with glycerine in the proportion of a teaspoonful of the latter
to a tablespoonful of the former; a teaspoonful of this being
given to a child three or four years old three or four times
a day. The spine may be advantageously rubbed with a
mixture of opodeldoc and belladonna liniment, two drachms
of the latter to an ounce and a half of the former; it may be
applied night and morning. Warm clothing ought to be
worn, and during convalescence a nourishing diet, moderate
exercise in the open air when fine, a tepid bath in the morn-
ing, and a tonic, as steel wine or cod liver oil, must be
enjoined.
T^INIMENTS, SYRUPS, TROCHES
The " Best Liniment." For sprains, bruises, pains,
colic, etc. Take of chloroform, alcohol, ammonia water,
spirits of camphor, tincture of aconite root, of each two
ounces, sweet spirits of nitre, six ounces; mix, apply.
Stillingia Liniment. Take of oil of stillingia, one
ounce, oil of cajuput, one-half ounce, oil of lobelia, two
drachms, alcohol, two ounces; mix. To be used in croup,
joint or glandular swellings, and in chronic rheumatism.
Stimulating Balsam. To stim^'ate ulcers and ab-
scesses: Take of nitrate of mercury, twenty grains,
iodoform, thirty grains, camphor, two drachms, balsam
Peru, two ounces✪ Stimulating Balsam; mix. Apply or inject.
A Remedy for Burns. A celebrated German remedy
for burns consists of fifteen ounces of the best white glue,
broken in small pieces, into two pints of water, and allowed
to become soft. Then dissolve, by means of a water-bath
(an extemporaneous water-bath can be made by putting a
tin pail into a kettle of boiling water), and two ounces of
glycerine and six drachms of carbo-lic acid added, the heat
being continued until all is thoroughly dissolved. On cooling,
this hardens to an elastic mass, covered with a shining.
342 Liniments, Syrups, Troches
parchment-like skin, and may be kept for any length of time.
When required for use it is placed for a few minutes in a
water bath until sufficiently liquid, and applied to the burnt
surface by means of a broad brush. It forms in about two
minutes a shining, smooth, flexible, and nearly transparent
skin, and will cause almost instantaneous relief to the
sufferer.
An Excellent Cough Syrup. Take five cents'
worth each of sweet spirits of nitre, paregoric, syrup of
squills and sweet oil; put all in a pint of molasses, dose, a
teaspoonful several times a day.
Cough Troches. One ounce of powdered licorice-root,
one ounce of powdered gum-arabic, one ounce of powdered
cubebs, mix all together with one pound of pulverized
sugar, add enough water to make a stiff paste like bread
dough; roll out thin and cut in shape with an open top
thimble; arrange upon sheets of foolscap, and set away to
dry. These troches will be found excellent.
The Invalid's Meal.
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USE IN THE FAMILY
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with glycerine in the proportion of a teaspoonful of the latter to a tablespoonful of the former; a teaspoonful of this being given to a child three or four years old three or four times a day. The spine may be advantageously rubbed with a mixture of opodeldoc and belladonna liniment, two drachms of the latter to an ounce and a half of the former; it may be applied night and morning. Warm clothing ought to be worn, and during convalescence a nourishing diet, moderate exercise in the open air when fine, a tepid bath in the morning, and a tonic, as steel wine or cod liver oil, must be enjoined.
LINIMENTS, SYRUPS, TROCHES
The " Best Liniment." For sprains, bruises, pains, colic, etc. Take of chloroform, alcohol, ammonia water, spirits of camphor, tincture of aconite root, of each two ounces, sweet spirits of nitre, six ounces; mix, apply.
Stillingia Liniment. Take of oil of stillingia, one ounce, oil of cajuput, one-half ounce, oil of lobelia, two drachms, alcohol, two ounces; mix. To be used in croup, joint or glandular swellings, and in chronic rheumatism.
Stimulating Balsam. To stimulate ulcers and abscesses: Take of nitrate of mercury, twenty grains, iodoform, thirty grains, camphor, two drachms, balsam Peru, two ounces; mix. Apply or inject.
A Remedy for Burns. A celebrated German remedy for burns consists of fifteen ounces of the best white glue, broken in small pieces, into two pints of water, and allowed to become soft. Then dissolve, by means of a water-bath (an extemporaneous water-bath can be made by putting a tin pail into a kettle of boiling water), and two ounces of glycerine and six drachms of carbo-lic acid added, the heat being continued until all is thoroughly dissolved. On cooling, this hardens to an elastic mass, covered with a shining.
342 Liniments, Syrups, Troches
parchment-like skin, and may be kept for any length of time.
When required for use it is placed for a few minutes in a water bath until sufficiently liquid, and applied to the burnt surface by means of a broad brush. It forms in about two minutes a shining, smooth, flexible, and nearly transparent skin, and will cause almost instantaneous relief to the sufferer.
An Excellent Cough Syrup. Take five cents' worth each of sweet spirits of nitre, paregoric, syrup of squills and sweet oil; put all in a pint of molasses, dose, a teaspoonful several times a day.
Cough Troches. One ounce of powdered licorice-root, one ounce of powdered gum-arabic, one ounce of powdered cubebs, mix all together with one pound of pulverized sugar, add enough water to make a stiff paste like bread dough; roll out thin and cut in shape with an open top thimble; arrange upon sheets of foolscap, and set away to dry. These troches will be found excellent.
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