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This composition is a great improve — se 
eee use; and in cases of rheumatism, paralytic nu 
ject is to rouse the action of the absorbent vessels, and to 
the nerves, it is a very valuable external remedy. ; 
Sneezing Powders. Take of dried leaves of asarabacca, one 
ounce ; lavender flowers and marjoram leaves, dried, each two 
drachms. Rub them together to a powder, which keep in a well 
stopped vial. ne 
_ . A few grains of this powder snuffed up.the nose, excite sneez- 
ing and a copious discharge of mucus. 
Huzham’s Tincture of Bark.——Take of Peruvian bark, two 
ounces; orange peel, an ounce and a half; Virginia snake root, 
three drachms; saffron, one drachm ; cochibedt two scruples; 
proof spirit; twenty ounces. Digest fourteen days and strain, = 
As a corroborant and stomachic it is givenin doses of two or 
three drachms: but when employed in fevers it must be given in” 
large quantities. ae 
Chalk Mixture —Take of prepared chalk, one ounce ; refined: 
_ gar half an ounce ; mucilage of gum arabie; two ounces. Rub the: 
__ together, and add, by degrees, two pints of water, and two ounces 
of spirituous cinnamon water. Pes , GES Pee 
This is a very elegant form of exhibiting chalk, and is an useful 
remedy in diseases arising frpm, or accompanied with acidity of the 
stomach; and particularly in diarrhoea and dysentery. It may he 
‘taken to the extent of a pint in the course of a day. es 
The Black Drop.—Take opium, half a pound; vinegar three 
pints; nutmeg; an ounce and a half; saffron, half an ounce ; boil 
to a proper consistence, gal e 
fluid ounce of-yeast. Digest seven weeks: then place itin the open 
_ air til it becomes a syrup. Decant, filter and bottle it up, adding a 
liule sugar. 52 as See 
Dose from five to ten drops. E 
Gout Cordial.-—Take ecardamon seeds, and caraway seeds, 
bruised, each two ounces; the best meadow saffron, half an ounce ; 
Turkey rhubarb, an ounce and a half; Gentian root pee of 
an ounce. Mix and infuse in a quart of whtie brandy, for a fort- 
» enlargement of the joints, and indolent tumors, where t — 
and add, four ounces of sugar, and one 
night. “Dose a table spoonful, with an equal quantity of water, to | ef 
_ he taken every third day. 
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