Cod liver oil i ounce.
Peppermint water one-half ounce.
Tincture of orange-peel one-half ounce.
Gum arable 3 ounces.
Oil of wintergreen 10 drops✪ For Scrofula.
Mix — A dessert-spoonful 3 times a day for a
child. Double the dose for an adult.
NO. 2.
Cod liver oil i }i ounces.
Oil of creosote 4 drops.
Powdered tragacanth i scruple.
Powdered gum arable i scruple.
Powdered starch i scruple.
White sugar i dram.
Anise water 5 ounces.
Mix — Take i table-spoonful 3 times daily. This
makes quite a palatable mixture. The creosote
in it renders the oil more readily acceptable to the
stomach.
NO. 3.
Iodine 10 grains.
Iodide of pot. 20 grains.
Water i ounce.
Mix — Dose, from 4 to 6 drops for a child 3
times a day in sweetened water. For an adult
double or treble the dose.
NO. 4.
Iodide of iron 4 grains.
Glycerine one-half ounce.
MEDICAL DIVISION. 11/
Infusion of columbo 3 ounces.
Mix — Tea-spoonful 3 times a day for a child.
Double the dose for an adult.
FOR INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATISM.
Quicklime i ounce.
White sugar 4 ounces.
Boiling water i quart✪ For Inflammatory Rheumatism.
Mix well and strain when cool. Dose, tea-
spoonful every 3 hours. This is one of the best
medicines in above case to be had. Don't fail to try
it.
FOR SCURVY.
Strained lemon juice i pint.
White sugar 2 pounds✪ For Scurvy.
Mix them and simmer for half an hour, then bot-
tle and add a table-spoonful of good brandy.
Dose, tea-spoonful before each meal.
FOR ITCH.
Sulphur I ounce.
Clean lard 3 ounces.
Carbolic acid i dram.
Mix — After the surface has been well washed
apply this salve 3 times daily with the aid of heat.
FOR SCURVY.
Select young branches from the young spruce
fir, and extract the essence from them by boiling
down to concentration. Take of this spruce essence
8 ounces, bruised allspice and ginger of each 4
ounces, water 3 gallons. Boil for 15 minutes.
Then strain and add 1 1 gallons of warm water, a
Il8 DOMESTIC GUIDE.
pint of yeast and 6 pints of molasses. Mix and
allow the mixture to ferment for 24 hours. This
beer is well adapted to the above disease, a tum-
bler half full to be taken frequently, say every 4
hours.
ANOTHER EXCELLENT REMEDY FOR SCURVY.
Nitrate of potash 2 drams.
Vinegar 6 ounces.
Mix — This amount to be taken in the course of
24 hours.
RHEUMATIC FEVER.
Bicarbonate of potash i ounce.
Spirits of mindererus 3 ounces.
Water 3 ounces.
Mix — Dose, a table-spoonful in water every 5
hours. If the pain be severe 10 grains of Dover's
powders may be given at night. The joints
should be wrapped in flannel and the patient kept
in bed between flannel sheets.
NO. 2.
Bicarbonate of potash 2 pounds.
Nitrate of potash i pound.
Dissolve in 30 gallons of warm water for a bath.
The bath should be about 98°.
NO. 3.
Bromide of ammonium one-half ounce.
Tincture of orange-peel one-half ounce.
Water 2}i ounces.
Mix — Give a dessert-spoonful every 3 hours ex-
cepting at night.
MEDICAL DIVISION. I I9
FOR MUSCULAR RHEUMATISM.
Iodide of potassium 4 scruples.
Huxham's tincture of bark 2 ounces.
Water 2 ounces.
Mix — Take a dessert-spoonful in water 3 times
a day after meals.
HAY ASTHMA.
Quinine 40 grains.
Sulphate of iron 20 grains.
Syrup sufficient to form a mass.
Divide into 20 pills and take one 3 times a day.
Has cured thousands and the receipt sold once for
IN SMALL-POX.
Common calamine 3 drams.
Oxide of zinc i dram.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Cod liver oil i ounce. Peppermint water one-half ounce. Tincture of orange-peel one-half ounce. Gum arable 3 ounces. Oil of wintergreen 10 drops. Mix — A dessert-spoonful 3 times a day for a child. Double the dose for an adult.
NO. 2.
Cod liver oil i }i ounces.
Oil of creosote 4 drops.
Powdered tragacanth i scruple.
Powdered gum arable i scruple.
Powdered starch i scruple.
White sugar i dram.
Anise water 5 ounces.
Mix — Take i table-spoonful 3 times daily. This makes quite a palatable mixture. The creosote in it renders the oil more readily acceptable to the stomach.
NO. 3.
Iodine 10 grains.
Iodide of pot. 20 grains.
Water i ounce.
Mix — Dose, from 4 to 6 drops for a child 3 times a day in sweetened water. For an adult double or treble the dose.
NO. 4. Iodide of iron 4 grains. Glycerine one-half ounce.
Infusion of columbo 3 ounces.
Mix — Tea-spoonful 3 times a day for a child. Double the dose for an adult. FOR INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATISM.
Quicklime i ounce.
White sugar 4 ounces.
Boiling water i quart.
Mix well and strain when cool. Dose, teaspoonful every 3 hours. This is one of the best medicines in above case to be had. Don't fail to try it.
FOR SCURVY.
Strained lemon juice i pint.
White sugar 2 pounds.
Mix them and simmer for half an hour, then bottle and add a table-spoonful of good brandy. Dose, tea-spoonful before each meal.
FOR ITCH.
Sulphur I ounce. Clean lard 3 ounces. Carbolic acid i dram.
Mix — After the surface has been well washed apply this salve 3 times daily with the aid of heat. FOR SCURVY.
Select young branches from the young spruce fir, and extract the essence from them by boiling down to concentration. Take of this spruce essence 8 ounces, bruised allspice and ginger of each 4 ounces, water 3 gallons. Boil for 15 minutes. Then strain and add 1 1 gallons of warm water, a
pint of yeast and 6 pints of molasses. Mix and allow the mixture to ferment for 24 hours. This beer is well adapted to the above disease, a tumbler half full to be taken frequently, say every 4 hours.
ANOTHER EXCELLENT REMEDY FOR SCURVY.
Nitrate of potash 2 drams.
Vinegar 6 ounces.
Mix — This amount to be taken in the course of
24 hours.
RHEUMATIC FEVER.
Bicarbonate of potash i ounce.
Spirits of mindererus 3 ounces.
Water 3 ounces.
Mix — Dose, a table-spoonful in water every 5 hours. If the pain be severe 10 grains of Dover's powders may be given at night. The joints should be wrapped in flannel and the patient kept in bed between flannel sheets.
NO. 2. Bicarbonate of potash 2 pounds. Nitrate of potash i pound.
Dissolve in 30 gallons of warm water for a bath. The bath should be about 98°.
NO. 3.
Bromide of ammonium one-half ounce. Tincture of orange-peel one-half ounce. Water 2}i ounces.
Mix — Give a dessert-spoonful every 3 hours excepting at night.
FOR MUSCULAR RHEUMATISM.
Iodide of potassium 4 scruples.
Huxham's tincture of bark 2 ounces.
Water 2 ounces.
Mix — Take a dessert-spoonful in water 3 times a day after meals.
HAY ASTHMA.
Quinine 40 grains.
Sulphate of iron 20 grains.
Syrup sufficient to form a mass.
Divide into 20 pills and take one 3 times a day. Has cured thousands and the receipt sold once for
IN SMALL-POX.
Common calamine 3 drams.
Oxide of zinc i dram.
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