PHYSIC, &c. 37 



( No. 3. ) 



Take Barbadoes aloes nine drachms; 



Jalap, Caftile foap, and cream of tartar, of each 



two drachms ; 

 Diagrydium and ginger (in powder) each a 



drachm ; 

 Syrup of buckthorn fufficient to make the ball. 



( Ko. 4. ) 



Take Barbadoes aloes ten drachms ; 



Caflile foap and jalap (in powder) of each half 



an ounce ; 

 Cream of tartar and ginger each tv/q drachms ; 

 Oil of anifeed forty drops ; of cloves twenty 



drops ; which fjrm into a ball, with fyrup of 



rofes or buckthorn. 



It is almoft unneceffary to obferve thefe 

 BALLS are gradually increafed in thtir purga- 

 tive qualities, io as to be felefled by the judge- 

 ment of the reader, according to the ftate of 

 ftrengrh and foulnefs the fubjed may be in ; 

 and are fo carefully guarded with warm aro- 

 ^atics, that the operation will (by a ftrict ad- 



P 3 herence 



