138 WOEMS. 



due attention to the application of the following 

 medicines. 



(RECIPE, No. 99.) 



Mercurial Ball. 



Take — Calomel, and Castile soap, of each one drachm ; 

 Worm-seed, in powder, half an ounce : 

 Beat them into a ball with syrup of buckthorn. 



This ball should be given at night, and the fol- 

 lowing drink, or purging ball, the next morning. 



(RECIPE, No. 100.) 



A Drink for the IVbrms. 



Take — Barbadoes aloes, from three to six drachms 

 (according to size and strength) ; 

 Worm-seed, and gentian, in powder, of each 



half an ounce ; 

 Caraway seeds, in powder, one ounce : 

 Mix, and give in a pint of strong decoction of 

 wormwood, and repeat in about four or five 

 days ; but omit giving the mercurial ball after 

 the first time. 



If a ball be preferred, the following is an excel- 

 lent form* 



