382 THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN. 



Godjrey^s Cordial. 



Tiike seven gallons of water ; raspingi of sassafras and 

 aniseeds, of each four pounds ; powder of carraway seeds, 

 eight ounces; opium, six ounces; coarse sugar, lifteeri 

 pounds ; boil them all together till one lialf of the liquor be 

 evaporated ; strain it through a coarse bag or cloth, and 

 then add three gallons of the spirit of wine rectified, 



ii you wish to make any less quantity you musl propor- 

 tion the same by the above-mentioned standard, and then 

 you may make any quantity you please. 



Stoughton's Bitters. 

 Take gentian root two ounces, dried orange peel two 

 ounces and a half, cochineal, in powder, half a dram, proof 

 spirit or brandy two pounds ; let them stand ten or twelve 

 days, and decant off what is clear for use. 



Friar's Balsam, commonlj/ called Turlington's Balsam 

 of Lijc. ihe true and best method of making it. 

 Take gum bttnjamin twelve ounces, gum storax eight 

 ounces, balsam of tolu (or peru) four oui.cos, succotrine 

 aloes two ounces, rectilied spirits of wine five quarts and a 

 pint. I^et them stand to digest twelve or fourteen days; 

 then decant for use. 



I'iUs for giddiness, palsy, head-ache, SfC. 

 Take native cinnabar levigated two drachms, castor and 

 salt of amber, of each one drachm, oil of marjoram fifteen 

 drops, balsam of Peru one drachm, syrup of piony a suffi- 

 cient quant ty to make a mass; and from every draciim of it 

 cut off nine piils. 'J he dose is three of them to be taken 

 three times each day. 



Remedy for the wJiooping or chincough. 

 Take tlowtr of benjamin, and strained opium of each two 

 drachms, camphire two scruples, essential oil of aniseeds 

 half a drachm, rectiiied spirit of wine one quart, four ounces 

 of powdered liquorice, and four ounces of honey; then di- 

 gest and strain off the elixir. 



Another remedy for the same disease. 

 Take of the musk julep six ounces, paregoric elixir half 

 an ounce, volatile tincture of valerian one drachm; mix 

 them, and take two spoonfuls three or four times every 

 day. 



