STAGGERS, CONVULSIONS, &C. 81 



The ball being administered, have the following 

 purging drink in readiness, and give it imme- 

 diately after. 



(RECIPE, No. 53.) 



Take — Aloes, six to seven drachms ; 



Ginger and Castile soap, of each two drachms; 



Epsom salts, four ounces : 



Powder the aloes with the ginger; and then 

 add all the ingredients to a pint and a half 

 of rue tea, let them simmer for ten minutes, 

 and, when new-milk-warm, give it. 



This drink and ball will clear the stomach of 

 the indigested matter with which it is burdened. 

 If the drink be given in the morning, it generally 

 works briskly, both by stool and urine, before 

 night ; if it fails in that space of time, the clyster 

 (No. 12, p. 29) must be administered, after the 

 rectum has been emptied with a small hand. 



If worms or bots be the cause of the complaint 

 (which may easily be discovered in the dung, 

 during the operation of the physic), treat him as 

 directed in the section of Worms (Jnfra), But if 

 he is not relieved by the application of the above 

 ball and drink, and should be convulsed, recourse 

 must be had to the following drink, or ball, or 

 both, as may be thought most proper. 



