333 CHOLIC. 



Take coriander, sweet fennel, aniseeds, and Jamaica 

 pepper, bruised, each an ounce and half; grains 

 of Paradise half an ounce ; ginger two drachms. 

 Bruise separately in a mortal ; then boil in three 

 pints of thin gruel for tea minutes ; strain, and add 

 of compound aniseed water, or, in want of that, 

 Geneva or brandy, half a pint: of this composi- 

 tion, let half be given so soon as possible, an I the 

 remainc'er ia tv,o, four, or six hours, as the miti- 

 gation or severity of symptoms may dictate. 



If the distance from a town, or difficulty 

 of obtaining the above preparations, should 

 render a substitute unavoidable the follow- 

 ing attempt to relieve should be instantly 

 ladopted ; 



Takc of ginger, caraways, nutmegs, Jamaica pepper, 

 (or in factof any two apices the house afibrds in the 

 emergency,) each an ounce; bruise together in a 

 rnorlar, and boll a few minutes in three quarters of 

 a pint of gruel or ale, with two or three ounces of 

 sugftr; then strain and add a gill of Geneva or 

 trandj', giving i]}Q drink moderately warm. 



This, in country places, and remote farm- 

 houses, may be found an useful and conve- 

 nient substitute during the time unavoidably 

 jiecessary to procure more powerful ^n4 

 efficacious remedies. 



