, such as cinnamon, aniseed, &c. ~ Dose, for an adult, 1 or 2 table spn every 3 hours. ~ Use as a diaphoretic.
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--Aromatic,-
--Mix 2 tea spn of aromatic confection with 2 tea spn of compound tincture of cardamoms, and 8 oz of peppermint water. ~ Dose, from 1 oz to 1 oz and a half. ~ Use in flatulent colic and spasms of the bowels.
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--Cathartic,-
--Dissolve 2 oz of Epsom salts in 6 oz of compound infusion of senna, then add 2 oz of peppermint water. ~ Dose, from 1 and a half to 2 oz. ~ Use as a warm and active cathartic.
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--Diuretic,-
--Dissolve 1 tea spn of powdered nitre in 3 oz of camphor mixture; add 5 oz of the decoction of broom, with 6 tea spn of spirits of nitre, and 3 tea spn of tincture of squills; mix. ~ Dose, 1 tea spn every 2 hours, or 2 table spn every 2 hours. ~ Use, excellent in dropsies.
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--Cough,-
--Dissolve 3 grains of tarter emetic and 10 grains of opium in 1 pint of boiling water, then add 4 oz of treacle, 2 oz of vinegar, and 1 pint more of boiling water. ~ Dose, from 2 tea spn to 2 table spn, according to circumstances, every 3 hours, or 3 times a day. ~ Use in common catarrh, bronchitis, and irritable cough.
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-- < EWUE 118th Ed. HJLtd Pub. 1933 >
--[Warning Note : these excerts of home remedies are not advisory, and are from 85 years ago. The responsibility of use is the reader's.]
--{weights and measures ~ refer to #0246 & #0249}
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