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Fof medisial velilliinene, it will be ne- 
of several tinctures to make use of a 
i connie. ae See aa two ounces of pimenta, or abate, 
two pints of brandy, without heat for a few days. 
This simple tincture will answer sufficiently well all. the inten- 
“Tons of the more costly preparations of this kind. 
ncture of Kino.—Digest two ounces of gum kino in a pint 
halt eg ie for eight days ; ater ani aati it for use. 
This tincture is a good astringent medicine. With this view 
half an ounce, or more, of it may be taken three or four times a 
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or Finale of Opium.—Take of opium, two ounces ; 
iritous aromatic water, and mountain wine, of each ten ounces, 
ve the opium in, the wine with a gentle heat, frequently seeeog 
add the spirit and strain off the tincture. 
=n uy sire we a ee contain about a grain of opium, 
mn de 9m twenty to thirty drops. 5 
eWiere Picra.—Take of socotorine aloes in powder, one ounce ; 
Virginian snake root and ginger, each two drachms. Infuse in a 
pint of mountain wine, and half a pint of brandy, for a week, fre- 
~ quently shaking the bottle. 
This is a safe and useful purge for persons of a languid and phleg- 
matic habit; but it is thought to have better effects, taken in small 
_ doses as a laxative. The dose as a purge is from one to two ounces. 
_ A Tonic Tincture.—Mix two ounces of the compound tincture of 
k (co: -of bark, orange peel and cinnamon,) with the like 
juantity of the ve tincture of valerian; and of this mixture, a 
«tea secant in a glass of wine or water is to be. taken three or four 
times a day. 
This has been used with great advantage for the relief of those pe- 
euliar affections of the bowels which generally were nervous 
Gisuaces, such as indigestion, &c. oer, 
siiiaciare of Cantharides—Take of oineiiaaay bruise: 
drachm ; diluted alcohol, one pound. Digest seven days, and Bee 
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dastues ‘ the active principle of the fly. It is appli- 
nall eaves se Psthnalant and rubefacient, and is sometimes = 
wa in doses of from ten to twenty drops as a diuretic. ihe has 
Sequensiy” canedhe diabetes 
Tincture of Aina and Myrsh—Take myrrh, two ounces ; alco- 
pound and a half; water, half a pound : digest four days ; and 
! orine aloes, and saffron, each two ounces: digest 
- agate Or lee Ly , and pour off the tincture. 
This may be considered as being the Blair Preprctatue , 
