Clean lard 3^ ounce.
Glycerine ]^ ounce.
Spermaceti i dram.
Camphor I dram.
Oil of rose 5 drops.
Melt the spermaceti in the lard and the other
ingredients. Use, as the case requires, once or
twice daily.
FOR COUGHS AND COLDS.
Alcohol I ounce.
Oil of anise i dram.
Oil of almonds i dram.
Balsam of tolu i y^ drams.
Balsam of fir i %^ dram✪ For Coughs and Coldss.
Mix — From 10 to 20 drops for a child, and
from 30 drops to a tea-spoonful for an adult, in
water sweetened with honey.
NO. 2.
Honey i ounce fld. measure.
Sweet oil I ounce fld. measure.
Lemon juice i ounce fld. measure.
Sweet spirits of nitre i ounce fld! measure.
Mix — Dose, where the cough is very trouble-
some, tea-spoonful every 2 or 3 hours.
NO. 3.
Flax-seed meal i ounce.
Water i quart.
Boil for one-half hour, then strain and add the
juice of two lemons and 2 pounds of rock candy.
MEDICAL DIVISION. 45
Dose, a table-spoonful every 2 or 3 hours. If the
cough is accompanied by loss of appetite add one-
half ounce powdered gum arable.
FOR CHAPPED HANDS, FEET, OR LIPS.
Sweet oil 3 ounces.
Spermaceti 4 ounces.
Pulverized camphor i ounce.
Mix together by gentle heat, constantly stir-
ring, and when all thoroughly melted and mixed,
set off and stir until cool. Apply every evening
with a little heat.
PILLS FOR COLIC.
Sulph. morphine 2 grains.
Pulverized opium 2 grains.
Pulverized camphor 5 grains.
Capsicum 5 grains.
Mix — Make into 12 pills by the aid of pulver-
ized acacia mucilage thick. One will generally
give prompt relief.
TAR SYRUP FOR THE LUNGS.
Tar I tea-cupful.
Loaf sugar 2 pounds.
Water i quart.
Put all into a tin pan, and boil for two hours;
then let cool, and pour off the syrup. A table-
spoonful taken every 2 hours; or, if the lungs are
sore, it may be taken every hour; gradually di-
minish the dose as the case improves.
44 DOMESTIC GUIDE.
WHOOPING-COUGH.
Blood beet, slice thin, and lay in a pan ; place a
thick layer of brown sugar between each layer of
beet until pan is full. Set in oven and cook slowly
until the coloring matter is all out of beets ; then
pour off the syrup. A table-spoonful every 3 or 4
hours, according to the severity of the case ; for a
very small child a less quantity for a dose, given
as above.
NO. 2.
Balsam of fir J^ ounce.
Honey i pound.
Butter one-half pound.
Melt the balsam and butter together, then add
th*e honey. Mix them thoroughly. Dose, from
one-half to tea-spoonful, given every 3 or 4 hours.
COUGH BALSAM.
Lemon juice one-half pint.
Eggs, 3.
Beat well together, then put into a bottle and
add honey and whisky, of each one-half pint, and
balsam of fir one-half ounce. A tea-spoonful may
be given every 4 hours ; in severe cases give every
2 or 3 hours.
COUGH BALSAM.
Jamaica rum one-half pint.
Candied honey, or rock candy, I pound.
Fluid extract of licorice 4 ounces.
Syrup of squills 2 ounces.
MEDICAL PIVISION. 45
Slippery-elm water one-half pint.
Mix by shaking well. Dose, a tea-spoonful 3
or 4 times daily ; is a grand, good remedy ; has a
great name in certain places.
COUGH BALSAM.
Whisky i quart.
Granulated sugar 2 pounds.
Laudanum i ounce.
Tincture lobelia i ounce.
Spirits camphor i ounce.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Clean lard 3^ ounce.
Glycerine ]^ ounce.
Spermaceti i dram.
Camphor I dram.
Oil of rose 5 drops.
Melt the spermaceti in the lard and the other ingredients. Use, as the case requires, once or twice daily.
FOR COUGHS AND COLDS.
Alcohol I ounce.
Oil of anise i dram.
Oil of almonds i dram.
Balsam of tolu i y^ drams.
Balsam of fir i %^ drams.
Mix — From 10 to 20 drops for a child, and from 30 drops to a tea-spoonful for an adult, in water sweetened with honey.
NO. 2. Honey i ounce fld. measure. Sweet oil I ounce fld. measure. Lemon juice i ounce fld. measure. Sweet spirits of nitre i ounce fld! measure. Mix — Dose, where the cough is very troublesome, tea-spoonful every 2 or 3 hours.
NO. 3. Flax-seed meal i ounce. Water i quart.
Boil for one-half hour, then strain and add the juice of two lemons and 2 pounds of rock candy.
Dose, a table-spoonful every 2 or 3 hours. If the cough is accompanied by loss of appetite add onehalf ounce powdered gum arable.
FOR CHAPPED HANDS, FEET, OR LIPS.
Sweet oil 3 ounces.
Spermaceti 4 ounces.
Pulverized camphor i ounce.
Mix together by gentle heat, constantly stirring, and when all thoroughly melted and mixed, set off and stir until cool. Apply every evening with a little heat.
PILLS FOR COLIC.
Sulph. morphine 2 grains.
Pulverized opium 2 grains.
Pulverized camphor 5 grains.
Capsicum 5 grains.
Mix — Make into 12 pills by the aid of pulverized acacia mucilage thick. One will generally give prompt relief.
TAR SYRUP FOR THE LUNGS.
Tar I tea-cupful.
Loaf sugar 2 pounds.
Water i quart.
Put all into a tin pan, and boil for two hours; then let cool, and pour off the syrup. A tablespoonful taken every 2 hours; or, if the lungs are sore, it may be taken every hour; gradually diminish the dose as the case improves.
WHOOPING-COUGH.
Blood beet, slice thin, and lay in a pan ; place a thick layer of brown sugar between each layer of beet until pan is full. Set in oven and cook slowly until the coloring matter is all out of beets ; then pour off the syrup. A table-spoonful every 3 or 4 hours, according to the severity of the case ; for a very small child a less quantity for a dose, given as above.
NO. 2.
Balsam of fir J^ ounce.
Honey i pound.
Butter one-half pound.
Melt the balsam and butter together, then add th*e honey. Mix them thoroughly. Dose, from one-half to tea-spoonful, given every 3 or 4 hours.
COUGH BALSAM. Lemon juice one-half pint. Eggs, 3.
Beat well together, then put into a bottle and add honey and whisky, of each one-half pint, and balsam of fir one-half ounce. A tea-spoonful may be given every 4 hours ; in severe cases give every 2 or 3 hours.
COUGH BALSAM.
Jamaica rum one-half pint. Candied honey, or rock candy, I pound. Fluid extract of licorice 4 ounces. Syrup of squills 2 ounces.
Slippery-elm water one-half pint.
Mix by shaking well. Dose, a tea-spoonful 3 or 4 times daily ; is a grand, good remedy ; has a great name in certain places.
COUGH BALSAM.
Whisky i quart.
Granulated sugar 2 pounds.
Laudanum i ounce.
Tincture lobelia i ounce.
Spirits camphor i ounce.
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