Dr. M'Millan's formulas and domestic guide

taking the different medicines administered in powder form it will be found very acceptable. SYRUP OF IPECAC. Fluid extract of ipecac 2 ounces. Syrup simplex 34 ounces. Mix — This syrup is chiefly applicable to cases of children. The dose of it is, as an emetic, for an adult, from 4 drams to an ounce ; for a child i or 2 years old 20 to 60 drops, repeated every 15 or 20 minutes until it acts. SYRUP OF POPPIES. Poppy capsules dried, freed from seeds and coarsely powdered 36 ounces. Alcohol I pint. Refined sugar 4 pounds. Boiling water a sufficient quantity. Mix the poppy capsules with 4 pints of the water and infuse for 24 hours, stirring them frequently, then take them in a percolator and adding more water, allow the liquor to slowly pass until about 2 gallons are obtained or the poppies are exhausted, evaporate the liquor by a water bath until it is reduced to 3 pints ; when quite cold add the spirit, let the mixture stand for 12 hours and filter, distill off the spirit, evaporate the remaining liquor to two pints and then add the sugar; the product should weigh 6% pounds. The syrup of poppies is employed chiefly in infantile cases to allay cough quiet restlessness, relieve pain and promote sleep. The dose is from half a fluid dram, to an infant, to half a fluid ounce, to an adult, increased as the case may require, given every 2 or 3 hours. SYRUP OF LEMON. Lemon juice recently expressed and strained i pint. Sugar refined in coarse powder 48 ounces. Water i pint. Mix the lemon juice and water, and, having added the sugar, dissolve it with the aid of gentle heat, and strain the solution while hot. This syrup forms a cooling and grateful addition to beverages in febrile complaints, and serves to conceal the taste of saline purgatives in solution. It may be combined with cough mixtures and other liquid preparations of medicines that have a bad taste, and may be used ad libitum, as it is harmless in its effects upon the stomach or system. AROMATIC SYRUP RHUBARB. Rhubarb in moderately fine powder two ounces and a half. Cloves in moderately fine powder one-half ounce. Cinnamon in fine powder one-half ounce. Nutmeg in' moderately fine powder 2 drams. Syrup 6 pints. Dilute alcohol a sufficient quantity. Mix the powders and having moistened the mixture with 2 ounces of the dilute alcohol, introduce it into a conical percolator and pour dilute alcohol upon it until a pint of tincture has passed ; add to this the syrup previously heated and mix them thoroughly. This syrup of rhubarb is a warm stomach laxative too feeble for adult cases but well calculated for the bowel complaints of children which occurs so frequently in all our large cities during the summer season. The dose is for an infant with diarrhea I dram every 2 hours until the passages indicate by their color that the medicine has had its effect SYRUP OF RED ROSES. Red roses in moderately fine powder I ounce. Sugar refined in coarse powder i8 ounces. Dilute alcohol, sufficient quantity. Water, sufficient quantity.