This is an excellent refrigerant diaphoretic,
adapted to almost all cases of fever with a hot,
dry skin, and especially to the paroxysms of our
remittent fevers and intermittents. This is usually
very grateful to the patient, and is particularly
beneficial in the above cases. Sugar may be added
if desired, and, should it seem to irritate the
stomach, add a little morphine or laudanum.
Dose, a table-spoonful diluted in water every 3 or
4 hours.
MEDICAL DIVISION. I3I
BLACK WASH.
Calomel 30 grains.
Lime-water 10 ounces✪ Black Wash.
Mix — This makes an excellent dressing for old
and indolent ulcers, and will often induce them to
heal when all else fails. It should be applied with
a camel hair brush 3 times daily, in conjunction
with other treatment, such as ointments, salves
and constitutional remedies.
BORATE OF HONEY.
Borax, fine powder, 64 grains.
Clarified honey i ounce✪ Borate of Honey.
Mix — Use with a brush in aphthous sore
mouths in children and nursing sore mouths in
mothers.
CHALK MIXTURE.
Prepared chalk one-fourth ounce.
Gum arable one-fourth ounce.
Syrup simplex one-half ounce.
Cinnamon water 8 ounces✪ Chalk Mixture.
Triturate the chalk and gum arable with the
cinnamon water, then add the syrup. This is a
convenient way of administering chalk and is much
used in looseness of the bowels. A little laudanum
or morphine may be added, to increase its astrin-
gency. The dose is a tea-spoonful often repeated.
You will find to combine catechu and kino to this
mixture it is particularly good in those obstinate
cases of bowel trouble which we find in the fall of
the year in certain localities.
132 DOMESTIC GUIDE.
ALMOND MIXTURE.
Take of sweet almond one-half ounce.
Gum arable in fine powder 30 grains.
Sugar 120 grains (or 2 drams.)
Water one-half pint✪ Almond Mixture.
Beat the almond and gum arable together with
the sugar until they are thoroughly incorporated,
then add the water, and after mixing, strain, when
it is ready for use. This mixture is useful in cases
of irritation of the stomach and bladder. It should
be used freely. Dose, from i to 8 ounces daily.
In warm weather it soon sours.
COMPOUND MIXTURE OF IRON.
Myrrh i dram.
White sugar i dram.
Carbonate of potassa 25 grains.
Sulphate of iron i scruple.
Spirits of lavender one-half ounce.
Rose water 8 ounces✪ Compound Mixture of Iron.
Rub the sugar, myrrh, and potassa, with the rose
water gradually added, then with the spirits of
lavender, and lastly with the sulphate of iron, and
pour the mixture immediately into a bottle,
which must be well stopped.
This mixture is a good tonic in debility of the
digestive organs, especially when attended with de-
rangement of the menstrual function. Hence it is
used with advantage in chlorosis and hysterical
affections. It has been employed in the hectic
fever of phthisis and chronic catarrh. Dose, i or
MEDICAL DIVISION. I 33
2 ounces 3 or 4 times daily. Should not be used
when there is inflammation of the stomach.
GENTIAN MIXTURE.
Gentian root sliced ^ ounce.
Bitter orange-peel cut fine 30 grains
Coriander seed bruised 30 grains.
Alcohol 2 ounces.
Water one-half pint✪ Gentian Mixture.
Macerate the gentian, orange-peel, and coriander
in the alcohol 2 hours. Then add the water,
macerate again 2 hours, and strain. A good tonic.
Dose, I ounce 3 times a day.
COMPOUND MIXTURE OF ^LIQUORICE.
Extract of liquorice in fine powder one-half
ounce.
Sugar in coarse powder one-half ounce.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
This is an excellent refrigerant diaphoretic, adapted to almost all cases of fever with a hot, dry skin, and especially to the paroxysms of our remittent fevers and intermittents. This is usually very grateful to the patient, and is particularly beneficial in the above cases. Sugar may be added if desired, and, should it seem to irritate the stomach, add a little morphine or laudanum. Dose, a table-spoonful diluted in water every 3 or 4 hours.
BLACK WASH.
Calomel 30 grains.
Lime-water 10 ounces.
Mix — This makes an excellent dressing for old and indolent ulcers, and will often induce them to heal when all else fails. It should be applied with a camel hair brush 3 times daily, in conjunction with other treatment, such as ointments, salves and constitutional remedies.
BORATE OF HONEY.
Borax, fine powder, 64 grains.
Clarified honey i ounce.
Mix — Use with a brush in aphthous sore mouths in children and nursing sore mouths in mothers.
CHALK MIXTURE.
Prepared chalk one-fourth ounce.
Gum arable one-fourth ounce.
Syrup simplex one-half ounce.
Cinnamon water 8 ounces.
Triturate the chalk and gum arable with the cinnamon water, then add the syrup. This is a convenient way of administering chalk and is much used in looseness of the bowels. A little laudanum or morphine may be added, to increase its astringency. The dose is a tea-spoonful often repeated. You will find to combine catechu and kino to this mixture it is particularly good in those obstinate cases of bowel trouble which we find in the fall of the year in certain localities.
ALMOND MIXTURE.
Take of sweet almond one-half ounce.
Gum arable in fine powder 30 grains.
Sugar 120 grains (or 2 drams.)
Water one-half pint.
Beat the almond and gum arable together with the sugar until they are thoroughly incorporated, then add the water, and after mixing, strain, when it is ready for use. This mixture is useful in cases of irritation of the stomach and bladder. It should be used freely. Dose, from i to 8 ounces daily. In warm weather it soon sours.
COMPOUND MIXTURE OF IRON.
Myrrh i dram.
White sugar i dram.
Carbonate of potassa 25 grains.
Sulphate of iron i scruple.
Spirits of lavender one-half ounce.
Rose water 8 ounces.
Rub the sugar, myrrh, and potassa, with the rose water gradually added, then with the spirits of lavender, and lastly with the sulphate of iron, and pour the mixture immediately into a bottle, which must be well stopped.
This mixture is a good tonic in debility of the digestive organs, especially when attended with derangement of the menstrual function. Hence it is used with advantage in chlorosis and hysterical affections. It has been employed in the hectic fever of phthisis and chronic catarrh. Dose, i or
2 ounces 3 or 4 times daily. Should not be used when there is inflammation of the stomach. GENTIAN MIXTURE.
Gentian root sliced 1/2 ounce.
Bitter orange-peel cut fine 30 grains
Coriander seed bruised 30 grains.
Alcohol 2 ounces.
Water one-half pint.
Macerate the gentian, orange-peel, and coriander in the alcohol 2 hours. Then add the water, macerate again 2 hours, and strain. A good tonic. Dose, I ounce 3 times a day. COMPOUND MIXTURE OF ^LIQUORICE.
Extract of liquorice in fine powder one-half ounce.
Sugar in coarse powder one-half ounce.
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