_ PREPARATIONS AND COMPOSITIONS — 
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MEDICINES | 
AN COMMON UsE, NOT STRICTLY BOTANICAL. 
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Bavusams. 
The medicaments here mentioned are not natural balsams, but 
certain compositions, which, from their balsamic qualities, usually _ 
go by that name, This class of medicines were former) Xe 
merous than at present, and held in great esteem. So 
_- Anodyne Balsam.—T ake of white Spanish soap,one ounce;opium, 
two drachms ; alcohol, nine ounces. Digest them together in a gen- 
tle heat for three days; then strain the liquor, and add to it three 
drachms of camphor, oe 
_. ‘This balsam is intended to ease pain. It is of service in violent 
_ strains and rheumatic complaints, when not attended with inflamma- 
tion. It must be rubbed with the warm hand on the part affected ; 
oF a rag may be wet with it and applied. 
_ Locatelli’s Balsam.—Take of olive oil, one pint ; Venice turpen- 
_ tineand yellow wax, ofeach-half a pound ; red saunders, six drachms. 
Melt the wax with some part of the oil over a gentle fire; then ad- 
_ ding the remaining part of the oil and the turpentine ; afterwards mix 
in the saunders, previously reduced to a powder, and keep them stir- 
ting together till the balsam is cold. | ; 
- This balsam is recommended in erosions of the intestines, the 
_ dysentery, hemorrhages, internal bruises, and in some complaints of 
the breast. Outwardly it is used for cleansing and healing wounds 
and ulcers. The dose when taken internally is from two scruples to 
two drachms. Ne By 
- Turlington’s Balsam of Life.—Take of balsam of Peru, half an 
®unce; balsam of Tolu, one ounce ; gum storax, one ounce ; gum 
- Zuaiacum, one ounce ; gum Benzoin, an ounce and a half ; hepatic 
aloes and frankincense, each two drachms ; and dragon’s blood, one 
ounce. Let the gums be bruised, and put the ingredients into a quart — 
of proof brandy ; put it in a warm place, (a sand heat is best,) 
it be shaken frequently for seven or eight days : it is then At 
