82 STAGGERS, CONVULSIONS, &C. 



(RECIPE, No. 54.) 



Antispasmodic Drink. 



Take — Tincture of assafoctida ; volatile sal ammoniac, 

 in powder, of each one ounce ; 

 Tincture of opium, half an ounce: 

 Valerian root, in powder, one ounce ; 

 JPrepared kali, two drachms : 

 To be given in a pint and a half of warm ale. 



Or, 



(RECIPE, No. 55,) 



Antispasmodic Ball. 



Take — Antimonial powder (which is, in fact, nearly 

 the same as James's powders), and gum 

 assafoetida, of each two drachms; 



Opium, camphor, and Castile soap, of each 

 one drachm : 



Syrup sufficient to make a ball. 



Either the drink, or the ball, may be repeated 

 once or twice a day, or three times a day in des- 

 perate cases. The ball vi^ill be found a most power- 

 ful antispasmodic medicine in all doses of this kind, 

 and will remove pain and spasms in every stage. 

 I have, in some cases of mad staggers, given the 

 antispasmodic ball (No. 53, p. 81), after the first 

 bleeding, with wonderful good effect. Care, how- 

 ever, must be taken to keep the body open, by 

 giving the above purgative drink (No. 51, p. 76), 

 or by giving purging drink (No. 15, p. 32), or the 



