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PATENT MEDICINES. 



The verdigris must be finely pulver- 

 ized, and mixed with the oil ; then add 

 as above, and work in cold water like 

 wax till cold enough to roll ; rolls 5 

 inches long, one inch in diameter, sell 

 for 25 cents. 



Cook's Electro- Magnetic Lin- 

 iment Best alcohol, 1 gal.; oil of 

 amber, 8 ozs. ; gum camphor, 8 ozs. ; 

 Castile soap, shaved fine, 2 ozs. ; beef's 

 gall, 4 ozs. ; ammonia, 3 F's strong, 12 

 ozs. ; mix, and shake occasionally for 12 

 hours, and it is fit for use. This will 

 be found a strong and valuable lini- 

 ment. 



Magnetic Ointment Trask's 

 Lard, raisins cut in pieces, and fine-cut 

 tobacco, equal weights ; simmer well to- 

 gether ; then strain, and press out all 

 from the dregs. 



Black Oil Best alcohol, tincture 

 of arnica, British oil and oil of tar, of 

 each 2 ozs. ; and slowly add sulphuric 

 acid, i oz. This black oil is coming in- 

 to extensive use as a liniment, and is 

 indeed valuable, especially in cases at- 

 tended with much inflammation. 



Brandreth's Pills Take 2 Ibs, of 

 aloes, 1 Ib. of gamboge, 4 ozs. of extract 

 of colocynth, i Ib. of Castile soap, 3 

 fluid drachms of oil of peppermint,and 1 

 fluid drachm of cinnamon. Mix, and 

 form into pills. 



Davis* Pain Killer Powdered 

 guaiacum, 1 oz. and 2 drs. ; camphor, 



1 dr.; powdered cayenne pepper, 3 

 drs.; caustic liquor of ammonia, J dr.; 

 powdered opium, 15 grs. ; digest these 

 mgrediens in 1 pt. alcohol for two 

 weeks. 



Fahnestock's Vermifuge Cas- 

 tor oil, oil of wormseed, each 1 oz. ; oil 

 anise i oz. ; tincture myrrh, i drachm ; 

 oil turpentine, 10 minims. Mix. 



Swaim's Vermifuge Wormseed, 



2 oz. ; valerian, rhubarb, pink-root, 

 white agaric, of each 1| ozs. ; boil in suf- 

 ficient water to yield 3 quarts of decoc- 

 tion, and add to it 10 drops of oil of tansy 

 and 45 drops of oil of cloves, dissolved 

 in a quart of rectified spirits. Dose, 1 

 tablespoonful at night 



Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Take 



4 grs. of acetate of morphia; 2 fluid drs. 

 of tincture of bloodroot; 3 fluid drs. 

 each of antimonial wine and wine of 

 ipecacuanha, and 3 fluid ozs. of sirup of 

 wild cherry. Mix. 



Radway's Ready Relief Ac- 

 cording to Peckolt, is an ethereal tinc- 

 ture of capsicum, with alcohol and cam- 

 phor. 



Radway's Renovating Resol- 

 vent A vinous tincture of ginger and 

 cardamom, sweetened with sugar. 



Ayer's Sarsaparilla Take 3 fluid 

 ozs. each of alcohol, fluid extract* of 

 sarsaparilla and of stillingia; 2 fluid 

 ozs. each, extract of yellow-dock and 

 podophyllin ; 1 oz. sugar, 90 grs. iodide 

 of potassium, and 10 grs. iodide of iron. 



Brown's Bronchial Troches- 

 Take 1 Ib. of pulverized extract of lic- 

 orice ; li Ibs. of pulverized sugar ; 4 ozs. 

 of pulverized cubebs ; 4 ozs. pulverized 

 gum arable ; 1 oz. of pulverized extract 

 c'onium. Mix. 



Artificial Cream Take milk, 8 

 tablespoonf uls ; sugar, i- Ib. ; corn-starch, 

 2 ozs. Dissolve the sugar first in a pint 

 of water, then add the other ingredients 

 and sufficient water to make a quart of 

 the whole. This will be found an ex- 

 cellent substitute for cream. 



To Clean Ladies' Black Dress- 

 Goods Take common lager beer and 

 with a sponge or black cloth rub it on 

 the right side of the goods ; then iron 

 on the wrong side. This process will 

 also stiffen the goods and render them 

 as glossy as when first purchased. A 

 cheap and very convenient recipe for 

 making old dresses new. 



Chemical Erasive Soap Gly- 

 cerine, 1 oz. ; sulphuric ether, !} ozs ; 

 alcohol, li ozs. ; aqua ammonia, li ozs. ; 

 dissolve one and one-half ounces of 

 castile-soap in two and a half pints of 

 hot water and add to the above. This will 

 remove every particle of grease, from 

 all kinds of cloth. It should be ap- 

 plied with a sponge or cloth, after 

 which the garment should be sponged 

 or rinsed with water. 



