124 SURFEIT. 



administered with the greatest safety and 

 effect : 



Take barbadoes aloes one ounce ; 

 Jalap (in powder) and 



Mercurius dulcis, alias calomel, each two drachms ; 

 Castile soap, and ginger (in powder) of each one 



drachm ; 

 Syrup of buckthorn sufficient to make the ball. 



After the course oi physic is regularly gone 

 through, and properly conducted, kt strict 

 attention be paid to the very necessary dim 

 rections of food, dressing, water, &c. giveu 

 under the last article of '^ hidebound ; and 

 in three days after the last dose of physic 

 begin the following course of alterna-t 

 TivEs, persevering for a month with unre-^ 

 mitting punctuality, if you wish to succeed 

 in the acquisition of events fully enumerated 

 in the indications of cure : 



Takk of antimony levigated, and sulphur, each half a 

 pound ; 



^thiop's mineral and cream oif tartar,^ each four 

 ounces. 



Mix well together, and divide into twelve equal parts 

 of two ounces each, giving one every night with 

 ihe feed of corn ; which being first sprinkled with 

 water, will retain the powders and insure their 

 consumption. Two ounces of nitre must be givci^ 



