Dr. M'Millan's formulas and domestic guide

Place the sugar and whisky in a jug, and set into a kettle with water in, and boil for i hour, shaking occasionally ; then add the other ingredients. Dose, tea-spoonful every 3 hours; is a very superior remedy in cases of cough of long standing. COUGH SYRUP. Hop tea, made strong, i pint. Brown sugar i pound- Jamaica rum I pint. Mix thoroughly with heat. Dose, I to 2 teaspoonfuls is a dose ; every 4 hours, or oftener, as case requires. NO. 2. Balsam tolu i ounce. Balsam copaiba i dram. Sweet spts. eth. nit. i ounce. Camph. tr. opii 2 ounces. Simple syrup 3 ounces. Mix — Dose, one-half to i tea-spoonful every hour. NO. 3. Pulverized extract licorice i ounce Syrup of ipecac i ^ ounces. Tincture lobelia I dram. Camph. tinct. opii i ^ ounces. Rose water 2 ounces. Mix — Dose, tea-spoonful every 2 or 3 hours. NO. 4. Slippery-elm water one-half pint. Rock candy i pound. Syrup of comfrey i ounce. Best port wine one-half pint Mix — Dose, tea-spoonful every 3 hours. This is an excellent remedy in cough following measles or scarlet fever ; also from recent cold, etc. FOR CROUP Perchloride of iron i dram. Simple syrup i pint. For a child under 10 years one-half tea-spoonful every 3 hours; for adult tea-spoonful every 2 or 3 hours as case requires. NO. 2. Common salt 2 table-spoonfuls. Pulv. alum I ounce. Simple syrup 3 ounces. Mix — Dose, tea-spoonful in 4 table-spoonfuls of water, taken at 4 doses, 5 minutes apart, and this kept up until patient should vomit or get relief. NO. 3. Alum pulv. one-half tea-spoonful. Molasses 4 table-spoonfuls. Mix — Dose, one-half teaspoonful every half hour until relief is obtained. NO. 4. Tartar emetic 10 grains. Syrup of squills 2 ounces. Simple syrup 3 ounces. Mix — One-half tea-spoonful every 5, 10, 15 or 20 minutes until relief is afforded. NO. 5. Syrup ipecac i ounce. Tincture lobelia one-half ounce. Alum water i ounce. Mix — Dose, 20 drops every 1 5 minutes until relief; if a very severe case increase the dose. NO. 6. Oil wintergreen 10 drops. Oil lobelia 10 drops. Alcohol I ounce. Mix — Dose from 3 to 10 drops, given every 10 or 15 minutes until paroxysm is relieved. DEAFNESS. Sweet oil one-half ounce. Glycerine one-half ounce. Mur. tinct. iron y^ ounce. Carbolic acid 5 drops. Mix — Drop 2 or 3 drops of this in the ear two or three times a day. First syringe the ear out well with warm water and sweet milk, of each onehalf. NO. 2. Almond oil one-half ounce. Lard oil i ounce. Sulph. morphine 5 grains. Mix — And put into the ear 2 or 3 drops twice a day, first cleansing the ear with warm water and a little slippery-elm water or gum arabic water. NO. 3. Of course, in all cases of deafness there is more or less need of constitutional treatment, and the following is good: Tincture of cinchona 2 ounces. Mur. tinct iron i dram. Syr. sarsaparilla i ounce. Simple syrup 1 1^ ounces. Dose, tea-spoonful before each meal. NO. 4. Quinine 30 grains. Carb. of iron 20 grains. Pulv. acacia one-half ounce. Water sufficient quantity to make a mass ; make into 30 pills. Take one before each meal. NO. 5. Yellow bark pulv. one-half ounce. Rhubarb pulv. 2 drams. Nux vomica 5 grains. Pulv. acacia i ounce.