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RECIPE No. 8. 



Unslacked lime, a piece the size of a pigeon's egg ; 

 Water sufficient to slake it; 

 Boiling water, one pint ; 

 (^ Subcarbonate of potash, (salt of tartar,) two ounces. 



Put the lime into a jug with a cover, pour cold water on it; 

 when slaked add the boiling water, stir it up, and cover it up 

 close. 



Into an eight ounce (or half pint) bottle, put the subcarbonate 

 of potash, and fill it up with the lime-water, having first shaken 

 the jug so that it may be a little thick. Keep the bottle well 

 torked, and mark it " Solution of Potash.''^ 



This is the best thing that can be given for correct- 

 ing the acidity of the stomach. Let it be administered 

 in the following manner : 



RECIPE No. 9. 



Solution of potash (as above) two teaspoonsfxil ; 

 Epsom salts, two ounces ; 



Thin gruel, or warm water, half a pint. 



Dissolve the salts in the gruel, or water ; add the solution of 

 potash, and give it daily, until the curd is carried from the 

 stomach, and the acidity destroyed. 



If the disorder be accompanied with griping pains, 

 give with it one of the following cordials : 



RECIPE No. 10. 



Tincture of opium, a tea.spoonfiil ; 



Brandy, a table-spoonful. 



Or, 



Anodyne carminative tincture, a table-spoonful. 

 This will very soon relieve the griping pains, with- 



