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Blackherry Birup. The following is a valuable receipt for a 

 sirup, which may be made from the roots of the blackberry, in 

 combination with a le.^^ other articles; and if properly prepared, 

 proves one of the most valuable remedies that can be found in the 

 vegetable catalogue; from several years experience, and a practical 

 knowledge of its effects upon many cases of diarrhoea, the author 

 can bear testimony, as its superior powers to most of the medicines, 

 usually prescribed for those complaints, and on this account has 

 deemed it incumbent on himself, to make known to others the ar- 

 ticles employed, that they may have an opportunity, (should it be 

 required,) of administering this remedy. Take of Rihes sanguin- 

 eum, Blackberry, (by some called High Briar root,) eight ounces ; 

 Myrica cerifera, Bayberry bark, four ounces ; Geranium viaculatum, 

 Cranesbill, two ounces ; Balsamodendron myrrha, Gum myrrh, one 

 ounce; Cinnamomum aro7naticum, common Cinnamon, one ounce; 

 Foejiiculum vulgare, Fennel-seed, half an ounce ; Carum carui, 

 Caroway, the seed, half an ounce; Capsicu7a bacatum. Bird pepper, 



half an ounce. The whole should be put into four quarts of water, 

 and steeped six or eight hours, then to be strained and reduced to 

 two quarts ; then add, while hot, two and a half pounds loaf sugar; 

 let it .stand until cold and add, Tinctura opii, which is made from 

 the Papaver somniferum. Laudanum two fluid ounces ; Essence of 

 Cinnamon one fluid ounce ; and one and a half pints of best French 

 Brandy. 



A table-spoonfuU is a suitable dose for an adult, repeated accord- 

 ing to circumstances, or as the urgency of the case may require. 

 Many physicians who.se practical observation and experience, cer- 

 tainly entitles their opinions to respect, have recommended this 

 compound in the treatment of cholera, and speak of it as being un- 

 rivalled in the treatment of this complaint also. 



