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TAke Locatelli's balsam, ten drachms; myrrb, (m 

 powder,) three drachms : balsam of Tolu, a drachm 

 and a half; oil of juniper, a drachm ; liquorice 

 powder to make a ball. 



This to be given every other morning for 

 a fortnight or three weeks, assisted with an 

 ounce of gum arabic, dissolved and given in 

 the water a little warm, and well impreg- 

 nated with gruel, twice every day. -If the 

 case is so severe as to require (by its visible 

 debility) external aid, let a portion of the 

 following embrocation be gently and patiently 

 bathed upon the part affected, twice or thrice 

 every day ; 



Take opodeldoc and camphorated spirits, of each three 

 ounces ; oil of origanum, two drachms; extract of 

 Saturn, one ounce ; mix theextract with the spirits, 

 then add the opodeldoc ; and, lastly, the origanum, 



shaking well together every time of using. 



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The medicines in this class are particu- 

 larly efficacious, an.d will (by bringing the 

 doses nearer to each other in respect to time 

 as occasion or exigencies may require) be 

 found greatly preferable to the dangerous 

 i^ystem of powerful stimulants, so forcibly 



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