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MOST APPROVED PROFESSIONAL REMEDIES. 



Bright's Disease. 



Take 



Potassii Nitrates ...... 4 drachms. 



Extract Galii Fluid ____ 2i ounces. 



Uva Ursa Fluid.2* 

 " Ergotae Fluid.. 1 " 



Mix Take a teasp<x)nful in half a 

 wine glassful of sweetened water three 

 or four times a day. Dr. N. 8. Davis, 

 Chicago. 



Avoid alcoholic stimulants strong 

 coffee, tea, soups, etc. 



Allowed Fish, sweet breads, sago, 

 rice, tapioca, maccaroni, prunes, apples, 

 celery, lettuce, etc., may be used in 

 moderation in connection with an al- 

 most strict milk diet 



Bronchitis. 



Take 



Acetati Morphine ........ 1 grain. 



Acetate of Potassii ...... .3 drachms. 



Acetate Liquor Ammonia. 3 ounces. 

 Syrup Tolu ............... 1 ounce. 



Mix Take a dessert spoonful every 

 third hour. Dr. DeCo8ta,Philadelphia. 

 Take 



Mix A dose every two hours for an 

 adult. Dr. Loomis, New York. 



Burns and Scalds. 



Mix flour into a thin paste in olive 

 oil or vaseline and apply, covering the 

 entire burned surface excluding the 

 air ; or, cover the burned surface with 

 Bicarbonate Sodii (baking soda), bind 

 with cloth carefully, excluding air. Dr. 

 H Hammersly, Erie. 



Cancer. 



Take 



Arsenicus Acid ........ 2 drachms. 



Mucilage Acacia ....... 1 " 



M ix to a paste, too thick to run, and 

 apply on the diseased surface, if not 

 exceeding an inch in diameter, cover 

 with dry lint to absorb ; after two or 

 three days apply bread poultices. The 

 slough then separates wash clean with 

 castile soap and water, and use simple 

 salve. London Cancer Hospital. 



To relieve pain in cancer of the 

 breast. 



Take- 



Pi umbi Acetatus ....... 15 grains. 



Aqua Distillatur ........ 1 ounce. 



Mix For local application. Dr. 

 Gross, Philadelphia, 



Cataleptic Fits. 



The treatment is general and tonic. 

 Purging is indicated. The remedies 

 used must be governed entirely by the 

 individual characteristics, to maintain 

 all the organic functions in as near a 

 healthy condition as possible the cause 

 being first ascertained. If periodical, 

 quinine is required to prevent them; 

 if from Amenorrhea, or other derange- 

 ment of the generic function, correct it 

 as indicated. Debility must be counter- 

 acted by a general tonic, sustaining 

 treatment, aided by the shower bath 

 sea-bathing, exercise in the open air, 

 and a carefully regulated nutritious 

 diet. Dr. Wood, Philadelphia. 



Catarrh. 

 Nasal, first cleanse with 



Carbolic Acid 1 grain. 



Sodse Bicarbonate... .. I . 



Boracis [of each 5 gr. 



Glycerine 1 drachm. 



Water 1 ounce. 



Mix Then apply aa a spray with an 

 atomizer twice a day. 



Ferric Alum 5 grains. 



Water 1 ounce. 



Or apply as above 



Sulphate Zinc 3 grains. 



Tartaric Acid 3 grains. 



Water. 1 ounce. 



Mix. 



Dr. Loomis, New York. 



Cholera. 

 Take- 

 Opium 2 grains. 



Gum Camphor ..2 " 



Calomel 3 to 6" 



Sugar of Milk 15 " 



Mix Triturate thoroughly, and ad- 

 minister in a teaspoonf ul of water ; re- 

 peat every half hour as long as neces- 

 sary. Dr. Palmer, Ann Arbor. 

 Take- 

 Tincture Opium 1 ounce. 



Tincture Capsicum 1 " 



Spirits Camphor 1 " 



Chloroform Pure H drachms. 



Brandy. 2 ounces. 



Mix Teaspoonf ul doses every fifteen 

 minutes until diarrhea is arrested, then 

 increasing the interval between doses. 

 Dr. J. Rhodes Wilkins, Chicago. 



Cholera Infantum. 

 Take. 



Tincture Opium 12 drops. 



Mist Creta 1| ounces. 



Mix A teasooonful every two or 



