Decoction of Sanguinaria. San- guinaria bruised, six drachms ; distilled water, a pint and a half. Boil down to a pint, and strain. Dose same as the infusion. Extract of Sanguinaria. This and the powder can be obtained of the Medical Botanists. The dose is from an eighth to half a grain per day. It 'is best to commence with a sixteenth, according to the strength of the patient. Tincture of Blood-root. This, also can be bought. Will prove emetic in a dose of two to four drachms ; but is rather intended to act as a stimulanl to the stomach, expectorant, or altera- tive.. for which purpose twenty to sixty drops may be given every two or three hours in acute cases,- and three or four times a day in chronic. BLOOD-ROOT, SYRUP. — Bruised Blood-root, two and a half ounces ; lobelia, quarter of an ounce ; white sugar, one and a half ounce ; water, one and a half pint✪ Blood-root Syrup ; gently simmer half an hour, till it thickens ; when cool, add a teaspoonful of pare- goric elixir. Take a tablespoonful oc- casionally ; a child a teaspoonful, cr less. This Syrup is very valuable in chest complaints, bronchial affections, coughs, and difficult breathing. BLOODY FLUX. — Feed on rice, sago, and beef- tea. To stop it, take a spoonful of suet melted over a slow fire.✪ Bloody Flux Treatment Do not bleed. A person was cured in one day by- feeding on rice-milk, and sitting a quarter of an hour in a shallow tub, having in it warm water, three inches deep. BLOTCHES, — Blotches or pirn- BLU 7 1 BOl pies on the face and neck are often the effect of some functional derangement of the liver or stomach, Lotions, in that case, do more harm than good. If they proceed from a disordered liver, take the compound colocynth and blue pill, (which a druggist will supply,) night and morning, for two or three days ; then purge off with two or three doses of Epsom salts and senna. If they proceed from derangement of the stomach, take fifteen grains of carbon- ate of soda, six grains of rhubarb, and two of ginger, or cayenne pepper in water twice a day, and a compound colocynth pill every other day. Last thing at night rub the blotches with tallow, and in the morning apply fullers earth about half an hour, wash off with warm water and soap ; and during the day bathe several times with elder- flower water. Take also extract of sarsaparilla to purify the blood. BLUE FIRE. — Nitre two parts; sulphur, three parts ; zinc, three parts ; neal gunpowder, four parts. Mix. BLUE FIRE for ROCKETS. — Fine zinc filings, one part, antimony, two parts : nitre, four parts. Mix. BLUE FLAME.— Gunpowder, one part ; king's yellow, one part ; sulphur vivum, two parts ; crude anti- mony, powdered, four parts ; nitrate of potash, fourteen parts. Mix, and sift through lawn. BLUE WRITING FRUID. — Pure Prussian blue, six parts ; oxalic acid, one part ; triturate with water to a perfectly smooth paste, then dilute. Add a little gum. BLUE WRITING INK — Prussian blue in fine powder, one ounce, placed in a common phial, and concen- trated Hydrochloric acid, two ounces, poured over it. Effervescence ensues, and the mixture soon assumes the con- sistence of a thin paste. After twenty four hours it may be diluted with eight or nine ounces of water, and preserved in a glass bottle. The intensity of this colour may be lessened by water. It forms an excellent Blue Writing Fluid.

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Decoction of Sanguinaria. Sanguinaria bruised, six drachms ; distilled water, a pint and a half. Boil down to a pint, and strain. Dose same as the infusion. Extract of Sanguinaria. This and the powder can be obtained of the Medical Botanists. The dose is from an eighth to half a grain per day. It 'is best to commence with a sixteenth, according to the strength of the patient. Tincture of Blood-root. This, also can be bought. Will prove emetic in a dose of two to four drachms ; but is rather intended to act as a stimulant to the stomach, expectorant, or alterative.. for which purpose twenty to sixty drops may be given every two or three hours in acute cases,- and three or four times a day in chronic. BLOOD-ROOT, SYRUP. — Bruised Blood-root, two and a half ounces ; lobelia, quarter of an ounce ; white sugar, one and a half ounce ; water, one and a half pint ; gently simmer half an hour, till it thickens ; when cool, add a teaspoonful of paregoric elixir. Take a tablespoonful occasionally ; a child a teaspoonful, cr less. This Syrup is very valuable in chest complaints, bronchial affections, coughs, and difficult breathing. BLOODY FLUX. — Feed on rice, sago, and beef- tea. To stop it, take a spoonful of suet melted over a slow fire. Do not bleed. A person was cured in one day by feeding on rice-milk, and sitting a quarter of an hour in a shallow tub, having in it warm water, three inches deep. BLOTCHES, — Blotches or pirn- BLU 7 1 BOl pies on the face and neck are often the effect of some functional derangement of the liver or stomach, Lotions, in that case, do more harm than good. If they proceed from a disordered liver, take the compound colocynth and blue pill, (which a druggist will supply,) night and morning, for two or three days ; then purge off with two or three doses of Epsom salts and senna. If they proceed from derangement of the stomach, take fifteen grains of carbonate of soda, six grains of rhubarb, and two of ginger, or cayenne pepper in water twice a day, and a compound colocynth pill every other day. Last thing at night rub the blotches with tallow, and in the morning apply fullers earth about half an hour, wash off with warm water and soap ; and during the day bathe several times with elderflower water. Take also extract of sarsaparilla to purify the blood. BLUE FIRE. — Nitre two parts; sulphur, three parts ; zinc, three parts ; meal gunpowder, four parts. Mix. BLUE FIRE for ROCKETS. — Fine zinc filings, one part, antimony, two parts : nitre, four parts. Mix. BLUE FLAME.— Gunpowder, one part ; king's yellow, one part ; sulphur vivum, two parts ; crude antimony, powdered, four parts ; nitrate of potash, fourteen parts. Mix, and sift through lawn. BLUE WRITING FLUID. — Pure Prussian blue, six parts ; oxalic acid, one part ; triturate with water to a perfectly smooth paste, then dilute. Add a little gum. BLUE WRITING INK — Prussian blue in fine powder, one ounce, placed in a common phial, and concentrated Hydrochloric acid, two ounces, poured over it. Effervescence ensues, and the mixture soon assumes the consistence of a thin paste. After twenty four hours it may be diluted with eight or nine ounces of water, and preserved in a glass bottle. The intensity of this colour may be lessened by water. It forms an excellent Blue Writing Fluid.

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