rating the stomach, and keeping the body gently open. 
Strengthening Pills.—Take soft extract of bark, and rust 
eacha drachm. Make into pills. ; ect 
In disorders arising from excessive debility, or relaxation of the 
solids, as the green sickness, two of these pills may be taken three 
times a day. LEI 
: Compound Pills of Rhubarb.—Rhubarb in powder one ounce; 
_ Socotorine aloes, six drachms ; myrrh, halfan ounce ; volatile oil 
‘peppermint, half a drachm, alah them into a mass with a. su 
cient quantity of ératige peel. >. . ~~ SSS 
This i ae Big maatire: much employed, especially in dyspep- 
' tie affections, to obviate costiveness and greatly stimulate the intes- 
tines. T'wo pills are taken at bed time. : 
Pes 4 oats 
Pills for the Jaundice.—Take of Castile soap, socotorine aloes and 
rhubarb, each one drachm. Make them into pills, with a sufficient — 
quantity of syrup, or mucilage. : : 8 
_ These pills, with the assistance of proper diet will often cure the _ 
jaundice. Five or six-of them may be taken twice a 
Jess, as is necessary to keep 
PLASTERS, _ 
= Plasters ought to be of a different consistence, according to the- zs 
purposes for ahich they are intended. Such as are to be applied to ‘ 
the breasts or stomach, ought to be soft and yielding ; while those 
"designed for the limbs should be firm and adhesive. Plasters are 
composed chiefly of oils and unctuous substances, united with oxides 
or powders, into such a consistence that the compound may remain 
firm in the cold, without sticking to the fingers: that it may be soft 
and pliable in the heat of the human body ; yet so tenacious as rea- 
dily to adhere both to the parts on which it is applied and the | 
stance on which it is spread. 
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Common Plaster.—Take of litharge, one part ; olive oil two parts. 
Having added some water, boil them, constantly stirring until the 
oxide and oil unite into a plaster. : gate 
This plaster is generally applied to slight wounds and excoriations 
of the skin. It keeps the part soft and warm, and defends it from 
the air, which is all that is necessary. Its principal use, however, 1s 
“to serve as a basis for other plasters. ee 
Adhesive Plaster.—Take of common plaster, two parts ;,Burgun- — 
y pitch, one part. Melt them together, and stir theas seal tik o5i4- 
“This plaster is principally used for keeping on other dressings, and 
for retaining the lips of a wound together. = ed 
-Blistering Plaster —Take of yellow wax, pine resin, olive oil 
ach two ou cantharides, in powder, three parts. Tog, 
