46 DR. CHASE'S RECIPES. 



the liver by the black root (this is the leptandra mrginica, from which the lep- 

 tandrin is made), altliough it is not specially cathartic in its action, and must be 

 found valuable. Au ounce of essence of wintergreen would make it very 

 pleasant to the taste. 



2. Dropsy and Anti-fat Medicine.— M. Milton, M. D., of DuBois, 

 Penn., in a report through the Brief, page 439, 1883, says: 



" He cured a lady patient, having a dropsical tendency, of that difficulty, 

 also reducing her weight from 247 to 198 lbs. in 15 days, by the following treat- 

 ment: He obtained the juice of poke-berries, and evaporated it by means of 

 sand-bath to the consistency of pill-mass, forming into 4-gr. pills, with a little 

 powdered licorice-root." 



Dose — Two pills half hour after each meal. In connection with these 

 pills he gave i^ gr. of elaterium in solution at night. (If its action on the 

 bowels should be so severe as to cause distress, skip a night or two.) By the 

 continued use of these pills alone, for a few weeks, her flesh was reduced to 175 

 pounds, and she remained well up to the time of this report, 3 years after. See 

 also " Fat People— Food to Reduce their Fleshiness." 



1. COLIC, OR OTHER INTERNAL PAIN — German Rem- 

 edy or Liniment for. — Alcohol, 1 qt. ; oil of sassafras and hartshorn, each 

 2 ozs. ; spirits of camphor and laudanum, each 1 oz. ; spirits of turpentine, % 

 oz. ; tinct. of kino, \i oz. ; mix. Dose — For colic, or any severe internal pain, 

 from 3^ to 1 tea-spoonful may be taken for a dose; to be repeated in 3^ to 1 hr., 

 according to the severity of the case. 



Remarks.— "Yhi?, recipe was sent me by Mr. Frank Spurlock (a German), of 

 Sedan, Kan. It certainly makes a good liniment for general use, and I give 

 it a place, to meet the desire of my German readers; for they, like Americans, 

 think their own prescriptions are the best. 



2. Colic — Cure by Quinine. — Dr. N. R. Derby, of Bergen Point, 

 N. J., says, in the Medical Recorder, that by accident he discovered that a dose 

 of 8 or 10 grs. of sulphate of quinine will speedily put an end to an attack of 

 colic. He had had such attacks from childhood, but cured himself and several 

 others in this way. This dose is for an adult. I should try it if I had occa- 

 sion to do so. 



I. CONSTIPATION OR COSTIVENESS — Valuable Pills 

 for. — I. Solid extracts of nux vomica and hyoscyamus, and pulverized capsi- 

 cum, each 25 grs. ; podophyllin, and ext. of belladonna, each 10 grs. ; mix 

 thoroughly and make into 100 pills. Dose— If very constipated when you com- 

 mence taking them, take 2 each night for 1 or 2 nights, or until the bowels 

 become easy; then 1 only at night till cured. 



II. Constipation — Hot Water as a Cure. — A cup of hot water, a writer 

 says, is a grand tonic and stomach cleanser, and a sure cure for constipation. 

 It should be taken night and morning, just before retiring and after rising. 



Remarks. — I hare seen hot water recommended for this difficulty before, 

 and think it worthy of trial. It is also recommended for dyspepsia, wliich 



