290 APP. — daffy's elixir, &c. 



This is as useful a medicine as any that can be 

 kept in a house, for either man or horse. A grown- 

 up person may take two table-spoons full, either in 

 a little water, or alone, for the colic, flatulency, 

 and in some cases of molten grease. The proper 

 dose for a horse is in general half a pint, mixed in 

 the same quantity of gruel. 



TINCTURE OF SENNA (cOMMONLY CALLED DAFFY's 

 ELIXIR.) 



Take — Senna leaves, two ounces ; 



Jalap root, bruised, one pound ; 



Coriander seeds, bruised, half an ounce ; 



Proof spirit of wine, three pints ; 



Digest for seven or eight days, and strain ; add 



Four ounces of lump sugar, in powder : 



Mix, and when dissolved it is ready for use. 



This tincture, like that of rhubarb, is an excel- 

 lent medicine for colicky pains in the stomach and 

 intestines. Half a pint may be given for a dose, 

 in a pint of gruel, and repeated, if necessary. 



TINCTURE OF MYRRH. 



Take — Myrrh, in powder, two ounces ; 

 Aloes, in powder, three ounces; 

 Rectified spirit of wine, three pints : 

 Digest them in a warm heat for six days: strain, 

 and put the whole in a bottle for use. 



