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Ointment (best). 



Ointment of sulphur, half an ounce. 

 Ointment of stavesacre, half an ounce. 

 White precipitate of mercury, fifteen grains. 



Liquid Application. 



Peruvian balsam. 



Lotion. 



Powdered white hellebore, six ounces. 

 Turpentine, one pint. 

 Sulphur, one pound. 



Linseed-oil or whale-oil, sufficient to make one gallon 

 in all. 



Megrims and Vertigo. 



These are due to an irregularity or disturbance of the 

 cerebral circulation. 



Draught. 



Bromide of potassium, two drachms. 

 Water, one fluid ounce. 

 This draught may be given thrice daily for a day or two ; 

 afterwards tonics will be required. (See 'Debility.') 



Draught. 



Tincture of iron, two fluid drachms. 

 Diluted hydrochloric acid, one fluid drachm. 

 Muriate of cinchonine, one drachm. 

 AVater, sufficient to make half a pint. 



Metritis. 



In cases of acute septic metritis marked inflammation of 

 the uterus may occur from within a few hours to three or four 



