Mix the powders and beat into a mass with the
treacle, and divide into 280 pills. This is a good
combination of expectorants along with a little
opium to allay irritation and restlessness; well
adapted to chronic catarrh with either deficient or
greatly excessive expectoration, and to the advanced
stages of the acute disease offering similar indica-
tions. Dose, I to 3 pills 3 or 4 times a day.
COMPOUND POWDER OF CINNAMON.
Cinnamon in fine powder 2 ounces.
Ginger in fine powder 2 ounces.
Cardamon deprived of the capsules in fine pow-
der I ounce.
Nutmeg in fine powder i ounce✪ Compound Powder of Cinnamon.
Rub them together until they are thoroughly
mixed. This is stimulant and carminative, and
may be given in the dose of from 10 to 30 grains
in cases of enfeebled digestion 'with flatulence, but
it is chiefly used as a corrigent and adjuvant of
other medicine.
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AROMATIC POWDER OF CHALK.
Cinnamon bark in powder 4 ounces.
Nutmeg in powder 3 ounces.
Saffron in powder 3 ounces.
Cloves in powder 1 1/^ ounces.
Cardamom seeds in powder i ounce.
Refined sugar in powder 25 ounces.
Prepared chalk 1 1 ounces.✪ Aromatic Powder of Chalk
Mix them thoroughly, pass the powder through
a fine sieve, and finally rub it lightly in a mortar,
and keep in a well stopped bottle.
It is a warm stimulant and astringent as well as
antacid, and is well calculated for diarrhea with
acidity of the stomach, and without inflammation.
The dose is from 30 to 60 grains, given in
mucilage or sweetened water, and frequently re-
peated.
AROMATIC POWDER OF CHALK AND
OPIUM.
Aromatic powder of chalk 9^ ounces.
Opium in powder ]^ ounce.
Rub thoroughly together, pass it through a fine
seive, rub lightly in a mortar, and keep in a well
stopped bottle.
The addition of the opium greatly increases the
efficacy of the compound powder of chalk in
diarrhoea, and its equal diffusion through the pow-
der presents this advantage, that it may be con-
veniently given m minute doses to children. For
146 DOMESTIC GUIDE.
adults the dose is from 10 to 20 grains, repeated
several times a day after every evacuation.
DOVER'S POWDER.
Ipecac in fine powder i dram.
Opium in fine powder i dram.
Sulphate of potassa i ounce.
Rub them together into a fine powder. Ten
grains of the powder contains i grain of the
opium. The preparation is applicable in all
cases not attended with much fever, cerebral dis-
eases or sick stomach, in which there is an
indication for profuse diaphoresis, especially in
painful affections or those connected with unhealthy
discharges. It is admirably adapted to the phleg-
masia, particularly rheumatism and pneumonia
when complicated with a typhoid tendency or
after sufficient depletion. Under similar circum-
stances it is useful in dysentery and diarrhea and
various hemmorrhages, especially that from the
uterus. It is sometimes given in dropsy. In
bowel affections, and whenever the hepatic secre-
tion is deranged, it is frequently given combined
with small doses of calomel. The dose is from 5
to 15 grains given difused in water, syrup, etc.,
repeated every 4 or 6 hours. Its diaphoretic effect
may be promoted by warm drinks, such as lem-
onade, balm tea, which must not be given directly
after the powder, as they might provoke vomit-
ing.
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COMPOUND POWDER OF JALAP.
Jalap in fine powder i ounce.
Bitartrate of potassa in fine powder 2 ounces.✪ Compound Powder of Jalap
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Mix the powders and beat into a mass with the treacle, and divide into 280 pills. This is a good combination of expectorants along with a little opium to allay irritation and restlessness; well adapted to chronic catarrh with either deficient or greatly excessive expectoration, and to the advanced stages of the acute disease offering similar indications. Dose, I to 3 pills 3 or 4 times a day.
COMPOUND POWDER OF CINNAMON.
Cinnamon in fine powder 2 ounces.
Ginger in fine powder 2 ounces.
Cardamon deprived of the capsules in fine powder I ounce.
Nutmeg in fine powder i ounce.
Rub them together until they are thoroughly mixed. This is stimulant and carminative, and may be given in the dose of from 10 to 30 grains in cases of enfeebled digestion 'with flatulence, but it is chiefly used as a corrigent and adjuvant of other medicine.
AROMATIC POWDER OF CHALK.
Cinnamon bark in powder 4 ounces.
Nutmeg in powder 3 ounces.
Saffron in powder 3 ounces.
Cloves in powder 1 1/^ ounces.
Cardamom seeds in powder i ounce.
Refined sugar in powder 25 ounces.
Prepared chalk 1 1 ounces.
Mix them thoroughly, pass the powder through a fine sieve, and finally rub it lightly in a mortar, and keep in a well stopped bottle.
It is a warm stimulant and astringent as well as antacid, and is well calculated for diarrhea with acidity of the stomach, and without inflammation.
The dose is from 30 to 60 grains, given in mucilage or sweetened water, and frequently repeated.
AROMATIC POWDER OF CHALK AND
OPIUM.
Aromatic powder of chalk 9^ ounces.
Opium in powder ]^ ounce.
Rub thoroughly together, pass it through a fine sieve, rub lightly in a mortar, and keep in a well stopped bottle.
The addition of the opium greatly increases the efficacy of the compound powder of chalk in diarrhoea, and its equal diffusion through the powder presents this advantage, that it may be conveniently given m minute doses to children. For
adults the dose is from 10 to 20 grains, repeated several times a day after every evacuation.
DOVER'S POWDER.
Ipecac in fine powder i dram.
Opium in fine powder i dram.
Sulphate of potassa i ounce.
Rub them together into a fine powder. Ten grains of the powder contains i grain of the opium. The preparation is applicable in all cases not attended with much fever, cerebral diseases or sick stomach, in which there is an indication for profuse diaphoresis, especially in painful affections or those connected with unhealthy discharges. It is admirably adapted to the phlegmasia, particularly rheumatism and pneumonia when complicated with a typhoid tendency or after sufficient depletion. Under similar circumstances it is useful in dysentery and diarrhea and various hemmorrhages, especially that from the uterus. It is sometimes given in dropsy. In bowel affections, and whenever the hepatic secretion is deranged, it is frequently given combined with small doses of calomel. The dose is from 5 to 15 grains given difused in water, syrup, etc., repeated every 4 or 6 hours. Its diaphoretic effect may be promoted by warm drinks, such as lemonade, balm tea, which must not be given directly after the powder, as they might provoke vomiting.
COMPOUND POWDER OF JALAP.
Jalap in fine powder i ounce.
Bitartrate of potassa in fine powder 2 ounces.
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