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quire. For a substitute the following drink 

 will prove equ;jlly applicable and effica- 

 cious. 



THE ANODYNE DRINIC 



Take linseed, burnt hartshornj and gum nrabic, of 

 each one ounce; boil in a pint and half of water 

 to a pint then strain and add tincture of cinnamon 

 two ounces ; liquid laudanum half an ounce. 



Let this be given every morning for three 

 in succession ; the restringent ?ndsh (p. 46) 

 may be occasionally offered, or, in refusal of 

 that and dry corn, give a warm mash at 

 proper periods, compounded of bran and 

 ground oatmeal equal parts : if the stimulus 

 and irritation continue, without any percep- 

 tible remission or submission of symptoms, 

 let the ioWowing g/yster be given once in every 

 twenty-four hours. 



THE ANODYNE STARCH GLYSTER. 



Take boiled starch, of moderate consistence^^ three pints ; 

 gum arable (in powder) tw^o ounces ; liquid lau- 

 danum one ounce; cold-drawn linseed oil four 

 ounces. 



So soon as the purging (or rather irrita- 

 tion and straining) is subdued, the appetite 

 will consequently increase, and become in 

 some measure restored ; attend to that cir-- 



