25^ On the various Remedies recommeuiled 



and to ufe it internally after it has been diluted with a con- 



fiderable quantity of water/' 



The Ormfkirk medicine, from its great celebrity, deferves 

 fome notice here ; and the more fo, as we can lay the recipe 

 before the world, which will enable medical men jullly to 

 appreciate its pretenfions. The quantities of the various in- 

 gredients are, to be fure, rather loofely expreffed, were accu- 

 racy a matter of moment in fuch a compound : " R. A fmall 

 tea-fpoonful of prepared oyfter-fliell ; one cafe-knife point- 

 ful of roach-alum, burnt ; one cafe-knife pointful of Ar- 

 menian bole ; as much elecampane root as will lie on a filver 

 fixpence, and the fame quantity of afli-coloured ground liver- 

 wort — all in powder. They muft be well mixed together. 

 The dofe for a perfon of the itrongeft conftitution is two 

 tlrachms, ll^othecary's weight, in a glafs of red port, taken 

 in the morning fafting. The patient muft faft for two or 

 three hours after." 



The above was fent to the editor for the purpofe of being 

 Jaid before the public through another medium (a newfpapcr) 

 fo far back as the year 1791, but by fome accident was mif- 

 Ja'fd till a few days ago*. The author, after enumerating 

 the virtues afcribed to the various ingredients by different 

 writers, which we give in a note in his own words f, con- 

 cludes with the following obfcrvations : 



'' What 



» Tt is dated " Bifpham, Lancafliire, iSth 06lober i7yi," and bears 

 tlif Ormfkirk poll-mark ■ — No fignature. 



•f- " If for a cow, horfe, or pig, give double the quantity, in a pint of 

 milk or water : if for a dog, give the double dofc in a little new churned 

 butter, without fait; and take care tn tie him up, in a clean place, withf 

 out litter, as they are fubjeft to vomit it up again. The quantity of each 

 ingredient abo.'e is rather uncertain, if the confequence fignified any thing. 

 The oyfter-fhells are to be well cleaned, pulverifcd, and levigated into an 

 impalpable powder, which may be dried on a chalk-flone, and afterwards 

 fet by in a warm or very dry place for a few days. The Edinburgh Col- 

 lege give the preference to thofe (hells which are hollow. This has the 

 virtuesof other teftaceous powders. The alum is to be burnt in an earthejj 

 velTel^or one of iron, as long as it bubbles or fvvells up. The bole is not 

 ahvays found pure; it (houid be of a bright-red colour, with a tinge of 

 yellow. It will effervefcc with addsj and in order to free it from impu- 

 Jr ritics, 



