MEDICINES. 443 



SOME ESSENCE OF PEPPERMINT. 



SEE the paper round it, for its various good 

 qualities. 



A FEW CALOMEL PILLS, 



and the ingredients for an aperient draught on the following 

 morning ; 



in case a severe attack of bile, or any such illness, 

 should require something beyond a mere alterative. 



Calomel, although a medicine to be used with caution, I have 

 always found to be the most effectual recipe to cure an obstinate 

 stomach-ache, in case it cannot be removed by a cordial, hot 

 Avater, essence of peppermint, or tincture of rhubarb. Calomel, 

 however, being a mercurial preparation, would deprive you of a 

 day's sport, by the indispensably necessary confinement after 

 taking it. 



A LITTLE TARTAR EMETIC, 



in case of severe indigestion, or a dog being taken ill. This 

 medicine, given from a grain and a half to two grains, in warm 

 water, will sometimes perform wonders among common people, 

 Avho are subject to have the stomach disordered by eating vora- 

 ciously of bad and unwholesome food. 



A friend of mine, with nothing whatever but this 

 recipe, has been, for these last thirty years, the suc- 

 cessful quack of his village ; and boasts of beating 

 the doctors without having lost a patient. How far 

 my friend may be justified in flying, on every oc- 

 casion, to that which may tend to weaken the stomach, 

 I leave it for those who are versed in medicine to de- 

 termine ; notwithstanding he may have gained the 

 confidence of the village. 



